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Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [265]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [115]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland [80]

Kirkcaldy Scotland [55]

Kirkcaldy [22]

Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland [4]

Kirkcaldy, Scotland [4]

Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland [3]

Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy [2]

Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Fife [2]

Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Burntisland, Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Dysart, Kirkcaldy [1]

KIRKCALDY [1]

Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall, Fife [1]

Kirkcaldy, Ayrshire [1]

Kirkcaldy, FIfe [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife. [1]

Kirkcaldy,Fife Scotland [1]

Pathhead, Kirkcaldy, FIfe [1]

Raith, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Rank

Private [101]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Serjeant [10]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Trimmer [9]

Deck Hand [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Stoker [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Major [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Drummer [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engineman [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Cadet (A/S.Q.M.S.) [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commandant [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [74]

Royal Highlanders [57]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [46]

Royal Naval Reserve [23]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [16]

Royal Scots [9]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [6]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

HMS Vivid I [5]

HMS Victory II [4]

HMS Vivid II [4]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [4]

Royal Fleet Reserve [4]

Royal Air Force [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

In Cells [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

1/7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

11th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

14th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1]

15th Royal Scots [1]

1st Cameron Highlanders [1]

2nd (Fife and Forfar) Armoured Car Company (Defence Force) [1]

3rd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

5th Cameron Highlanders [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Cavalry Brigade [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

Fifeshire Volunteer Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

General List [1]

HM Submarine E6 [1]

HMS Active [1]

HMS Alecto [1]

HMS Arrogant [1]

HMS Attentive II [1]

HMS Attentive II (Swift) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [211]

British Army [140]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76]

Australian Imperial Force [54]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

M [64]

B [58]

S [54]

W [44]

R [43]

C [42]

G [36]

A [29]

D [28]

H [27]

L [27]

K [22]

P [17]

F [16]

N [16]

T [12]

E [8]

I [7]

O [5]

Y [5]

J [4]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [448]

Merchant Navy [79]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Canada [2]

India [1]

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Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [265] Kirkcaldy, Fife [115] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland [80] Kirkcaldy Scotland [55] Kirkcaldy [22] Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland [4] Kirkcaldy, Scotland [4] Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland [3] Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy [2] Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Fife [2] Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Burntisland, Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Dysart, Kirkcaldy [1] KIRKCALDY [1] Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall, Fife [1] Kirkcaldy, Ayrshire [1] Kirkcaldy, FIfe [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife. [1] Kirkcaldy,Fife Scotland [1] Pathhead, Kirkcaldy, FIfe [1] Raith, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Rank

Private [101] Second Lieutenant [15] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [11] Serjeant [10] Stoker 1st Class [10] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Trimmer [9] Deck Hand [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Captain [7] Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [5] Stoker [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Leading Seaman [4] Major [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Stoker 1st Class [2] Cadet [2] Drummer [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engineman [2] Gunner [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Cadet (A/S.Q.M.S.) [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commandant [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [74] Royal Highlanders [57] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [46] Royal Naval Reserve [23] King's Own Scottish Borderers [16] Royal Scots [9] Highland Cyclist Battalion [6] Gordon Highlanders [5] HMS Vivid I [5] HMS Victory II [4] HMS Vivid II [4] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [4] Royal Fleet Reserve [4] Royal Air Force [3] Border Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] In Cells [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] 1/7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 11th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 14th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1] 15th Royal Scots [1] 1st Cameron Highlanders [1] 2nd (Fife and Forfar) Armoured Car Company (Defence Force) [1] 3rd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 5th Cameron Highlanders [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Service Corps [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Cavalry Brigade [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] Fifeshire Volunteer Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] General List [1] HM Submarine E6 [1] HMS Active [1] HMS Alecto [1] HMS Arrogant [1] HMS Attentive II [1] HMS Attentive II (Swift) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [211] British Army [140] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76] Australian Imperial Force [54] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

M [64] B [58] S [54] W [44] R [43] C [42] G [36] A [29] D [28] H [27] L [27] K [22] P [17] F [16] N [16] T [12] E [8] I [7] O [5] Y [5] J [4] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [448] Merchant Navy [79]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Canada [2] India [1]

George M Grant

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 2785 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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John Pearson

Born 1883

British Army 104 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 104 Drum Major Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 104 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Andrew Paterson

Died 1917

British Army 1393 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1393 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 290065 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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William Collins Gordon Black, O.b.e.

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army Staff Captain Staff 103rd Infantry Brigade 34th Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh City)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh City)

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David Appleby

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army S/3663 Private Royal Highlanders 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army S/3663 Acting Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8th (Service) Battalion

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Thomas Watson

Died 1918

British Army 2116 Highland Cyclist Battalion

British Army 43158 Private Highland Light Infantry 16th Battalion

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Andrew Page

Born 1889

British Army 499 Corporal Acting Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army 2747320 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th Fifeshire Battalion (Volunteers)

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George Symington

Australian Imperial Force

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John Dand

Born 1894

British Army 1503 Corporal Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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Andrew Currie Begg

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Temporary Captain Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Patrick Appleby

Died 1917

British Army S/1897 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 292499 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Thomas Anderson

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 2199 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 2199 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 2199 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Christopher Grubb

Born 1895

Died 1933

British Army 344049 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Noble

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 27523 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 3336 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 40216 Private Royal Scots 11th Battalion

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James Thomson

Died 1915

British Army 7490 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 3rd Battalion.

British Army 7490 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Benjamin Nicholson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 291798 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 291798 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Robert Campbell Hewson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244729

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David Mitchell Easson

Born 1894

British Army 290090 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 1555 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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John Gillon Armstrong Anderson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195989

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Alexander Rae

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276264

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