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Inverness Scotland [260]

Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [185]

Inverness [153]

Inverness, Inverness-shire [111]

Inverness, Scotland [17]

Inverness, Inverness-Shire [16]

Portree, Inverness-shire, Scotland [16]

Fort William, Inverness-shire [14]

Harris, Inverness-Shire [10]

Portree, Inverness-shire [10]

Harris, Inverness [9]

Barra, Inverness [8]

Inverness-shire [8]

Skye, Inverness [8]

Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland [7]

Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland [6]

Inverness, Inverness [6]

Skye, Inverness-shire [6]

Barra, Inverness-Shire [5]

Beauly, Inverness-shire [5]

Kingussie, Inverness-shire [5]

POE Inverness Scotland [5]

Portree, Inverness-Shire [5]

Barra, Inverness-shire [4]

Castlebay, Inverness-shire, Scotland [4]

Harris, Inverness-shire [4]

Inverness, Invernesshire [4]

Inverness, Invernessshire [4]

Balla, Inverness-shire [3]

Beauly, Inverness-Shire [3]

Fort George, 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]

Balnafettach, Inverness, Scotland [2]

Boleskine, Inverness-shire [2]

Cromdale, Inverness-shire [2]

Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire [2]

Fort William, Inverness-Shire [2]

Glendale, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Glenmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Inverness Shire Scotland [2]

Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire [2]

Kilmallie, Inverness-Shire [2]

Kilmuir, Inverness [2]

Kirkhill, Inverness-shire [2]

Kylerhea, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Lochboisdale, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [169]

Deck Hand [36]

Corporal [23]

Lance Corporal [17]

Ordinary Seaman [17]

Seaman [13]

Serjeant [11]

Captain [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Sergeant [6]

Gunner [5]

Major [5]

Sapper [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Bombardier [2]

Cadet [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Skipper [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Shoeing Smith Private [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Assistant Comissioner [1]

Bugler [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Doctor [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Guardsman [1]

Hon. Cptn [1]

Lance Corporal RMLI [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Nurse [1]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [107]

Royal Naval Reserve [52]

Seaforth Highlanders [20]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [10]

Royal Highlanders [10]

HMS Vivid I [8]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Labour Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Lovat Scouts [6]

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Lovat's Scouts [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Australian Infantry [3]

H.M.S. "Vivid." [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

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

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

15th Bn. Canadian Infantry [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Engineers [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Queens Own Cameron Highlanders [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) [1]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

48th Highlanders [1]

4th Cameron Highlanders [1]

56th Btn, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

58th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Service

Royal Navy [405]

Australian Imperial Force [269]

British Army [220]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [133]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [655]

C [110]

F [88]

S [74]

G [64]

R [51]

B [36]

D [34]

W [30]

H [24]

L [20]

N [18]

A [17]

P [17]

T [17]

J [15]

K [11]

U [10]

I [7]

E [6]

O [5]

Y [5]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [967]

Merchant Navy [269]

Country

United Kingdom [97]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [1316] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Inverness Scotland [260] Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [185] Inverness [153] Inverness, Inverness-shire [111] Inverness, Scotland [17] Inverness, Inverness-Shire [16] Portree, Inverness-shire, Scotland [16] Fort William, Inverness-shire [14] Harris, Inverness-Shire [10] Portree, Inverness-shire [10] Harris, Inverness [9] Barra, Inverness [8] Inverness-shire [8] Skye, Inverness [8] Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland [7] Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland [6] Inverness, Inverness [6] Skye, Inverness-shire [6] Barra, Inverness-Shire [5] Beauly, Inverness-shire [5] Kingussie, Inverness-shire [5] POE Inverness Scotland [5] Portree, Inverness-Shire [5] Barra, Inverness-shire [4] Castlebay, Inverness-shire, Scotland [4] Harris, Inverness-shire [4] Inverness, Invernesshire [4] Inverness, Invernessshire [4] Balla, Inverness-shire [3] Beauly, Inverness-Shire [3] Fort George, 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] Balnafettach, Inverness, Scotland [2] Boleskine, Inverness-shire [2] Cromdale, Inverness-shire [2] Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire [2] Fort William, Inverness-Shire [2] Glendale, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2] Glenmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2] Inverness Shire Scotland [2] Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire [2] Kilmallie, Inverness-Shire [2] Kilmuir, Inverness [2] Kirkhill, Inverness-shire [2] Kylerhea, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2] Lochboisdale, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [169] Deck Hand [36] Corporal [23] Lance Corporal [17] Ordinary Seaman [17] Seaman [13] Serjeant [11] Captain [9] Able Seaman [8] Lieutenant [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Sergeant [6] Gunner [5] Major [5] Sapper [5] Acting Corporal [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nursing Sister [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Captain [3] Bombardier [2] Cadet [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Signal Boy [2] Skipper [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Shoeing Smith Private [1] Air Mechanic [1] Assistant Comissioner [1] Bugler [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Doctor [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Flight Cadet [1] Guardsman [1] Hon. Cptn [1] Lance Corporal RMLI [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Nurse [1]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [107] Royal Naval Reserve [52] Seaforth Highlanders [20] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [10] Royal Highlanders [10] HMS Vivid I [8] Gordon Highlanders [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Labour Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Lovat Scouts [6] Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Scots [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Lovat's Scouts [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Royal Air Force [4] Scots Guards [4] Australian Infantry [3] H.M.S. "Vivid." [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Vivid." [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] 15th Bn. Canadian Infantry [2] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Engineers [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS Vivid [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Queens Own Cameron Highlanders [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) [1] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 48th Highlanders [1] 4th Cameron Highlanders [1] 56th Btn, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 58th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Service

Royal Navy [405] Australian Imperial Force [269] British Army [220] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [133] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [655] C [110] F [88] S [74] G [64] R [51] B [36] D [34] W [30] H [24] L [20] N [18] A [17] P [17] T [17] J [15] K [11] U [10] I [7] E [6] O [5] Y [5] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [967] Merchant Navy [269]

Country

United Kingdom [97] Canada [2] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

Duncan Mackintosh

Born 1892

British Army 2342 Private London Regiment 23rd Battalion

British Army 23202 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps 47th Battalion

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Victor Charles James Macrae, M.a.

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2537 Corporal Gordon Highlanders (Territorial Force) 4th Battalion

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William Paterson

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 8789 Acting Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 8789 Corporal Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Roderick Donald Lardner

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 221290 Yeoman of Signals HMS Pathfinder 8th Destroyer Flotilla

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John Urquhart

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 40427 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 238069 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 238069 Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Neil Macpherson

Born 1869

Died 1914

Indian Army Major 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (Dehra Dun Brigade, Meerut Division)

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David Henry Higgins

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 430 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 450408 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Donald Smith Mckenzie

Born 1893

Died 1976

British Army 38413 Private Royal Scots

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John Dreghorn

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 5911 Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

British Army 5911 Serjeant Cameron Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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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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John Fraser

Born 1876

Died 1917

South African Services 3725 Sergeant South African Infantry 4th Battalion

South African Services 3725 Private South African Infantry 4th Battalion

South African Services 3725 Corporal South African Infantry 4th Battalion

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Duncan Farquhar Grant Bain

Born 1885

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 364

Australian Imperial Force 364 Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse

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Arthur William Franklin

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 1497 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Jason Walker

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2005689

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2005689 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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John Alexander Gammie

Born 1898

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62148 Corporal 2nd Anti-Aircraft Park (Hendon)

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Robert Mackenzie

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1723 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 24469 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 154th Coy

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Arthur Mcculloch Inglis

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army Captain West African Field Force The Gambia Company

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Major Gloucestershire Regiment attached Tank Corps

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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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