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Auchterarder Perthshire [32]

Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [13]

Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [11]

London England [6]

Dunfermline Fife Scotland [5]

Edinburgh Scotland [5]

auchterarder perthshire [5]

Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4]

Forfar Forfarshire Scotland [4]

AUCHTERARDER, PERTHSHIRE [3]

Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [3]

Auchterarder [3]

Crieff Perthshire Scotland [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Perthshire Scotland [3]

Scarborough Yorkshire England [3]

Aberdeenshire Scotland [2]

Anstruther Fife Scotland [2]

Arbroath Forfarshire Scotland [2]

Auchterarder, Perthshire [2]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Belfast, Ireland [2]

Blairgowrie Perthshire Scotland [2]

Brechin Forfarshire Scotland [2]

Butterknowle Durham England [2]

Cadder Lanarkshire Scotland [2]

Channel Islands [2]

Crieff Perthshire [2]

Durham England [2]

England [2]

Forgandenny Perthshire [2]

Galashiels Selkirkshire Scotland [2]

Kilmallie, Fort William, Invernessshire, Scotland [2]

Kinross Kinross-shire Scotland [2]

Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland [2]

Lincolnshire England [2]

Liverpool Lancashire England [2]

London Middlesex England [2]

Midlothian Scotland [2]

Moulton Northamptonshire England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

auchterarder [2]

edinburgh [2]

1 Willowside Place Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

10 Cavendish Street Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

10 Murdochs Wynd, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

112 Church Street, Inverness, Invernessshire, Scotland [1]

12 Ritchie Street Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [951]

Lance Corporal [112]

Corporal [77]

Serjeant [71]

Second Lieutenant [53]

Captain [45]

Gunner [39]

Lieutenant [29]

Acting Corporal [28]

Sapper [26]

Driver [22]

Major [18]

Sergeant [17]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Corporal 2nd [14]

Trooper [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Rifleman [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

2nd Lieutenant [8]

Drummer [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Colour Sergeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

PRIVATE [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Cadet [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Pioneer [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Saddler [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Trumpeter [2]

2nd Constable [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd lieutenant [1]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [241]

Royal Highlanders [174]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [117]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [94]

Scottish Horse [76]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [66]

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Royal Engineers [35]

Australian Infantry [31]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

London Regiment [26]

Gordon Highlanders [23]

Royal Scots [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Army Service Corps [18]

Seaforth Highlanders [18]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [16]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [13]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Scottish Rifles [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [5]

Scots Guards [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Highlanders Black Watch [4]

Training Reserve [4]

Service

British Army [1226]

Australian Imperial Force [54]

Royal Navy [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [463]

M [158]

D [124]

H [100]

G [96]

C [65]

B [52]

R [44]

S [40]

F [32]

L [30]

W [21]

P [20]

E [13]

K [11]

N [10]

J [6]

T [5]

I [4]

O [4]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1273]

Country

United Kingdom [685]

France [33]

Australia [11]

India [7]

Ireland [6]

Belgium [5]

Canada [2]

Malta [2]

Turkey [2]

Gibraltar [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Italy [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

Yemen [1]

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Auchterarder Perthshire [32] Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [13] Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [11] London England [6] Dunfermline Fife Scotland [5] Edinburgh Scotland [5] auchterarder perthshire [5] Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4] Forfar Forfarshire Scotland [4] AUCHTERARDER, PERTHSHIRE [3] Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [3] Auchterarder [3] Crieff Perthshire Scotland [3] Edinburgh [3] Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Perthshire Scotland [3] Scarborough Yorkshire England [3] Aberdeenshire Scotland [2] Anstruther Fife Scotland [2] Arbroath Forfarshire Scotland [2] Auchterarder, Perthshire [2] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2] Belfast, Ireland [2] Blairgowrie Perthshire Scotland [2] Brechin Forfarshire Scotland [2] Butterknowle Durham England [2] Cadder Lanarkshire Scotland [2] Channel Islands [2] Crieff Perthshire [2] Durham England [2] England [2] Forgandenny Perthshire [2] Galashiels Selkirkshire Scotland [2] Kilmallie, Fort William, Invernessshire, Scotland [2] Kinross Kinross-shire Scotland [2] Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland [2] Lincolnshire England [2] Liverpool Lancashire England [2] London Middlesex England [2] Midlothian Scotland [2] Moulton Northamptonshire England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] auchterarder [2] edinburgh [2] 1 Willowside Place Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] 10 Cavendish Street Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1] 10 Murdochs Wynd, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1] 112 Church Street, Inverness, Invernessshire, Scotland [1] 12 Ritchie Street Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [951] Lance Corporal [112] Corporal [77] Serjeant [71] Second Lieutenant [53] Captain [45] Gunner [39] Lieutenant [29] Acting Corporal [28] Sapper [26] Driver [22] Major [18] Sergeant [17] Acting Serjeant [15] Corporal 2nd [14] Trooper [13] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Rifleman [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] 2nd Lieutenant [8] Drummer [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Captain [4] Colour Sergeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Lance Sergeant [3] PRIVATE [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Bombardier [2] Cadet [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Pioneer [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Saddler [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Trumpeter [2] 2nd Constable [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd lieutenant [1] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [241] Royal Highlanders [174] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [117] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [94] Scottish Horse [76] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [66] Royal Field Artillery [41] Royal Engineers [35] Australian Infantry [31] Machine Gun Corps [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] London Regiment [26] Gordon Highlanders [23] Royal Scots [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Army Service Corps [18] Seaforth Highlanders [18] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [16] Highland Light Infantry [16] Labour Corps [15] Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [13] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [9] Essex Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Norfolk Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Scottish Rifles [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5] Canadian Infantry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [5] Scots Guards [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Highlanders Black Watch [4] Training Reserve [4]

Service

British Army [1226] Australian Imperial Force [54] Royal Navy [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [463] M [158] D [124] H [100] G [96] C [65] B [52] R [44] S [40] F [32] L [30] W [21] P [20] E [13] K [11] N [10] J [6] T [5] I [4] O [4] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1273]

Country

United Kingdom [685] France [33] Australia [11] India [7] Ireland [6] Belgium [5] Canada [2] Malta [2] Turkey [2] Gibraltar [1] Hong Kong [1] Italy [1] South Africa [1] United States [1] Yemen [1]

Cyril James Allen

Born 1877

Died 1948

British Army 37477 Corporal Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 37477 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 574154 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Herbert Phillip Allaker

Born 1894

Died 1968

British Army 36570 Private Training Reserve 98th Battalion

British Army 30904 Private Essex Regiment 14th Bn

British Army 49340 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Ernest Parsfield

Born 1891

Died 1921

Australian Imperial Force 6172 Private Australian Infantry 25th Bn

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James Henry Smith Coates

Born 1872

British Army Sergeant King Edwards Horse 2nd

British Army Sergeant King Edwards Horse 1st

British Army 151187 Serjeant Scottish Horse

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George Alibone

Born 1896

Died 1953

British Army 59838 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 19th Heavy Battery

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Christopher James Noud

Born 1884

Died 1921

Australian Imperial Force 4210 Gunner Australian Field Artillery 18th Bn

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Harvey Allan

Born 1886

British Army S/2315 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Albert Edward Allday

Born 1896

Died 1983

British Army 65513 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Bosworthick

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 9907 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade 1st Bn

British Army 9907 Corporal Rifle Brigade 1st Bn

British Army 9907 Rifle Brigade 1st Bn

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Thomas Henry Alford, M.s.m.

Born 1877

Died 1921

British Army 3113 Regimental Serjeant Major Gloucestershire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87948 Regimental Serjeant Major Royal Flying Corps 72nd Sq

British Army Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Duncan Mcleish

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army S/2435 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Orme Charles Alford

Born 1857

Died 1918

British Army SR 6857 Master Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army corporal Royal Artillery

British Army SR/4988 Royal Garrison Artillery 49th Company

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Henry Alford

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 113316 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 113316 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 237th Siege Battery

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Edward Burns

Born 1880

Died 1954

British Army S/9690 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 345590 Private Royal Highlanders

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George Henry Alger

Born 1875

Died 1932

British Army G/309 Company Sergeant Major East Kent Regiment 7th battalion east Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296098 Sergeant

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Henry C Alford

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 35008 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 84610 Private Labour Corps 142nd Labour Company

British Army 182163 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Gardiner

Born 1889

British Army 921 Acting Corporal Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders )

British Army 921 Private Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 3rd Bn

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Herbert Allan

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 7392 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7392 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Mellis

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 1512 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Thomas Henry Algar

Born 1877

British Army M2/120490 Private Army Service Corps 373rd company MT

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