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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]

Thomas Mcewan

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 2525 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 345354 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 345354 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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Duncan Nicol Ronaldson

Australian Imperial Force 3362

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George Pagan Clark

Born 1895

British Army 2036 Trooper Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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Hardie Simpson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294700

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William Ramsay

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 131629 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Grieve

Born 1861

Died 1917

Other Empire Force First Engineer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force First Engineer Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Narragansett" (Greenock)

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Francis Brown Douglas Stalker

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2190 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

British Army 2190 Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Auchterlonie

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13222 Sergeant

Canadian Expeditionary Force 552222 Sergeant Canadian Cavalry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Balfour

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2751 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 2751 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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James H Buchanan

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2881 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 27781 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion.

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Robert Glen

Died 1916

British Army 26781 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 2248 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 40138 Corporal Royal Scots 11th Battalion.

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Alexander Crabb

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 350761 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 260211 Private Gordon Highlanders 5th Battalion.

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Peter Fenton

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2387 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 2387 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Andrew Henderson Brown

Died 1918

British Army 4103 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 6639 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army S/31515 Private Cameron Highlanders 5th Battalion.

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Watson Irvine

Died 1918

British Army 292281 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292281 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial).

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George Cowan

Born 1888

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141174

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141174 Private Canadian Infantry

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Douglas Ritchie

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army M1/08359 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army M1/08359 Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army M1/08359 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Peter Robb

Died 1918

British Army S/18767 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/18767 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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William Robertson

Died 1917

British Army 2584 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 345392 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 345392 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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Joseph Panton

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 203135 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 203135 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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