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Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [763]

Greenock Scotland [140]

Greenock, Scotland [20]

27 Robertson Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

6 George Square, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Collegiate School, Avenue Park,Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Greenock Renfrewshire Scotland [1]

Greenock West,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [1]

Greenock, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Greenock,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [1]

Place of birth - Greenock Scotland [1]

Renfrew Greenock Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Commander [1]

Doctor [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major [1]

Major General [1]

Mechanic [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [4]

London Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

12th Brigade [1]

15th Cdn Machine Gun Co [1]

170th Battalion [1]

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Armoured Car [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Cameron Highlanders of Canada [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

The Duke of Connaught's Own [1]

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [136]

British Army [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Royal Navy [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [259]

C [93]

B [80]

S [77]

H [49]

G [43]

R [41]

W [40]

D [33]

A [32]

F [32]

T [29]

L [28]

K [25]

J [16]

P [15]

O [14]

E [7]

N [6]

Q [6]

I [4]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [753]

Military Service [178]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [763] Greenock Scotland [140] Greenock, Scotland [20] 27 Robertson Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] 6 George Square, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Collegiate School, Avenue Park,Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Greenock Renfrewshire Scotland [1] Greenock West,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [1] Greenock, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Greenock,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [1] Place of birth - Greenock Scotland [1] Renfrew Greenock Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [17] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Commander [1] Doctor [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major [1] Major General [1] Mechanic [1] Medical Officer [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [4] London Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 12th Brigade [1] 15th Cdn Machine Gun Co [1] 170th Battalion [1] Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1] Armoured Car [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Infantry [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Cameron Highlanders of Canada [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS TIGER [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Scottish Rifles [1] The Duke of Connaught's Own [1] The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [136] British Army [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Royal Navy [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [259] C [93] B [80] S [77] H [49] G [43] R [41] W [40] D [33] A [32] F [32] T [29] L [28] K [25] J [16] P [15] O [14] E [7] N [6] Q [6] I [4] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [753] Military Service [178]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Ireland [2] Australia [1]

Robert Reginald John Holmes

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps 81st (1st/1st Home Counties) Field Ambulance

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Lionel Henry Shore

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Commander HMS INVINCIBLE

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James Campbell

Born 1883

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141639

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141639 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Laurie

Born 1882

Canadian Expeditionary Force 24613 Cameron Highlanders of Canada

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Archibald Munn

Born 1874

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 457406

Canadian Expeditionary Force 457406 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Tully

Born 1883

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 51458

Canadian Expeditionary Force 51458 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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Allan Stewart

Australian Imperial Force 13990

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Hugh Mcleod Stewart

Australian Imperial Force 4119

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James Reiach

Australian Imperial Force

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William Hutton Howie

Australian Imperial Force 59133

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William Throsby Bridges

Australian Imperial Force

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Andrew Allison

Australian Imperial Force 2275

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John Elliott Scott

Australian Imperial Force 6111

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Thomas Sholto Douglas

Australian Imperial Force

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Thomas Mitchell Stevenson

Australian Imperial Force 3397

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James Taylor

Australian Imperial Force 22172

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James Fleming

Australian Imperial Force 3708

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David Fulton

Australian Imperial Force

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Donald Mclean

Australian Imperial Force 240

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James Mccracken Denholm

Australian Imperial Force 5356

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