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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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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]

Allan Cochran

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268989

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John Edwin Logan

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269388

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James Lockhead Jack

Born 1880

Died 1962

British Army Captain Scottish Rifles

British Army Temporary Major Scottish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Bn.

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John Forsyth

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263866

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John Mcatear

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112762

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Robert Smith

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40073

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Andrew Ritchie

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292392

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John Wilson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18567

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Alexander Dunlop

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309817

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James Mochrie

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 10303 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 10303 Corporal Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Robert Marshall

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70554

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John Mcmanus

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4065

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Patrick Feeley

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 4/7737 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 7737 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st Battalion

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Charles Douglas Rolland

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15768 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 15768 Lance Corporal Highland Light Infantry 17th. highland Battalion

British Army 15768 Lance Corporal Highland Light Infantry

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Thomas Young

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403060

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John Wilson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403463

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John Millar

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129165

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Hugh Arndle Hamilton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137276

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Hugh Millar

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198682

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William Kennedy Wyllie

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193800

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