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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]

James Wilson Gourlay Menzies

Born 1895

British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

British Army Serjeant Highland Cyclist Battalion (Territorial Force)

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

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George Edward Henry Mcelroy

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 28292 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

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Reginald Basil Hingston

Born 1885

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C Q L Penrose

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Major Siege Battery

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Colville M Macdougall

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Charles Sealey

South African Services 10607 Private South African Infantry 1st Battalion

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William Playfair Vassie

British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

British Army Cadet Serjeant Officer Training Corps Edinburgh Acadamy Contingent, Junior DIvision

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

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Bryan Desmond Hughes

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Leslie Mckenzie

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant 9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Eliza Jane A.k.a. Ida Martin

Born 1896

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment U.V.F. Hospital Belfast

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Richard Ernle Harvey

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Highlanders

British Army Captain Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th Bn.

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Stanley Norie-Miller

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Highlanders

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Sydney Armitage Innes

British Army Major Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Highlanders

British Army Temporary Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) Royal Highlanders

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William Hargrove Chisam

Born 1894

Died 1972

Royal Navy Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy Flight Sub Lieutenant 3 Squadron RNAS

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Raymond Collishaw

Born 1893

Died 1976

Royal Navy Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy Flight Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Major Royal Air Force

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James Lindsay Campbell

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 75191

Canadian Expeditionary Force 75191 Lance Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Isobel Addy Tate

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army Doctor Civilian Medical Practitioner Royal Army Medical Corps

Other Empire Force Doctor Friend's War Victims' Relief Committee Serbian Relief Fund

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Frederick William Milroy A.k.a. Roy Gladwyn

Born 1898

Died 1970

British Army Second Lieutenant The Black Watch (Royal HIghlanders)

British Army Lieutenant The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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