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Brechin [33]

Brechin, Angus [12]

Brechin, Forfarshire [7]

Brechin. Angus [6]

Kinghorn, Fifeshire [6]

Brechin. Angus. [5]

Farnell. Angus. [5]

Brechin, Fofarshire [3]

Glasgow [3]

Fettercairn, Kincardineshire [2]

Forfar [2]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Arbirlot, Angus [1]

Arbroath, Angus [1]

Arbroath, Angus. [1]

Arbroath. Angus. [1]

Archiestown, Moray [1]

Auchindoir, Aberdeenshire [1]

Balnakettle, Fettercairn, Kincardineshire [1]

Banchory, Kincardineshire, Scotland [1]

Belfast [1]

Berwick [1]

Braehead House, Kinghorn [1]

Braehead, Pathhead, Dysart, Fifeshire [1]

Brechin Forfar [1]

Brechin Forfarshire SCOTLAND [1]

Brechin Forfarshire Scotland [1]

Brechin, Angus. [1]

Bridge of Dun, Fofarshire [1]

Broomside,Dalgety, Fifeshire [1]

Burn Estate, Edzell [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Careston [1]

Clearbank, Stracathro, Angus [1]

Craig, Fofarshire [1]

Crosshill, Brechin [1]

Dun, Angus. [1]

Dunbar [1]

Dundee [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Edzell [1]

Edzell, Angus [1]

Farnell [1]

Farnell, Angus [1]

Fordoun, Kincardineshire [1]

Fordoun,Kincardine [1]

Forfar Forfarshire Scotland [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire [1]

Rank

Private [165]

Lance Corporal [26]

Corporal [20]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Gunner [12]

Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Driver [7]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Sapper [4]

Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

A/Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Cooper [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major-General [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Piper [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker, 1st Class [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [70]

Royal Highlanders [39]

Gordon Highlanders [23]

Royal Scots [15]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Scots Guards [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [7]

1/5th Royal Highlanders [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Training Reserve [3]

13th Royal Scots [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [2]

Otago Infantry Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

South African Infantry [2]

The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

1/6th Royal Highlanders [1]

12th Royal Scots [1]

1st Brigade [1]

1st Royal Highlanders [1]

2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) [1]

4th Division [1]

5th Black Watch [1]

5th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

7th Battalion [1]

7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

7th Hussars Staff [1]

Service

British Army [203]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Royal Navy [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [32]

C [25]

D [21]

S [21]

G [20]

B [18]

H [12]

W [12]

R [11]

F [10]

L [8]

T [8]

A [7]

J [6]

P [6]

K [5]

E [4]

N [4]

I [3]

V [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [223]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [126]

Canada [4]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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People [236] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brechin [33] Brechin, Angus [12] Brechin, Forfarshire [7] Brechin. Angus [6] Kinghorn, Fifeshire [6] Brechin. Angus. [5] Farnell. Angus. [5] Brechin, Fofarshire [3] Glasgow [3] Fettercairn, Kincardineshire [2] Forfar [2] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Arbirlot, Angus [1] Arbroath, Angus [1] Arbroath, Angus. [1] Arbroath. Angus. [1] Archiestown, Moray [1] Auchindoir, Aberdeenshire [1] Balnakettle, Fettercairn, Kincardineshire [1] Banchory, Kincardineshire, Scotland [1] Belfast [1] Berwick [1] Braehead House, Kinghorn [1] Braehead, Pathhead, Dysart, Fifeshire [1] Brechin Forfar [1] Brechin Forfarshire SCOTLAND [1] Brechin Forfarshire Scotland [1] Brechin, Angus. [1] Bridge of Dun, Fofarshire [1] Broomside,Dalgety, Fifeshire [1] Burn Estate, Edzell [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire [1] Careston [1] Clearbank, Stracathro, Angus [1] Craig, Fofarshire [1] Crosshill, Brechin [1] Dun, Angus. [1] Dunbar [1] Dundee [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Edzell [1] Edzell, Angus [1] Farnell [1] Farnell, Angus [1] Fordoun, Kincardineshire [1] Fordoun,Kincardine [1] Forfar Forfarshire Scotland [1] Forfar, Forfarshire [1]

Rank

Private [165] Lance Corporal [26] Corporal [20] Second Lieutenant [13] Gunner [12] Serjeant [11] Lieutenant [9] Driver [7] Sergeant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Sapper [4] Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] A/Serjeant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Corporal Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Cooper [1] Drummer [1] Engineman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major-General [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Piper [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker, 1st Class [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [70] Royal Highlanders [39] Gordon Highlanders [23] Royal Scots [15] Royal Field Artillery [12] Canadian Infantry [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Scots Guards [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [7] 1/5th Royal Highlanders [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Cameron Highlanders [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Training Reserve [3] 13th Royal Scots [2] Army Service Corps [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] London Regiment (London Scottish) [2] Otago Infantry Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Scottish Horse [2] South African Infantry [2] The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 1/6th Royal Highlanders [1] 12th Royal Scots [1] 1st Brigade [1] 1st Royal Highlanders [1] 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) [1] 4th Division [1] 5th Black Watch [1] 5th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 7th Battalion [1] 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 7th Hussars Staff [1]

Service

British Army [203] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Royal Navy [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Australian Imperial Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [32] C [25] D [21] S [21] G [20] B [18] H [12] W [12] R [11] F [10] L [8] T [8] A [7] J [6] P [6] K [5] E [4] N [4] I [3] V [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [223] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [126] Canada [4] India [2] Australia [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Francis Binnie Mcfarlane

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 76261 Private Training Reserve 15th Battalion

British Army 404070 Sapper Royal Engineers Highland Field Coy.

British Army 76261 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 9th Bn.

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William Kynoch

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force A20632 Private Canadian Infantry 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada)

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James Reid

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army S/8545 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Bn.

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James Farquharson Pyott

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 447 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 447 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 5th Bn.

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Clarence Bowman

Born 1891

Died 1968

British Army 452 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/5 Bn.

British Army 240017 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th/5th Bn.

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William Mcdowall

Born 1882

Died 1966

British Army Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42548 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Bn.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42548 Lance Corporal Otago Infantry Regiment 23rd Bn.

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Robert Tasker

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 241148 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 241148 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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James Mcdowall

Born 1890

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42549 Private Force Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Bn.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42549 Corporal Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Bn.

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John Stewart

Born 1886

British Army 639194 Private Labour Corps

British Army 680 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st

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Frederick W Gellatly

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2467 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4/5th Bn.

British Army 2467 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/5th Bn

British Army 6201 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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John A Ross

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4481 Private London Regiment

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Arthur Smith

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2485 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 5th Bn.

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Charles Graham

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2521 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 241344 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th Bn.

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James Glen Eddie

Born 1899

Died 1966

British Army S/24136 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 17828 Private Training Reserve

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Hugh Thomas Munro

Born 1856

Died 1919

British Army French Red Cross

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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Alexander Rattray

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1427 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army 1427 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st/5th Bn.

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Thomas Smith Carnegie

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army T4/233263 Driver Army Service Corps

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Walter Reid

Born 1882

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3055074 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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William Forsyth

Born 1864

Died 1915

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders 1st/7th Bn.

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William Maitland Inglis

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 636425 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1446 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3/3rd Highland Howitzer Brigade

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