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Musselburgh, Midlothian [40]

Musselburgh Edinburgh [31]

Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [21]

Musselburgh, Edinburgh [17]

Musselburgh [10]

Musselburgh Scotland [10]

Musselburgh, Mid Lothian [5]

Musselburgh, Scotland [4]

Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian [3]

94 High Street, Musselburgh, East Lothian [1]

Deantown, Musselburgh, Midlothian [1]

Fisherrow, Musselburgh, Midlothian [1]

Leven Hall, Musselburgh [1]

MUSSELBURGH, Mid Lothian [1]

Musselburgh , Midlothian [1]

Musselburgh Edinborough [1]

Musselburgh, MidLothian [1]

New Street, Fisherrow, Musselburgh [1]

North Esk Lodge Musselburgh Scotland [1]

musselburgh [1]

Rank

Private [19]

Stoker [4]

Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Marine [1]

Orderley [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Second Hand [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [13]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1]

H.M.S. "Victory" formerly H.M.S. "Hindustan" [1]

HMS Q5 (Farnborough) [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 2nd/8th Gurkha Rifles [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Labour Corps [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Birkenhead [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Morea [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Scottish Womens Hospitals [1]

Surma Valley Light Horse, Assam [1]

Territorial Force [1]

The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [73]

British Army [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [24]

B [20]

F [12]

G [11]

H [10]

P [9]

R [9]

C [8]

D [8]

W [8]

A [7]

N [7]

L [6]

S [6]

K [3]

J [1]

O [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [115]

Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

United States [1]

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Musselburgh, Midlothian [40] Musselburgh Edinburgh [31] Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [21] Musselburgh, Edinburgh [17] Musselburgh [10] Musselburgh Scotland [10] Musselburgh, Mid Lothian [5] Musselburgh, Scotland [4] Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian [3] 94 High Street, Musselburgh, East Lothian [1] Deantown, Musselburgh, Midlothian [1] Fisherrow, Musselburgh, Midlothian [1] Leven Hall, Musselburgh [1] MUSSELBURGH, Mid Lothian [1] Musselburgh , Midlothian [1] Musselburgh Edinborough [1] Musselburgh, MidLothian [1] New Street, Fisherrow, Musselburgh [1] North Esk Lodge Musselburgh Scotland [1] musselburgh [1]

Rank

Private [19] Stoker [4] Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Gunner [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Marine [1] Orderley [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer [1] Second Hand [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [13] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] H.M.S. "Victory" formerly H.M.S. "Hindustan" [1] HMS Q5 (Farnborough) [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 2nd/8th Gurkha Rifles [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Labour Corps [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Birkenhead [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INVINCIBLE [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Morea [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Scottish Womens Hospitals [1] Surma Valley Light Horse, Assam [1] Territorial Force [1] The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [73] British Army [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Australian Imperial Force [10] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [24] B [20] F [12] G [11] H [10] P [9] R [9] C [8] D [8] W [8] A [7] N [7] L [6] S [6] K [3] J [1] O [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [115] Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [11] United States [1]

Peter Boyd Gardner

Born 1889

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28923 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

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John Neilands

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1104 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Robert Currie

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17397

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Andrew Fairnie

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1963 Private Royal Scots

British Army 270015 Private Royal Scots

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David Grieve Brown

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281150

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John Fairnie

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS116553 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory" formerly H.M.S. "Hindustan"

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Alexander Gibson

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army S/3097 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Colin Burnet Munro

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy 7792S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

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James Brown Montgomerie-Fleming

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Kinnaird

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300987

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Alexander Moffat

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235376

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James Langlands

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2886DA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 2886 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Achilles II."

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George Mclellan Muir

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1943 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Ernest Alexander Meldrum

Born 1892

Died 1915

Indian Army Surma Valley Light Horse, Assam

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 2nd/8th Gurkha Rifles

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Robert Mcneill

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy S5534(Po) Stoker H.M.S. "Hampshire"

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Norman Cheyne

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165736

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James Brown Forrest

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243443

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John Dickson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232162

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Cecil Rhodes Stewart

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137999

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Alexander Greig

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 5697S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INVINCIBLE

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