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Hounslow, Middlesex [39]

Hawick, Roxburgh [26]

Isleworth, Middlesex [22]

Galashiels, Selkirk [14]

Hanworth, Middlesex [13]

Selkirk, Selkirk [13]

Berwick-On-Tweed [11]

Feltham, Middlesex [11]

Duns, Berwick [9]

Hounslow [9]

London [9]

Ealing, Middlesex [8]

Heston, Middlesex [8]

Brentford, Middlesex [7]

Galashiels, Selkirkshire [7]

Jedburgh, Roxburgh [7]

Middlesex [7]

Berwick, Northumberland [6]

Coldingham, Berwickshire [6]

Kelso, Roxburgh [6]

Melrose, Roxburgh [6]

Twickenham, Middlesex [6]

Battersea, Surrey [5]

Bedfont, Middlesex [5]

Darlington, County Durham [5]

Staines, Middlesex [5]

Sunderland, Ontario [5]

Wilton, Roxburgh [5]

Chiswick, Middlesex [4]

Dumfries [4]

Duns, Berwickshire [4]

Edinburgh [4]

Hammersmith, London [4]

Hawick, Roxburghshire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Acton, Middlesex [3]

Aldershot, Hants [3]

Annan, Dumfries [3]

Ashford, Middlesex [3]

Bolam, Northumberland [3]

Coldstream, Berwick [3]

Coldstream, Berwickshire [3]

Darlington, Durham [3]

Finchley, Middlesex [3]

Hampstead, London [3]

Lauder, Berwick [3]

Northumberland [3]

Sunbury, Middlesex [3]

Swinton, Berwick [3]

Urr, Kirkcudbright [3]

Rank

Private [730]

Corporal [87]

Second Lieutenant [81]

Lance Corporal [80]

Serjeant [76]

Captain [59]

Lieutenant [57]

Driver [21]

Gunner [20]

Acting Corporal [16]

Major [16]

Sapper [16]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Rifleman [11]

Sergeant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Bombardier [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

L/Cpl [4]

Pioneer [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

18716 [1]

2/Lieut.(T) [1]

2nd Lieut [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Adjutant Captain [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [373]

Middlesex Regiment [157]

Northumberland Fusiliers [106]

Royal Fusiliers [63]

London Regiment [46]

Royal Field Artillery [35]

Royal Engineers [33]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Labour Corps [23]

East Surrey Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Army Service Corps [11]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Hussars [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1097]

Royal Navy [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [126]

H [121]

M [104]

W [104]

C [99]

S [94]

R [79]

P [64]

D [56]

T [48]

L [41]

G [37]

A [34]

F [30]

K [28]

E [26]

J [26]

N [14]

I [10]

O [9]

V [7]

Q [4]

Y [4]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1162]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [182]

India [5]

Germany [1]

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Place of birth

Hounslow, Middlesex [39] Hawick, Roxburgh [26] Isleworth, Middlesex [22] Galashiels, Selkirk [14] Hanworth, Middlesex [13] Selkirk, Selkirk [13] Berwick-On-Tweed [11] Feltham, Middlesex [11] Duns, Berwick [9] Hounslow [9] London [9] Ealing, Middlesex [8] Heston, Middlesex [8] Brentford, Middlesex [7] Galashiels, Selkirkshire [7] Jedburgh, Roxburgh [7] Middlesex [7] Berwick, Northumberland [6] Coldingham, Berwickshire [6] Kelso, Roxburgh [6] Melrose, Roxburgh [6] Twickenham, Middlesex [6] Battersea, Surrey [5] Bedfont, Middlesex [5] Darlington, County Durham [5] Staines, Middlesex [5] Sunderland, Ontario [5] Wilton, Roxburgh [5] Chiswick, Middlesex [4] Dumfries [4] Duns, Berwickshire [4] Edinburgh [4] Hammersmith, London [4] Hawick, Roxburghshire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Acton, Middlesex [3] Aldershot, Hants [3] Annan, Dumfries [3] Ashford, Middlesex [3] Bolam, Northumberland [3] Coldstream, Berwick [3] Coldstream, Berwickshire [3] Darlington, Durham [3] Finchley, Middlesex [3] Hampstead, London [3] Lauder, Berwick [3] Northumberland [3] Sunbury, Middlesex [3] Swinton, Berwick [3] Urr, Kirkcudbright [3]

Rank

Private [730] Corporal [87] Second Lieutenant [81] Lance Corporal [80] Serjeant [76] Captain [59] Lieutenant [57] Driver [21] Gunner [20] Acting Corporal [16] Major [16] Sapper [16] Acting Serjeant [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Rifleman [11] Sergeant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Bombardier [4] Colour Serjeant [4] L/Cpl [4] Pioneer [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 18716 [1] 2/Lieut.(T) [1] 2nd Lieut [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captain and Adjutant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Adjutant Captain [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 2nd Class [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [373] Middlesex Regiment [157] Northumberland Fusiliers [106] Royal Fusiliers [63] London Regiment [46] Royal Field Artillery [35] Royal Engineers [33] Durham Light Infantry [28] Hampshire Regiment [27] Labour Corps [23] East Surrey Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Army Service Corps [11] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [6] Royal Scots [6] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [6] Tank Corps [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Honourable Artillery Company [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Corps of Hussars [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Hussars [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1097] Royal Navy [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Australian Imperial Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [126] H [121] M [104] W [104] C [99] S [94] R [79] P [64] D [56] T [48] L [41] G [37] A [34] F [30] K [28] E [26] J [26] N [14] I [10] O [9] V [7] Q [4] Y [4] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1162] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [182] India [5] Germany [1]

Archibald Jobes

Born 1882

Died 1941

British Army 204626 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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James Danskin

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 19706 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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John Imrie Mcgill

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 1829 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/5th Battalion

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Alfred Barron Wilmot Allistone

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment

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Thomas Hope Fell

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 7/2148 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 7th Battalion (Territorials)

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Samuel Alexander Richardson

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 3707 Corporal Scots Guards

British Army 3707 Lance Serjeant Scots Guards

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Wellwood Maxwell Johnston

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 4020 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 4020 Acting Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 4020 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Gilbert Rutherford

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 6924 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Joseph Scott

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 13464 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 203515 Acting Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 203515 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 3rd Battalion

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John Stuart

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army S/5115 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Jasper Briggs

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 16720 Lance Corporal Royal Scots

British Army 16720 Serjeant Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 11th Battalian

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Henry James Frank Newbould

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Captain King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion

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Archibald Martin

Died 1915

British Army 6766 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 6766 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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John Mcneile

Born 1862

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel King's Own Scottish Borderers 4th Battalion

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Walter Johnstone

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 6586 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 6586 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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William Emslie

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 7387 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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John Forster

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6816 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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William Rae Cairns

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 6826 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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William Paterson

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6781 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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George Kyle

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army S/18254 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders 5th Battalion

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