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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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Place of birth

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]

Henry Henderson Dewar

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286332

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Wemyss Erskine Anderson Nicholl Or Nicoll

Born 1871

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Mate Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Mate Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Queen" (London)

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Edwin Milne

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279580

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George Gourlay

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 345169 Lance Corporal 14th Battalion Royal Highlanders

British Army 1966 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 73rd

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Robert Cook Lockhart

Born 1862

Died 1943

British Army Temporary Major Fifeshire Volunteer Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Commandant Kirkcaldy Volunteer Training Corps

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William Wellcoat

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277183

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Andrew Robertson Baxter

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285269

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James A Rintoul Smith

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264084

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George Blake

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2632 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

British Army S/40697 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8th (Service) Battalion.

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George William Simpson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308559

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Robert Barclay Lockhart

Born 1892

Died 1932

British Army Captain Highland Cyclist Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major Royal Air Force

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John Matheson

Born 1855

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Seaman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Seaman Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Northumbria" (London)

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Thomas Milne Swan

Born 1891

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army Royal Scots 15th Battalion

British Army Temporary Captain Border Regiment

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George Barclay Lockhart

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Captain Highland Cyclist Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Robert James Chalmers

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313050

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William Donaldson

Died 1916

British Army 16143 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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David Douglas Wilson

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 487490

Canadian Expeditionary Force 487490 Lance Corporal Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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Charles Dempster

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 7883 Gunner Royal FIeld Artillery 73rd Brigade

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William Crombie

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 3218 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Richard Rintoul

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237124

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