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Leith, Edinburgh [137]

Leith Edinburgh [133]

Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [21]

North Leith Edinburgh [10]

South Leith, Edinburgh [9]

South Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8]

North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [5]

Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [4]

South Leith Edinburgh [4]

North Leith, Edinburgh [3]

114 Salamander Street, Leith, Edinburgh [1]

116 Salamander Street, Leith, Edinburgh [1]

25 Reid Terrace, Leith, Edinburgh [1]

Leith Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Leith near Edinburgh [1]

Leith, Co. Edinburgh [1]

Leith, Edinburgh, [1]

Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Leith,Edinburgh [1]

Newhaven,Leith, Edinburgh [1]

North Leith Newhaven Edinburgh [1]

North Leith, County Edinburgh [1]

North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Port Leith Edinburgh [1]

South Leith, Edinburgh. [1]

Stonehouse, Lanarkshire or Leith, Edinburgh. [1]

West Leith Edinburgh [1]

Rank

Private [39]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Driver [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Captain [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Armourer [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Car Crew [1]

Carpenter [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Boy [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Gun Layer [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker [1]

Surgeon [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [31]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

HMS MALAYA [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

1st Cameron Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chinese Labour Corps [1]

French Red Cross [1]

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

H.M.S. Pembroke [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Broke [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Himalaya (Armed Merchant Cruiser) [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Lydiard [1]

HMS Neptune [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Merchant Ships [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse & Field Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

S.S. River Lugar [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [252]

British Army [63]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [55]

C [31]

S [29]

W [29]

B [27]

G [27]

L [21]

T [17]

A [16]

F [16]

R [16]

D [13]

H [13]

N [10]

P [10]

J [6]

O [5]

Y [4]

E [2]

I [2]

K [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [316]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

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Place of birth

Leith, Edinburgh [137] Leith Edinburgh [133] Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [21] North Leith Edinburgh [10] South Leith, Edinburgh [9] South Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8] North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [5] Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [4] South Leith Edinburgh [4] North Leith, Edinburgh [3] 114 Salamander Street, Leith, Edinburgh [1] 116 Salamander Street, Leith, Edinburgh [1] 25 Reid Terrace, Leith, Edinburgh [1] Leith Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Leith near Edinburgh [1] Leith, Co. Edinburgh [1] Leith, Edinburgh, [1] Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Leith,Edinburgh [1] Newhaven,Leith, Edinburgh [1] North Leith Newhaven Edinburgh [1] North Leith, County Edinburgh [1] North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Port Leith Edinburgh [1] South Leith, Edinburgh. [1] Stonehouse, Lanarkshire or Leith, Edinburgh. [1] West Leith Edinburgh [1]

Rank

Private [39] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Driver [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman [2] Captain [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Telegraphist [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Armourer [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brigade Major [1] Car Crew [1] Carpenter [1] Corporal [1] Deck Boy [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineman [1] Gun Layer [1] Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private 1st Class [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker [1] Surgeon [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [31] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Naval Reserve [6] HMS MALAYA [3] Army Service Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] 1st Cameron Highlanders [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chinese Labour Corps [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] H.M.S. Pembroke [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Broke [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Himalaya (Armed Merchant Cruiser) [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Lydiard [1] HMS Neptune [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Merchant Ships [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse & Field Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] S.S. River Lugar [1] Scottish Horse [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [252] British Army [63] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [55] C [31] S [29] W [29] B [27] G [27] L [21] T [17] A [16] F [16] R [16] D [13] H [13] N [10] P [10] J [6] O [5] Y [4] E [2] I [2] K [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [316]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

George Christian Turnbull

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 21932 Private Highland Light Infantry

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James Rose

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 5025 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 32596 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Alexander Auld

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1957 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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William Russell Trench Blackwood

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1760 Drummer Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Robert Mowbray Douglas Burke

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1848 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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David Mclean

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1726 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Thomas Smith

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1667 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Robert Pringle Smart

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1624 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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George Garrie

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1328 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Robert Gibb

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1846 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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George Schumacher

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1566 Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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William Heddle Hannan

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1497 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Walter A Simpson

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1687 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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George Nairn

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 978 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Thomas Carmichael Donaldson

Born 1895

Died 1959

British Army 91 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 91 Driver Royal Horse & Field Artillery C Battery 52nd Birgade

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Alexander Cranston

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 103604 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 103604 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 103604 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Neil Mcleod Wilson

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 372074 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4505 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Donaldson

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 3/6023 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Andrew Nicol

Born 1875

Canadian Expeditionary Force 252381

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Robert Angus

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1225 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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