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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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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]

William Duncan

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1/16930 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army S/21697 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Robert Smith

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy Stoker, 1st Class H.M.S Hawke

Royal Navy SS/102811 Stoker, 1st Class HMS Hawke

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John Cormack

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 16985 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 16985 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Binnie

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 11352 Private Scots Guards

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Alexander Kydd

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 16633 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Charles Spalding Geekie

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army S4/157931 Private Army Service Corps

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Robert Pryde

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 110794 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Donald Bain

Born 1885

Royal Navy A 2178 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy A/2178 Seaman Royal Naval Division Drake Battalion

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John Hunter Peters

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 32871 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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David Strachan

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 12983 Private Scots Guards 1st Bn.

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Alexander Norrie

Died 1916

British Army S 8453 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/8453 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

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James N Cowie

Died 1917

British Army S/16991 Private Royal Highlanders

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Frederick Strachan Buik

Died 1918

British Army 2920 Trooper Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion

British Army 27789 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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John Peters

Died 1916

British Army 3377 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 5th (Forfarshire) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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James Chaplin Duncan

Died 1917

British Army 608 Serjeant Scottish Horse

British Army 225188 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

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Archibald Brown Troup

Died 1915

British Army 456 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 456 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Joseph S Ogg

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77791 3rd Air Mechanic

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John Fraser

Born 1890

Royal Navy Z/5346 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Hood Battalion

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Bertram Mann

Born 1899

British Army 81944 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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James Davie

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 859317 Private Canadian Cameron Highlanders

Canadian Expeditionary Force 859317 Private Canadian Infantry

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