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Perth Western Australia [2158]

Perth, Perthshire [227]

Perth Scotland [183]

Perth [160]

Perth, Perthshire, Scotland [106]

Perth Tasmania [48]

West Perth Western Australia [38]

East Perth Western Australia [30]

Perth, Scotland [28]

Perth, Western Australia [23]

Perth, Ontario [9]

North Perth Western Australia [8]

POE Perth Western Australia [8]

South Perth Western Australia [7]

Perth, Australia [5]

Errol, Perth, Perthshire [4]

Perth, West Australia [4]

Auchterarder, Perth, Perthshire [3]

Methven, Perth, Perthshire [3]

Perth Perthshire Scotland [3]

Blackford, Perth, Perthshire [2]

Blairgowrie, Perth, Perthshire [2]

Dunkeld, Perth, Perthshire [2]

Ellice Townshp, Perth Co., Ont [2]

PERTH SCOTLAND [2]

Perth County, Ontario [2]

Perth Tas Tasmania [2]

Perth, [2]

Scone, Perth [2]

Stratford, Perth County, Ontario [2]

- probably - Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross, Scotland [1]

4 Burks Close, Perth [1]

5 Melville Street, Perth, Scotland [1]

Aberfeldy, Perth [1]

Abernethy, Perth [1]

Abernethy, Perth, Perthshire [1]

Almondbank, Perth [1]

Alyth, Perth, Perthshire [1]

Angus, Perth, Scotland [1]

Ardtalnaig, Perth [1]

Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perth, Scotland [1]

At Sea Register Perth Western Australia [1]

Auchtergaven, Perth [1]

Ayton House,Aberargie, Perth, Scotland [1]

Blackford Perth [1]

Blair Drummond, Perth [1]

Blairgowrie, Perth [1]

Bridge End, Perth [1]

Bridge of Arran, Perth [1]

Callander Village, Perth, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [134]

Lance Corporal [14]

Corporal [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Sapper [10]

Gunner [8]

Captain [7]

Sergeant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [6]

Trooper [6]

Driver [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Commander [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Engineer [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A.M.1 (Driver) [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Airman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drum Sergeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lance-Sergeant [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [45]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [41]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [14]

Australian Infantry [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Royal Scots [6]

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Army Service Corps [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Australian Field Artillery [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Scottish Horse [3]

Canadian Engineers [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

10th Light Horse Regiment [1]

11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

16th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIF [1]

16th Infantry Battalion [1]

18th ( Queen Mary's Own Royal ) Hussars [1]

3rd A.I.F. Division [1]

3rd Divisional Signals Company [1]

3rd Infantry Brigade [1]

44th Battalion [1]

4th Regiment South African Infantry [1]

52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1]

5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

8th Royal Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

Australian Infantry (AIF) [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [2503]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [191]

Royal Navy [182]

British Army [140]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [410]

B [382]

S [287]

C [251]

H [225]

W [197]

G [179]

D [168]

R [152]

A [122]

P [118]

L [111]

T [107]

F [106]

K [94]

J [70]

E [47]

O [43]

N [39]

Y [16]

V [13]

I [12]

Q [3]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3014]

Merchant Navy [114]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Canada [11]

Australia [5]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

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Perth Western Australia [2158] Perth, Perthshire [227] Perth Scotland [183] Perth [160] Perth, Perthshire, Scotland [106] Perth Tasmania [48] West Perth Western Australia [38] East Perth Western Australia [30] Perth, Scotland [28] Perth, Western Australia [23] Perth, Ontario [9] North Perth Western Australia [8] POE Perth Western Australia [8] South Perth Western Australia [7] Perth, Australia [5] Errol, Perth, Perthshire [4] Perth, West Australia [4] Auchterarder, Perth, Perthshire [3] Methven, Perth, Perthshire [3] Perth Perthshire Scotland [3] Blackford, Perth, Perthshire [2] Blairgowrie, Perth, Perthshire [2] Dunkeld, Perth, Perthshire [2] Ellice Townshp, Perth Co., Ont [2] PERTH SCOTLAND [2] Perth County, Ontario [2] Perth Tas Tasmania [2] Perth, [2] Scone, Perth [2] Stratford, Perth County, Ontario [2] - probably - Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross, Scotland [1] 4 Burks Close, Perth [1] 5 Melville Street, Perth, Scotland [1] Aberfeldy, Perth [1] Abernethy, Perth [1] Abernethy, Perth, Perthshire [1] Almondbank, Perth [1] Alyth, Perth, Perthshire [1] Angus, Perth, Scotland [1] Ardtalnaig, Perth [1] Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perth, Scotland [1] At Sea Register Perth Western Australia [1] Auchtergaven, Perth [1] Ayton House,Aberargie, Perth, Scotland [1] Blackford Perth [1] Blair Drummond, Perth [1] Blairgowrie, Perth [1] Bridge End, Perth [1] Bridge of Arran, Perth [1] Callander Village, Perth, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [134] Lance Corporal [14] Corporal [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Sapper [10] Gunner [8] Captain [7] Sergeant [7] Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [6] Trooper [6] Driver [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Nursing Sister [4] Acting Corporal [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Cadet [2] Commander [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Leading Stoker [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Engineer [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A.M.1 (Driver) [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Airman [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Mechanic 1st Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Drum Sergeant [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Guardsman [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lance-Sergeant [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [45] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [41] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [14] Australian Infantry [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Cameron Highlanders [6] Royal Scots [6] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Army Service Corps [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Australian Field Artillery [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Highland Cyclist Battalion [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Scottish Horse [3] Canadian Engineers [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] 10th Light Horse Regiment [1] 11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 16th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIF [1] 16th Infantry Battalion [1] 18th ( Queen Mary's Own Royal ) Hussars [1] 3rd A.I.F. Division [1] 3rd Divisional Signals Company [1] 3rd Infantry Brigade [1] 44th Battalion [1] 4th Regiment South African Infantry [1] 52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1] 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 8th Royal Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Engineers [1] Australian Infantry (AIF) [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [2503] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [191] Royal Navy [182] British Army [140] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [410] B [382] S [287] C [251] H [225] W [197] G [179] D [168] R [152] A [122] P [118] L [111] T [107] F [106] K [94] J [70] E [47] O [43] N [39] Y [16] V [13] I [12] Q [3] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3014] Merchant Navy [114]

Country

United Kingdom [46] Canada [11] Australia [5] India [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1]

George Benjamin John Payne

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281769

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Peter Shaw

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401768 Acting Corporal

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George Lawson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263995

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Peter Robertson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6489

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David Anderson

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 533427 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 533427 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Andrew Wilkie Brown

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309386

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James Bisset

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281184

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James Lawson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193081

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John Alexander Marshall

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275269

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Robert Garvie

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161687

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Daniel Barbour

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army S/13411 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/13411 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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David Leslie Watt

Died 1918

British Army 3134 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/43255 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/43255 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Clarence James Pethers Wilkie

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army S/17767 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/17767 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8th (Service) Battalion.

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James Murray

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army L/3770 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 3770 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 148th Bde.

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Andrew Reid

Died 1918

British Army 182650 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Drew

Died 1917

British Army S/3415 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/3415 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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George Melville

Died 1918

British Army 345881 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 18260 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 345881 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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John Ferguson

Died 1918

British Army S/40471 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 2965 Private Royal Highlanders 6th (Perthshire) Battalion

British Army S/40471 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8th (Service) Battalion.

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James Walker

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/32078 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/42116 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 126497 Private Lovat Scouts

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Alexander Rodger

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2936 Private Highland Cyclist Battalion

British Army 350997 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 350997 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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