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North Leith, Midlothian [19]

North Leith, Leith, Midlothian [16]

North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [5]

North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Sapper (Acting 2nd Corporal) [1]

Sapper (Acting Lance Corporal) [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Black Watch [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS LION [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

British Army [9]

Royal Navy [3]

Last name first letter

B [6]

F [5]

G [4]

M [4]

N [4]

S [4]

H [3]

W [3]

C [2]

L [2]

R [2]

A [1]

E [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [41]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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People [42] Stories Communities

Place of birth

North Leith, Midlothian [19] North Leith, Leith, Midlothian [16] North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [5] North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [3] Acting Corporal [2] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Sapper (Acting 2nd Corporal) [1] Sapper (Acting Lance Corporal) [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Royal Scots [2] Black Watch [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS LION [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] British Army [9] Royal Navy [3]

Last name first letter

B [6] F [5] G [4] M [4] N [4] S [4] H [3] W [3] C [2] L [2] R [2] A [1] E [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [41]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Robert Barnet

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21617

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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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William Meikle

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278540

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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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Thomas Jamieson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231420

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William Murray Ferguson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223629

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Francis Swanson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232213

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Albert Abercrombie Gardner

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239668

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David Anderson

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292627

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George Shand Ramsay

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251154

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Alexander Wallace

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267514

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Samuel Loraine

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234088

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Matthew Hugh Mcwilliams

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233848

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James Robertson Naylor

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242155

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Alexander Carnie

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242935

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John Banks Foreman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 365904

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Daniel Galt

Died 1917

British Army S/18846 Private Cameron Highlanders 6th Battalion

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John Elder

Born 1892

British Army 5727 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 5727 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Francis P Flynn

Died 1917

British Army 17078 Acting Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion.

British Army 17078 Corporal Royal Scots

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