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St Andrews, Fife [216]

Fife [212]

Dunfermline, Fife [149]

Cupar, Fife [134]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [115]

Pittenweem, Fife [66]

Fife Scotland [57]

Leven, Fife [36]

Dysart, Fife [34]

Leslie, Fife [28]

Markinch, Fife [26]

Cowdenbeath, Fife [23]

Lochgelly, Fife [21]

Newburgh, Fife [19]

Kinghorn, Fife [18]

Buckhaven, Fife [17]

Burntisland, Fife [16]

Cellardyke, Fife [15]

Tayport, Fife [14]

Aberdour, Fife [13]

Wemyss, Fife [12]

Auchterderran, Fife [10]

Ceres, Fife [10]

Crail, Fife [10]

Auchtermuchty, Fife [9]

Leuchars, Fife [9]

Newport, Fife [9]

Crossgates, Fife [8]

Fife, Fifeshire [8]

Kelty, Fife [8]

Scoonie Parish, Fife [8]

Beath, Fife [7]

Falkland, Fife [7]

Inverkeithing, Fife [7]

St Andrews, Fife, Scotland [7]

St Monance, Fife [7]

Strathmiglo, Fife [7]

Anstruther, Fife [6]

Wormit, Fife [6]

Collessie, Fife [5]

Dunfermline Fife Scotland [5]

East Wemyss, Fife [5]

Fife, Scotland [5]

Kingsbarns, Fife [5]

Largo, Fife [5]

Saint Andrews, Fife [5]

Abbotshall, Fife [4]

Carnbee, Fife [4]

Culross, Fife [4]

Largoward, Fife [4]

Rank

Private [653]

Lance Corporal [108]

Corporal [87]

Serjeant [71]

Second Lieutenant [62]

Lieutenant [45]

Captain [42]

Deck Hand [36]

Gunner [31]

Sapper [26]

Acting Corporal [25]

Driver [23]

Lance Serjeant [16]

Major [16]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Able Seaman [13]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Skipper [12]

Temporary Captain [11]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [9]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [9]

Second Hand [9]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [8]

Bombardier [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Engineman [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Seaman [6]

Sergeant [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Trimmer [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [5]

Cadet [5]

Lance Sergeant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Stoker [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Private 2nd Class [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Trimmer Cook [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Major [3]

Acting Sergeant [3]

Master [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Lance Sergeant [2]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [319]

Royal Highlanders [194]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [91]

Royal Naval Reserve [76]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [63]

Royal Scots [53]

Royal Engineers [38]

Royal Air Force [34]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [31]

Gordon Highlanders [31]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [28]

Highland Light Infantry [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Scots Guards [20]

Seaforth Highlanders [20]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [19]

Cameron Highlanders [18]

Army Service Corps [17]

Labour Corps [17]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [17]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [12]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Scottish Rifles [9]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [8]

8th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Royal Naval Air Service [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

National Reserve [5]

6th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Black Watch [4]

Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry [4]

Training Reserve [4]

attached to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [3]

2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [3]

Service

British Army [876]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [652]

Royal Navy [183]

Australian Imperial Force [75]

Other Empire Force [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [28]

South African Services [4]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

M [214]

B [185]

S [166]

W [147]

H [143]

C [139]

A [105]

D [105]

G [99]

R [88]

L [71]

P [68]

T [62]

F [58]

K [47]

J [29]

N [25]

E [21]

I [16]

Y [10]

O [8]

U [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1639]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [447]

Canada [6]

India [5]

South Africa [3]

United States [2]

Argentina [1]

Australia [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

St Andrews, Fife [216] Fife [212] Dunfermline, Fife [149] Cupar, Fife [134] Kirkcaldy, Fife [115] Pittenweem, Fife [66] Fife Scotland [57] Leven, Fife [36] Dysart, Fife [34] Leslie, Fife [28] Markinch, Fife [26] Cowdenbeath, Fife [23] Lochgelly, Fife [21] Newburgh, Fife [19] Kinghorn, Fife [18] Buckhaven, Fife [17] Burntisland, Fife [16] Cellardyke, Fife [15] Tayport, Fife [14] Aberdour, Fife [13] Wemyss, Fife [12] Auchterderran, Fife [10] Ceres, Fife [10] Crail, Fife [10] Auchtermuchty, Fife [9] Leuchars, Fife [9] Newport, Fife [9] Crossgates, Fife [8] Fife, Fifeshire [8] Kelty, Fife [8] Scoonie Parish, Fife [8] Beath, Fife [7] Falkland, Fife [7] Inverkeithing, Fife [7] St Andrews, Fife, Scotland [7] St Monance, Fife [7] Strathmiglo, Fife [7] Anstruther, Fife [6] Wormit, Fife [6] Collessie, Fife [5] Dunfermline Fife Scotland [5] East Wemyss, Fife [5] Fife, Scotland [5] Kingsbarns, Fife [5] Largo, Fife [5] Saint Andrews, Fife [5] Abbotshall, Fife [4] Carnbee, Fife [4] Culross, Fife [4] Largoward, Fife [4]

Rank

Private [653] Lance Corporal [108] Corporal [87] Serjeant [71] Second Lieutenant [62] Lieutenant [45] Captain [42] Deck Hand [36] Gunner [31] Sapper [26] Acting Corporal [25] Driver [23] Lance Serjeant [16] Major [16] Ordinary Seaman [16] Able Seaman [13] Acting Serjeant [12] Skipper [12] Temporary Captain [11] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [9] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [9] Second Hand [9] Temporary Second Lieutenant [8] Bombardier [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Engineman [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Seaman [6] Sergeant [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Trimmer [6] Acting Captain [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [5] Cadet [5] Lance Sergeant [5] Pioneer [5] Stoker [5] Trooper [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Private 2nd Class [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Trimmer Cook [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Major [3] Acting Sergeant [3] Master [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Lance Sergeant [2]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [319] Royal Highlanders [194] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [91] Royal Naval Reserve [76] King's Own Scottish Borderers [63] Royal Scots [53] Royal Engineers [38] Royal Air Force [34] Machine Gun Corps [32] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [31] Gordon Highlanders [31] Royal Field Artillery [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [28] Highland Light Infantry [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Scots Guards [20] Seaforth Highlanders [20] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [19] Cameron Highlanders [18] Army Service Corps [17] Labour Corps [17] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [17] Royal Naval Division [16] Royal Scots Fusiliers [14] Canadian Infantry [13] Highland Cyclist Battalion [12] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11] London Regiment [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] Scottish Rifles [9] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [8] 8th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Royal Naval Air Service [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] National Reserve [5] 6th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Black Watch [4] Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry [4] Training Reserve [4] attached to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [3] 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [3]

Service

British Army [876] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [652] Royal Navy [183] Australian Imperial Force [75] Other Empire Force [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [28] South African Services [4] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

M [214] B [185] S [166] W [147] H [143] C [139] A [105] D [105] G [99] R [88] L [71] P [68] T [62] F [58] K [47] J [29] N [25] E [21] I [16] Y [10] O [8] U [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1639] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [447] Canada [6] India [5] South Africa [3] United States [2] Argentina [1] Australia [1] Malta [1]

St. Clair Oswald

Born 1858

Died 1938

British Army Sub-Lieutenant Fife Artillery Militia

British Army Lieutenant Fife Artillery Militia

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd Hussars

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John Wood

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army M2/099074 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Army Service Corps

British Army Royal Army Service Corps

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Thomas Docherty

Born 1892

Died 1947

British Army 372323 Private Labour Corps

British Army Royal Scots 5th Reserve Batton

British Army 2344 Private Royal Scots 10th Batt and 5th res. Batt and 12th Batt

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Andrew Horne

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 41335 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 43135 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 18722 Pte. King's Own Scottish Borderers

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David Adair Peebles

Born 1889

British Army Acting Captain Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 2040 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 2040 Lance Corporal Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

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Andrew Foster

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army National Reserve County of Fife

British Army 3509 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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David Mclaren

Born 1895

Died 1942

British Army 43129 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 43129 Private Highland Light Infantry 16th Battalion

British Army 750 NCO Highland Cyclist Battalion

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David Gourlay Dalrymple

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 369 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 369 Acting Company Serjeant Major Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Alexander Cunnington Wilkie

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 7567 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 7567 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 7567 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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George Swan

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 204 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 204 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 204 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Andrew Milliken

Born 1886

Died 1931

British Army 2767 Private Royal Dragoons

British Army D/2767 Private Royal Dragoons

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David Laing Page

Born 1898

Died 1948

Royal Navy

Royal Navy J.84021 Ordinary Seaman Pembroke 1 and Courageous

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George Mclay

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 19059 Private Royal Scots 16th Battalion

British Army 19059 Corporal Royal Scots 16th Battalion

British Army 19059 Lance Serjeant Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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Thomas Mclean

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army T2/018149 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T2/018149 Driver Army Service Corps

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William Henry Stewart

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army S/11869 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Ramsay Duke

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army G/74817 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army R/444 Private Royal Fusiliers

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F B D Stalker

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 6th Battalion.

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Beatrice Victoria Campbell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 31673 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Walter Deas

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2337 Pte BLACK WATCH (THE ROYAL REGIMENT) 1/7th (FIFES OWN)

British Army 137549 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 2337 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Richard Innes

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 469447 Private Labour Corps Scottish Command Labour Centre

British Army Army Reserve Class P

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