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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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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]

Donald Robertson

Born 1895

British Army T4/088338 Driver Army Service Corps

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William Alfred Adam

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440636 Sergeant Canadian Infantry Battalion 5th Battalion

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John Mciver

Born 1892

British Army 10624 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John Brown

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 59471 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 5947 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers *mistake in CWGC transcription

British Army 59471 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 62nd Field Coy

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John Munro

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 203805 Private Cameron Highlanders 2nd/4th Bn.

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Ernest Edward Sebastian Bennett

Born 1880

Died 1919

Indian Army Major 66th Punjabis

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William Mellis

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 1512 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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James Gordon Duff Peterkin

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army S/31330 Private Cameron Highlanders

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William Allan

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy ES 2680 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2680ES Second Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Great Heart."

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Alexander Burnett Desson Forrest

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy J29457

Royal Navy J/29457/DEV Able Seaman H.M.S. "Vivid"

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Alexander Stuart Ogilvie

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1951 Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Midshipman H.M.S. "Vanguard."

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John Darnley

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1655 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

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Henry Paltie

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 51313 Private Royal Scots 11th Battalion

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Andrew Elder

Born 1877

Died 1915

Royal Navy 285914 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion

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Harold William Ferguson Barton

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Arthur William Anderson

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 202777 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 5th Battalion

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John Thomas Cheyne

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1120 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Herbert Carter

Born 1886

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 709170

Canadian Expeditionary Force 709170 Private New Brunswick Regiment Canadian Infantry 26th Battalion

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James Alexander Cook

Born 1889

British Army Captain 191st (2nd Seaforths and Cameron Highlanders) Infantry Brigade

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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David A Mcintyre

Born 1899

British Army 266570 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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