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Belfast [3]

Shankill, Co. Antrim [2]

3 Beersbridge Road, Castlereagh, Belfast [1]

Atelete [1]

Ballymacarrett, Co. Down [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Blything district, Suffolk [1]

British Guiana now [1]

Carlisle [1]

Cork, Cork [1]

Coull, Aberdeenshire [1]

County Down [1]

Cranham, Essex [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Donegal [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunfermline, Fife [1]

Gawler South Australia [1]

Glasgow [1]

Hailsham [1]

Holywood, Co. Down [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Llandudno [1]

Londonderry [1]

Marshfield, Cardiff, Wales [1]

Moulin, Perthshire [1]

Nanaimo, British Columbia [1]

Newry, County Armagh [1]

Parish of Carnbee, Fife [1]

Portadown [1]

Silverdale, B.C. [1]

St George Queensland [1]

Stirling, Scotland [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Woodford, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Lieutenant [21]

Captain [13]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Major [4]

Sergeant [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Cadet Serjeant [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [2]

Group Captain [2]

Squadron Leader [2]

Wing Commander [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Doctor [1]

Doctor Civilian Medical Practitioner [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Colonel [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [31]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [14]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Royal Air Force [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Black Watch [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Officer Training Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

1st Divisional Ammunition Column [1]

2nd Field Artillery Brigade [1]

3 Squadron RNAS [1]

9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

9th Royal Highlanders [1]

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Black Watch (The Royal Highlanders) [1]

Black Watch (The Royal Highlanders) (Attached to Royal Air Force) [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Friend's War Victims' Relief Committee [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [1]

Irish Guards [1]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [1]

Queen's University Belfast OTC [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery seconded to Royal Flying Corps [1]

Service

British Army [75]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [26]

C [10]

D [9]

H [9]

B [7]

S [5]

T [5]

G [4]

K [4]

W [4]

F [3]

R [3]

N [2]

P [2]

A [1]

E [1]

I [1]

L [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [89]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Ireland [2]

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Place of birth

Belfast [3] Shankill, Co. Antrim [2] 3 Beersbridge Road, Castlereagh, Belfast [1] Atelete [1] Ballymacarrett, Co. Down [1] Belfast, Down [1] Blything district, Suffolk [1] British Guiana now [1] Carlisle [1] Cork, Cork [1] Coull, Aberdeenshire [1] County Down [1] Cranham, Essex [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Donegal [1] Dublin [1] Dunfermline, Fife [1] Gawler South Australia [1] Glasgow [1] Hailsham [1] Holywood, Co. Down [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Llandudno [1] Londonderry [1] Marshfield, Cardiff, Wales [1] Moulin, Perthshire [1] Nanaimo, British Columbia [1] Newry, County Armagh [1] Parish of Carnbee, Fife [1] Portadown [1] Silverdale, B.C. [1] St George Queensland [1] Stirling, Scotland [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Woodford, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [30] Second Lieutenant [25] Lieutenant [21] Captain [13] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Major [4] Sergeant [4] Lance Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Captain [2] Cadet Serjeant [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Flight Sub Lieutenant [2] Group Captain [2] Squadron Leader [2] Wing Commander [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Commodore [1] Doctor [1] Doctor Civilian Medical Practitioner [1] Flying Officer [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Munitions Worker [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [31] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [14] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Royal Air Force [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Royal Engineers [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Army Service Corps [2] Black Watch [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Officer Training Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] 1st Divisional Ammunition Column [1] 2nd Field Artillery Brigade [1] 3 Squadron RNAS [1] 9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 9th Royal Highlanders [1] Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Black Watch (The Royal Highlanders) [1] Black Watch (The Royal Highlanders) (Attached to Royal Air Force) [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Friend's War Victims' Relief Committee [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Highland Cyclist Battalion [1] Irish Guards [1] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1] Leinster Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [1] Queen's University Belfast OTC [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Garrison Artillery seconded to Royal Flying Corps [1]

Service

British Army [75] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [4] Other Empire Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [26] C [10] D [9] H [9] B [7] S [5] T [5] G [4] K [4] W [4] F [3] R [3] N [2] P [2] A [1] E [1] I [1] L [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [89] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Ireland [2]

Cecil George Warren

Born 1885

Royal Navy F35795

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John Mcsweeney

Born 1890

Royal Navy K24837

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Franco Donatelli

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 4080020

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Sidney Mccaffery

Born 1896

Royal Navy J16690

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Cecil George Roberts Warren

Born 1900

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Robert Drummond Moncreiffe

Born 1856

Died 1931

British Army Honorary Colonel Royal Highlanders

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John Blakeman Allaway

British Army 38310 Private Northumberland Regiment 23rd battalion northumberland Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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William Alfred Hart

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 20007 Sergeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Robert Fingland

British Army 62396 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Alfred Woolterton

British Army T/34512 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 13331 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Lees Burton

British Army Second Lieutenant 9th Royal Highlanders

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James Ekstrand Drummond

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

British Army Acting Captain Royal Highlanders

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Thomas Edwards

British Army 980 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

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Hugh Paterson

Born 1898

Died 1914

British Army 1657 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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John Greenshields Scoular

Born 1885

British Army Cadet Serjeant Officer Training Corps St Andrews University Contingent, Senior Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Edward Morton Drummond

Born 1898

Died 1993

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (The Royal Highlanders) (Attached to Royal Air Force) No 1 Training Depot Station, RAF Wittering

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Squadron Leader Royal Air Force

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Robert Jack Galbraith

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Herbert Chadwick

British Army 290818 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Harry Drysdale

British Army 157507 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/502500 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Alexander Heldewier Oakley Dennistoun

British Army Major Black Watch

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