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Paisley, Renfrewshire [679]

Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland [185]

Paisley,Renfrewshire. [5]

Renfrew, Paisley, Renfrewshire [5]

Paisley,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [4]

Elderslie, Paisley, Renfrewshire [3]

Linwood, Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Paisley, Renfrew, Renfrewshire [2]

Barrhead, Paisley, Renfrewshire [1]

Broomlands, Paisley, Renfrewshire [1]

Houston, Paisley, Renfrewshire [1]

Kilbarchan, Paisley, Renfrewshire [1]

Neilston, Paisley, Renfrewshire [1]

Paisley Renfrewshire [1]

Paisley Renfrewshire SCOTLAND [1]

Paisley, Renfrewshire, [1]

Paisley, Renfrewshire, (Scotland) [1]

Rank

Private [42]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Able Seaman [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sapper [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd/Cpl [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Engine Room Articifer Grade 4 ERA4 [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brigadier-General [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Engine Room Articifer Grade 4 ERA4 [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant (Retd) [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander (Retd) [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Rifleman [1]

Rifleman & Musician [1]

Serjeant [1]

Shipwright Grade IV [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

1st Scottish Horse [1]

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

General Hospital [1]

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

H.M.T.B. 113 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

HMS Cornwallis [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Diligence [1]

HMS Dominion [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS HIGHFLYER [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS NOTTINGHAM [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS OPAL [1]

HMS Pembroke II [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS Sentinel [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Service

Royal Navy [398]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [261]

British Army [58]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [192]

C [88]

B [80]

R [65]

S [61]

H [58]

W [50]

G [43]

L [41]

F [34]

A [33]

D [30]

P [26]

T [23]

K [18]

J [17]

E [12]

Y [7]

N [6]

I [5]

O [4]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [713]

Merchant Navy [177]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Canada [2]

India [2]

South Africa [1]

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People [894] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Paisley, Renfrewshire [679] Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland [185] Paisley,Renfrewshire. [5] Renfrew, Paisley, Renfrewshire [5] Paisley,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [4] Elderslie, Paisley, Renfrewshire [3] Linwood, Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Paisley, Renfrew, Renfrewshire [2] Barrhead, Paisley, Renfrewshire [1] Broomlands, Paisley, Renfrewshire [1] Houston, Paisley, Renfrewshire [1] Kilbarchan, Paisley, Renfrewshire [1] Neilston, Paisley, Renfrewshire [1] Paisley Renfrewshire [1] Paisley Renfrewshire SCOTLAND [1] Paisley, Renfrewshire, [1] Paisley, Renfrewshire, (Scotland) [1]

Rank

Private [42] Stoker 1st Class [11] Able Seaman [6] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Deck Hand [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sapper [3] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd/Cpl [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Engine Room Articifer Grade 4 ERA4 [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brigadier-General [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Engine Room Articifer Grade 4 ERA4 [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engineer Lieutenant (Retd) [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander (Retd) [1] Leading Stoker [1] Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Rifleman [1] Rifleman & Musician [1] Serjeant [1] Shipwright Grade IV [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11] Royal Highlanders [10] Highland Light Infantry [9] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Scottish Rifles [4] Gordon Highlanders [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Cameron Highlanders [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] HMS Ajax [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 1st Scottish Horse [1] Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Dragoon Guards [1] General Hospital [1] H.M.S. "Barham." [1] H.M.T.B. 113 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Blenheim [1] HMS Cornwallis [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Diligence [1] HMS Dominion [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS HIGHFLYER [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS NOTTINGHAM [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS OPAL [1] HMS Pembroke II [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS Sentinel [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victory II [1] HMS Vivid I [1]

Service

Royal Navy [398] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [261] British Army [58] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [192] C [88] B [80] R [65] S [61] H [58] W [50] G [43] L [41] F [34] A [33] D [30] P [26] T [23] K [18] J [17] E [12] Y [7] N [6] I [5] O [4] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [713] Merchant Navy [177]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Canada [2] India [2] South Africa [1]

John Adams

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army S/22941 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/41003 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/41003 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial).

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William Crichton

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141462

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Hugh Crawford

Died 1917

British Army 285266 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

British Army 202753 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Adam Fleming

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268459

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Marshall Orr Fraser

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 202095 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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William Mchattie

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408175

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William Scott

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289676

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James Mclauchlan

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281434

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William Scott Bairn

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178144

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James Flynn

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267381

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Andrew Haran

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21566

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George Black

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276840

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James Service

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5825

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Alexander Baird Waddell

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army S/15623 Private Cameron Highlanders

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William Erroch

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240088

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Angus Mitchell Barr

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2682 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th battalion highland Battalion

British Army 2682 Private Highland Light Infantry 1/9th Battalion

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Cecil Beattie

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 9590 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 9590 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders

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Daniel Mitchell

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197995

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John Hatrick

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/22866 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/41012 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/41012 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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John Connell Muir

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310553

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