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Place of birth

Edinburgh [3]

Forgue, Huntly, Aberdeenshire [3]

Forgue, Aberdeenshire [2]

Turriff, Aberdeenshire [2]

188 Kirk Road Wishaw [1]

29 Constitution Street, Inverurie, Scotland [1]

4 Stewarts Lane Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1]

4 Stewarts Lane, Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberchirder Banffshire [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

Abram, Lancashire [1]

Ashalloch, Ythan Wells, Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1]

Bankhead, Forgue, Aberdeenshire [1]

Barony, Glasgow [1]

Bishop Aukland, County Durham [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Brompton, Northallerton [1]

Carlisle [1]

Carnwath, Lancashire [1]

Chetwyn Aston, Newport, Shropshire [1]

Corwen Merionethshire [1]

Donnington Barracks, Shropshire [1]

Dru [1]

Drumblade, Aberdeenshire [1]

Drumdollo, Forgue, Aberdeenshire [1]

Drumlade, Aberdeenshire [1]

Durris Kincardine [1]

Elsecar Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Errol Station, Perthshire [1]

Forgue [1]

Forgue, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Forgue, Huntly Aberdeenshire [1]

Forgue, Near Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1]

Forgue. Aberdeenshire [1]

Fylde, Lancashire [1]

Gamrie Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Gardenstown, Gamrie, Banffshire [1]

Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside [1]

Highgate, North London [1]

Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Huntley Aberdeenshire [1]

Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1]

Inverkeith [1]

Inverkeithny, Banffshire [1]

Isleworth, London [1]

Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1]

Kilburn London [1]

Knighton, Radnorshire [1]

Latheron Wheel, Caithness [1]

Rank

Private [68]

Lance Corporal [7]

Driver [4]

Gunner [4]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Engineman [1]

Guardsman [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Major [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Staff Surgeon [1]

Surgeon [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [21]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Royal Scots [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

12 th Reserve [1]

1st Cumberland Volunteer Artillery [1]

Alexandra Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment) [1]

Canadian Railway Troops [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Field Artillery [1]

East Yorkshire Regimentk [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Queen Victoria Rifles [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal North Lancashire [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [76]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Royal Navy [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [14]

A [12]

D [9]

M [7]

S [7]

B [6]

T [6]

W [5]

F [4]

G [4]

L [4]

N [3]

O [2]

P [2]

R [2]

E [1]

I [1]

K [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [92]

Country

United Kingdom [74]

Canada [4]

Australia [1]

United States [1]

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People [93] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Edinburgh [3] Forgue, Huntly, Aberdeenshire [3] Forgue, Aberdeenshire [2] Turriff, Aberdeenshire [2] 188 Kirk Road Wishaw [1] 29 Constitution Street, Inverurie, Scotland [1] 4 Stewarts Lane Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1] 4 Stewarts Lane, Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberchirder Banffshire [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] Abram, Lancashire [1] Ashalloch, Ythan Wells, Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1] Bankhead, Forgue, Aberdeenshire [1] Barony, Glasgow [1] Bishop Aukland, County Durham [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brompton, Northallerton [1] Carlisle [1] Carnwath, Lancashire [1] Chetwyn Aston, Newport, Shropshire [1] Corwen Merionethshire [1] Donnington Barracks, Shropshire [1] Dru [1] Drumblade, Aberdeenshire [1] Drumdollo, Forgue, Aberdeenshire [1] Drumlade, Aberdeenshire [1] Durris Kincardine [1] Elsecar Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Errol Station, Perthshire [1] Forgue [1] Forgue, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Forgue, Huntly Aberdeenshire [1] Forgue, Near Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1] Forgue. Aberdeenshire [1] Fylde, Lancashire [1] Gamrie Banffshire, Scotland [1] Gardenstown, Gamrie, Banffshire [1] Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside [1] Highgate, North London [1] Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Huntley Aberdeenshire [1] Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1] Inverkeith [1] Inverkeithny, Banffshire [1] Isleworth, London [1] Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1] Kilburn London [1] Knighton, Radnorshire [1] Latheron Wheel, Caithness [1]

Rank

Private [68] Lance Corporal [7] Driver [4] Gunner [4] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Engineman [1] Guardsman [1] L/Cpl [1] Major [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Staff Surgeon [1] Surgeon [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [21] Royal Field Artillery [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Royal Scots [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] 12 th Reserve [1] 1st Cumberland Volunteer Artillery [1] Alexandra Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment) [1] Canadian Railway Troops [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Field Artillery [1] East Yorkshire Regimentk [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Pembroke [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Queen Victoria Rifles [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal North Lancashire [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Scots Guards [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [76] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Royal Navy [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [14] A [12] D [9] M [7] S [7] B [6] T [6] W [5] F [4] G [4] L [4] N [3] O [2] P [2] R [2] E [1] I [1] K [1] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [92]

Country

United Kingdom [74] Canada [4] Australia [1] United States [1]

Alexander Fraser Urquhart

Born 1897

Died 1956

British Army 1590 Private Royal Scots

British Army 250196 Private Royal Scots

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George Martin Horne

Born 1879

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35199

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Charles H Metcalfe

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army 19214 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Charles Duncan

Born 1887

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force 799299 Private 134 Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 799299 Private 134th Battalion, (48th Highlanders)

Canadian Expeditionary Force 799299 Private 12 th Reserve 15th Battalion

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Robert Meldrum Alexander

Born 1889

Died 1965

British Army 1306 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 1/6th gordon highland Battalion

British Army 1306 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 1/6th gordon highland Battalion

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John Reginald Tranter

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army 37016 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2796 Kings Shropshire Light Infantry

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Alfred Joseph Edwards

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 18065 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Farmer

Born 1895

Died 1975

British Army 776754 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Wilfred Taylor

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 12/344 Lance Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 12/344 Private East Yorkshire Regimentk

British Army 12/344 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Frederick Linley

Born 1876

British Army 30369 Private Army Reserve

British Army 30369 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Alexander Mccallum Horne

Born 1885

Died 1947

Canadian Expeditionary Force 532755

Canadian Expeditionary Force 532755 Private

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George Alexander Oldman

Born 1894

Died 1978

British Army 290118 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 290118 Serjeant attached to the King's African Rifles

British Army 290118 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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David Douglas Horne

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Cumberland Volunteer Artillery

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Field Artillery 4th Battalion

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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John G Walls

Born 1887

Died 1974

British Army 205225 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 205225 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 205225 Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Andrew Horne

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army S/8723 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 39646 Private Royal Scots

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William John Yardley

Born 1893

Died 1971

Royal Navy J4206

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Jabez Britton

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army 22408 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 16239 Private Royal North Lancashire

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George Dickson

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 3405 Guardsman Scots Guards

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George Dickson

Born 1880

British Army 19598 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 295550 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 6463 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry

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Arthur Lewis

Born 1896

Died 1981

British Army 56213 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 56213 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 56213 Acting Sergeant

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