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Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [185]

Inverness, Inverness-shire [111]

Inverness, Inverness-Shire [16]

Portree, Inverness-shire, Scotland [16]

Fort William, Inverness-shire [14]

Harris, Inverness-Shire [10]

Portree, Inverness-shire [10]

Inverness-shire [8]

Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland [7]

Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland [7]

Skye, Inverness-shire [6]

Barra, Inverness-Shire [5]

Beauly, Inverness-shire [5]

Kingussie, Inverness-shire [5]

Portree, Inverness-Shire [5]

Barra, Inverness-shire [4]

Castlebay, Inverness-shire, Scotland [4]

Harris, Inverness-shire [4]

Balla, Inverness-shire [3]

Beauly, Inverness-Shire [3]

Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire [3]

Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland [3]

Glendale, Inverness-shire, Scotland [3]

Kilmuir, Inverness-shire [3]

Snizort, Inverness-Shire [3]

South Uist, Inverness-Shire [3]

Alvie, Inverness-Shire [2]

Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Boleskine, Inverness-shire [2]

Cromdale, Inverness-shire [2]

Dunvegan, Inverness-shire [2]

Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Fort William Inverness-shire Scotland [2]

Fort William, Inverness-Shire [2]

Glenmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Inverness Shire Scotland [2]

Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire [2]

Kilmallie, Inverness-Shire [2]

Kirkhill, Inverness-shire [2]

Kylerhea, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Lochboisdale, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Lochmaddy, Inverness-shire [2]

Mallaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Moy, Inverness-shire [2]

North Boisdale, Inverness-shire [2]

Skye, Inverness-Shire [2]

16 Elgoll, Strath, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Inverness-Shire [1]

21 Telford Road, Inverness, Inverness-shire [1]

3 Glebe Street, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1]

34 Castle Street Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [99]

Deck Hand [25]

Corporal [11]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Seaman [9]

Lieutenant [7]

Serjeant [5]

Captain [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Cadet [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Shoeing Smith Private [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Bugler [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Gunner [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Skipper [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Student Cadet [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wing Commander [1]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [76]

Royal Naval Reserve [36]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Lovat Scouts [6]

HMS Vivid I [5]

Lovat's Scouts [5]

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Vivid." [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

H.M.S. "Vivid." [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Scots Guards [2]

5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

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

H.M.S. Warrior [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS Warspite [1]

Home Guard [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queens Own Cameron Highlanders [1]

Retiered Officers List [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Naval Air Services [1]

Service

Royal Navy [215]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [132]

British Army [127]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [383]

C [65]

G [45]

F [41]

R [29]

S [28]

D [18]

B [17]

H [16]

L [16]

W [15]

N [13]

P [13]

J [9]

K [9]

A [8]

T [5]

U [5]

E [2]

I [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [421]

Merchant Navy [268]

Country

United Kingdom [64]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [185] Inverness, Inverness-shire [111] Inverness, Inverness-Shire [16] Portree, Inverness-shire, Scotland [16] Fort William, Inverness-shire [14] Harris, Inverness-Shire [10] Portree, Inverness-shire [10] Inverness-shire [8] Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland [7] Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland [7] Skye, Inverness-shire [6] Barra, Inverness-Shire [5] Beauly, Inverness-shire [5] Kingussie, Inverness-shire [5] Portree, Inverness-Shire [5] Barra, Inverness-shire [4] Castlebay, Inverness-shire, Scotland [4] Harris, Inverness-shire [4] Balla, Inverness-shire [3] Beauly, Inverness-Shire [3] Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire [3] Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland [3] Glendale, Inverness-shire, Scotland [3] Kilmuir, Inverness-shire [3] Snizort, Inverness-Shire [3] South Uist, Inverness-Shire [3] Alvie, Inverness-Shire [2] Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2] Boleskine, Inverness-shire [2] Cromdale, Inverness-shire [2] Dunvegan, Inverness-shire [2] Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2] Fort William Inverness-shire Scotland [2] Fort William, Inverness-Shire [2] Glenmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2] Inverness Shire Scotland [2] Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire [2] Kilmallie, Inverness-Shire [2] Kirkhill, Inverness-shire [2] Kylerhea, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2] Lochboisdale, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2] Lochmaddy, Inverness-shire [2] Mallaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2] Moy, Inverness-shire [2] North Boisdale, Inverness-shire [2] Skye, Inverness-Shire [2] 16 Elgoll, Strath, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Inverness-Shire [1] 21 Telford Road, Inverness, Inverness-shire [1] 3 Glebe Street, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1] 34 Castle Street Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [99] Deck Hand [25] Corporal [11] Ordinary Seaman [11] Lance Corporal [9] Seaman [9] Lieutenant [7] Serjeant [5] Captain [4] Second Lieutenant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Cadet [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Acting Shoeing Smith Private [1] Air Mechanic [1] Bugler [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Flight Cadet [1] Gunner [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Signal Boy [1] Skipper [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Stoker [1] Student Cadet [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wing Commander [1]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [76] Royal Naval Reserve [36] Seaforth Highlanders [13] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Lovat Scouts [6] HMS Vivid I [5] Lovat's Scouts [5] Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Royal Air Force [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Labour Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Vivid." [3] Army Service Corps [2] H.M.S. "Vivid." [2] HMS Vivid [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Scots Guards [2] 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Malaya." [1] H.M.S. "Minerva" [1] H.M.S. "Orion." [1] H.M.S. Warrior [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS Warspite [1] Home Guard [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queens Own Cameron Highlanders [1] Retiered Officers List [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Naval Air Services [1]

Service

Royal Navy [215] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [132] British Army [127] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [383] C [65] G [45] F [41] R [29] S [28] D [18] B [17] H [16] L [16] W [15] N [13] P [13] J [9] K [9] A [8] T [5] U [5] E [2] I [2] O [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [421] Merchant Navy [268]

Country

United Kingdom [64] Ireland [1]

Donald John Allan

Born 1895

British Army S/10807 Private 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders

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John Mckenzie Batchen

Born 1855

Died 1926

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Donald Neil Cameron

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210636 Serjeant Royal Air Force

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John Fraser

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1711 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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James Ross

Died 1915

British Army 3/6192 Private Cameron Highlanders 2nd Battalion.

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Douglas Simpson

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183870 Cadet Royal Air Force

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George David Gall

Born 1885

Died 1940

Other Empire Force Able Seaman S.S. Pikepool Merchant Navy

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John William Brookes

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262021

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James Clark

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168207

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Lawrence Maclaughlin

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13710

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Douglas Strachan Mckenzie

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21505

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Andrew Fraser

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280534

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William Stewart Mackenzie

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302364

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Charles Mcrae

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88033

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Donald Mcdougall

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167367

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John Robinson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195782

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John George Mcleod

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287471

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William Aitken

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288664

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Hugh Fraser

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266010

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Peter Sinclair

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161302

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