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St Andrews, Fife [216]

St. Andrews, Fifeshire [32]

St Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland [30]

St Andrews Scotland [23]

St Andrews, Plymouth [17]

St Andrews [11]

St Andrews, Fifeshire [10]

St Andrews, Fife, Scotland [7]

St Andrews, Dublin [5]

St. Andrews, Fife [5]

St Andrews, Devon [4]

St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon [4]

St. Andrews [4]

St Andrews England [2]

St Andrews New South Wales [2]

St Andrews and St Leonards [2]

St Andrews, Nottinghamshire [2]

St. Andrews, Dundee [2]

St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland [2]

Walpole st andrews, Norfolk [2]

Bull Bay, St. Andrews [1]

Guardbridge, St Andrews, Fife [1]

Kemback, near St Andrews, Fife [1]

Kincaple, St Andrews, Fife [1]

Leuchars, near St. Andrews, Fifeshire [1]

Milborne St. Andrews, Dorset [1]

Northampton St Andrews [1]

Parish of St Andrew, Edinburgh [1]

Parish of St Andrews, Edinburgh [1]

St Andrews Parish, Dundee [1]

St Andrews Victoria [1]

St Andrews parish, Derby, Derbyshire [1]

St Andrews, Burnley [1]

St Andrews, Cambridge [1]

St Andrews, Cardiff [1]

St Andrews, Charlotte County, New Brunswick [1]

St Andrews, Denhead, Fife [1]

St Andrews, Durham [1]

St Andrews, FIfe [1]

St Andrews, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

St Andrews, Guernsey [1]

St Andrews, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

St Andrews, Lhanbryde., Elgin [1]

St Andrews, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [1]

St Andrews, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1]

St Andrews, Plymouth, Deveon [1]

St Andrews, Southport, Lancashire [1]

St Andrews, Worcester [1]

St Andrews,Dublin [1]

St. Andrews, Dublin [1]

Rank

Private [161]

Deck Hand [32]

Lance Corporal [20]

Corporal [18]

Lieutenant [18]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [13]

Serjeant [12]

Driver [8]

Trimmer [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Gunner [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Sapper [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Bombardier [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Second Hand [3]

Trimmer Cook [3]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Engineman [2]

Leading Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Seaman [2]

Stoker [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain (Acting Major) [1]

Captain Brevet Major [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [68]

Royal Naval Reserve [53]

Royal Highlanders [49]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [16]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [15]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [11]

Royal Engineers [10]

7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Gordon Highlanders [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Scots Guards [4]

8th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

National Reserve [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

6th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Black Watch [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Tulip" [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

1/7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

10th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Service

British Army [203]

Royal Navy [94]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [56]

C [43]

S [36]

G [33]

M [31]

W [29]

A [27]

H [26]

R [21]

D [20]

L [17]

P [17]

T [16]

F [13]

K [11]

N [7]

I [4]

J [4]

E [3]

O [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [303]

Merchant Navy [31]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [157]

India [3]

Guernsey [2]

Argentina [1]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

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St Andrews, Fife [216] St. Andrews, Fifeshire [32] St Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland [30] St Andrews Scotland [23] St Andrews, Plymouth [17] St Andrews [11] St Andrews, Fifeshire [10] St Andrews, Fife, Scotland [7] St Andrews, Dublin [5] St. Andrews, Fife [5] St Andrews, Devon [4] St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon [4] St. Andrews [4] St Andrews England [2] St Andrews New South Wales [2] St Andrews and St Leonards [2] St Andrews, Nottinghamshire [2] St. Andrews, Dundee [2] St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland [2] Walpole st andrews, Norfolk [2] Bull Bay, St. Andrews [1] Guardbridge, St Andrews, Fife [1] Kemback, near St Andrews, Fife [1] Kincaple, St Andrews, Fife [1] Leuchars, near St. Andrews, Fifeshire [1] Milborne St. Andrews, Dorset [1] Northampton St Andrews [1] Parish of St Andrew, Edinburgh [1] Parish of St Andrews, Edinburgh [1] St Andrews Parish, Dundee [1] St Andrews Victoria [1] St Andrews parish, Derby, Derbyshire [1] St Andrews, Burnley [1] St Andrews, Cambridge [1] St Andrews, Cardiff [1] St Andrews, Charlotte County, New Brunswick [1] St Andrews, Denhead, Fife [1] St Andrews, Durham [1] St Andrews, FIfe [1] St Andrews, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] St Andrews, Guernsey [1] St Andrews, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] St Andrews, Lhanbryde., Elgin [1] St Andrews, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [1] St Andrews, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1] St Andrews, Plymouth, Deveon [1] St Andrews, Southport, Lancashire [1] St Andrews, Worcester [1] St Andrews,Dublin [1] St. Andrews, Dublin [1]

Rank

Private [161] Deck Hand [32] Lance Corporal [20] Corporal [18] Lieutenant [18] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [13] Serjeant [12] Driver [8] Trimmer [8] Able Seaman [7] Gunner [7] Acting Corporal [6] Sapper [6] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Petty Officer [4] Bombardier [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Second Hand [3] Trimmer Cook [3] Acting Sergeant [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Engineman [2] Leading Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Seaman [2] Stoker [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Band Corporal [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Cadet [1] Captain (Acting Major) [1] Captain Brevet Major [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [68] Royal Naval Reserve [53] Royal Highlanders [49] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [16] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [15] Royal Field Artillery [12] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [11] Royal Engineers [10] 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Gordon Highlanders [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Scots [8] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Army Service Corps [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Royal Naval Division [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Cameron Highlanders [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Scots Guards [4] 8th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] National Reserve [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Scottish Rifles [3] 6th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] 9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Black Watch [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Vivid [2] Highland Cyclist Battalion [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Tulip" [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] 1/7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 10th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Service

British Army [203] Royal Navy [94] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] Australian Imperial Force [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [56] C [43] S [36] G [33] M [31] W [29] A [27] H [26] R [21] D [20] L [17] P [17] T [16] F [13] K [11] N [7] I [4] J [4] E [3] O [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [303] Merchant Navy [31] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [157] India [3] Guernsey [2] Argentina [1] Canada [1] South Africa [1]

Alexander Petrie

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2521 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 2521 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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William Brace

Born 1854

Died 1917

British Army 42430 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Charles Burgess

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7205 Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edwin James Ward

Born 1879

Died 1914

Royal Navy PO/9009 Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy PO/9009 Serjeant R.M.L.I. HMS Bulwark

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David Lowrie

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/20557 Private Gordon Highlanders 6th Battalion.

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John Wilson Moir Jamieson

Born 1879

Died 1936

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps Attached to Units other than Medical Units

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Attached to Units other than Medical Units

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William Watt

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260989

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William Christopher Scott Robertson

Born 1877

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1013285 Private 230th Forestry Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1013285 Corporal 230th Forestry Battalion

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William Gray

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168719

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David Webster

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 268172 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 6252 Private Royal Highlanders 6th (Perth) Battalion

British Army 1619 Private Royal Highlanders 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Charles Henry Anderson

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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Harold Leslie Bonser

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1674 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Edward Archibald Anstey

Born 1886

Died 1967

British Army 2329 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 187 Royal Field Artillery 3rd London Brigade

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Robert Smith

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73618

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James Thomson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283470

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James Brown Thomson

Born 1884

British Army 144 Company Quarter-Master Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th Volunteer Battalion

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James Smithers

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285254

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Alexander Donaldson

Born 1867

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Steward Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Steward Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Adela" (Dublin)

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Robert Niven Ritchie

Born 1867

Died 1934

Royal Navy 118025

Royal Navy 118025 Petty Officer HMS Victory I

Royal Navy 118025 Petty Officer HMS Drake

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William Duncan

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200960

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