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Hawick, Roxburghshire [145]

Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland [31]

Wilton, Hawick, Roxburghshire [3]

Ashkirk, Hawick, Roxburghshire [1]

HAWICK, ROXBURGHSHIRE [1]

Hawick Roxburghshire Scotland [1]

Hawick, Roxburghshire. [1]

Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland. [1]

Wilton Hawick, Roxburghshire [1]

Wilton,Hawick Roxburghshire Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Nurse [1]

Pte [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Royal Scots [2]

BEF Canada [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS President [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS ST VINCENT [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Scottish Women's Hospitals [ French Red Cross ] [1]

Scottish Womens Hospitals [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [78]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

British Army [17]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [20]

R [19]

H [18]

C [17]

B [16]

S [15]

W [14]

D [8]

L [8]

P [8]

G [7]

A [6]

K [6]

T [6]

O [5]

E [4]

F [4]

J [2]

N [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [156]

Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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People [186] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hawick, Roxburghshire [145] Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland [31] Wilton, Hawick, Roxburghshire [3] Ashkirk, Hawick, Roxburghshire [1] HAWICK, ROXBURGHSHIRE [1] Hawick Roxburghshire Scotland [1] Hawick, Roxburghshire. [1] Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland. [1] Wilton Hawick, Roxburghshire [1] Wilton,Hawick Roxburghshire Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [16] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Bombardier [1] Chief Stoker [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Nurse [1] Pte [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Royal Scots [2] BEF Canada [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] French Red Cross [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS President [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS ST VINCENT [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS IRON DUKE [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Scottish Women's Hospitals [ French Red Cross ] [1] Scottish Womens Hospitals [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [78] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] British Army [17] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [20] R [19] H [18] C [17] B [16] S [15] W [14] D [8] L [8] P [8] G [7] A [6] K [6] T [6] O [5] E [4] F [4] J [2] N [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [156] Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Ireland [1] United States [1]

William Burns Glen

Born 1893

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Henry Calvert

Born 1884

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Walter Barker

Born 1894

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David Balmer

Born 1886

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Francis Armstrong

Born 1882

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Archibald Douglas Adams

Born 1898

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John William Affleck

Born 1902

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Thomas Rae

Born 1874

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Alexander Borthwick Scott

Born 1880

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James Neill Scott

Born 1888

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John Yellowlees Richardson

Born 1877

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George Monteith

Born 1884

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Walter Inglis

Born 1877

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William Spalding

Born 1873

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Norman Spalding

Born 1881

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Andrew Pennycook

Born 1879

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John Fraser Orr

Born 1878

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John Boyd Millar

Born 1894

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James Brydon

Born 1887

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Christopher Bell

Born 1877

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