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Stromness, Orkney, Scotland [41]

Stromness, Orkney [11]

Harray, Stromness, Orkney [1]

Stromness Orkney Islands [1]

Stromness, Orkney Island [1]

Rank

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Private [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Orion [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "H. E. Stroud." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

British Army [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [11]

C [7]

W [6]

M [5]

H [4]

L [4]

F [3]

R [3]

A [2]

G [2]

I [2]

P [2]

D [1]

K [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [40]

Military Service [13]

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People [55] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Stromness, Orkney, Scotland [41] Stromness, Orkney [11] Harray, Stromness, Orkney [1] Stromness Orkney Islands [1] Stromness, Orkney Island [1]

Rank

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Deck Hand [1] Gunner [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Private [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Orion [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "H. E. Stroud." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] British Army [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [11] C [7] W [6] M [5] H [4] L [4] F [3] R [3] A [2] G [2] I [2] P [2] D [1] K [1] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [40] Military Service [13]

John Wilson

Born 1899

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James Alexander Wilson

Born 1887

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James Will

Born 1879

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Alexander Mckay

Born 1847

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Henry Linklater

Born 1873

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William George Linklater

Born 1889

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Edward Linklater

Born 1897

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Edward P Knight

Born 1873

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James Isbister

Born 1858

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Robert Hourston

Born 1873

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George Gray

Born 1869

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William A Garson

Born 1879

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George W Clouston

Born 1874

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James Moat Clouston

Born 1863

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Donald Marwich Velzian

Born 1893

Royal Navy K15106 Stoker 1st Class HMS INFLEXIBLE

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