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Edinburgh [1527]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1414]

Edinburgh Scotland [1002]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [779]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [195]

Edinburgh, Scotland [178]

Leith, Edinburgh [137]

Leith Edinburgh [133]

Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian [54]

Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [48]

Saint George Edinburgh [37]

Saint Giles Edinburgh [34]

Musselburgh Edinburgh [31]

Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian [27]

Edinburgh, [22]

Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [21]

Canongate Edinburgh [20]

Portobello, Edinburgh [20]

Musselburgh, Edinburgh [17]

Newington Edinburgh [17]

Edinburgh,Scotland [13]

Newington, Edinburgh [12]

Saint Andrew Edinburgh [12]

Saint Andrews Edinburgh [12]

Saint Georges Edinburgh [12]

Dalkeith Edinburgh [11]

Portobello Edinburgh [11]

Saint George, Edinburgh [11]

Liberton, Edinburgh, Midlothian [10]

North Leith Edinburgh [10]

Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland [9]

South Leith, Edinburgh [9]

Canongate, Edinburgh [8]

Dalkeith, Edinburgh [8]

Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8]

Saint Cuthberts Edinburgh [8]

South Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8]

St Leonard's, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8]

Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8]

Edinburgh South Australia [7]

Edinburgh, Middlesex [7]

Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Midlothian [6]

Currie, Edinburgh, Midlothian [6]

Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [6]

Gorebridge Edinburgh [6]

edinburgh [6]

Edinburgh England [5]

Edinburgh Midlothian [5]

North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [5]

Penicuik Edinburgh [5]

Rank

Private [584]

Lieutenant [84]

Second Lieutenant [84]

Lance Corporal [68]

Captain [62]

Corporal [51]

Serjeant [40]

Able Seaman [39]

Stoker 1st Class [37]

Major [35]

Sapper [28]

Gunner [27]

Ordinary Seaman [20]

Lieutenant Colonel [17]

Rifleman [17]

Driver [16]

Deck Hand [14]

Boy 1st Class [12]

Sergeant [11]

Stoker 2nd Class [11]

2nd Lieutenant [9]

Leading Seaman [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Colonel [7]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Brigadier General [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Engineman [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Midshipman [5]

Stoker [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Nurse [4]

Petty Officer Stoker [4]

Pioneer [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Major [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Commander [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Unit

Royal Scots [245]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [62]

Royal Highlanders [54]

Highland Light Infantry [51]

Royal Engineers [50]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [45]

Royal Naval Reserve [42]

Royal Field Artillery [37]

Seaforth Highlanders [34]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [33]

Cameron Highlanders [31]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Scottish Rifles [27]

Gordon Highlanders [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [24]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [21]

London Regiment [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Canadian Infantry [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Air Force [16]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

Scots Guards [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [10]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [10]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [10]

Australian Infantry [9]

HMS INVINCIBLE [8]

HMS MALAYA [8]

HMS Vanguard [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [7]

HMS Monmouth [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

HMS Erin [6]

HMS IRON DUKE [6]

HMS Vivid I [6]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [5]

French Red Cross [5]

General List [5]

HMS BENBOW [5]

Service

Royal Navy [2386]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1279]

Australian Imperial Force [1016]

British Army [913]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [57]

Other Empire Force [24]

Indian Army [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

South African Services [4]

Last name first letter

M [1015]

B [561]

S [520]

C [489]

W [436]

H [427]

R [381]

G [364]

D [315]

A [277]

F [277]

L [258]

T [241]

P [236]

K [137]

J [112]

N [96]

E [68]

O [58]

I [49]

Y [45]

V [21]

U [11]

Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [5452]

Merchant Navy [758]

Country

United Kingdom [358]

Canada [11]

India [5]

New Zealand [5]

Australia [4]

Singapore [3]

Ireland [2]

United States [2]

Belgium [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Guyana [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malaysia [1]

Nigeria [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

South Africa [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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People [6400] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Edinburgh [1527] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1414] Edinburgh Scotland [1002] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [779] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [195] Edinburgh, Scotland [178] Leith, Edinburgh [137] Leith Edinburgh [133] Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian [54] Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [48] Saint George Edinburgh [37] Saint Giles Edinburgh [34] Musselburgh Edinburgh [31] Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian [27] Edinburgh, [22] Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [21] Canongate Edinburgh [20] Portobello, Edinburgh [20] Musselburgh, Edinburgh [17] Newington Edinburgh [17] Edinburgh,Scotland [13] Newington, Edinburgh [12] Saint Andrew Edinburgh [12] Saint Andrews Edinburgh [12] Saint Georges Edinburgh [12] Dalkeith Edinburgh [11] Portobello Edinburgh [11] Saint George, Edinburgh [11] Liberton, Edinburgh, Midlothian [10] North Leith Edinburgh [10] Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland [9] South Leith, Edinburgh [9] Canongate, Edinburgh [8] Dalkeith, Edinburgh [8] Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8] Saint Cuthberts Edinburgh [8] South Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8] St Leonard's, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8] Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8] Edinburgh South Australia [7] Edinburgh, Middlesex [7] Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Midlothian [6] Currie, Edinburgh, Midlothian [6] Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [6] Gorebridge Edinburgh [6] edinburgh [6] Edinburgh England [5] Edinburgh Midlothian [5] North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [5] Penicuik Edinburgh [5]

Rank

Private [584] Lieutenant [84] Second Lieutenant [84] Lance Corporal [68] Captain [62] Corporal [51] Serjeant [40] Able Seaman [39] Stoker 1st Class [37] Major [35] Sapper [28] Gunner [27] Ordinary Seaman [20] Lieutenant Colonel [17] Rifleman [17] Driver [16] Deck Hand [14] Boy 1st Class [12] Sergeant [11] Stoker 2nd Class [11] 2nd Lieutenant [9] Leading Seaman [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Colonel [7] Company Serjeant Major [7] Brigadier General [6] Petty Officer [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Engineman [5] Leading Stoker [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Midshipman [5] Stoker [5] Acting Corporal [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Nurse [4] Petty Officer Stoker [4] Pioneer [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Captain [3] Acting Major [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy Telegraphist [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Commander [3] Company Sergeant Major [3]

Unit

Royal Scots [245] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [62] Royal Highlanders [54] Highland Light Infantry [51] Royal Engineers [50] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [45] Royal Naval Reserve [42] Royal Field Artillery [37] Seaforth Highlanders [34] King's Own Scottish Borderers [33] Cameron Highlanders [31] Machine Gun Corps [29] Scottish Rifles [27] Gordon Highlanders [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [24] Royal Scots Fusiliers [21] London Regiment [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Canadian Infantry [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Air Force [16] Labour Corps [15] Royal Flying Corps [12] Scots Guards [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [10] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [10] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [10] Australian Infantry [9] HMS INVINCIBLE [8] HMS MALAYA [8] HMS Vanguard [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] HMS INFLEXIBLE [7] HMS Monmouth [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] HMS Erin [6] HMS IRON DUKE [6] HMS Vivid I [6] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Tank Corps [6] Canadian Army Medical Corps [5] French Red Cross [5] General List [5] HMS BENBOW [5]

Service

Royal Navy [2386] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1279] Australian Imperial Force [1016] British Army [913] Canadian Expeditionary Force [57] Other Empire Force [24] Indian Army [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] South African Services [4]

Last name first letter

M [1015] B [561] S [520] C [489] W [436] H [427] R [381] G [364] D [315] A [277] F [277] L [258] T [241] P [236] K [137] J [112] N [96] E [68] O [58] I [49] Y [45] V [21] U [11] Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [5452] Merchant Navy [758]

Country

United Kingdom [358] Canada [11] India [5] New Zealand [5] Australia [4] Singapore [3] Ireland [2] United States [2] Belgium [1] China [1] France [1] Guyana [1] Jamaica [1] Malaysia [1] Nigeria [1] Sierra Leone [1] South Africa [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Angus Mcewan

Born 1895

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John Mcfarlane

Born 1869

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Thomas Henry Macdonald

Born 1897

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Peter Mcdermott

Born 1878

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Arthur Mcdonald

Born 1885

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Andrew Robertson Macdonald

Born 1879

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Archibald Macdiarmid

Born 1900

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John Mcdonald

Born 1892

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Ronald George Mccall

Born 1898

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James Mccall

Born 1896

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David Shearer Mcbeath

Born 1874

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William Brown Mccall

Born 1871

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William Luke

Born 1891

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William Lyall

Born 1895

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Robert Lumsden

Born 1869

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David Lonie

Born 1895

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Peter Downie Loch

Born 1872

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John Logan

Born 1879

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Herbert William Lord

Born 1899

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Andrew Lloyd

Born 1889

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