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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]

Richard Handyside

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 6904 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/5th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 6904 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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William Graham Cranston

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6892 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 6892 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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James Disney O Hamerton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166739

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Walter Cochrane

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 14163 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Battalion

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James Rutter Bottomley

Born 1890

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26481

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Maxwell Davidson

Born 1898

British Army 7437 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 200834 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

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Thomas Thomson

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 6727 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Daniel Logan Laidlaw

Born 1875

Died 1950

British Army Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 15851 Acting Corporal King's Own Scottish Borders 7th (Service) Battalion

British Army 15851 King's Own Scottish Borders 7th (Service) Battalion

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John Edgar Boal

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2074 Private Northumberland Fusiliers attached Light Trench Mortar Battery

British Army 2074 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion (Territorials)

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James Weir

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army S/3588 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/3588 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th Battalion

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Ralph Dodds

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 7252 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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William Blackett Walton

Born 1885

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1054576

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1054576 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Denton Stonehouse

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 27/696 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 27th Battalion (Tyneside Irish)

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Robert Roland Waddell-Dudley

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Robert Davidson

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 6815 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 6815 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Thomas Stevenson

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 564 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 564 Acting Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 564 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Arthur Alexander Lorimer

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 7077 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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George Leonard Cheesman

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Bertram George Bryon

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S/9092 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Hattle Crombie

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7/183 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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