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Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland [61]

Kirkwall, Orkney [41]

Kirkwall, Orkney Islands [2]

Deerness, Kirkwall, Orkney [1]

Holme Kirkwall, Orkney [1]

Kirkwall Orkney [1]

Kirkwall Orkney Scotland [1]

Kirkwall Orkney, Northumberland [1]

Kirkwall, Orkney Isles [1]

Kirkwall, Orkney Shetland [1]

Kirkwall, orkney [1]

Kirkwall,Orkney. [1]

Loretts Kirkwall, Orkney [1]

Sanday, Kirkwall, Orkney [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Able Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Hand [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Surgeon [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Mercantile Marine [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Auckland Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Glasgow Yeomanry [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HMS Argyll [1]

HMS Cordelia [1]

HMS Indus [1]

HMS PORPOISE [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Goeland II." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Sir John French" [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Touraco." [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs [1]

Service

Royal Navy [28]

British Army [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [15]

C [13]

M [13]

L [11]

F [10]

T [9]

D [7]

H [7]

B [6]

R [6]

A [3]

O [3]

W [3]

G [2]

E [1]

I [1]

K [1]

N [1]

P [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [59]

Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland [61] Kirkwall, Orkney [41] Kirkwall, Orkney Islands [2] Deerness, Kirkwall, Orkney [1] Holme Kirkwall, Orkney [1] Kirkwall Orkney [1] Kirkwall Orkney Scotland [1] Kirkwall Orkney, Northumberland [1] Kirkwall, Orkney Isles [1] Kirkwall, Orkney Shetland [1] Kirkwall, orkney [1] Kirkwall,Orkney. [1] Loretts Kirkwall, Orkney [1] Sanday, Kirkwall, Orkney [1]

Rank

Private [10] Able Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [2] Lance Corporal [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy Artificer [1] Cadet [1] Captain [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Engineman [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant [1] Seaman [1] Second Hand [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Surgeon [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [5] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Mercantile Marine [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Auckland Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Glasgow Yeomanry [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HMS Argyll [1] HMS Cordelia [1] HMS Indus [1] HMS PORPOISE [1] HMS Tiger [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vivid II [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Goeland II." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Sir John French" [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Touraco." [1] Royal Scots [1] Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs [1]

Service

Royal Navy [28] British Army [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [15] C [13] M [13] L [11] F [10] T [9] D [7] H [7] B [6] R [6] A [3] O [3] W [3] G [2] E [1] I [1] K [1] N [1] P [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [59] Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

T O Bruce

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 23535 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 41780 Private Essex Regiment

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David Spencer

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188562

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James Logie Budge

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405788

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James Mackay

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army S/21553 Private Seaforth Highlanders 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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William Frisken

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223368

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George Rendall

Born 1878

Died 1917

Royal Navy ES 551 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 551/ES Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Goeland II."

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Andrew Coull

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy SA 757 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 757/SA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Sir John French"

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John H Brass

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army S/28996 Private Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs 4th (Reserve) Battalion

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Roderick Maclachlan

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 201044 Private Royal Scots

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William John Frisken

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 3528 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 29485 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion

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Robert Mainland

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207864

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William Sinclair

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy F24175

Royal Navy F/24175 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service H.M.S. "President II"

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James Cooper

Born 1880

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/328 Private Auckland Regiment Auckland Infantry Battalion

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Frederick Saville Yates

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298326

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William Watson Runciman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47208

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Alexander Charles Hedderburn Logie

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159190

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David B Donaldson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 27788 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 2918 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 27788 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 7/8th Battalion.

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William Smith

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19284

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David Hourston

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy M2807 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

Royal Navy M2807 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy M2807 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Argyll

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Sydney Watson Budge

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161356

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