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Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [781]

Leith, Midlothian [238]

South Leith, Leith, Midlothian [31]

Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [21]

North Leith, Midlothian [19]

South Leith, Midlothian [18]

North Leith, Leith, Midlothian [16]

South Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8]

North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [5]

South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

LEITH, MIDLOTHIAN [2]

Leith, MidLothian [2]

Newhaven, Leith, Midlothian [2]

North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

10 Madeira Place, Leith, Midlothian [1]

Leith Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Leith Midlothian Scotland [1]

Leith midlothian Scotland [1]

Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Leith, MIdlothian [1]

Leith, South Leith, Midlothian [1]

Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1]

South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland [1]

South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1]

Trinity, Leith, Midlothian [1]

Rank

Private [48]

Lance Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Engineman [2]

Leading Cook's Mate [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sergeant [2]

1/A.M. [1]

2/A.M. [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Sergeant Mech [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Engineer Officer [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Mech [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

First Engineer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper (Acting 2nd Corporal) [1]

Sapper (Acting Lance Corporal) [1]

Sergeant Mech [1]

Skipper [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker RAN [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [21]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Royal Highlanders [9]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

31st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

8th Rajputs [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Black Watch [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Eastern Ontario Regt [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

General List [1]

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

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Broke [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Nomad [1]

HMS Pathfinder [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Merchant Navy / Mercantile Marine [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

R.A.F. [1]

R.F.C. [1]

RAF [1]

RASC [1]

RFC [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [207]

Royal Navy [107]

British Army [71]

Other Empire Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [179]

S [117]

B [104]

W [93]

C [91]

R [73]

G [59]

D [58]

H [50]

L [48]

T [47]

F [46]

P [41]

A [40]

N [29]

J [27]

K [15]

O [12]

E [11]

I [9]

Y [9]

U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [774]

Military Service [365]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

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Place of birth

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [781] Leith, Midlothian [238] South Leith, Leith, Midlothian [31] Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [21] North Leith, Midlothian [19] South Leith, Midlothian [18] North Leith, Leith, Midlothian [16] South Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8] North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [5] South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3] LEITH, MIDLOTHIAN [2] Leith, MidLothian [2] Newhaven, Leith, Midlothian [2] North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] 10 Madeira Place, Leith, Midlothian [1] Leith Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Leith Midlothian Scotland [1] Leith midlothian Scotland [1] Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Leith, MIdlothian [1] Leith, South Leith, Midlothian [1] Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1] South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland [1] South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland. [1] Trinity, Leith, Midlothian [1]

Rank

Private [48] Lance Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [2] Deck Hand [2] Engineman [2] Leading Cook's Mate [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Sergeant [2] 1/A.M. [1] 2/A.M. [1] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Sergeant Mech [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Captain [1] Chief Engineer Officer [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Mech [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] First Engineer [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper (Acting 2nd Corporal) [1] Sapper (Acting Lance Corporal) [1] Sergeant Mech [1] Skipper [1] Stoker [1] Stoker RAN [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [21] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Royal Highlanders [9] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Gordon Highlanders [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 31st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] 8th Rajputs [1] Army Service Corps [1] Black Watch [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Eastern Ontario Regt [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] General List [1] H.M.S. "Obedient" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Broke [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Nomad [1] HMS Pathfinder [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Merchant Navy / Mercantile Marine [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] R.A.F. [1] R.F.C. [1] RAF [1] RASC [1] RFC [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [207] Royal Navy [107] British Army [71] Other Empire Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [179] S [117] B [104] W [93] C [91] R [73] G [59] D [58] H [50] L [48] T [47] F [46] P [41] A [40] N [29] J [27] K [15] O [12] E [11] I [9] Y [9] U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [774] Military Service [365]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

John James Blacklaw Borthwick

Born 1886

Died 1942

British Army F/14 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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James T Baxter

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 1358 Royal Scots 7th Battalion

British Army 334919 Acting Lance Corporal RASC

British Army 1358 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Charles Baxter

Born 1891

British Army 134178 Corporal Royal Engineers "G" Depot Company

British Army 134178 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers 130th Field Company

British Army 134178 Sapper (Acting 2nd Corporal) Royal Engineers

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David Lees

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 8158 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Banks

Born 1891

British Army 404311 Serjeant Royal Air Force

British Army 528 Serjeant Royal Scots

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404311 Air Mechanic 2 RFC

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Henry Rodgers

Died 1915

British Army 11209 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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David Jack

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1047 Corporal Royal Scots 1/7th Battalion

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George Meikle

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 300335 Private Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

British Army 1606 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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David Brown

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282671

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George Cormack

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197994

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Robert David Boggie

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233996

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Robert Barnet

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21617

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Robert Alexander Devlin

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191751

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James Ross

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319445

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George Clark Hay

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67370

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David Russell

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306232

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Thomas Smith

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106978

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William Meikle

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278540

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John Baxter

Born 1894

British Army 300125 Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army 3045512 Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army 1112 Serjeant Royal Scots

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James Murray

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162182

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