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Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [888]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [693]

Dundee, Forfarshire [381]

Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [11]

Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [8]

Monifieth, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [6]

Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [4]

Logie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4]

Tealing, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Auchterhouse, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Carnoustie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Barry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Bridgefoot, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

DUNDEE, FORFARSHIRE [1]

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

Forfar, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Forfarshire, Dundee [1]

Guthrie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Inverkeillor Forfarshire Dundee [1]

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

Monikie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Montrose, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Saint Mary's Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Saint Peter Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

St Andrew, Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

St Clements, Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

ardler dundee forfarshire [1]

Rank

Private [49]

Able Seaman [11]

Deck Hand [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Engineman [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Trimmer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lady Doctor [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Drummer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Cooks Mate [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major & Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Master [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Private Drummer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [21]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [18]

Royal Naval Reserve [13]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [11]

Royal Air Force [5]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

HMS LION [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Scottish Horse [3]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

London Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

4th Royal Highlanders [1]

5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [1]

BlacK Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

H.M. Submarine J.5. [1]

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

H.M.S. Barham [1]

H.M.S. Victory II [1]

HM Submarine E15 [1]

HM Submarine E30 [1]

HM Submarine G9 [1]

HM Submarine K13 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Boadicea [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Carnarvon [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

HMS Natal [1]

HMS Nestor [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [725]

Royal Navy [357]

British Army [59]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [342]

S [181]

C [156]

B [153]

D [140]

R [134]

W [127]

G [107]

H [98]

F [94]

L [88]

A [79]

T [71]

P [64]

K [56]

J [33]

N [33]

E [19]

O [19]

I [13]

Y [11]

Q [3]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1120]

Merchant Navy [887]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [888] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [693] Dundee, Forfarshire [381] Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [11] Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [8] Monifieth, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [6] Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4] Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [4] Logie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4] Tealing, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Auchterhouse, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Carnoustie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Barry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Bridgefoot, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] DUNDEE, FORFARSHIRE [1] Dundee, St Andrew, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Forfar, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Forfarshire, Dundee [1] Guthrie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Inverkeillor Forfarshire Dundee [1] Mid Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Monikie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Montrose, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Saint Mary's Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Saint Peter Dundee, Forfarshire [1] St Andrew, Dundee, Forfarshire [1] St Clements, Dundee, Forfarshire [1] ardler dundee forfarshire [1]

Rank

Private [49] Able Seaman [11] Deck Hand [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lance Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Corporal [2] Engineman [2] Gunner [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant [2] Trimmer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Cadet [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lady Doctor [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Drummer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Cooks Mate [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major & Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Master [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private 1st Class [1] Private Drummer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Rifleman [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [21] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [18] Royal Naval Reserve [13] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [11] Royal Air Force [5] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] HMS LION [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Scottish Horse [3] Cameron Highlanders [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Vivid I [2] London Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] 4th Royal Highlanders [1] 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [1] BlacK Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] H.M. Submarine J.5. [1] H.M.S. "Terrible." [1] H.M.S. Barham [1] H.M.S. Victory II [1] HM Submarine E15 [1] HM Submarine E30 [1] HM Submarine G9 [1] HM Submarine K13 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Boadicea [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Carnarvon [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] HMS Natal [1] HMS Nestor [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS Vivid II [1] Highland Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [725] Royal Navy [357] British Army [59] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [342] S [181] C [156] B [153] D [140] R [134] W [127] G [107] H [98] F [94] L [88] A [79] T [71] P [64] K [56] J [33] N [33] E [19] O [19] I [13] Y [11] Q [3] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1120] Merchant Navy [887]

Country

United Kingdom [26] India [1]

David Earl Robertson

Born 1894

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408648

British Army 3057 Private Scottish Horse

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Harry Devine

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 3/1328 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 3/1328 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

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George Turner Paton

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Leading Seaman HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy 221513 HMS Mary Rose

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Charles White Keillor

Died 1915

British Army 16339 Private Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

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William Reid

Died 1915

British Army 2670 Private Royal Highlanders 1st Battalion

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John Aitken

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army S/17457 Private Cameron Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Strachan Buik

Died 1918

British Army 2920 Trooper Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion

British Army 27789 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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John Sellars

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 374847 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 662968 Private Labour Corps

British Army 374847 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Carter Giffard

Born 1859

Died 1921

British Army Welsh Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

British Army Captain Welsh Regiment

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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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Alexander Cochrane

Born 1872

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306804 Clerk 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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James Dolan

Born 1888

British Army 266027 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 29679 Private Royal Highlanders

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Peter Bryan

Died 1918

British Army TR/5130 Private Training Reserve

British Army S/23219 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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William Donaldson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 84168 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 84168 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 231st BRIGADE

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George Dalziel

Died 1915

British Army 2033 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 2033 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

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John Morgan Gibson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1782 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 40987 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion.

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William Taylor Ross

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2755 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 200460 Company Sergeant Major Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th/5th Battalion

British Army 200460 Warrant Officer Class 2 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Thomas Manzie

Born 1871

Died 1917

Royal Navy 2919ES Engineman Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "New Comet."

Royal Navy ES 2919 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve

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John May

Born 1877

Died 1914

Royal Navy U 1963 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1963U Leading Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark

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George Jenkins Williamson

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy 229331

Royal Navy 229331 Petty Officer Stoker HM Submarine K13

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