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Irvine, Ayrshire [76]

Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland [42]

Dundonald, Irvine, Ayrshire [2]

Irvine Ayrshire [1]

Irvine, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Shewalton, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

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Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

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Royal Scots Fusiliers [7]

Royal Engineers [3]

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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Ayrshire Militia [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

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Royal Navy [38]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

British Army [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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M [25]

C [14]

H [13]

G [9]

D [7]

K [7]

R [7]

W [7]

B [6]

A [5]

F [4]

J [4]

P [3]

S [3]

L [2]

O [2]

Q [2]

I [1]

N [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [84]

Merchant Navy [39]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [123] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Irvine, Ayrshire [76] Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland [42] Dundonald, Irvine, Ayrshire [2] Irvine Ayrshire [1] Irvine, Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Shewalton, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [9] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Captain [1] Corporal (Lance Sergeant) [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [7] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Scots [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Service Corps [1] Ayrshire Militia [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [38] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] British Army [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [25] C [14] H [13] G [9] D [7] K [7] R [7] W [7] B [6] A [5] F [4] J [4] P [3] S [3] L [2] O [2] Q [2] I [1] N [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [84] Merchant Navy [39]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

John Mclean

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 12011 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 11th Battalion

British Army 12011 Corporal (Lance Sergeant) Royal Scots 11th Battalion

British Army 12011 Acting Sergeant Royal Scots 11th Battalion

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Thomas Cunningham

Died 1914

British Army 8777 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 8777 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Hon James Boyle

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army Ayrshire Militia

British Army Captain Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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John Quinn

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 10011 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers Depot

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William Crawford

Died 1915

British Army 8689 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/4th Battalion

British Army 8689 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st/4th Battalion

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Robert Mitchell

Died 1915

British Army S/8740 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Alexander Howie

Born 1884

Died 1960

British Army S/12312 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots

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Hugh Whyte Reid

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164220

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Robert Watson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 5584 Private Royal Scots

British Army 43909 Private Royal Scots

British Army 43909 Private Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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John Ward

Born 1867

Died 1936

British Army 19966 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Neil Thomson Marr

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army SS/23072 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army SS/23072 Corporal Army Service Corps

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James Fulton

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 7095 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 253677 Gunner Royal Engineers

British Army 253677 Sapper Royal Engineers Signal Service Training Centre

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Samuel Herbertson

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 7343 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st/4th Battalion

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James Fry

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 32636 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Allan Galt Anderson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161632

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John Hastings Porteous Cousan

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264923

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David Stirrat

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193938

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Arthur Henry Carpenter

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11428

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John Woods Burns

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241472

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Robert Logan Kerr

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296954

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