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Glasgow, Renfrewshire [137]

Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire [116]

Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland [82]

Port Glasgow,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [2]

19 Rossendale Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1]

Glasgow Renfrewshire Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Renfrewshire, [1]

Near Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1]

Port Glasgow, Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Renfrewshire, Glasgow [1]

Rank

Private [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Trimmer [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

H.M.T.B. "III." [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS CHESTER [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [1]

Lovat's Scouts [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Eaglet." [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Service

Royal Navy [233]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

British Army [8]

Last name first letter

M [97]

B [31]

S [27]

R [24]

C [23]

W [22]

D [19]

G [17]

H [16]

T [11]

F [9]

L [9]

P [9]

A [8]

J [6]

K [5]

O [4]

N [3]

E [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [261]

Merchant Navy [82]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [343] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Glasgow, Renfrewshire [137] Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire [116] Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland [82] Port Glasgow,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [2] 19 Rossendale Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1] Glasgow Renfrewshire Scotland [1] Glasgow, Renfrewshire, [1] Near Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1] Port Glasgow, Greenock, Renfrewshire [1] Renfrewshire, Glasgow [1]

Rank

Private [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Able Seaman [3] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Driver [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Trimmer [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] H.M.T.B. "III." [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS CHESTER [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Vivid II [1] Highland Cyclist Battalion [1] Lovat's Scouts [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Eaglet." [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Scottish Horse [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Service

Royal Navy [233] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] British Army [8]

Last name first letter

M [97] B [31] S [27] R [24] C [23] W [22] D [19] G [17] H [16] T [11] F [9] L [9] P [9] A [8] J [6] K [5] O [4] N [3] E [1] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [261] Merchant Navy [82]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Henry James Dooley

Born 1888

Died 1947

Royal Navy SS106681

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James Duff

Born 1897

British Army 4908 Trooper Scottish Horse 3/1st

British Army 7343 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 202616 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th Bn

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William Mccallum

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160764

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John Cummings Ross

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296123

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John Hynter

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239606

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John Rice

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295168

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Alexander Webster

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34173

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James Macdonald

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195795

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John Mahoney

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189268

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Alexander Clark

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403916

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James Ptolomey

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14361

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Andrew Mcnaul

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 41220 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 41222 Driver Royal Field Artillery

Royal Navy 910156 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve

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John William Hall-Maxwell Taylor

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212647

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Henry Small Anderson

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy 209596 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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Matthew Rodger

Born 1869

Died 1951

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William Lade Hill

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 18695 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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Robert Mcdonald Baillie

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy K53085 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Hercules

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Angus Hasson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277851

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John Elder Porter

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army S/2415 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/2415 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion

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Robert Murphy

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267059

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