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Shetland, Scotland [568]

Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [128]

Lerwick, Shetland [29]

Walls, Shetland, Scotland [22]

Shetland Islands Scotland [16]

Shetland Scotland [13]

Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland [10]

Shetland [9]

Shetland Island Scotland [8]

Lerwick, Shetland Islands [6]

Sandness, Shetland, Scotland [6]

Shetland Isles Scotland [6]

Papa Stour, Shetland, Scotland [5]

Sandwick, Shetland [5]

Aithsting, Shetland [4]

Lerwick, Shetland Isles [4]

Scalloway, Shetland [4]

Unst, Shetland [4]

Aith, Shetland, Scotland [3]

Bressay, Shetland, Scotland [3]

Cullivoe, Shetland, Scotland [3]

Culswick, Shetland, Scotland [3]

Cunningsburgh, Shetland [3]

Dunrossness, Shetland [3]

Lunnasting, Shetland [3]

Nesting, Shetland [3]

Brae, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Bressay, Shetland [2]

Burra Isle, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Cunningsburgh, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Delting, Shetland [2]

Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Gutcher, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Hillswick, Shetland [2]

Mid Yell, Shetland [2]

Mid Yell, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Midyell, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Nesting, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Reawick, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Sandsound, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Shetland Island England [2]

Shetland Islands [2]

Sullom, Shetland [2]

Tingwall, Shetland [2]

Walls, Lerwick, Shetland [2]

Weisdale, Shetland [2]

Whalsay, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Aithsting, Shetland, Scotland [1]

Aywick, East Yell, Shetland [1]

Baltaround, Shetland, Scotland [1]

Rank

Seaman [51]

Private [28]

Deck Hand [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Lance Corporal [2]

Leading Deck Hand [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Second Hand [2]

1st Engineer [1]

1st Mate [1]

A.B. [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Armourer Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Assistant Principal [1]

Boatswain [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck-Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Engineer's Steward [1]

Engineman [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Master [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Rifleman [1]

Seaman (A.B.) [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Second Mate [1]

Serjeant [1]

Shorthand Typist [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [64]

Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section) [16]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Gordon Highlanders [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Dundee." [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Barham [3]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Dundee [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS MALAYA [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Victory [2]

28th Brigade Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

C. Y. Wychwood [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

French Red Cross [1]

HMS Attentive [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Reindeer" [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS Norwood (Aberdeen) [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS Wychwood [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Ledbury" [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lorle" (West Hartlepool) [1]

Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park [1]

Mercantile Marine: SS Columbia [1]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1]

Otago Infantry Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - Benbow Bn. R.N. Div. [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "County of Nairn." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Leonard." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [110]

Australian Imperial Force [47]

British Army [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Other Empire Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [137]

H [99]

J [92]

M [89]

R [70]

A [67]

W [64]

G [62]

T [61]

L [55]

C [48]

B [37]

N [34]

P [34]

I [32]

F [27]

D [15]

E [5]

U [5]

Y [4]

K [3]

O [3]

Q [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [827]

Military Service [154]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Shetland, Scotland [568] Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [128] Lerwick, Shetland [29] Walls, Shetland, Scotland [22] Shetland Islands Scotland [16] Shetland Scotland [13] Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland [10] Shetland [9] Shetland Island Scotland [8] Lerwick, Shetland Islands [6] Sandness, Shetland, Scotland [6] Shetland Isles Scotland [6] Papa Stour, Shetland, Scotland [5] Sandwick, Shetland [5] Aithsting, Shetland [4] Lerwick, Shetland Isles [4] Scalloway, Shetland [4] Unst, Shetland [4] Aith, Shetland, Scotland [3] Bressay, Shetland, Scotland [3] Cullivoe, Shetland, Scotland [3] Culswick, Shetland, Scotland [3] Cunningsburgh, Shetland [3] Dunrossness, Shetland [3] Lunnasting, Shetland [3] Nesting, Shetland [3] Brae, Shetland, Scotland [2] Bressay, Shetland [2] Burra Isle, Shetland, Scotland [2] Cunningsburgh, Shetland, Scotland [2] Delting, Shetland [2] Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland [2] Gutcher, Shetland, Scotland [2] Hillswick, Shetland [2] Mid Yell, Shetland [2] Mid Yell, Shetland, Scotland [2] Midyell, Shetland, Scotland [2] Nesting, Shetland, Scotland [2] Reawick, Shetland, Scotland [2] Sandsound, Shetland, Scotland [2] Shetland Island England [2] Shetland Islands [2] Sullom, Shetland [2] Tingwall, Shetland [2] Walls, Lerwick, Shetland [2] Weisdale, Shetland [2] Whalsay, Shetland, Scotland [2] Aithsting, Shetland, Scotland [1] Aywick, East Yell, Shetland [1] Baltaround, Shetland, Scotland [1]

Rank

Seaman [51] Private [28] Deck Hand [7] Able Seaman [5] Leading Seaman [5] Lance Corporal [2] Leading Deck Hand [2] Petty Officer [2] Second Hand [2] 1st Engineer [1] 1st Mate [1] A.B. [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Armourer Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Assistant Principal [1] Boatswain [1] Corporal [1] Deck-Hand [1] Driver [1] Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Engineer's Steward [1] Engineman [1] Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Master [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Rifleman [1] Seaman (A.B.) [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Second Mate [1] Serjeant [1] Shorthand Typist [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [64] Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section) [16] Royal Naval Division [14] Gordon Highlanders [9] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6] Canadian Infantry [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Dundee." [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Barham [3] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Dundee [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS MALAYA [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Victory [2] 28th Brigade Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Infantry [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] C. Y. Wychwood [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] French Red Cross [1] HMS Attentive [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Reindeer" [1] Mercantile Marine - SS Norwood (Aberdeen) [1] Mercantile Marine - SS Wychwood [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Ledbury" [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lorle" (West Hartlepool) [1] Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park [1] Mercantile Marine: SS Columbia [1] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1] Otago Infantry Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve - Benbow Bn. R.N. Div. [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "County of Nairn." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Leonard." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [110] Australian Imperial Force [47] British Army [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Other Empire Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [137] H [99] J [92] M [89] R [70] A [67] W [64] G [62] T [61] L [55] C [48] B [37] N [34] P [34] I [32] F [27] D [15] E [5] U [5] Y [4] K [3] O [3] Q [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [827] Military Service [154]

Country

United Kingdom [42] Australia [1] New Zealand [1]

James Thompson

Born 1893

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13131 Private New Zealand Machine Gun Corps 2 Company

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Peter Hunter Johnston

Died 1917

British Army S-41089 Private Gordon Highlanders 8th/10th Battalion

British Army S-16488 Private Seaforth Highlanders 8th Battalion

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James Gray

Born 1863

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lorle" (West Hartlepool)

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Harold Christopher Sandison

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 4054 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

British Army 4054 Lance Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion attached to the 6th Battaliopn

British Army 19 Acting Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion attached to 6th Battalion

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William Sutherland

Born 1871

Died 1917

Royal Navy C 1512 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1512/C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Evadne"

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George Groat

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 6398 Private Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion

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Karl Manson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6271 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 242010 Private Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion

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Robert Bolt Johnston

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/41139 Private Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) 6th Battalion

British Army S/23564 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Alexander Mundell Sandison

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Royal Marine Battalion

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James Halcrow

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 86666 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 86666 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Andrew Halcrow

Died 1917

British Army 6434 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 202796 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Andrew Robert Anderson

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 223 Corporal Australian Infantry 1st Battalion

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Walter Gilbert Brown

Born 1876

Died 1914

Royal Navy C 1363 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1363C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Aboukir

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John Gilbert Guthrie

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 31002 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 31002 Private 28th Brigade Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) With the South African Brigade at Delville Wood

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William John Robertson

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1298L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - S.S. Earl of Elgin Shetland Section

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Arthur Pearsen

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262825

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Robert Christie

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301181

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Alexander G Sandison Ingram

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army S/14918 Private Seaforth Highlanders 8th Battalion

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Andrew Anderson

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army S/20299 Private Seaforth Highlanders 3rd (Reserve) Battalion.

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Thomas Leask

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army S/12643 Private Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) 8th Battalion

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