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69 Sidney Street, Arbroath [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Auldbar, Brechin [1]

BROUGHTY FERRY, FORFARSHIRE [1]

Brechin Forfar [1]

Brussels [1]

CARMYLLIE, FORFARSHIRE [1]

Carmyllie [1]

Carmyllie, Forfarshire [1]

Carmyllie, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dundee [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Kinnell, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Kirbuddo [1]

Littlehampton, Sussex [1]

Liverpool [1]

MONIFIETH, FORFARSHIRE [1]

MONIKIE, FORFARSHIRE [1]

Richmond, Surrey [1]

South Ellen Street, Dundee [1]

Stornoway [1]

Tayport, Fife, Scotland [1]

Tottenham, Middlesex [1]

Wick, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [40]

Serjeant [5]

Gunner [4]

Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Captain [2]

Clerical Work [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

3rd Air Mechanic [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Engineer [1]

Lance Corporal (paid) [1]

Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Major & Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1]

Major-General (temporary Lieutenant-General) [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker, 1st Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [8]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Scots Guards [5]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

SIB Malta [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

43rd Canadian Cameron Highlanders [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

64th Division Cyclist Corps [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

British Military Mission to Poland [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Cameron Highlanders [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

County of London Rifles [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Kent Regt. [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

H.M.S Hawke [1]

H.M.S. Hampshire [1]

HMS Hawke [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Military Police Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Dragoon Guards [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Tiger [1]

Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Vivid II [1]

Service

British Army [59]

Royal Navy [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

S [9]

D [8]

L [8]

M [7]

C [5]

G [5]

R [4]

A [3]

B [3]

F [3]

P [3]

T [3]

H [2]

K [2]

O [2]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [68]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

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People [68] Stories Communities

Place of birth

69 Sidney Street, Arbroath [1] Aberdeen [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Auldbar, Brechin [1] BROUGHTY FERRY, FORFARSHIRE [1] Brechin Forfar [1] Brussels [1] CARMYLLIE, FORFARSHIRE [1] Carmyllie [1] Carmyllie, Forfarshire [1] Carmyllie, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dundee [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Kinnell, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Kirbuddo [1] Littlehampton, Sussex [1] Liverpool [1] MONIFIETH, FORFARSHIRE [1] MONIKIE, FORFARSHIRE [1] Richmond, Surrey [1] South Ellen Street, Dundee [1] Stornoway [1] Tayport, Fife, Scotland [1] Tottenham, Middlesex [1] Wick, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [40] Serjeant [5] Gunner [4] Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Captain [2] Clerical Work [2] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] 3rd Air Mechanic [1] Able Seaman [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Engineer [1] Lance Corporal (paid) [1] Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Major & Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1] Major-General (temporary Lieutenant-General) [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker, 1st Class [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [8] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Scots Guards [5] Canadian Infantry [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots [2] SIB Malta [2] Scottish Horse [2] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 43rd Canadian Cameron Highlanders [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 64th Division Cyclist Corps [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Service Corps [1] British Military Mission to Poland [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Cameron Highlanders [1] Coldstream Guards [1] County of London Rifles [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Kent Regt. [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M.S Hawke [1] H.M.S. Hampshire [1] HMS Hawke [1] HMS MALAYA [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] Military Police Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Dragoon Guards [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Scottish Rifles [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Tiger [1] Training Reserve Battalion [1] Vivid II [1]

Service

British Army [59] Royal Navy [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

S [9] D [8] L [8] M [7] C [5] G [5] R [4] A [3] B [3] F [3] P [3] T [3] H [2] K [2] O [2] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [68]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

James Fredrick Grimbley

Born 1893

Died 1968

British Army 74082 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 16771 Private County of London Rifles

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Alexander Murray Stewart

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 325471 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 325471 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay

Born 1894

Died 1955

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards

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George Watson Kinnear

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 183802 Private Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion

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John Palgrave Heathcote Ouchterlony

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Charles Gardyne Sturrock

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army S/15059 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Battalion

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Alexander H Laird

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 95617 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alexander Sturrock

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army P/3097 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

British Army P/3097 Lance Corporal Military Police Corps

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John Adamson Lorimer

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 51913 Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 23764 Private Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

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James Milne

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2014 Private The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Robert Crighton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army S/12932 Private Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) 10th Battalion

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David Laird

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army S/9247 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/43111 Private Gordon Highlanders

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James K. Laird

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 33440 Private Highland Light Infantry

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David Stuart

Died 1918

British Army S/18596 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 12th Battalion

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James Soutar

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army S/9387 Private Royal Highlanders

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William Fullerton

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 153566 Private 43rd Canadian Cameron Highlanders

Canadian Expeditionary Force 153566 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Hunter

Born 1884

Royal Navy J45584 Engineer H.M.S. Hampshire

Royal Navy

Royal Navy J45584 Ordinary Seaman HMS MALAYA

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Alexander Mitchell

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 1574 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 636197 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William G Grant

Died 1918

British Army 365482 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Hugh Robertson

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 3478 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 3478 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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