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Johnstone, Renfrewshire [82]

Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland [27]

19 Laigh Cartside, Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1]

Elderslie, Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1]

Houston, Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1]

Howwood, Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1]

Johnstone Renfrewshire Scotland [1]

Kilbarchan, Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1]

Rank

Private [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Abel Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Sapper [1]

Signalman [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Venerable [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS Warspite [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

RNAS - HMS ENGADINE [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Air Service - HMS Ark Royal [1]

Royal Naval Air Service - HMS Engadine [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Engadine [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS "Warspite" [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [52]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

British Army [5]

Last name first letter

M [19]

B [11]

C [11]

G [8]

S [8]

A [6]

D [6]

R [6]

F [5]

H [5]

J [5]

L [5]

K [4]

P [3]

T [3]

W [3]

E [2]

N [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [87]

Merchant Navy [26]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [114] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Johnstone, Renfrewshire [82] Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland [27] 19 Laigh Cartside, Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1] Elderslie, Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1] Houston, Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1] Howwood, Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1] Johnstone Renfrewshire Scotland [1] Kilbarchan, Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1]

Rank

Private [3] Able Seaman [2] Abel Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Corporal [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sapper [1] Signalman [1] Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Service Corps [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Venerable [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS Warspite [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Labour Corps [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] RNAS - HMS ENGADINE [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Air Service - HMS Ark Royal [1] Royal Naval Air Service - HMS Engadine [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Engadine [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS "Warspite" [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [52] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] British Army [5]

Last name first letter

M [19] B [11] C [11] G [8] S [8] A [6] D [6] R [6] F [5] H [5] J [5] L [5] K [4] P [3] T [3] W [3] E [2] N [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [87] Merchant Navy [26]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

John Hunter

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142521

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James Purdie

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198294

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Albert Lambert Jones

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114680

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Andrew Gow

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408813

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David Fairgrieve

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147904

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John Allan

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 2143 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 28742 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Eghorn Niven

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/ 5436 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy ClydeZ/5436 Abel Seaman HMS Warspite

Royal Navy Clyde Z/5436 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Joseph Laurie Craig

Born 1880

British Army 97021 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No1 Depot, Dover

British Army 97021 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 245 Seige Battery

British Army Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 313 Seige Battery

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Hugh Mccorkadell

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80447

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Alexander Leckie Cameron

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Hawthorn Mclelland

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140224

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James Brodie

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263937

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Joseph Mclaughlin

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142213

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Robert Inglis Hamilton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141700

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Joseph Nelson

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141357

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John Peters

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276712

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James Toner

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161246

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John Rough

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163328

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John Gillan

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402289

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James Brown Anderson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240663

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