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Dundee Forfar [203]

Dundee, Forfar [105]

Forfar [72]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [71]

Forfar Scotland [66]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [45]

Arbroath Forfar [40]

Montrose Forfar [39]

Forfar, Forfarshire [33]

Arbroath, Forfar [30]

Forfar, Forfar [27]

Montrose, Forfar [17]

Brechin Forfar [14]

Brechin, Forfar [8]

Forfar, Scotland [7]

Broughty Ferry Forfar [6]

Carnoustie, Forfar [6]

Dundee, Forfar, Scotland [6]

Kirriemuir, Forfar [5]

Forfar Forfarshire Scotland [4]

Forfar, [4]

Monifieth Forfar [4]

Monifieth, Forfar [4]

Brechen Forfar [3]

Carnoustie Forfar [3]

Forfar, Angus [3]

Lochee Forfar [3]

Brechin, Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Broughty Ferry, Forfar [2]

Ferryden Forfar [2]

Ferryden, Forfar [2]

Forfar, Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Kirkden Forfar SCOTLAND [2]

Kirriemuir Forfar [2]

Kirriemuir, Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Monikie, Forfar [2]

Montrose, Forfar, Scotland [2]

156 East High Street Forfar [1]

Aberlemno, Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Abroath Forfar [1]

Alyth Forfar [1]

Barry Forfar [1]

Blytheswood, Forfar [1]

Brechan Forfar [1]

Brechin Forfar Scotland [1]

Breckin Forfar [1]

Breshin Forfar [1]

British Linen Bank Buildings Cross Forfar Angus [1]

Broughty Ferry , Forfar [1]

Broughty Ferry Forfar SCOTLAND [1]

Rank

Private [71]

Able Seaman [12]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Corporal [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Serjeant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sapper [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Gunner [3]

Orderly [3]

Deck Hand [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Squadron Commander [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegrapher [1]

Captain (Temporary Major) [1]

Driver [1]

Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Group Captain [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1]

Lieutenant-Commander (Retired) [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Recruit [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Signalman [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [27]

Royal Highlanders [25]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

French Red Cross [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

1/5th Royal Highlanders [1]

11th Labour Corps [1]

18th (Service) Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment [1]

1st Battalion, Scots Guards [1]

27th Bn. Canadian Infantry [1]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

2nd Royal Highlanders [1]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Pay Corps [1]

Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M. Trawler "Strathlet-Han." [1]

H.M.S Hawke [1]

Service

Royal Navy [634]

British Army [101]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [89]

Australian Imperial Force [66]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [150]

S [117]

C [87]

D [78]

B [70]

W [62]

R [55]

G [41]

H [41]

A [39]

L [35]

F [30]

P [25]

T [23]

K [22]

N [17]

J [13]

E [10]

O [9]

I [4]

Y [3]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [882]

Merchant Navy [44]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Canada [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Dundee Forfar [203] Dundee, Forfar [105] Forfar [72] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [71] Forfar Scotland [66] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [45] Arbroath Forfar [40] Montrose Forfar [39] Forfar, Forfarshire [33] Arbroath, Forfar [30] Forfar, Forfar [27] Montrose, Forfar [17] Brechin Forfar [14] Brechin, Forfar [8] Forfar, Scotland [7] Broughty Ferry Forfar [6] Carnoustie, Forfar [6] Dundee, Forfar, Scotland [6] Kirriemuir, Forfar [5] Forfar Forfarshire Scotland [4] Forfar, [4] Monifieth Forfar [4] Monifieth, Forfar [4] Brechen Forfar [3] Carnoustie Forfar [3] Forfar, Angus [3] Lochee Forfar [3] Brechin, Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Broughty Ferry, Forfar [2] Ferryden Forfar [2] Ferryden, Forfar [2] Forfar, Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Kirkden Forfar SCOTLAND [2] Kirriemuir Forfar [2] Kirriemuir, Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Monikie, Forfar [2] Montrose, Forfar, Scotland [2] 156 East High Street Forfar [1] Aberlemno, Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Abroath Forfar [1] Alyth Forfar [1] Barry Forfar [1] Blytheswood, Forfar [1] Brechan Forfar [1] Brechin Forfar Scotland [1] Breckin Forfar [1] Breshin Forfar [1] British Linen Bank Buildings Cross Forfar Angus [1] Broughty Ferry , Forfar [1] Broughty Ferry Forfar SCOTLAND [1]

Rank

Private [71] Able Seaman [12] Stoker 1st Class [8] Corporal [7] Lance Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Serjeant [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sapper [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Gunner [3] Orderly [3] Deck Hand [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Squadron Commander [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegrapher [1] Captain (Temporary Major) [1] Driver [1] Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Flight Commander [1] Group Captain [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1] Lieutenant-Commander (Retired) [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Recruit [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Signal Boy [1] Signalman [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [27] Royal Highlanders [25] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] Gordon Highlanders [6] Royal Engineers [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Highland Light Infantry [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] HMS TIGER [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Royal Scots [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) [3] Canadian Infantry [2] French Red Cross [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS Vivid II [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Scottish Horse [2] Scottish Rifles [2] 1/5th Royal Highlanders [1] 11th Labour Corps [1] 18th (Service) Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment [1] 1st Battalion, Scots Guards [1] 27th Bn. Canadian Infantry [1] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 2nd Royal Highlanders [1] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 4th South African Infantry [1] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Pay Corps [1] Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M. Trawler "Strathlet-Han." [1] H.M.S Hawke [1]

Service

Royal Navy [634] British Army [101] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [89] Australian Imperial Force [66] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [150] S [117] C [87] D [78] B [70] W [62] R [55] G [41] H [41] A [39] L [35] F [30] P [25] T [23] K [22] N [17] J [13] E [10] O [9] I [4] Y [3] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [882] Merchant Navy [44]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Canada [1] Malta [1]

Frank Fullerton

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army S/6593 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Alexander Clark

Died 1918

British Army 2997 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 266125 Corporal Scottish Rifles 7th Battalion

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Andrew Dakers

Born 1897

Died 1934

British Army 240290 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Highlanders

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Jonathan Beverley Craik

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 4th Divisional Ammunition Column

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James Anderson Dow

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy 270564

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David Mcintosh

Died 1917

British Army 27513 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 2923 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 40206 Private Royal Scots 16th Battalion.

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John Mckinnon

Died 1918

British Army 291542 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 235492 Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion.

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William Lowson Adamson

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 555 Private Army Cyclist Corps 51st Highland Divisional Cyclist Company

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David M Watson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 18085 Private Royal Scots

British Army 18085 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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Alfred Whyte

Died 1918

British Army S/12888 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/12888 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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James Dear

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3585 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 6996 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 293122 Private Royal Highlanders

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Frank Gibb

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2701 Private Royal Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army 2701 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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David S Lawson

Died 1918

British Army S/18799 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/18799 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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George Brown

Died 1917

British Army 241096 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 5th Bn.

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William George Cargill

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J6398 Able Seaman HMS Warspite

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George Davie

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 26752 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 2026 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 40158 Private Royal Scots 11th Battalion.

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David Edwards

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army S/20381 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/20381 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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John Adam Whitson Douglas Myles

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry Attached King's African Rifles 7th Battalion

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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David Neave

Died 1918

British Army S/11866 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/41379 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/41379 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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George Robertson Mann

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 345968 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 3385 Private Royal Highlanders 3/5th Battalion

British Army 345968 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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