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Place of birth

Elgin, Morayshire [77]

Elgin Scotland [53]

Elgin [48]

Elgin, Scotland [48]

Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [35]

Lossiemouth, Elgin [11]

Elgin, Elgin [10]

Elgin, Moray [7]

Elgin, Moray, Scotland [5]

Forres Elgin [5]

Elgin, Elginshire [4]

Lossiemouth Elgin [4]

Rothes Elgin [4]

Bishopmill, Elgin, Morayshire [3]

Burghead, Elgin [3]

Drainie Elgin [3]

Forres, Elgin [3]

Branderburgh Elgin [2]

Darliston, Elgin [2]

Elgin Morayshire Scotland [2]

Elgin, [2]

Fochabers Elgin [2]

Kinloss, Elgin [2]

Knockando, Elgin, Morayshire [2]

Newton House, Near Elgin [2]

10 Murdochs Wynd, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

18 Greyfriars Street, Elgin, Morayshire [1]

2 Commerce Street, Elgin, Morayshire [1]

6 Moycroft, Elgin [1]

7 Francis Place, Elgin, Morayshire [1]

98High Street, Elgin, Morayshire [1]

Aberdour, Elgin, Banff, Scotland [1]

Alves, nr. Elgin, Scotland [1]

Alvis, Elgin [1]

Ashgrove, Elgin [1]

Aylmer, Elgin County, Ontario [1]

Barmuckity, Elgin [1]

Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario [1]

Birkenhill, Elgin, Morayshire [1]

Bishopmill, Elgin Morayshire [1]

Black Friar's Road, Elgin, Morayshire [1]

Blackhills, Lhanbryde, Elgin, Morayshire [1]

Burghead Elgin [1]

Burghead, Elgin, Morayshire. [1]

Burnside, Mosstowie, Elgin [1]

Buryhead Elgin [1]

Cloddach, Elgin, Scotland [1]

Dallas, Elgin, Moray [1]

Dallas, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Dallas, Elgin, Morayshre [1]

Rank

Private [94]

Lance Corporal [10]

Sapper [9]

Corporal [7]

Deck Hand [7]

Lieutenant [5]

Seaman [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Gunner [3]

Pioneer [3]

Worker [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sister [2]

Skipper [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Master at Arms [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Admin [1]

Administrator [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Corporal [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Company Serjeant-Major [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutanant [1]

Major [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nursing Staff [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [49]

Royal Naval Reserve [16]

Royal Engineers [11]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Gordon Highlanders [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Royal Scots [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [4]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Scottish Horse [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

191st (2nd Seaforths and Cameron Highlanders) Infantry Brigade [1]

1st Cameron Highlanders [1]

1st Royal Scots [1]

43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry [1]

60th Depot [1]

66th Punjabis [1]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

American Red Cross [1]

Ammunition Column [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Labour Company [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Manitoba Regiment [1]

Chicago Unit [1]

Cyclist Corps [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [139]

British Army [134]

Australian Imperial Force [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [112]

G [49]

S [40]

A [30]

C [27]

F [24]

H [23]

D [18]

B [17]

L [17]

R [15]

W [11]

T [10]

P [9]

K [7]

O [7]

Y [7]

I [5]

J [5]

N [5]

E [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [386]

Merchant Navy [35]

Country

United Kingdom [62]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [442] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Elgin, Morayshire [77] Elgin Scotland [53] Elgin [48] Elgin, Scotland [48] Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [35] Lossiemouth, Elgin [11] Elgin, Elgin [10] Elgin, Moray [7] Elgin, Moray, Scotland [5] Forres Elgin [5] Elgin, Elginshire [4] Lossiemouth Elgin [4] Rothes Elgin [4] Bishopmill, Elgin, Morayshire [3] Burghead, Elgin [3] Drainie Elgin [3] Forres, Elgin [3] Branderburgh Elgin [2] Darliston, Elgin [2] Elgin Morayshire Scotland [2] Elgin, [2] Fochabers Elgin [2] Kinloss, Elgin [2] Knockando, Elgin, Morayshire [2] Newton House, Near Elgin [2] 10 Murdochs Wynd, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1] 18 Greyfriars Street, Elgin, Morayshire [1] 2 Commerce Street, Elgin, Morayshire [1] 6 Moycroft, Elgin [1] 7 Francis Place, Elgin, Morayshire [1] 98High Street, Elgin, Morayshire [1] Aberdour, Elgin, Banff, Scotland [1] Alves, nr. Elgin, Scotland [1] Alvis, Elgin [1] Ashgrove, Elgin [1] Aylmer, Elgin County, Ontario [1] Barmuckity, Elgin [1] Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario [1] Birkenhill, Elgin, Morayshire [1] Bishopmill, Elgin Morayshire [1] Black Friar's Road, Elgin, Morayshire [1] Blackhills, Lhanbryde, Elgin, Morayshire [1] Burghead Elgin [1] Burghead, Elgin, Morayshire. [1] Burnside, Mosstowie, Elgin [1] Buryhead Elgin [1] Cloddach, Elgin, Scotland [1] Dallas, Elgin, Moray [1] Dallas, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Dallas, Elgin, Morayshre [1]

Rank

Private [94] Lance Corporal [10] Sapper [9] Corporal [7] Deck Hand [7] Lieutenant [5] Seaman [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Gunner [3] Pioneer [3] Worker [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Sister [2] Skipper [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Master at Arms [1] Acting Corporal [1] Admin [1] Administrator [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Sister [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Corporal [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Company Serjeant-Major [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutanant [1] Major [1] Master At Arms [1] Midshipman [1] Nursing Staff [1] Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [49] Royal Naval Reserve [16] Royal Engineers [11] Cameron Highlanders [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Gordon Highlanders [8] Army Service Corps [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Royal Scots [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [4] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Highland Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] Scottish Horse [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 191st (2nd Seaforths and Cameron Highlanders) Infantry Brigade [1] 1st Cameron Highlanders [1] 1st Royal Scots [1] 43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry [1] 60th Depot [1] 66th Punjabis [1] Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1] American Red Cross [1] Ammunition Column [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Labour Company [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Manitoba Regiment [1] Chicago Unit [1] Cyclist Corps [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [139] British Army [134] Australian Imperial Force [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [112] G [49] S [40] A [30] C [27] F [24] H [23] D [18] B [17] L [17] R [15] W [11] T [10] P [9] K [7] O [7] Y [7] I [5] J [5] N [5] E [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [386] Merchant Navy [35]

Country

United Kingdom [62] Canada [1] New Zealand [1]

Alexander Mcdonald

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1871 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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James Catto

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 265022 Warrant Officer Class 2 Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

British Army 265022 Company Serjeant-Major attached King's African Rifles 2/2nd Battalion

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Peter Wood

Born 1898

Died 1973

British Army 55839 Private Highland Light Infantry 1st/5th, 1st/6th or 1st/7th Battalion

British Army 2811 or 2868 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th (Reserve)

British Army 55839 Private Highland Light Infantry 1st/5th, 1st/6th or 1st/7th Battalion

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William Fraser Chisholm

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 48329 Private Royal Scots

British Army 45028 Private Highland Light Infantry 15th Battalion

British Army 2265 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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William Pryce Mcdonald

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/20576 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Robert R Allan

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Private

British Army S/8472 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1st/5th Battalion

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Archibald Edward Dunbar

Born 1889

Died 1969

British Army Temporary Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Major West Yorkshire Regiment

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James Kay

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 29166 Regimental Serjeant Major Canadian Infantry Battalion/Manitoba Regiment 16th Battalion

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David Denoon

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army S-27184 Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army S-40914 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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John Mcgregor

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 62537 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Mciver

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1450 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265266 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John Cook Mcpherson Or Macpherson

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 11th Battalion attached to the 1st Battalion

British Army 2383 Private Royal Scots 9th Battalion

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John Mcdonald

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2308 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265752 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Richard Hardie

Born 1897

British Army 166247 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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William Gordon

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1099 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265103 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Thomas Brander

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 265730 Acting Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265730 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

British Army 2273 Acting Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Kenneth Mcdonald

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2192 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 2192 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Alexander Begg

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army S/15707 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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John Mcbeth

Born 1879

Died 1956

British Army 136043 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 136043 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 527th Btn

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Colin Adams

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army S.16421 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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