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Kinghorn, Fifeshire [55]

Kinghorn, Fifeshire, Scotland [4]

Eastgate,Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

Gallowgate, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

High Street, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

Kinghorn, Fifeshire, North Britain [1]

Kinghorn,Fifeshire [1]

Nethergate, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

North Overgate, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

North Overgate,Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

North Piteadie House, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

North Pitteadie House,Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

Raith Estate, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

South Overgate,Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

Walls Court, High Street,Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

Rank

Private [29]

Gunner [6]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Driver [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

First Engineer [1]

Flight Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Stoker 1st Class [1]

Leading Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Highlanders [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

28th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

7th Battalion [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Cheerful." [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Daedelus (Cranwell) [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Glenmore [1]

HMS Pembroke II [1]

HMS President II [1]

HMS Proserpine [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Windermere" (Cardiff) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Scots attached Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Training Reserve [1]

Volunteers (Regiment not stated) [1]

Service

British Army [43]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [8]

L [8]

S [8]

C [7]

M [7]

A [5]

D [5]

H [5]

W [5]

F [4]

T [3]

Y [3]

E [1]

G [1]

J [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [65]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

United States [1]

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People [72] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kinghorn, Fifeshire [55] Kinghorn, Fifeshire, Scotland [4] Eastgate,Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] Gallowgate, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] High Street, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] Kinghorn, Fifeshire, North Britain [1] Kinghorn,Fifeshire [1] Nethergate, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] North Overgate, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] North Overgate,Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] North Piteadie House, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] North Pitteadie House,Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] Raith Estate, Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] South Overgate,Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] Walls Court, High Street,Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

Rank

Private [29] Gunner [6] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Driver [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] First Engineer [1] Flight Sergeant Mechanic [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Stoker 1st Class [1] Leading Stoker 2nd Class [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Highlanders [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] 28th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 7th Battalion [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Cheerful." [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Daedelus (Cranwell) [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Glenmore [1] HMS Pembroke II [1] HMS President II [1] HMS Proserpine [1] HMS Victory II [1] Highland Cyclist Battalion [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Windermere" (Cardiff) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Scots attached Leicestershire Regiment [1] Scots Guards [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] Training Reserve [1] Volunteers (Regiment not stated) [1]

Service

British Army [43] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [8] L [8] S [8] C [7] M [7] A [5] D [5] H [5] W [5] F [4] T [3] Y [3] E [1] G [1] J [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [65] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1] United States [1]

John Taylor

Born 1889

Royal Navy SS105832

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Jay Lessells

Born 1886

Royal Navy F2919

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William Smart

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS109688

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Alexander Mcandrew

Born 1899

Royal Navy J71810

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Donald Gillies Aitken

Born 1883

Royal Navy 207206

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Adam Smith

Born 1881

Died 1959

British Army 14538 Private Scots Guards

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John Beveridge

Born 1891

Royal Navy K9992 Stoker 2nd Class

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Robert Stocks

Born 1859

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James Watt

Born 1888

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Joseph Hall

Born 1899

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Joseph Fraser

Born 1866

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Archibald Simpson

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2394 Private London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion

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