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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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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]

Andrew Mcdonald

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2266 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265725 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265725 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Alexander Fraser

Born 1880

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 192219 Private 15th Bn. Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 48th Highlanders 15th

Canadian Expeditionary Force 192219 Private 48th Highlanders 92nd Battalon

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Ian James Donald

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2707 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Donald A Forbes

Died 1918

British Army 20103 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 23513 (incomplete) Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 235131 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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William Fraser Stagg

Born 1876

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 502435

Canadian Expeditionary Force 502435 Corporal Canadian Engineers

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Thomas N Falconer

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 11494 Private 2nd Royal Scots

British Army 11494 Private Royal Scots

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Thomas Mckenzie

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 8341 Private Cameron Highlanders 1st Battalion

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William John Gray

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 4030 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 4030 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 1/4th (Ross Highland) Battalion

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Alexander Fraser

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 3342 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 266104 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 266104 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Robert Ross

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 200295 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion

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A Mcbean

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 23749 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion

British Army 264679 Lance Corporal Labour Corps 466th Home Service Employment Coy.

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Donald Sinclair

Born 1890

Died 1919

Royal Navy Z/6220 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/6220 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Clyde Z/6220 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Suva."

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Alexander Hardie

Died 1916

British Army 9246 Lance Corporal Scots Guards

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Kenneth Mackenzie

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 3 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

British Army 3 Colour Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

British Army 3 Company Serjeant Major Cameron Highlanders 4th Battalion.

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George Robb

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 2774 Corporal Royal Dragoons

British Army D/2774 Corporal Royal Dragoons

British Army 2774 Corporal 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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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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