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Falkirk, Stirlingshire [306]

Falkirk Scotland [95]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland [65]

Falkirk [23]

Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [8]

Falkirk, Stirling [6]

Laurieston, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [5]

Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4]

Polmont, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4]

Bainsford, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [3]

Falkirk, Stirling, Stirlingshire [3]

Bonnybridge, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2]

Falkirk Stirlingshire Scotland [2]

Falkirk, Scotland [2]

Bothkinna, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Camelon, Falkirk [1]

Carron, Falkirk [1]

Denny, Falkirk, Scotland [1]

East Garron, Falkirk [1]

FALKIRK, STIRLINGSHIRE [1]

Falkerk (falkirk) [1]

Falkirk, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Falkirk, Carnavonshire [1]

Falkirk, Dunbartonshire [1]

Falkirk, Fifeshire [1]

Falkirk, Lanarkshire [1]

Falkirk, Renfrewshire [1]

Falkirk, Sterlingshire [1]

Falkirk. Stirlingshire. [1]

Galashields, Falkirk [1]

Giro near Falkirk [1]

Grahamstown Falkirk [1]

Grahamstown, Falkirk, Scotland [1]

Grangemouth, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Greenhill, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Kirselane, Falkirk [1]

Laurieston Falkirk [1]

Laurieston, Falkirk [1]

Laurieston, by Falkirk, Scotland [1]

Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, Scotland [1]

Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Stirling, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Rank

Private [55]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [3]

Serjeant [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer, Fourth Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [13]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Royal Scots [5]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

11th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) [1]

5/6th Royal Scots [1]

6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Reserve (attested but not called up) [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

French Red Cross [1]

H.M.S. "Anchusa" [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS CAROLINE [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment Public Schools Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Otago Infantry Regiment [1]

Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) [1]

Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) [1]

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [1]

RNVR Clyde - HMS Princess Royal [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [177]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [148]

Australian Imperial Force [96]

British Army [65]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [109]

R [48]

S [48]

B [42]

C [39]

H [35]

W [33]

G [29]

T [27]

F [24]

D [22]

L [20]

P [18]

N [15]

K [12]

A [9]

J [9]

O [7]

E [4]

I [2]

Y [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [487]

Merchant Navy [64]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Canada [2]

Malaysia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [556] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [306] Falkirk Scotland [95] Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland [65] Falkirk [23] Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [8] Falkirk, Stirling [6] Laurieston, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [5] Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4] Polmont, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4] Bainsford, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [3] Falkirk, Stirling, Stirlingshire [3] Bonnybridge, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2] Falkirk Stirlingshire Scotland [2] Falkirk, Scotland [2] Bothkinna, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Camelon, Falkirk [1] Carron, Falkirk [1] Denny, Falkirk, Scotland [1] East Garron, Falkirk [1] FALKIRK, STIRLINGSHIRE [1] Falkerk (falkirk) [1] Falkirk, Caithness, Scotland [1] Falkirk, Carnavonshire [1] Falkirk, Dunbartonshire [1] Falkirk, Fifeshire [1] Falkirk, Lanarkshire [1] Falkirk, Renfrewshire [1] Falkirk, Sterlingshire [1] Falkirk. Stirlingshire. [1] Galashields, Falkirk [1] Giro near Falkirk [1] Grahamstown Falkirk [1] Grahamstown, Falkirk, Scotland [1] Grangemouth, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Greenhill, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Kirselane, Falkirk [1] Laurieston Falkirk [1] Laurieston, Falkirk [1] Laurieston, by Falkirk, Scotland [1] Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, Scotland [1] Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Stirling, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Rank

Private [55] Ordinary Seaman [5] Able Seaman [3] Corporal [3] Gunner [3] Serjeant [3] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer, Fourth Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [13] Royal Highlanders [10] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Royal Scots [5] Highland Light Infantry [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Highland Cyclist Battalion [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Scottish Rifles [2] 11th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) [1] 5/6th Royal Scots [1] 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Reserve (attested but not called up) [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. "Anchusa" [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS CAROLINE [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Vindictive [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment Public Schools Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Otago Infantry Regiment [1] Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) [1] Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) [1] Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [1] RNVR Clyde - HMS Princess Royal [1] Royal Air Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [177] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [148] Australian Imperial Force [96] British Army [65] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [109] R [48] S [48] B [42] C [39] H [35] W [33] G [29] T [27] F [24] D [22] L [20] P [18] N [15] K [12] A [9] J [9] O [7] E [4] I [2] Y [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [487] Merchant Navy [64]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Canada [2] Malaysia [1] New Zealand [1]

John Archibald Rennie

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 1390 Private Middlesex Regiment Public Schools Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

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Hugh Mcphail

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 12811 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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George Hunter

Born 1883

British Army 12155 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion

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William Meiklejohn

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 4480 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/4480 Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army 4480 Corporal 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)

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Andrew Clark Roberts

Born 1888

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29866 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Andrew Cowan

Died 1914

British Army 6996 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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David Mcmurdo

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1740 Highland Cyclist Battalion

British Army 43315 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 43315 Private Highland Light Infantry 17th.Battalion

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James Simpson

Died 1915

British Army 990 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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David Stevens Gibson Turnbull

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders Black Watch (Royal Highlanders

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Alexander Gibson

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 2730 Private 5/6th Royal Scots

British Army 2730 Private Royal Scots

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Anthony Reynolds

Born 1861

Died 1923

British Army 28/130 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Abraham Ronald

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 19235 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Mccue

Born 1882

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 240662 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Patrick Digney

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 17489 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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William Urquhart Sutherland

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 8260 Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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John Reid

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 2778 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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William Main

Died 1915

British Army 11150 Private Royal Scots 1st Battalion

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Robert James Livingstone

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 14201 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow).

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David Hillocks Paterson Black

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1894 Flight Serjeant Royal Air Force

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Donald Mcleod

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 201979 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 466th Battery, 65th Brigade

British Army 95080 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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