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Hopeman Morayshire [50]

Burghead Morayshire [45]

Burghead, Morayshire [9]

Cummingston Morayshire [6]

Hopeman [6]

Cummingston, Morayshire [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Bermondsey London [2]

Roseisle Morayshire [2]

Alves Morayshire [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Bishopmill, Elgin Morayshire [1]

Brixton [1]

Brooklyn [1]

Buckie Morayshire [1]

Burghead Moryshire [1]

Buthill Morayshire [1]

Castlehill, Birnie, Morayshire [1]

Coldingham, Berwickshire [1]

Duffus Morayshire [1]

Elgin, Morayshire [1]

Findhorn Morayshire [1]

Hopepman Morayshire [1]

Hunslet, Leeds [1]

Innes House, Urquhart [1]

Kent [1]

Kinguissie [1]

Kinloss [1]

Kinloss Morayshire [1]

Leith [1]

Lhanbryde, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Lochee [1]

Lossiemouth Morayshire [1]

New York [1]

Rafford Morayshire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Roseisle Burghead Morayshire [1]

Roseisle, Burghead, Morayshire [1]

Roseisle, Morayshire [1]

Rothes [1]

Rothes Morayshire [1]

Urquhart Morayshire [1]

burghead Morayshire [1]

Rank

Private [143]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Gunner [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Driver [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd class [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Corporal (per CWGC records) [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [111]

Labour Corps [14]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Scots Guards [2]

4th Field Ambulance [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

East Surry Regiment [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Kings Own Scottish Borderers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Lovat Scouts [1]

Lovat's Scouts [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queens Own Royal West Kent Rgt [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

Seaforth Highlandrs [1]

South African Royal Flying Corps [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [168]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

M [52]

S [24]

R [17]

C [15]

P [13]

Y [10]

D [8]

W [8]

A [7]

N [6]

B [5]

T [4]

H [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [171]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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People [171] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hopeman Morayshire [50] Burghead Morayshire [45] Burghead, Morayshire [9] Cummingston Morayshire [6] Hopeman [6] Cummingston, Morayshire [3] Aberdeen [2] Bermondsey London [2] Roseisle Morayshire [2] Alves Morayshire [1] Bermondsey [1] Bishopmill, Elgin Morayshire [1] Brixton [1] Brooklyn [1] Buckie Morayshire [1] Burghead Moryshire [1] Buthill Morayshire [1] Castlehill, Birnie, Morayshire [1] Coldingham, Berwickshire [1] Duffus Morayshire [1] Elgin, Morayshire [1] Findhorn Morayshire [1] Hopepman Morayshire [1] Hunslet, Leeds [1] Innes House, Urquhart [1] Kent [1] Kinguissie [1] Kinloss [1] Kinloss Morayshire [1] Leith [1] Lhanbryde, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Lochee [1] Lossiemouth Morayshire [1] New York [1] Rafford Morayshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Roseisle Burghead Morayshire [1] Roseisle, Burghead, Morayshire [1] Roseisle, Morayshire [1] Rothes [1] Rothes Morayshire [1] Urquhart Morayshire [1] burghead Morayshire [1]

Rank

Private [143] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Gunner [3] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Driver [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd class [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Corporal (per CWGC records) [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Shoeing and Carriage Smith [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [111] Labour Corps [14] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Engineers [7] Gordon Highlanders [6] Army Service Corps [5] Cameron Highlanders [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Scottish Rifles [3] East Surrey Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Scots Guards [2] 4th Field Ambulance [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] East Surry Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Kings Own Scottish Borderers [1] London Regiment [1] Lovat Scouts [1] Lovat's Scouts [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queens Own Royal West Kent Rgt [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Scottish Horse [1] Seaforth Highlandrs [1] South African Royal Flying Corps [1] Tank Corps [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [168] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

M [52] S [24] R [17] C [15] P [13] Y [10] D [8] W [8] A [7] N [6] B [5] T [4] H [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [171]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Joshua Collier

Born 1881

Died 1948

British Army M5/4440 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army MS/4440 Private Royal Army Service Corps HT Forage Co

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James Robertson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 1499 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265303 Company Serjeant Major Seaforth Highlanders

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James Shaw Davidson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 37826 Private Machine Gun Corps 151 st Company

British Army 37826 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Ralph

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S/3051 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Alexander Mackay Mcpherson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2571 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 2571 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Daniel More

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2726 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6 Battalion

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Donald Robertson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army S/5575 Private Royal Highlanders Black Watch

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William Main

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2391 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 23724 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 23724 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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David Main

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 203806 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 235149 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Btn

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John Ralph

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1660 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265386 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265386 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

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George Mckenzie

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 2224 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265696 Private Seaforth Highlanders i/6th 9th Btn

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Alexander Simpson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2336 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265772 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

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David Mair Shaw

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army S/40821 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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William Henry Senior

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 55862 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Robert Mutch Taylor

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 12437 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Lewis Mclean Main

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 764 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 16160 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 16160 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Shand

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2351 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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James Young

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1208 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265148 Sergeant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265148 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

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William Mcpherson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1224 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265157 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265157 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Btn

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David S. Young

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1182 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

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