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Dreghorn, Ayrshire [13]

Dreghorn [4]

Irvine, Ayrshire [4]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [4]

Springside, Ayrshire [3]

Ayrshire [2]

Kilmaurs, Ayrshire [2]

Kilwinning, Ayrshire [2]

Maybole, Ayrshire [2]

Catrine, Ayrshire [1]

Dundonals, Ayrshire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glenisla, Forfarshire [1]

Hanley, Staffs [1]

Irvine [1]

Troon, Ayrshire [1]

Rank

Private [41]

Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Sergt [2]

2/LT [1]

21159 [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Driver [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [28]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

11th Royal Scots [1]

9th Royal Scots [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [1]

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Horse Artillary and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [51]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [8]

B [7]

F [6]

W [5]

S [4]

H [3]

R [3]

A [2]

C [2]

D [2]

G [2]

L [2]

P [2]

T [2]

J [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [53]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [53] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dreghorn, Ayrshire [13] Dreghorn [4] Irvine, Ayrshire [4] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [4] Springside, Ayrshire [3] Ayrshire [2] Kilmaurs, Ayrshire [2] Kilwinning, Ayrshire [2] Maybole, Ayrshire [2] Catrine, Ayrshire [1] Dundonals, Ayrshire [1] Glasgow [1] Glenisla, Forfarshire [1] Hanley, Staffs [1] Irvine [1] Troon, Ayrshire [1]

Rank

Private [41] Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Sergt [2] 2/LT [1] 21159 [1] Acting Corporal [1] Captain [1] Driver [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [28] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Scots [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Royal Engineers [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] 11th Royal Scots [1] 9th Royal Scots [1] Army Service Corps [1] Ayrshire Yeomanry [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (London Scottish) [1] Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Horse Artillary and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [51] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [8] B [7] F [6] W [5] S [4] H [3] R [3] A [2] C [2] D [2] G [2] L [2] P [2] T [2] J [1] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [53]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

James Andrew

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 8451 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/4th Battalion

British Army 8451 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William Walker Barry

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 16744 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 16744 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Joseph S Orr

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army S/7300 Private Gordon Highlanders

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James Fry

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 32636 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Robert Bell

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army T460 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Annal

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5251 (Incomplete) Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Francis Bell

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 387 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion

British Army 387 Seaforth Highlanders 1st

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Buchan Littlejohn

Died 1916

British Army 12400 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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John E A Steel

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1918 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army 295240 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Dunlop

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 10508 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 21159 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 10508 Private Machine Gun Corps Infantry

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Thomas Maxwell

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 216080 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Paterson

Died 1917

British Army S/20732 Acting Corporal Cameron Highlanders

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Alexander Mair Banks

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 4200 Private Royal Scots

British Army 351498 Private Royal Scots

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Robert Beattie

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army S/8344 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/8344 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Robert Gibson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 8810 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 200990 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William Ferguson

Died 1918

British Army 204745 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 204745 Sergt Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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James Muir

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 7103 Private London Regiment

British Army 513111 Private London Regiment

British Army 7103 London Regiment 14th Battalion

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Matthew Mckenna

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/3882 Royal Naval Division

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Thomas Rigg

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army M2136125 Private Army Service Corps

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James Houston

Died 1918

British Army 8751 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 202577 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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