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Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [35]

Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland [33]

Findhorn, Morayshire, Scotland [17]

Burghead, Morayshire, Scotland [12]

Garmouth, Morayshire, Scotland [8]

Forres, Morayshire, Scotland [7]

Morayshire Scotland [6]

Morayshire, Scotland [6]

Advie, Morayshire, Scotland [4]

Fochabers, Morayshire, Scotland [3]

Rothes, Morayshire, Scotland [3]

Aviemore, Morayshire, Scotland [2]

Dallas, Morayshire, Scotland [2]

Elgin Morayshire Scotland [2]

Hopeman, Morayshire, Scotland [2]

Mosstodloch, Morayshire, Scotland [2]

The Manse, Dallas, Morayshire, Scotland [2]

10 Murdochs Wynd, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Archiestown, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Bahill Cottage Rafford Morayshire Scotland [1]

Boharm, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Charleston Roseisle Morayshire Scotland [1]

Cromdale Morayshire Scotland [1]

Cromdale, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Dallas, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Dallas, Morayshire, scotland [1]

Dummingston, Burghead, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Edinkillie, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Forgie, Boharm, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Grantown on Spey, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Greenside, Blackhills, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Krockands, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Leys of Hillhead, Rafford, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Lhanbryde, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

New Spynie Elgin Morayshire Scotland [1]

New Spynie, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Rafford, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Rothes Morayshire Scotland [1]

Tyockside Farm, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Wards Cottages, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Yarmouth, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [23]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [9]

Scottish Horse [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry Manitoba Regiment [1]

General List employed King's African Rifles [1]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [1]

King Edwards Horse [1]

Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Dragoons [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

West African Frontier Force attached Nigeria Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [29]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [37]

S [23]

G [17]

C [12]

W [10]

B [9]

H [9]

A [8]

F [8]

L [8]

R [8]

D [5]

T [4]

K [3]

P [3]

I [2]

O [2]

E [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [125]

Military Service [43]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Canada [1]

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People [170] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [35] Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland [33] Findhorn, Morayshire, Scotland [17] Burghead, Morayshire, Scotland [12] Garmouth, Morayshire, Scotland [8] Forres, Morayshire, Scotland [7] Morayshire Scotland [6] Morayshire, Scotland [6] Advie, Morayshire, Scotland [4] Fochabers, Morayshire, Scotland [3] Rothes, Morayshire, Scotland [3] Aviemore, Morayshire, Scotland [2] Dallas, Morayshire, Scotland [2] Elgin Morayshire Scotland [2] Hopeman, Morayshire, Scotland [2] Mosstodloch, Morayshire, Scotland [2] The Manse, Dallas, Morayshire, Scotland [2] 10 Murdochs Wynd, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Archiestown, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Bahill Cottage Rafford Morayshire Scotland [1] Boharm, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Charleston Roseisle Morayshire Scotland [1] Cromdale Morayshire Scotland [1] Cromdale, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Dallas, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Dallas, Morayshire, scotland [1] Dummingston, Burghead, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Edinkillie, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Forgie, Boharm, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Grantown on Spey, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Greenside, Blackhills, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Krockands, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Leys of Hillhead, Rafford, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Lhanbryde, Morayshire, Scotland [1] New Spynie Elgin Morayshire Scotland [1] New Spynie, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Rafford, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Rothes Morayshire Scotland [1] Tyockside Farm, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Wards Cottages, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Yarmouth, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [23] Corporal [3] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Acting Corporal [1] Captain [1] Deck Hand [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [9] Scottish Horse [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Scots [2] Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry Manitoba Regiment [1] General List employed King's African Rifles [1] Highland Cyclist Battalion [1] King Edwards Horse [1] Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Dragoons [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] West African Frontier Force attached Nigeria Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [29] Australian Imperial Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [37] S [23] G [17] C [12] W [10] B [9] H [9] A [8] F [8] L [8] R [8] D [5] T [4] K [3] P [3] I [2] O [2] E [1] N [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [125] Military Service [43]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Canada [1]

Margaret Lowe

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital

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James Mclennan Souter

Born 1888

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 811 Private Australian Machine Gun Corps 3rd Battalion

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William Cheyne

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army S/13372 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John B. T. Ramsay

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 39101 Private Royal Scots

British Army 40773 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Sutherland Brown

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List employed King's African Rifles

British Army Temporary Lieutenant West African Frontier Force attached Nigeria Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Mellis

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 1512 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Magnus Harold Brown

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 435261

Canadian Expeditionary Force 435261 Private Canadian Infantry 50th Battalion

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Robert Mcdonald

Born 1891

British Army 33009 Private Royal Scots

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William Anderson

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 8191 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8191 Acting Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8191 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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Duncan George Allan

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2385 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Bn

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Robert Walker Brown

Born 1888

Died 1962

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alexander Forbes

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7758

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7758 Private Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

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Evelyn Bertram Levay

Born 1882

Died 1961

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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George Grant

Australian Imperial Force 22240

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Peter Stuart

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army S/2379 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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George Gordon Brown

Born 1890

Died 1958

British Army 964 Trooper King Edwards Horse 1st Battalion

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Alexander Mcarthur Falconer

Australian Imperial Force 4485

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James Sims

Australian Imperial Force 5616

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Alexander Mckinnon

Australian Imperial Force 537

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Thomas Hendry

Australian Imperial Force 19293

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