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Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland [80]

Kirkcaldy Scotland [55]

Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland [4]

Kirkcaldy, Scotland [4]

Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland [3]

Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. [1]

Kirkcaldy,Fife Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [5]

Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Captain [1]

Doctor [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

First Engineer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Seaman [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Narragansett" (Greenock) [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Northumbria" (London) [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth [1]

Royal Naval Division - Collingwood Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross). [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [53]

British Army [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [18]

S [18]

C [15]

B [13]

W [12]

G [9]

R [9]

F [8]

H [7]

K [7]

A [5]

D [5]

P [5]

L [4]

N [3]

T [3]

Y [3]

O [2]

E [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [79]

Military Service [68]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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People [148] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland [80] Kirkcaldy Scotland [55] Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland [4] Kirkcaldy, Scotland [4] Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland [3] Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. [1] Kirkcaldy,Fife Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [5] Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Captain [1] Doctor [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] First Engineer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Seaman [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] French Red Cross [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Narragansett" (Greenock) [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Northumbria" (London) [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth [1] Royal Naval Division - Collingwood Battalion [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross). [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [53] British Army [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [3] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [18] S [18] C [15] B [13] W [12] G [9] R [9] F [8] H [7] K [7] A [5] D [5] P [5] L [4] N [3] T [3] Y [3] O [2] E [1] J [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [79] Military Service [68]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Canada [1] India [1]

James Ferguson

Born 1893

Died 1962

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1040

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1040 Private 8th Battalion

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John Dand

Born 1894

British Army 1503 Corporal Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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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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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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Duncan Nicol Ronaldson

Australian Imperial Force 3362

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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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Harry Bates

Australian Imperial Force 22786

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William Allan

Australian Imperial Force 1503

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Yburgh Matthewson

Australian Imperial Force 3885

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James Muir

Australian Imperial Force 4854

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Robert Barclay

Australian Imperial Force 34404

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William Trew Stewart

Australian Imperial Force 39708

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John Allan

Australian Imperial Force 3111

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Peter Gourley Simpson

Australian Imperial Force 16427

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Alexander Gow

Australian Imperial Force 2870

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Thomas Dewar Mitchell

Australian Imperial Force 322

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Robert George Moyes

Australian Imperial Force 720

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George Smart

Australian Imperial Force W14298

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George Gourlay

Australian Imperial Force 3086

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Robert Howie Beveridge

Australian Imperial Force

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