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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]

Brett Mackay Cloutman

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers 59 Field Company

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Norman Augustus Finch

Born 1890

Died 1966

Royal Navy RMA/212151 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/212151 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery aboard HMS Minotaur

Royal Navy RMA/212151 Sergeant Royal Marine Artillery aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918

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Lewis Pugh Evans

Born 1881

Died 1962

British Army Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Captain 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Horatio Herbert Kitchener

Born 1850

Died 1916

British Army Royal Engineers

British Army Field Marshal Staff

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Allan Ebenezer Ker

Born 1883

Died 1958

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders

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Thomas Caldwell

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army 569 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 295536 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Robert Grierson Combe

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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Okill Massey Learmonth

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Infantry

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Robert Spall

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475212

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475212 Sergeant Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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Raphael Louis Zengel

Born 1894

Died 1977

Canadian Expeditionary Force 424252

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Ernest Frederick Beal

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 2005 Serjeant Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 320206 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Herman James Good

Born 1887

Died 1969

Canadian Expeditionary Force 445120 Corporal

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William Hew Clark-Kennedy

Born 1879

Died 1961

British Army Major Canadian Infantry Battalion Canadian Forces

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James Lennox Dawson

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army 91608 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Adam Archibald

Born 1879

Died 1957

British Army 213078 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alfred Cecil Herring

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army Royal Army Service Corps attached Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Service Corps

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James Hewitson

Born 1892

Died 1963

British Army 15883 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15883 Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Henry Howey Robson

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 349894 Private Labour Corps

British Army 11340 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Filip Konowal

Born 1887

Died 1959

Canadian Expeditionary Force 144039 Acting Corporal Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Ivor Rees

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 20002 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 20002 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers

British Army 20002 Private South Wales Borderers

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