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Desborough, Northants [44]

Aberdeen [31]

London [26]

Glasgow [25]

Elgin, Morayshire [20]

Swindon, Wiltshire [19]

Lossiemouth, Morayshire [14]

Edinburgh [13]

Liverpool [13]

Dublin [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [11]

Aberlour, Banffshire [10]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [9]

Desborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Kempston, Bedfordshire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Bedford [8]

Port-of-Spain [8]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [7]

Barnsley England [7]

Manchester [7]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [6]

Forres, Morayshire [6]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [6]

Hopeman, Morayshire [6]

Leicester [6]

Barony, Glasgow [5]

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [5]

Belfast [5]

Burghead Morayshire [5]

Burghead, Morayshire [5]

Bury, Lancashire [5]

Craigellachie, Banffshire [5]

Dover, Kent [5]

Dundee [5]

Edinburgh, Scotland [5]

Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Keith, Banffshire [5]

Kingston [5]

Aberdeen, Scotland [4]

Barony, Lanarkshire [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Cork [4]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4]

Hopeman Morayshire [4]

Kensington, London [4]

Nottingham [4]

Rank

Private [2252]

Second Lieutenant [280]

Serjeant [251]

Corporal [233]

Lieutenant [220]

Lance Corporal [217]

Captain [213]

Gunner [112]

Major [107]

Rifleman [78]

Lieutenant Colonel [74]

Sergeant [72]

Driver [52]

Acting Corporal [47]

Sapper [46]

Lance-Corporal [40]

Able Seaman [34]

2nd Lieutenant [30]

Acting Serjeant [27]

Company Serjeant Major [22]

Brigadier General [21]

Seaman [21]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [21]

Stoker 1st Class [20]

Bombardier [19]

Pioneer [19]

Lance Serjeant [16]

Trooper [16]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [14]

Colonel [14]

Deck Hand [14]

Midshipman [14]

Temporary Captain [13]

Trimmer [13]

Commander [12]

Sub Lieutenant [12]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Fireman [11]

Guardsman [10]

Lance Sergeant [10]

Naval Cadet [10]

Company Sergeant Major [9]

Nursing Sister [9]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Acting Captain [8]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [8]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Cadet [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Major General [8]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [289]

British West Indies Regiment [254]

Gordon Highlanders [216]

London Regiment [157]

Highland Light Infantry [122]

Royal Field Artillery [121]

Royal Engineers [109]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [92]

Royal Scots [81]

Royal Highlanders [79]

Canadian Infantry [74]

Australian Infantry [72]

Northamptonshire Regiment [71]

Royal Army Medical Corps [67]

Royal Garrison Artillery [62]

Machine Gun Corps [61]

Army Service Corps [59]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59]

Labour Corps [54]

Royal Naval Reserve [53]

Cameron Highlanders [51]

Royal Flying Corps [48]

Wiltshire Regiment [45]

Leicestershire Regiment [44]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [43]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [39]

Bedfordshire Regiment [35]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [35]

Royal Naval Division [34]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [33]

Scottish Rifles [33]

Royal Air Force [32]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [30]

Scots Guards [29]

Welsh Regiment [29]

Cheshire Regiment [28]

Lancashire Fusiliers [28]

Rifle Brigade [28]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

Army Cyclist Corps [25]

Jamaica War Contingent [25]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [24]

East Surrey Regiment [23]

Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers [23]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [22]

Service

British Army [3172]

Royal Navy [270]

Australian Imperial Force [158]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [151]

Other Empire Force [134]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [87]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [41]

South African Services [40]

Indian Army [11]

Last name first letter

M [492]

B [380]

A [333]

S [326]

C [325]

H [251]

W [249]

G [180]

R [175]

D [172]

T [171]

P [167]

L [147]

F [137]

J [89]

K [80]

E [72]

N [48]

O [32]

Y [23]

I [17]

V [15]

Q [9]

U [3]

Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [3648]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [1765]

Canada [58]

South Africa [55]

Australia [37]

Ireland [30]

India [25]

New Zealand [22]

Trinidad and Tobago [19]

Jamaica [11]

United States [9]

Barbados [8]

France [8]

Germany [6]

Guyana [5]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [5]

Egypt [4]

Grenada [4]

Turkey [3]

Belgium [2]

Malta [2]

Saint Lucia [2]

China [1]

Dominica [1]

Guernsey [1]

Honduras [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Jersey [1]

Malaysia [1]

Montserrat [1]

Nepal [1]

Pakistan [1]

Palestine, State of [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

Singapore [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Place of birth

Desborough, Northants [44] Aberdeen [31] London [26] Glasgow [25] Elgin, Morayshire [20] Swindon, Wiltshire [19] Lossiemouth, Morayshire [14] Edinburgh [13] Liverpool [13] Dublin [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [11] Aberlour, Banffshire [10] Bedford, Bedfordshire [9] Desborough, Northamptonshire [9] Kempston, Bedfordshire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Bedford [8] Port-of-Spain [8] Arbroath, Forfarshire [7] Barnsley England [7] Manchester [7] Birkenhead, Cheshire [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [6] Forres, Morayshire [6] Greenock, Renfrewshire [6] Hopeman, Morayshire [6] Leicester [6] Barony, Glasgow [5] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [5] Belfast [5] Burghead Morayshire [5] Burghead, Morayshire [5] Bury, Lancashire [5] Craigellachie, Banffshire [5] Dover, Kent [5] Dundee [5] Edinburgh, Scotland [5] Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Keith, Banffshire [5] Kingston [5] Aberdeen, Scotland [4] Barony, Lanarkshire [4] Battersea, London [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Cork [4] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4] Hopeman Morayshire [4] Kensington, London [4] Nottingham [4]

Rank

Private [2252] Second Lieutenant [280] Serjeant [251] Corporal [233] Lieutenant [220] Lance Corporal [217] Captain [213] Gunner [112] Major [107] Rifleman [78] Lieutenant Colonel [74] Sergeant [72] Driver [52] Acting Corporal [47] Sapper [46] Lance-Corporal [40] Able Seaman [34] 2nd Lieutenant [30] Acting Serjeant [27] Company Serjeant Major [22] Brigadier General [21] Seaman [21] Warrant Officer Class 2 [21] Stoker 1st Class [20] Bombardier [19] Pioneer [19] Lance Serjeant [16] Trooper [16] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [14] Colonel [14] Deck Hand [14] Midshipman [14] Temporary Captain [13] Trimmer [13] Commander [12] Sub Lieutenant [12] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Fireman [11] Guardsman [10] Lance Sergeant [10] Naval Cadet [10] Company Sergeant Major [9] Nursing Sister [9] Ordinary Seaman [9] Acting Captain [8] Air Mechanic 1st Class [8] Boy 1st Class [8] Cadet [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Major General [8]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [289] British West Indies Regiment [254] Gordon Highlanders [216] London Regiment [157] Highland Light Infantry [122] Royal Field Artillery [121] Royal Engineers [109] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [92] Royal Scots [81] Royal Highlanders [79] Canadian Infantry [74] Australian Infantry [72] Northamptonshire Regiment [71] Royal Army Medical Corps [67] Royal Garrison Artillery [62] Machine Gun Corps [61] Army Service Corps [59] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59] Labour Corps [54] Royal Naval Reserve [53] Cameron Highlanders [51] Royal Flying Corps [48] Wiltshire Regiment [45] Leicestershire Regiment [44] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [43] Royal Fusiliers [42] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40] King's Royal Rifle Corps [39] Bedfordshire Regiment [35] Royal Scots Fusiliers [35] Royal Naval Division [34] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [33] Scottish Rifles [33] Royal Air Force [32] King's Own Scottish Borderers [30] Scots Guards [29] Welsh Regiment [29] Cheshire Regiment [28] Lancashire Fusiliers [28] Rifle Brigade [28] Middlesex Regiment [26] Army Cyclist Corps [25] Jamaica War Contingent [25] Durham Light Infantry [24] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [24] East Surrey Regiment [23] Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers [23] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] Mercantile Marine Reserve [22]

Service

British Army [3172] Royal Navy [270] Australian Imperial Force [158] Canadian Expeditionary Force [151] Other Empire Force [134] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [87] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [41] South African Services [40] Indian Army [11]

Last name first letter

M [492] B [380] A [333] S [326] C [325] H [251] W [249] G [180] R [175] D [172] T [171] P [167] L [147] F [137] J [89] K [80] E [72] N [48] O [32] Y [23] I [17] V [15] Q [9] U [3] Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [3648] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [1765] Canada [58] South Africa [55] Australia [37] Ireland [30] India [25] New Zealand [22] Trinidad and Tobago [19] Jamaica [11] United States [9] Barbados [8] France [8] Germany [6] Guyana [5] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [5] Egypt [4] Grenada [4] Turkey [3] Belgium [2] Malta [2] Saint Lucia [2] China [1] Dominica [1] Guernsey [1] Honduras [1] Isle of Man [1] Jersey [1] Malaysia [1] Montserrat [1] Nepal [1] Pakistan [1] Palestine, State of [1] Sierra Leone [1] Singapore [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Edgar Reading

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 40231 Sapper Royal Engineers 4th Field Squadron

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Joseph Alexander Orr

Born 1898

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3423 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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John Christopher Easby

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 38438 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Donald Lyall

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 587

Australian Imperial Force 587 Private Australian Infantry 1st Battallion

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Percy H Winn Davis

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 113165

Other Empire Force Jamaican Militia

Canadian Expeditionary Force 113165 Private Central Ontario Regiment 1st/4th Battalion Mounted Rifles

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Hugh Peter Mccafferty

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army S-16783 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th Battalion

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Alexander Dow

Born 1878

British Army 908 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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John Ford

Died 1917

British Army 772 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 41535 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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John G. Smith

Died 1914

British Army 7323 Private Royal Highlanders 1st Battalion

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Clement Ogilvie Agnew

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4026 Sapper Australian Engineers 4th Field Company

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George Adamson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1880 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265504 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265504 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Thomas Low Murray

Died 1915

British Army 4429 Private Royal Scots 1st Battalion

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Alexander Mcphail

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 8974 Private Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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James Kay

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 29166 Regimental Serjeant Major Canadian Infantry Battalion/Manitoba Regiment 16th Battalion

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Ralph Andrews Warren

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 2840 Private Norfolk Yeomanry

British Army 43370 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Henry Edmed

Born 1898

Died 1989

British Army 127142 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2108 Private East Kent Regiment east Battalion

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Robert William Clayton

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 3530 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371357 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3530 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Allan

Born 1888

Australian Imperial Force 4337 Private 30th Battalion

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Percy Cooper

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 4561 Private 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Frank Charles Fletcher

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 242930 Private South Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 186477 Private Royal Engineers

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