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Kilwinning [2]

(Ceylon) [1]

14 Botanical Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1]

60 Winson St, Winson Green/Smethwick, Birmingham [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Abermadd, Cardiganshire, Wales [1]

Alton, Ontario [1]

Baldavie, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Ballylongford, County Kerry [1]

Bathurst New Brunswick [1]

Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1]

Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire, England [1]

Blackfriars,Glasgow [1]

Blackheath, London, England [1]

Blandford Forum, Dorset [1]

Bleddfa [1]

Bombay, Bombay Presidency [1]

Bowdon, Cheshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Buckhaven, Fife [1]

Burnley [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carluke, South Lanarkshire [1]

Chaplin Road, Willesden, London [1]

Charing , West Ashford , Kent England [1]

Chater, Manitoba [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Claines, Worcester [1]

Comber, County Down [1]

Copenhagen [1]

Dalry, Ayrshire [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dunskey House, Portpatrick, Wigtown [1]

Ealing, Essex, England [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Enniskillen, County Fermanagh [1]

Fairbault,Minnesota [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Foochow [1]

Gilesgate, Durham City [1]

Hague [1]

Halidax Nova Scotia [1]

Hammersmith [1]

Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick [1]

Rank

Private [36]

Captain [34]

Lieutenant [29]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Major [17]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Sapper [2]

Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, Fourth Class (temporary Chaplain to the Forces, Third Class) [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Field Marshal [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Group Captain [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Lieutenant Conductor [1]

Lt. Colonel [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Postal Clerk [1]

Private / Corporal [1]

Private/ Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Surgeon-Captain [1]

T. Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Staff [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Manitoba Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

116th Infantry Battalion [1]

14th Infantry Brigade [1]

14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

15th Hussars [1]

15th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

19th Alberta Dragoons [1]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1]

1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers [1]

2nd Quebec Regiment [1]

31st Garrison Infantry Battalion [1]

34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse [1]

3rd (Toronto) Battalion [1]

84th Poona Horse [1]

9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers att 109 Light T M B [1]

African Stationary Hospital [1]

Army Cadet Force [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [101]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [22]

B [20]

R [9]

G [8]

H [7]

L [7]

A [6]

D [6]

F [6]

K [5]

M [5]

P [5]

W [5]

S [4]

E [3]

T [2]

I [1]

J [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Canada [5]

India [3]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [126] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kilwinning [2] (Ceylon) [1] 14 Botanical Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] 233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1] 60 Winson St, Winson Green/Smethwick, Birmingham [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Abermadd, Cardiganshire, Wales [1] Alton, Ontario [1] Baldavie, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Ballylongford, County Kerry [1] Bathurst New Brunswick [1] Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1] Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1] Blackburn, Lancashire, England [1] Blackfriars,Glasgow [1] Blackheath, London, England [1] Blandford Forum, Dorset [1] Bleddfa [1] Bombay, Bombay Presidency [1] Bowdon, Cheshire [1] Brighton [1] Buckhaven, Fife [1] Burnley [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carluke, South Lanarkshire [1] Chaplin Road, Willesden, London [1] Charing , West Ashford , Kent England [1] Chater, Manitoba [1] Chelsea, London [1] Claines, Worcester [1] Comber, County Down [1] Copenhagen [1] Dalry, Ayrshire [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dunskey House, Portpatrick, Wigtown [1] Ealing, Essex, England [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Enniskillen, County Fermanagh [1] Fairbault,Minnesota [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Foochow [1] Gilesgate, Durham City [1] Hague [1] Halidax Nova Scotia [1] Hammersmith [1] Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick [1]

Rank

Private [36] Captain [34] Lieutenant [29] Second Lieutenant [29] Major [17] Corporal [12] Serjeant [11] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Lance Corporal [6] Sergeant [5] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant-Colonel [2] Sapper [2] Temporary Brigadier General [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Chaplain to the Forces, Fourth Class (temporary Chaplain to the Forces, Third Class) [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Field Marshal [1] Flight Officer [1] Group Captain [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Lieutenant Conductor [1] Lt. Colonel [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Postal Clerk [1] Private / Corporal [1] Private/ Acting Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Surgeon-Captain [1] T. Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10] Canadian Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Staff [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Manitoba Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2] Scottish Rifles [2] South Wales Borderers [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 116th Infantry Battalion [1] 14th Infantry Brigade [1] 14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 15th Hussars [1] 15th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 19th Alberta Dragoons [1] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1] 1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers [1] 2nd Quebec Regiment [1] 31st Garrison Infantry Battalion [1] 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse [1] 3rd (Toronto) Battalion [1] 84th Poona Horse [1] 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers att 109 Light T M B [1] African Stationary Hospital [1] Army Cadet Force [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [101] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [22] B [20] R [9] G [8] H [7] L [7] A [6] D [6] F [6] K [5] M [5] P [5] W [5] S [4] E [3] T [2] I [1] J [1] N [1] O [1] Y [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Canada [5] India [3] United States [2] Australia [1] France [1] Ireland [1]

Tristram Hugh Massy-Beresford

Born 1896

Died 1987

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

British Army

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Gladys Maud Feiling

Born 1879

Died 1958

British Army Victuallers Assistant Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

British Army Unit Administrator Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Frederick Walter Crawford

Born 1889

Died 1967

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475306 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Franklin Charles Buckley

Born 1882

Died 1964

British Army Major Middlesex Regiment

British Army

British Army 1257 Captain Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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Daniel Clelland

Born 1896

Died 1972

British Army 1333 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

British Army 302822 Acting Lance Corporal Tank Corps

British Army 61307 Acting Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harry Colclough

Born 1888

Died 1955

British Army 52021 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 20425 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

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James Clelland

Born 1898

Died 1948

British Army 50975 Private Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

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George Hunter Kerr

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 353064 Private Highland Light Infantry 17th (Service) Battalion (3rd Glasgow).

British Army 11361 Private Royal Scots 8th Battalion

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James Crampton

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 16641 Private Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 34595 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William James Howat

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 632 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 655225 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Edwin Gladstone Latheron

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 160461 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Tannatt Pryce

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion

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Michael Wilson Heaviside

Born 1880

Died 1939

British Army 9720 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

British Army 11796 Private Royal Army Medical Coprs

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John Cuthbert

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 317871

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Charles Smith Rutherford

Born 1892

Died 1989

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Québec Regiment 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles

Canadian Expeditionary Force 83rd Overseas Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 172458 Sergeant 2nd Quebec Regiment 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles

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Edward Felix Baxter

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 32072 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant King's Liverpool Regiment 1/8th (Irish) Battalion

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Robert Shankland

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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George Randolph Pearkes

Born 1888

Died 1984

Canadian Expeditionary Force 107473

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

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Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Major Yorkshire Regiment

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Cyrus Wesley Peck

Born 1871

Died 1956

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 30th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 16th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant-Colonel 16th Canadian Battalion

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