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Elgin, Scotland [40]

Auchinleck, Ayrshire [23]

Forres, Scotland [23]

Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland [16]

Lugar, Scotland [16]

Wanlockhead, Scotland [16]

Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [14]

Auchinleck, Scotland [13]

Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [8]

Cromdale, Scotland [6]

Darnconner, Auchinleck, Scotland [6]

Edinburgh, Scotland [6]

Muirkirk, Scotland [6]

Rothes, Scotland [6]

Alves, Scotland [5]

Burghead, Scotland [5]

Cumnock, Scotland [5]

Dumfries, Scotland [5]

Lugar, Auchinleck, Ayrshire [5]

Lugar, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [5]

Scotland [5]

Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland [5]

parish of Sorn, Scotland [5]

Auchinleck [4]

Catrine, Ayrshire, Scotland [4]

Cumnock, Ayrshire [4]

Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland [4]

Darnconner, Auchinleck, Ayrshire [4]

Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [4]

Glasgow [4]

Glasgow, Scotland [4]

Lossiemouth, Scotland [4]

Lugar, Ayrshire, Scotland [4]

Aberdeen, Scotland [3]

Banffshire, Scotland [3]

Bishopmill, Scotland [3]

Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [3]

Catrine, Ayrshire [3]

Commondyke, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [3]

Cronberry, Ayrshire, Scotland [3]

Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [3]

Knockando, Scotland [3]

New Cumnock, Scotland [3]

Paisley [3]

Ross-shire, Scotland [3]

Aberlour, Scotland [2]

Ballochmyle Rows, Auchinleck, Scotland [2]

Birnie, Scotland [2]

Catrine, Scotland [2]

Closeburn, Dumfriesshire [2]

Rank

Private [682]

Corporal [42]

Serjeant [37]

Lance Corporal [36]

Gunner [28]

Sapper [14]

Driver [13]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Trooper [10]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Captain [5]

L/cpl. [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Nurse [3]

Sergeant [3]

Sister [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd. Class [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier / Shoeing Smith [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

L/Cpl. [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1]

Member [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Nursing Staff [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private or Signaller [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Pte. [1]

Rtivate [1]

Sgt. [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

signaller [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [273]

Seaforth Highlanders [124]

Labour Corps [47]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [42]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [42]

Highland Light Infantry [41]

Cameron Highlanders [39]

Royal Highlanders [35]

Royal Scots [33]

Gordon Highlanders [31]

Scottish Rifles [31]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Royal Engineers [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22]

Army Service Corps [18]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Scottish Horse [13]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [11]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [10]

Scots Guards [8]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

1/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [4]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [3]

Royal Scottish Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [3]

9th Royal Scots [2]

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Dragoons [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Household Battalion [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Lovat's Scouts [2]

Service

British Army [809]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [299]

C [81]

B [75]

S [67]

G [53]

W [37]

A [31]

H [30]

D [28]

R [28]

F [24]

K [24]

L [17]

T [15]

P [13]

N [11]

O [7]

E [6]

J [6]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [2]

V [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [855]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

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People [862] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Elgin, Scotland [40] Auchinleck, Ayrshire [23] Forres, Scotland [23] Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland [16] Lugar, Scotland [16] Wanlockhead, Scotland [16] Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [14] Auchinleck, Scotland [13] Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [8] Cromdale, Scotland [6] Darnconner, Auchinleck, Scotland [6] Edinburgh, Scotland [6] Muirkirk, Scotland [6] Rothes, Scotland [6] Alves, Scotland [5] Burghead, Scotland [5] Cumnock, Scotland [5] Dumfries, Scotland [5] Lugar, Auchinleck, Ayrshire [5] Lugar, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [5] Scotland [5] Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland [5] parish of Sorn, Scotland [5] Auchinleck [4] Catrine, Ayrshire, Scotland [4] Cumnock, Ayrshire [4] Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland [4] Darnconner, Auchinleck, Ayrshire [4] Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [4] Glasgow [4] Glasgow, Scotland [4] Lossiemouth, Scotland [4] Lugar, Ayrshire, Scotland [4] Aberdeen, Scotland [3] Banffshire, Scotland [3] Bishopmill, Scotland [3] Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [3] Catrine, Ayrshire [3] Commondyke, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [3] Cronberry, Ayrshire, Scotland [3] Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [3] Knockando, Scotland [3] New Cumnock, Scotland [3] Paisley [3] Ross-shire, Scotland [3] Aberlour, Scotland [2] Ballochmyle Rows, Auchinleck, Scotland [2] Birnie, Scotland [2] Catrine, Scotland [2] Closeburn, Dumfriesshire [2]

Rank

Private [682] Corporal [42] Serjeant [37] Lance Corporal [36] Gunner [28] Sapper [14] Driver [13] Second Lieutenant [11] Trooper [10] Lieutenant [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Captain [5] L/cpl. [5] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Able Seaman [3] Nurse [3] Sergeant [3] Sister [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd. Class [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Assistant Sister [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier / Shoeing Smith [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] L/Cpl. [1] Lance Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1] Member [1] Nursing Sister [1] Nursing Staff [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private or Signaller [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Pte. [1] Rtivate [1] Sgt. [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] signaller [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [273] Seaforth Highlanders [124] Labour Corps [47] Ayrshire Yeomanry [42] King's Own Scottish Borderers [42] Highland Light Infantry [41] Cameron Highlanders [39] Royal Highlanders [35] Royal Scots [33] Gordon Highlanders [31] Scottish Rifles [31] Royal Field Artillery [29] Royal Engineers [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22] Army Service Corps [18] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Scottish Horse [13] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [11] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [10] Scots Guards [8] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] 1/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [4] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [3] Royal Scottish Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [3] 9th Royal Scots [2] Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Dragoons [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] Household Battalion [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment [2] Lovat's Scouts [2]

Service

British Army [809] Australian Imperial Force [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [299] C [81] B [75] S [67] G [53] W [37] A [31] H [30] D [28] R [28] F [24] K [24] L [17] T [15] P [13] N [11] O [7] E [6] J [6] Y [3] Q [2] U [2] V [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [855]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

John B Wightman

Born 1888

Died 1956

British Army 534820 Private Labour Corps ex King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 25855 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 534820 Private Labour Corps

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Robert Murphy

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 20163 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 17456 Private Royal Defence Corps 230th Protection Company

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Alexander Hamilton Mann Wardrop

Born 1879

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111495

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Frank Skillen

Born 1897

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114776

British Army Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th./7th. Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114776 Air Mechanic 3rd. Class Royal Flying Corps No.1 Aeroplane Supply Depot

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John C Mcdonald

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1833 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 1833 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

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John Mcconnell

Born 1894

British Army 7283 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 203250 Private Royal Scots

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Duncan Mcarthur

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5159

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William Pryce Mcdonald

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/20576 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Thomas Mcmillan

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army S-23369 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S-41651 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/41651 signaller Gordon Highlanders

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Henry Or Harry Jones

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 4452 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 7452 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st.Battalion

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John Garvin Or Garven

Died 1918

British Army 12267 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 18407 Private Machine Gun Corps

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C Douglas

Born 1894

British Army 10657 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Samuel Mcdonald

Born 1896

British Army 265164 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 126888 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 254269 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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S Abernethy

Born 1888

Died 1972

British Army 9524 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles

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William Willie Rae

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 8504 Private Dragoons

British Army 10435 Private Seaforth Highlanders 9th.Battalion

British Army

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Harry L Edmond

Born 1898

Died 1994

British Army 44672 Private Royal Scots

British Army 55133 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Thomas B Ross

Born 1893

Died 1945

British Army 5642 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army S/11580 Corporal Royal Highlanders

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Edward Kennedy

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 18682 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 18682 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th. Battalion

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Donald Fraser

Born 1898

British Army 50991 Private Royal Scots

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William Macdonald

Born 1892

British Army 2324 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army S/43631 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 125056 Private Lovat's Scouts

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