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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]

Harvey A Meiklejohn

British Army 5118 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 5672 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 267607 Private Royal Highlanders

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John Henry Metcalfe

British Army 439 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 300392 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Herbert Harrogate

British Army DM2/164704 Private Army Service Corps

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Harry S Muir

British Army 1965 Private Acting Corporal Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry

British Army 95075 Private Acting Corporal Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

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Ralph Lawson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 9738 Private Scots Guards

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Harold Jeffrey Mcconnell

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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George Wright

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army S/8435 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army S/8435 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Thomas John Kite

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 15948 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Charles Kerr

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2113 Corporal Royal Highlanders

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Charles Ferris Beverland

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Queen's University Belfast OTC

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Bn.

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James Pomeroy Cavers

Born 1892

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Herbert Mcdonnell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 6/1378 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 6/1378 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Henry Francis Farquharson Murray

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army Captain Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Battalion

British Army Major Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th Battalion

British Army Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Arthur Nutcombe

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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George Stanley Tattersall

Born 1892

Australian Imperial Force 3871 Gunner Australian Field Artillery

Australian Imperial Force 3871 Gunner 1st Divisional Ammunition Column 2nd & 3rd Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 3871 Sergeant 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

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Robert Ross

Died 1916

British Army S/9149 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/9149 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th Battalion

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Vernon Robert Campbell

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 9302 Serjeant Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 9302 Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Leonard Graeme Morrison

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

British Army Captain Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th Battalion

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John S Strang

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3525 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Captain Royal Highlanders

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Peter Murphy

Died 1918

British Army 4330 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 291298 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 291298 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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