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Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [781]

South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Leith Midlothian Scotland [1]

Leith midlothian Scotland [1]

Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1]

South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland [1]

South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1]

Rank

Private [7]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Engineer Officer [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

First Engineer [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

8th Rajputs [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Eastern Ontario Regt [1]

General List [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Broke [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Merchant Navy / Mercantile Marine [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [1]

Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marines Plymouth Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

S.S. Pikepool [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [12]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [116]

S [75]

W [71]

B [64]

C [63]

R [57]

D [43]

G [37]

T [33]

L [32]

F [30]

P [30]

H [29]

A [28]

N [22]

J [17]

K [13]

O [10]

E [9]

I [6]

Y [6]

U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [774]

Military Service [17]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [792] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [781] South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3] North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Leith Midlothian Scotland [1] Leith midlothian Scotland [1] Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1] South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland [1] South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1]

Rank

Private [7] Second Lieutenant [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Captain [1] Chief Engineer Officer [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] First Engineer [1] Major [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 8th Rajputs [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Eastern Ontario Regt [1] General List [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Broke [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Merchant Navy / Mercantile Marine [1] Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [1] Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marines Plymouth Battalion [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] S.S. Pikepool [1] Scottish Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [12] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [116] S [75] W [71] B [64] C [63] R [57] D [43] G [37] T [33] L [32] F [30] P [30] H [29] A [28] N [22] J [17] K [13] O [10] E [9] I [6] Y [6] U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [774] Military Service [17]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

John Downie

Born 1886

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Alexander Millar Adams

Born 1891

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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James Field

Born 1874

British Army WR/206646 Pioneer Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department

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John Downie

Born 1869

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Rolbert Henry Nisbet Pollands

Born 1895

Died 1986

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Cormack Noble

Born 1889

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Robert Dewar

Born 1893

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William Nicol

Born 1872

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Robert Nicolson

Born 1898

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Frederick Newton

Born 1877

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Robert Nicholson

Born 1902

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William Reid Nicolson

Born 1885

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Andrew Beattie Nicolson

Born 1881

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Thomas Nicol

Born 1860

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Neil Mckay Nicholson

Born 1884

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William Nicholas

Born 1899

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Andrew Walker

Born 1899

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James Cooper Walker

Born 1863

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William Wallace

Born 1899

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John Walker

Born 1881

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