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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]

Arthur William Tedder

Born 1890

Died 1967

British Army Captain Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Squadron Leader Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Air Chief Marshal Royal Air Force

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Norman Archibald Orr Ewing

Born 1880

Died 1960

British Army Captain Scots Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 2nd Scots Guards

British Army Brigadier General 45th Infantry Brigade

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Alan Wingate Miller

Born 1894

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Andrew Mitchell

Born 1897

British Army 203116 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 235442 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Peter Donald Macfeat

Born 1888

Died 1982

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Thomas Yuill Battison

Born 1897

Died 1962

British Army 42276 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Cambridge

Born 1868

Died 1927

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Life Guards

British Army Brigadier General Life Guards

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William Edmund Ironside

Born 1880

Died 1959

British Army Captain Royal Artillery

British Army Major General Royal Artillery

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

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George Menzies

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 16194 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery 109 Heavy Battery

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The Hon. Ivan Campbell

Born 1859

Died 1917

British Army Captain Special List

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Jack Llewelyn Davies

Born 1894

Died 1959

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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George Louis Victor Henry Sergius Mountbatten

Born 1892

Died 1938

Royal Navy Captain

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS New Zealand

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James Valentine

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 39017 Private Royal Scots

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Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay

Born 1881

Died 1972

Royal Navy Admiral

Royal Navy Commander

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Frederick Arthur Sporton

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 6639 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten

Born 1889

Died 1965

Other Empire Force Nurse British Red Cross Princess Club Hospital For Wounded Soldiers, Bermondsey

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Walter Letchford

Born 1885

Died 1977

British Army S/36201 Private Rifle Brigade

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George Herbert Sporton

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy 206749

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Margaret Ann Macbeth

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2/Res/M/1009 Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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Archibald Simpson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407092

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