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Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland [12]

Glasgow [4]

31 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [2]

33 Princes Square, Kinning Park, Glasgow [2]

59 Abbotsford Place, Glasgow [2]

69 Cadder Street, Tradeston, Glasgow [2]

92 McLellan Street, Plantation, Glasgow [2]

Denny, Stirling, Scotland [2]

Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Scotland [2]

Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland [2]

Hutchestown, Glasgow, Scotland [2]

Kilmallie, Fort William, Scotland [2]

Pollokshields, Glasgow [2]

1 Bellevue Terrace, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

1 Wellroad Place, Crossmyloof, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

10 Rothesay Gardens, Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

104 Blythswood Drive, Kelvin, Glasgow [1]

104 Plantation Street, Govan [1]

105 Douglas Street, Blythswood, Glasgow [1]

105 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

106 Stanley Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow [1]

106 Stanley Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow, sect [1]

11 Herriet Street, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

11 Leven Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1]

113 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

118 Eaglesham Street, Govan [1]

119 Plantation Street, Govan Glasgow, Scotland [1]

12 Kylepark, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

12 Queen’s Crescent, Cathcart, Glasgow [1]

121 West Scotland Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow [1]

122 South Portland Street, Gorbals, Glasgow [1]

128 Rose Street, Hutchesontown, Glasgow [1]

129 North John Street, St Rollox, Glasgow [1]

13 Maclean Street, Partick, Scotland [1]

138 Darnley Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

14 Leslie Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1]

145 West Scotland Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow [1]

15 Claremont Terrace, Edinburgh. [1]

15 High Cartcraig, Pollokshaws [1]

151 West Scotland Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow [1]

16 Hamilton Road, Motherwell, Lanarkshire [1]

160 Queen’s Drive, Crosshill, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

18 Waverley Gardens, Crossmyloof, Glasgow [1]

181 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1]

19 Meadow Park Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow [1]

19 Monteith Row, Calton, Glasgow [1]

190 Butterbiggins Road, Glasgow [1]

2 Alexandra Park Gardens, Dennistoun, Glasgow [1]

2 Charles Street, Aberdeen [1]

Rank

Private [133]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lance Corporal [20]

Corporal [17]

Lieutenant [12]

Captain [8]

Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Gunner [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

L/cpl [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Major [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wireless Operator [1]

Unit

Highland Light Infantry [45]

Scottish Rifles [33]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23]

Cameron Highlanders [16]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [9]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

48th Squadron [1]

6th Squadron [1]

7th Cameron Highlanders [1]

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Heavy Artillery [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

BEF [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Pioneers [1]

H.M. Trawler "Morococala." [1]

H.M.S. "Valkyrie." [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

Highland Light Infantry attached Cyclist Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment Transport [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1]

Service

British Army [185]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Royal Navy [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [35]

G [24]

F [22]

B [18]

C [15]

D [15]

S [14]

H [11]

L [11]

R [11]

A [10]

W [9]

P [6]

E [5]

J [3]

K [3]

T [2]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [206]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [202]

Canada [3]

New Zealand [2]

Malta [1]

Portugal [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland [12] Glasgow [4] 31 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [2] 33 Princes Square, Kinning Park, Glasgow [2] 59 Abbotsford Place, Glasgow [2] 69 Cadder Street, Tradeston, Glasgow [2] 92 McLellan Street, Plantation, Glasgow [2] Denny, Stirling, Scotland [2] Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] Glasgow, Scotland [2] Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland [2] Hutchestown, Glasgow, Scotland [2] Kilmallie, Fort William, Scotland [2] Pollokshields, Glasgow [2] 1 Bellevue Terrace, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] 1 Wellroad Place, Crossmyloof, Glasgow, Scotland [1] 10 Rothesay Gardens, Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] 104 Blythswood Drive, Kelvin, Glasgow [1] 104 Plantation Street, Govan [1] 105 Douglas Street, Blythswood, Glasgow [1] 105 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [1] 106 Stanley Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow [1] 106 Stanley Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow, sect [1] 11 Herriet Street, Glasgow, Scotland [1] 11 Leven Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1] 113 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [1] 118 Eaglesham Street, Govan [1] 119 Plantation Street, Govan Glasgow, Scotland [1] 12 Kylepark, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] 12 Queen’s Crescent, Cathcart, Glasgow [1] 121 West Scotland Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow [1] 122 South Portland Street, Gorbals, Glasgow [1] 128 Rose Street, Hutchesontown, Glasgow [1] 129 North John Street, St Rollox, Glasgow [1] 13 Maclean Street, Partick, Scotland [1] 138 Darnley Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [1] 14 Leslie Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1] 145 West Scotland Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow [1] 15 Claremont Terrace, Edinburgh. [1] 15 High Cartcraig, Pollokshaws [1] 151 West Scotland Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow [1] 16 Hamilton Road, Motherwell, Lanarkshire [1] 160 Queen’s Drive, Crosshill, Glasgow, Scotland [1] 18 Waverley Gardens, Crossmyloof, Glasgow [1] 181 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1] 19 Meadow Park Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow [1] 19 Monteith Row, Calton, Glasgow [1] 190 Butterbiggins Road, Glasgow [1] 2 Alexandra Park Gardens, Dennistoun, Glasgow [1] 2 Charles Street, Aberdeen [1]

Rank

Private [133] Second Lieutenant [42] Lance Corporal [20] Corporal [17] Lieutenant [12] Captain [8] Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Gunner [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Flight Cadet [1] L/cpl [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wireless Operator [1]

Unit

Highland Light Infantry [45] Scottish Rifles [33] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23] Cameron Highlanders [16] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [9] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Scots [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Gordon Highlanders [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Royal Scots Fusiliers [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Naval Division [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2] Scottish Horse [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 3rd South African Infantry [1] 48th Squadron [1] 6th Squadron [1] 7th Cameron Highlanders [1] Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Heavy Artillery [1] Australian Infantry [1] BEF [1] Border Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Pioneers [1] H.M. Trawler "Morococala." [1] H.M.S. "Valkyrie." [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] Highland Light Infantry attached Cyclist Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment Transport [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1]

Service

British Army [185] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Royal Navy [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [35] G [24] F [22] B [18] C [15] D [15] S [14] H [11] L [11] R [11] A [10] W [9] P [6] E [5] J [3] K [3] T [2] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [206] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [202] Canada [3] New Zealand [2] Malta [1] Portugal [1] United States [1]

Robert Greig

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 24716 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 24716 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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James Fullerton

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 333574 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Muir Martin

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3738 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Scottish Rifles

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John Spence Ferguson

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 26318 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Archibald Gordon Mcneil

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75992

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 87th Squadron

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Robert Lowry

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Private BEF

Royal Navy Z/7726 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Drake Battalion

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James Goodwin

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3088 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 3088 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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William Connor Gilmore

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 4516 Corporal Highland Light Infantry

British Army 331695 Corporal Highland Light Infantry

British Army 331695 Lance Serjeant Highland Light Infantry 9th. (Glasgow Hds.) Bn.

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James Colgan

Born 1892

British Army S/3190 Private Royal Highlanders 8th. Bn.

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David Norman Robertson

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 60th Squadron

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Robert Archibald Peacock

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles

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James Temple Pollock

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 26244 Highland Light Infantry

British Army 128017 Gunner Royal Engineers

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John Haughie

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 12836 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army Private Highland Light Infantry 10th (Service) Battalion

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Ralph Agnew

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 27247 Private Highland Light Infantry

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James Mclay Blair

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10268 Corporal Scots Guards

British Army 10268 Lance Corporal Scots Guards

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John Russell

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army S/13716 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles

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James A Macgregor

Born 1889

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1588

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Robert Glasgow Mcnaught

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/22 Leading Telegraphist H.M. Trawler "Morococala."

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Archibald Lauder

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army S/14910 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/14910 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th Bn.

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David Myles Laidlaw

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army S/16531 Private Royal Highlanders

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