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Hawick, Roxburghshire [145]

Hawick, Roxburgh [42]

Hawick Scotland [39]

Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland [31]

Hawick [25]

Hawick, Scotland [6]

Hawick, Roxburgshire [3]

Wilton, Hawick [3]

Wilton, Hawick, Roxburghshire [3]

Hawick, Roxborough [2]

Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland [2]

Wilton, Hawick, Roxburgh [2]

Ancrum, Hawick, Roxburgh [1]

Ashkirk, Hawick, Roxburghshire [1]

HAWICK, ROXBURGHSHIRE [1]

Hawick England [1]

Hawick Roxburghshire Scotland [1]

Hawick, Essex [1]

Hawick, Roxboroughshire [1]

Hawick, Roxbughshire [1]

Hawick, Roxburghshire. [1]

Hawick, Suffolk [1]

Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland. [1]

Hawick,Scotland. [1]

Ormiston Farm, Hawick, Scotland [1]

Place of birth - Hawick Scotland [1]

Synton, Hawick, Roxburgh [1]

Wilton Hawick, Roxburghshire [1]

Wilton,Hawick Roxburghshire Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [73]

Corporal [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Nurse [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pte [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker RNR [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [48]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [3]

Australian Infantry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Kings Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

BEF Canada [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Cameronians (Scots Rifles) [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS President [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Lothian and Border Horse [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [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 - HMS Newmarket [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

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

Scottish Womens Hospitals [1]

Service

Royal Navy [97]

British Army [90]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63]

Australian Imperial Force [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

R [31]

S [30]

C [29]

H [29]

B [27]

M [27]

T [21]

W [20]

L [14]

D [13]

P [12]

F [11]

K [11]

A [10]

G [10]

O [9]

E [6]

I [3]

J [3]

N [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [285]

Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Hawick, Roxburghshire [145] Hawick, Roxburgh [42] Hawick Scotland [39] Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland [31] Hawick [25] Hawick, Scotland [6] Hawick, Roxburgshire [3] Wilton, Hawick [3] Wilton, Hawick, Roxburghshire [3] Hawick, Roxborough [2] Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland [2] Wilton, Hawick, Roxburgh [2] Ancrum, Hawick, Roxburgh [1] Ashkirk, Hawick, Roxburghshire [1] HAWICK, ROXBURGHSHIRE [1] Hawick England [1] Hawick Roxburghshire Scotland [1] Hawick, Essex [1] Hawick, Roxboroughshire [1] Hawick, Roxbughshire [1] Hawick, Roxburghshire. [1] Hawick, Suffolk [1] Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland. [1] Hawick,Scotland. [1] Ormiston Farm, Hawick, Scotland [1] Place of birth - Hawick Scotland [1] Synton, Hawick, Roxburgh [1] Wilton Hawick, Roxburghshire [1] Wilton,Hawick Roxburghshire Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [73] Corporal [8] Lance Corporal [7] Ordinary Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic [2] Lieutenant [2] Sapper [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Nurse [1] Pioneer [1] Pte [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Stoker [1] Stoker RNR [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [48] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] Royal Scots [5] Royal Highlanders [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Highland Light Infantry [3] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [3] Australian Infantry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Kings Own Scottish Borderers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Army Service Corps [1] BEF Canada [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Cameronians (Scots Rifles) [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] French Red Cross [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS President [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Lothian and Border Horse [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [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 - HMS Newmarket [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Scots Guards [1] Scottish Rifles [1] Scottish Women's Hospitals [ French Red Cross ] [1] Scottish Womens Hospitals [1]

Service

Royal Navy [97] British Army [90] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63] Australian Imperial Force [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

R [31] S [30] C [29] H [29] B [27] M [27] T [21] W [20] L [14] D [13] P [12] F [11] K [11] A [10] G [10] O [9] E [6] I [3] J [3] N [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [285] Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Ireland [1] United States [1]

Walter Oliver

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 7413 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2/4th Battalion.

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John Mcginlay

Born 1896

Died 1921

British Army 651 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st/4th Bn

British Army 234558 Private Training Reserve 458th Bn.

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Robert Alexander Walker

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221518

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James Beattie

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 7654 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 7654 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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John Douglas

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282973

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Alexander Lauder

Died 1917

British Army 23804 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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James Riddell

Died 1916

British Army T4/083069 Driver Army Service Corps 27th Reserve H.T. Park

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Thomas Arthur Hawkins

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 291673 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 291673 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4/5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion (Territorial).

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William Turnbull

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280737

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John Coughlin

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 6988 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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William Hardie

Born 1881

Royal Navy F32945 Air Mechanic HMS President

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232945 Air Mechanic

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William Reid

Died 1915

British Army 643 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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James Rae

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 749 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Martin Boles

Died 1918

British Army 32509 Private Royal Scots

British Army King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

British Army 33637 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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George Nichol

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232054

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Robert Brydon

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243086

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William Rae

Died 1915

British Army 7415 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4 Battalion

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Richard Whillans

Died 1915

British Army 922 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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William Parker

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214481

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Peter Moffat

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203138

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