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Edinburgh Scotland [1002]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [779]

Edinburgh, Scotland [178]

Edinburgh,Scotland [13]

Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland [9]

Edinburgh SCOTLAND [5]

Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [4]

Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland [3]

POE Edinburgh Scotland [3]

Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Midlothian, Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

The Brewery, nr Gorebridge, Parish of Borthwick, County of Edinburgh, (now Midlothian), Scotland. [2]

161 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

17 Bell Street Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland [1]

37 Pleasance, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

4 Dundee Place, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

59 Cumberland Street Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland [1]

6 North Merchiston Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Cannonmills, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Canongate Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Carrington, County of Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Corstophine, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Crammond, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Dalkeith, Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Duddington Portobello Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh , Scotland [1]

Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh City, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [1]

Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland. [1]

Edinburgh. Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh. Scotland [1]

Elphinstone, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Gilmerton, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Glencorse, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Juniper Green, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Lasswade. Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Midlothian, Scotland - probably Edinburgh [1]

Newington,Edinburgh,Scotland. [1]

North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Pilrig, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Place of birth - Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Prospect Street, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Restalrigg, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland [1]

Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [127]

Lieutenant [30]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Captain [20]

Gunner [11]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Major [9]

Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Rifleman [8]

Driver [7]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Sapper [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Colonel [3]

Nurse [3]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

6th Engineer [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy II [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces Presbyterian [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Donkeyman [1]

Driver, Gunner [1]

Engine Room Artificer, 1st Class [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Field Marshal [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [29]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Highland Light Infantry [10]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [9]

Australian Infantry [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

Army Service Corps [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Canadian Field Artillery [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

17th Lancers [2]

58th Battalion Canadian Infantry [2]

Canadian Garrison Artillery [2]

French Red Cross [2]

HMS Broke [2]

Lothian and Border Horse [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Young Mens Christian Association [2]

1/6th Lancers [1]

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1]

11th Battalion Royal Scots [1]

11th Royal Scots [1]

121st Pioneers (attached 107th Pioneers) [1]

12th Royal Scots [1]

14th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [1000]

British Army [186]

Royal Navy [60]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Other Empire Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Indian Army [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [368]

S [188]

B [163]

C [145]

W [138]

H [132]

R [132]

D [113]

G [111]

A [93]

F [91]

L [77]

T [68]

P [51]

K [37]

J [36]

N [23]

O [19]

E [16]

I [15]

Y [15]

U [9]

V [5]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1276]

Merchant Navy [758]

Country

United Kingdom [84]

Canada [7]

Australia [3]

New Zealand [3]

Singapore [2]

Guyana [1]

Ireland [1]

Malaysia [1]

Nigeria [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

United States [1]

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Edinburgh Scotland [1002] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [779] Edinburgh, Scotland [178] Edinburgh,Scotland [13] Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland [9] Edinburgh SCOTLAND [5] Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [4] Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland [3] POE Edinburgh Scotland [3] Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland [2] Midlothian, Edinburgh, Scotland [2] The Brewery, nr Gorebridge, Parish of Borthwick, County of Edinburgh, (now Midlothian), Scotland. [2] 161 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] 17 Bell Street Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland [1] 37 Pleasance, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] 4 Dundee Place, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] 59 Cumberland Street Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland [1] 6 North Merchiston Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Cannonmills, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Canongate Edinburgh Scotland [1] Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Carrington, County of Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Corstophine, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Crammond, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Dalkeith, Edinburgh Scotland [1] Duddington Portobello Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh , Scotland [1] Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Edinburgh City, Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [1] Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland. [1] Edinburgh. Midlothian, Scotland [1] Edinburgh. Scotland [1] Elphinstone, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Gilmerton, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Glencorse, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Juniper Green, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Lasswade. Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Midlothian, Scotland - probably Edinburgh [1] Newington,Edinburgh,Scotland. [1] North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Pilrig, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Place of birth - Edinburgh Scotland [1] Prospect Street, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Restalrigg, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland [1] Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [127] Lieutenant [30] Second Lieutenant [27] Captain [20] Gunner [11] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [10] Major [9] Serjeant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Rifleman [8] Driver [7] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Sapper [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Colonel [3] Nurse [3] Brevet Major [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Nursing Sister [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 6th Engineer [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy II [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Cadet [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain to the Forces Presbyterian [1] Chief Armourer [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Donkeyman [1] Driver, Gunner [1] Engine Room Artificer, 1st Class [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Field Marshal [1] Flight Cadet [1] Flight Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [29] Royal Field Artillery [13] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Canadian Infantry [10] Highland Light Infantry [10] Cameron Highlanders [9] Seaforth Highlanders [9] Australian Infantry [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Engineers [8] Gordon Highlanders [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Scottish Rifles [7] Army Service Corps [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Canadian Field Artillery [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Tank Corps [3] 17th Lancers [2] 58th Battalion Canadian Infantry [2] Canadian Garrison Artillery [2] French Red Cross [2] HMS Broke [2] Lothian and Border Horse [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Young Mens Christian Association [2] 1/6th Lancers [1] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 11th Battalion Royal Scots [1] 11th Royal Scots [1] 121st Pioneers (attached 107th Pioneers) [1] 12th Royal Scots [1] 14th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [1000] British Army [186] Royal Navy [60] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Other Empire Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Indian Army [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [368] S [188] B [163] C [145] W [138] H [132] R [132] D [113] G [111] A [93] F [91] L [77] T [68] P [51] K [37] J [36] N [23] O [19] E [16] I [15] Y [15] U [9] V [5] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1276] Merchant Navy [758]

Country

United Kingdom [84] Canada [7] Australia [3] New Zealand [3] Singapore [2] Guyana [1] Ireland [1] Malaysia [1] Nigeria [1] Sierra Leone [1] United States [1]

Henry Robert Stark Christie

Born 1868

Died 1919

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

British Army Brigadier General Royal Engineers

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John Paul

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 300529

Other Empire Force 300529. Gunner. Canadian Field Artillery.

Canadian Expeditionary Force 300529 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 26th Battery

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David Scott Whyte

Born 1896

Australian Imperial Force 2774 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Australian Flying Corps

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Andrew Colville Wilson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42783 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42783 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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Francis Lowe

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2364 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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John Pratt Aitken

Born 1877

British Army 7828 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Roith Mckenzie

Born 1878

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 5293 Private Australian Infantry

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James Sinclair

Born 1879

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 7 Signalling Sergeant Australian Infantry 9th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 7 Staff Sergeant Major

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Henry Alexander Henderson Dunsmure

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders

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Monford Mackay

Born 1892

British Army 2251 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 380157 Private Labour Corps

British Army 47425 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Joseph Kay

Born 1897

Died 1966

British Army 40597 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Alexander S Sinclair

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 67489 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 67489 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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George Alexander Roberts

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 16693 Private Royal Scots

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James Andrew Harcourt Gammell

Born 1892

Died 1975

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 114th Brigade

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Shirreff Ronaldson

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 806 Acting Sergeant

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Alfred Don

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 19004 Private Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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William Thomson Bruce Urquhart

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 690

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Eric Elrington Addis

Born 1899

Died 1941

Royal Navy Midshipman H.M.S. Dreadnought

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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William Duncan

Born 1869

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3510 Private Australian Infantry 54th Battalion

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Gerard Bruce Crole

Born 1894

Died 1965

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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