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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]

Neil Macpherson

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1470 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 5th Battalion

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David Alexander Mitchell

Born 1880

Died 1940

British Army A198863 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Army Service Corps

British Army 198863 Royal Army Service Corps

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William Scotland Christie

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 19158 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry 12th Bn.

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William Baker

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 6484 Driver Royal Field Artillery 6th Battalion

British Army 6484 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Christopher Wright Mcritchie

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army S/7136 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/7136 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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John Walker

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 3541DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 3541 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Strathatholl."

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George Johnstone

Born 1915

Died 1915

British Army 898 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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William M Cobban

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 353383 Private Royal Scots

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Robert Dudgeon Morris

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 371921 Private London Regiment

British Army 371921 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4293 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Mcdonald

Born 1880

Died 1918

Royal Navy 289446 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Broke

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Charles Anderson

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy S 1585 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1585S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark

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Adam Archibald

Born 1879

Died 1957

British Army 213078 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Gray Templeman

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1468 Private Royal Scots "A" Coy 1st/9th Battalion

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James Ferguson

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army S/16224 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 16224 Private Cameron Highlanders 8th (Service) Battalion

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David Smith

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J1942 Leading Seaman HMS DEFENCE

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William Foster

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265246

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Ramkin Brown

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291593

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Henry Loch

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300989 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

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William Gowans Mccann

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191260

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Gilbert Mcnaughton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131864

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