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Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [888]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [200]

Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [179]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [99]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [45]

Ferryden, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [40]

Forfarshire Scotland [40]

Carnoustie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [17]

Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [11]

Kirriemuir, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [9]

Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [4]

Forfar Forfarshire Scotland [4]

Monifieth, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland [3]

Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland [3]

Forfarshire, Scotland [3]

Arbroath Forfarshire Scotland [2]

Auchmithie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Brechin Forfarshire Scotland [2]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland [2]

Glamis Forfarshire Scotland [2]

Letham, Forfarshire, Scotland [2]

Monikie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland [2]

St Vigeans, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Aberlemno, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

Brechin Forfarshire Scotland [1]

Brechin Forfarshire SCOTLAND [1]

Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

Carnoustie, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

Craig Montrose Forfarshire Scotland [1]

Dundee, St Andrew, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Ferryden, Forfarshire Scotland [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire , Scotland [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

Forfarshire Scotland. [1]

Friockheim, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Glamis, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Gourdon, Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Guthrie, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

Inverkeilor, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Kilgoldrum Forfarshire Scotland [1]

Kirriemuir Forfarshire Scotland [1]

Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

Liff, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Lundie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Mid Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Monifieth, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

Panbride, Forfarshire, Scotland. [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Chief Stoker [2]

A/ Lance Corporal [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Fireman [1]

Lady Doctor [1]

Lance Corporal Drummer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Master [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Drummer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker II [1]

Submariner [1]

Third Engineer [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [11]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [10]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [6]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [4]

3rd Brigade [2]

Black Watch [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

12th Machine Gun Company [1]

4th Royal Highlanders [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

BlacK Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Unit/Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Dragoons [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H.M.S. Barham [1]

H.M.S. Victory II [1]

HM Submarine E3 [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

Headquarters Corps [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Mercantile Marine - Merchant Navy [1]

Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Clan Macfarlane" (Glasgow) [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS Redesmere (Manchester) [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lorle" (West Hartlepool) [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lucida" (London) [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "War Patrol" (Liverpool) [1]

RNR - S.S. River Clyde [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth [1]

Royal Highlanders Black Watch [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Clyde - HMS MALAYA [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Research [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Service

British Army [51]

Australian Imperial Force [41]

Royal Navy [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [6]

Last name first letter

M [244]

S [182]

C [136]

B [109]

R [102]

W [97]

D [94]

F [78]

G [77]

H [70]

P [68]

A [64]

L [64]

T [56]

K [49]

J [31]

N [26]

O [16]

E [14]

I [11]

Y [9]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [1493]

Military Service [103]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Malaysia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [888] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [200] Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [179] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [99] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [45] Ferryden, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [40] Forfarshire Scotland [40] Carnoustie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [17] Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [11] Kirriemuir, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [9] Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4] Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [4] Forfar Forfarshire Scotland [4] Monifieth, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland [3] Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland [3] Forfarshire, Scotland [3] Arbroath Forfarshire Scotland [2] Auchmithie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Brechin Forfarshire Scotland [2] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland [2] Glamis Forfarshire Scotland [2] Letham, Forfarshire, Scotland [2] Monikie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland [2] St Vigeans, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Aberlemno, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] Brechin Forfarshire Scotland [1] Brechin Forfarshire SCOTLAND [1] Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] Carnoustie, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] Craig Montrose Forfarshire Scotland [1] Dundee, St Andrew, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Ferryden, Forfarshire Scotland [1] Forfar, Forfarshire , Scotland [1] Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] Forfarshire Scotland. [1] Friockheim, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Glamis, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Gourdon, Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Guthrie, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] Inverkeilor, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Kilgoldrum Forfarshire Scotland [1] Kirriemuir Forfarshire Scotland [1] Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] Liff, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Lundie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Mid Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Monifieth, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] Panbride, Forfarshire, Scotland. [1]

Rank

Private [37] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Chief Stoker [2] A/ Lance Corporal [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Chief Engineer [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Fireman [1] Lady Doctor [1] Lance Corporal Drummer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Master [1] Nurse [1] Private Drummer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Stoker II [1] Submariner [1] Third Engineer [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [11] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [10] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [6] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [4] 3rd Brigade [2] Black Watch [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Scottish Horse [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 12th Machine Gun Company [1] 4th Royal Highlanders [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] BlacK Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Unit/Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Dragoons [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. Barham [1] H.M.S. Victory II [1] HM Submarine E3 [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] Headquarters Corps [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Mercantile Marine - Merchant Navy [1] Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Clan Macfarlane" (Glasgow) [1] Mercantile Marine - SS Redesmere (Manchester) [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lorle" (West Hartlepool) [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lucida" (London) [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "War Patrol" (Liverpool) [1] RNR - S.S. River Clyde [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth [1] Royal Highlanders Black Watch [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [1] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Clyde - HMS MALAYA [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Research [1] Royal Scots [1]

Service

British Army [51] Australian Imperial Force [41] Royal Navy [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [6]

Last name first letter

M [244] S [182] C [136] B [109] R [102] W [97] D [94] F [78] G [77] H [70] P [68] A [64] L [64] T [56] K [49] J [31] N [26] O [16] E [14] I [11] Y [9] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [1493] Military Service [103]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1] Malaysia [1] South Africa [1]

William Alexander Masterton

Born 1893

Died 1966

British Army 151892 Sapper Royal Engineers Signal Depot (Fenny Stratford Buckinghamshire)

British Army 151892 Sapper Royal Engineers Base Signal Depot (Rouen France)

British Army 151892 Sapper Royal Engineers 36th Signal Company

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Harry Thomson Blair

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Lance Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 1013 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 240079 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Kenneth Pirie Moir

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army S/14804 Private Cameron Highlanders 6 Battalion

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Sidney Herbert Steven

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Black Watch

British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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James Whyte Swanston

Born 1872

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine - Merchant Navy

Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Clan Macfarlane" (Glasgow)

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Harvey Smith Steven

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Black Watch

British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders 2/4 Battalion

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Alexander Hardie

Born 1877

British Army M2/079002 Private Army Service Corps No 3 Company

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John Pollock Foster

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 5840 Private Cheshire Regiment

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George Mckenzie Samson

Born 1889

Died 1923

Royal Navy 2408A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2408 A Seaman RNR - S.S. River Clyde

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Joseph Duncan

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army S/9512 Private Gordon Highlanders 3rd Battalion

British Army S/9512 Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Francis Lindsay Whyte

Born 1894

Died 1953

Australian Imperial Force 7114 Private 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 7114 Private 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 7114 Lance Corporal 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

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James Dolan

Born 1888

British Army 266027 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 29679 Private Royal Highlanders

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David Archer

Born 1892

British Army 1479 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 1475 Private Royal Highlanders 5th Bn

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Peter Hardie

Born 1876

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 568 Private

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George Bugler Anderson

Born 1889

British Army 216 Private Drummer Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 4th Bn

British Army 216 Lance Corporal Drummer Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 4th Bn

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Bruce Anderson Smith

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 234204

Canadian Expeditionary Force 234204 A/ Lance Corporal 203rd Battalion

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James Nairn Lowdon

Born 1892

British Army 1523 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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Alexander Guthrie

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 2352 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 290540 Private Royal Highlanders

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Peter Howe Fawns

Born 1874

Royal Navy 268592 Submariner Submarine AE2

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David Allan

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7139 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 7139 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 4th Battalion

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