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Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [781]

Leith, Midlothian [238]

Leith, Edinburgh [137]

Leith Edinburgh [133]

Leith Scotland [121]

Leith [112]

South Leith, Leith, Midlothian [31]

Leith, Scotland [27]

Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [21]

North Leith, Midlothian [19]

Leith, Mid Lothian [18]

South Leith, Midlothian [18]

North Leith, Leith, Midlothian [16]

North Leith Edinburgh [10]

South Leith, Edinburgh [9]

Leith Tasmania [8]

South Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8]

South Leith [6]

Leith, Leith [5]

North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [5]

Leith Edinborough [4]

Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [4]

South Leith Edinburgh [4]

Leith England [3]

North Leith [3]

North Leith, Edinburgh [3]

South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

LEITH, MIDLOTHIAN [2]

Leith, Glamorgan [2]

Leith, Mid-Lothian [2]

Leith, MidLothian [2]

Leith,Scotland [2]

Newhaven, Leith, Midlothian [2]

North Leith, Edinburghshire [2]

North Leith, Mid Lothian [2]

North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

South Leith, Mid Lothian [2]

10 Madeira Place, Leith, Midlothian [1]

114 Salamander Street, Leith, Edinburgh [1]

116 Salamander Street, Leith, Edinburgh [1]

148 Albert Street, Leith [1]

25 Reid Terrace, Leith, Edinburgh [1]

253 Leith Walk, Leith [1]

District of Leith [1]

Drogheda, County Leith [1]

Leith Scotland [1]

Leith Bedford, Lancashire [1]

Leith County of Mid Lothian [1]

Leith Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Leith Midlothian Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [158]

Lance Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Serjeant [12]

Corporal [10]

Able Seaman [8]

Gunner [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Sapper [6]

Captain [5]

Engineman [5]

Driver [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Drummer [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Cook's Mate [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Pioneer [2]

Seaman [2]

Skipper [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Trimmer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1/A.M. [1]

2/A.M. [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Sergeant Mech [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Armourer [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [114]

Royal Naval Reserve [27]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [15]

Royal Highlanders [12]

Seaforth Highlanders [12]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11]

Royal Engineers [10]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

HMS MALAYA [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Service Corps [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2]

Scots Guards [2]

1/16th Scots [1]

1/4th Royal Scots [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

1st Cameron Highlanders [1]

1st/4th Royal Scots [1]

26 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

2nd Canadian Convalescent Depot [1]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

31st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

5/6th Royal Scots [1]

7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

8th Rajputs [1]

Argry Nursing Services [1]

Service

Royal Navy [447]

British Army [245]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [208]

Australian Imperial Force [135]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [263]

S [184]

B [165]

W [151]

C [139]

R [107]

G [104]

D [92]

H [80]

L [80]

T [76]

F [71]

A [68]

P [64]

N [44]

J [39]

K [23]

O [21]

E [14]

Y [14]

I [13]

V [4]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [936]

Merchant Navy [774]

Country

United Kingdom [117]

Australia [2]

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Place of birth

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [781] Leith, Midlothian [238] Leith, Edinburgh [137] Leith Edinburgh [133] Leith Scotland [121] Leith [112] South Leith, Leith, Midlothian [31] Leith, Scotland [27] Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [21] North Leith, Midlothian [19] Leith, Mid Lothian [18] South Leith, Midlothian [18] North Leith, Leith, Midlothian [16] North Leith Edinburgh [10] South Leith, Edinburgh [9] Leith Tasmania [8] South Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [8] South Leith [6] Leith, Leith [5] North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [5] Leith Edinborough [4] Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland [4] South Leith Edinburgh [4] Leith England [3] North Leith [3] North Leith, Edinburgh [3] South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3] LEITH, MIDLOTHIAN [2] Leith, Glamorgan [2] Leith, Mid-Lothian [2] Leith, MidLothian [2] Leith,Scotland [2] Newhaven, Leith, Midlothian [2] North Leith, Edinburghshire [2] North Leith, Mid Lothian [2] North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] South Leith, Mid Lothian [2] 10 Madeira Place, Leith, Midlothian [1] 114 Salamander Street, Leith, Edinburgh [1] 116 Salamander Street, Leith, Edinburgh [1] 148 Albert Street, Leith [1] 25 Reid Terrace, Leith, Edinburgh [1] 253 Leith Walk, Leith [1] District of Leith [1] Drogheda, County Leith [1] Leith Scotland [1] Leith Bedford, Lancashire [1] Leith County of Mid Lothian [1] Leith Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Leith Midlothian Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [158] Lance Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [12] Serjeant [12] Corporal [10] Able Seaman [8] Gunner [7] Lieutenant [7] Deck Hand [6] Sapper [6] Captain [5] Engineman [5] Driver [4] Leading Seaman [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Drummer [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Cook's Mate [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Pioneer [2] Seaman [2] Skipper [2] Telegraphist [2] Trimmer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1/A.M. [1] 2/A.M. [1] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Sergeant Mech [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Armourer [1] Blacksmith [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [114] Royal Naval Reserve [27] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [15] Royal Highlanders [12] Seaforth Highlanders [12] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11] Royal Engineers [10] Highland Light Infantry [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Cameron Highlanders [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Gordon Highlanders [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] HMS MALAYA [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Service Corps [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2] Scots Guards [2] 1/16th Scots [1] 1/4th Royal Scots [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 1st Cameron Highlanders [1] 1st/4th Royal Scots [1] 26 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] 2nd Canadian Convalescent Depot [1] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 31st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] 5/6th Royal Scots [1] 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 8th Rajputs [1] Argry Nursing Services [1]

Service

Royal Navy [447] British Army [245] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [208] Australian Imperial Force [135] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [263] S [184] B [165] W [151] C [139] R [107] G [104] D [92] H [80] L [80] T [76] F [71] A [68] P [64] N [44] J [39] K [23] O [21] E [14] Y [14] I [13] V [4] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [936] Merchant Navy [774]

Country

United Kingdom [117] Australia [2]

John Middlemass

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1721 Private Royal Scots

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Robert Watson Bruce

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1673 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Archibald Anderson Cairns

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1574 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Archibald Mason

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1292 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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James Spalding Sime

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 636 Corporal Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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John Mcsorley

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1896 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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William Scott

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1423 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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James Dick

Died 1915

British Army 568 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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John Goodwin

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1341 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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David John Peters

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 802 Lance Serjeant Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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William Paterson

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1248 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Robert Little

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1159 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Alexander Mckay

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1599 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Daniel Fairbairn Wightman

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1652 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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John Dodds Smith

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1844 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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William Love

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1462 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Thomas Law

Died 1917

British Army 240727 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 3354 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 3354 Private Scottish Rifles 1st Battalion

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William Wallace

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy DA 2156 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. "Dreel Castle."

Royal Navy 2156/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. "Dreel Castle"

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Thomas Corbett Lockie

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant for Temporary Service

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant HMS Glatton

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James Mcsherry

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 512 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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