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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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People [215] Stories Communities

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]

John Alexander Macrae

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

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Douglas James Ewing

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army S/6281 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/6281 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd / 6th

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David Anderson

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 325767 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 235756 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Alexander Hunter Gilmour

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 938 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Alfred Douglas Hamilton Perritt

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1301 Private Scottish Rifles

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Duncan Mcintyre Dickson

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 310774

Canadian Expeditionary Force 310774 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery

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James Freer

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 7622 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 6082 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 268013 Private Royal Highlanders

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William Dunlop

Born 1899

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Wireless Operator Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Mariston" (Glasgow)

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James Grieve

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army S/13056 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/13056 Corporal Cameron Highlanders

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William Fitzsimmons Thomson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1185 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 265075 Private Scottish Rifles

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Arthur Archibald Macbeth

Born 1884

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1088

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George Taylor Yule Rhind

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1757 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Edmund Frederick Lewis Shaw

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 4322 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 331550 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 331550 L/cpl Highland Light Infantry 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion (Territorial).

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John Dougan

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 16049 Private Royal Scots

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William Reid Kellie Or Kelly

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 41014 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment Transport

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Thomas Fullerton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 99000 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 99000 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Fee

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 8552 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army Private Cameron Highlanders

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David James Stevenson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles

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Alexander Meikle Mccallum

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 3948 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army Temporary Captain Highland Light Infantry

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William Rennie Scott

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1709 Private Scottish Rifles

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