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Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [781]

Leith Scotland [121]

Leith, Scotland [27]

Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [4]

South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Leith,Scotland [2]

North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Leith Scotland [1]

Leith Midlothian Scotland [1]

Leith SCOTLAND [1]

Leith midlothian Scotland [1]

Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1]

Leith. (Scotland ?) [1]

North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

South Leith Scotland [1]

South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland [1]

South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1]

Rank

Private [20]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Chief Engineer Officer [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Driver [1]

First Engineer [1]

Forewoman Cook [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Surgeon [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10]

Canadian Infantry [4]

London Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

2nd Canadian Convalescent Depot [1]

8th Rajputs [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Army Unit [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Eastern Ontario Regt [1]

French Red Cross [1]

General List [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Broke [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Merchant Navy / Mercantile Marine [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [1]

Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse & Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marines Plymouth Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

S.S. Pikepool [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [123]

British Army [38]

Royal Navy [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [133]

S [99]

W [92]

B [75]

C [73]

R [66]

D [56]

G [45]

T [39]

F [38]

H [37]

L [35]

P [35]

A [32]

N [25]

J [20]

K [14]

O [10]

E [9]

Y [7]

I [6]

V [4]

U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [774]

Military Service [175]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Australia [2]

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Place of birth

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [781] Leith Scotland [121] Leith, Scotland [27] Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [4] South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Leith,Scotland [2] North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Leith Scotland [1] Leith Midlothian Scotland [1] Leith SCOTLAND [1] Leith midlothian Scotland [1] Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1] Leith. (Scotland ?) [1] North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] South Leith Scotland [1] South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland [1] South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1]

Rank

Private [20] Second Lieutenant [5] Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Gunner [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Chief Engineer Officer [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Driver [1] First Engineer [1] Forewoman Cook [1] Major [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Surgeon [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10] Canadian Infantry [4] London Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 2nd Canadian Convalescent Depot [1] 8th Rajputs [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Army Unit [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Eastern Ontario Regt [1] French Red Cross [1] General List [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Broke [1] Labour Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Merchant Navy / Mercantile Marine [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [1] Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse & Field Artillery [1] Royal Marines Plymouth Battalion [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] S.S. Pikepool [1] Scots Guards [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [123] British Army [38] Royal Navy [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [133] S [99] W [92] B [75] C [73] R [66] D [56] G [45] T [39] F [38] H [37] L [35] P [35] A [32] N [25] J [20] K [14] O [10] E [9] Y [7] I [6] V [4] U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [774] Military Service [175]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Australia [2]

Thomas Paulin

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force 1059

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William Charteris Drybrough

Born 1872

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 464446

Canadian Expeditionary Force 464446 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Archibald Mcleod Whyte

Born 1898

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 228260

Canadian Expeditionary Force 228260 Private Canadian Infantry

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Daniel Robert Simpson

Born 1878

Australian Imperial Force 422 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Magnus Cormack

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 40248 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 40248 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Battalion

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Charles Irving

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2808 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 2808 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Wilkie Mcgregor

Born 1868

Died 1940

Other Empire Force Chief Engineer Officer S.S. Pikepool Merchant Navy

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Gordon Allan

Born 1889

British Army 92623 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Soutter

Born 1875

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22923

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22923 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22923 2nd Battalion

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John Elder

Born 1892

British Army 5727 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 5727 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Edward Stewart Dickie

Born 1897

British Army 34904 Private Royal Scots

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William Angus

Australian Imperial Force 897

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James Clephane

Australian Imperial Force 6230

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David Reid Brown

Australian Imperial Force 3024

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David Simpson

Australian Imperial Force 2647

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Duncan Macfarland Blackie

Australian Imperial Force V21781

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James Wemyss

Australian Imperial Force 70

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William Melrose

Australian Imperial Force 2729

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John Groves

Australian Imperial Force 2667A

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John Hill

Australian Imperial Force 7482

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