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Killearn, Stirlingshire [21]

Killearn [8]

Glasgow [6]

Drymen, Stirlingshire [4]

Edinburgh [4]

London [4]

Balfron, Stirlingshire [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Kensington Palace, London [3]

Kilmaronock, Dumbartonshire [3]

Drymen [2]

Killearn Scotland [2]

Kirkoswald, Ayrshire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

6 Helevetia St, Perry Hill [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Avoch [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Balfron [1]

Balfron Station [1]

Balfron,StirlingShire,Scotland, UK [1]

Balmoral Castle [1]

Bath [1]

Beith [1]

Bishop's Court, County Kildare [1]

Blairessan, Killearn [1]

Bonhill [1]

Bonnybridge [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Brockley, London [1]

Buchanan, Stirlingshire [1]

Bude, Cornwall, England [1]

Busby, Renfrewshire [1]

Chelsea [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Corbridge [1]

Cowpen, Northumberland [1]

Currie, Midlothian [1]

Dannevirke [1]

Doncaster [1]

Dublin [1]

Dumgoyne, Stirlingshire [1]

Dunoon, Argyll [1]

East Kilbride Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Eggesford, Devon [1]

Fintry, Stirlingshire [1]

Fowlis Wester, Perthshire [1]

Gartness, Stirlingshire [1]

Rank

Private [72]

Lieutenant [24]

Captain [23]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Major [10]

Corporal [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Driver [6]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [5]

Brigadier General [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Commander [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Midshipman [3]

Nurse [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting-Lieutenant [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Chief Marshal [1]

Anaesthetist [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Dispenser [1]

General Staff Officer (2rd Grade) (Major) [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

House Keeper [1]

Lieutenant / Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major General [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major, temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Matron [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

Sergeant [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17]

Highland Light Infantry [13]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Scots Guards [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

London Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Staff [2]

1st Battalion Scots Guards [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

2nd Scots Guards [1]

31st Division [1]

45th Infantry Brigade [1]

6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1]

71st Infantry Brigade [1]

9th Royal Highlanders [1]

Assistant Provost Marshal [1]

Attached Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Auckland Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch [1]

Service

British Army [157]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Royal Navy [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

M [41]

S [22]

L [20]

B [17]

F [15]

K [15]

C [14]

P [9]

D [8]

G [6]

W [6]

J [5]

A [4]

H [4]

R [4]

O [3]

T [3]

E [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [198]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [205] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Killearn, Stirlingshire [21] Killearn [8] Glasgow [6] Drymen, Stirlingshire [4] Edinburgh [4] London [4] Balfron, Stirlingshire [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Kensington Palace, London [3] Kilmaronock, Dumbartonshire [3] Drymen [2] Killearn Scotland [2] Kirkoswald, Ayrshire [2] Lambeth, London [2] 6 Helevetia St, Perry Hill [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Avoch [1] Ayrshire [1] Balfron [1] Balfron Station [1] Balfron,StirlingShire,Scotland, UK [1] Balmoral Castle [1] Bath [1] Beith [1] Bishop's Court, County Kildare [1] Blairessan, Killearn [1] Bonhill [1] Bonnybridge [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Brixton, London [1] Brockley, London [1] Buchanan, Stirlingshire [1] Bude, Cornwall, England [1] Busby, Renfrewshire [1] Chelsea [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Corbridge [1] Cowpen, Northumberland [1] Currie, Midlothian [1] Dannevirke [1] Doncaster [1] Dublin [1] Dumgoyne, Stirlingshire [1] Dunoon, Argyll [1] East Kilbride Lanarkshire Scotland [1] Eggesford, Devon [1] Fintry, Stirlingshire [1] Fowlis Wester, Perthshire [1] Gartness, Stirlingshire [1]

Rank

Private [72] Lieutenant [24] Captain [23] Second Lieutenant [21] Major [10] Corporal [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Driver [6] Gunner [5] Serjeant [5] Brigadier General [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [3] Commander [3] Lance Corporal [3] Midshipman [3] Nurse [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting-Lieutenant [1] Admiral [1] Air Chief Marshal [1] Anaesthetist [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Chauffeur [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Dispenser [1] General Staff Officer (2rd Grade) (Major) [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] House Keeper [1] Lieutenant / Adjutant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major General [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major, temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Matron [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1] Sergeant [1] Squadron Leader [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17] Highland Light Infantry [13] Royal Field Artillery [11] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Engineers [8] Scots Guards [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Gordon Highlanders [6] Royal Highlanders [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Scots [5] Cameron Highlanders [4] London Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross [2] British Red Cross Society [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Coldstream Guards [2] French Red Cross [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Labour Corps [2] Military Foot Police [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Staff [2] 1st Battalion Scots Guards [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 2nd Scots Guards [1] 31st Division [1] 45th Infantry Brigade [1] 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1] 71st Infantry Brigade [1] 9th Royal Highlanders [1] Assistant Provost Marshal [1] Attached Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Auckland Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch [1]

Service

British Army [157] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Royal Navy [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [9] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

M [41] S [22] L [20] B [17] F [15] K [15] C [14] P [9] D [8] G [6] W [6] J [5] A [4] H [4] R [4] O [3] T [3] E [2] V [2] Y [2] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [198] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Canada [1] Germany [1] New Zealand [1]

Thomas Kerr Hall

Born 1887

Died 1975

Canadian Expeditionary Force 130214 Corporal

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George Bernard Knight

Born 1893

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1532 2nd Lieutenant Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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Hubert George Garratt

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 5217 Corporal London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 391990 Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 391990 Corporal London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Lewis Letchford

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army S/23320 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/23320 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Walter Fairlie

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army S/20865 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Alexander Leopold Kerr

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 27132 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Edward St John Edmonstone

Born 1901

Died 1983

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Andrew Marshall

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 355591 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Walter Frederick Kent-Johnston

Born 1893

Died 1979

British Army 4/553 Lance Corporal New Zealand Expeditionary Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Frederick Fairlie

Born 1900

Died 1983

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199483

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Archibald Guthrie Smith

Born 1874

Died 1949

British Army 3005 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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David Bryce Kerr

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 7006 Acting Company Serjeant Major Scottish Rifles

British Army 7006 Colour Serjeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry

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Robert Baird

Born 1894

British Army 1499 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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David Wilson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Augustus Arthur Cornwallis Fitzclarence

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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Henry George Charles Viscount Lascelles

Born 1882

Died 1947

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Yorkshire Hussars

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Charles Fitzclarence

Born 1865

Died 1914

British Army Brigadier General Staff

British Army Brigadier General General Staff

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John Christie

Born 1882

Died 1962

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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The Hon Harold Edward Fitzclarence

Born 1870

Died 1926

British Army Captain Assistant Provost Marshal

British Army Major 31st Division

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Harold William Tilman

Born 1898

Died 1977

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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