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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]

Charles Ogden

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 1829 Private Lincolnshire Yeomanry 1/1st

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Walter Alford

Born 1876

Died 1933

British Army 1988 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Including 120 and 38 Heavy Batteries

British Army 571962 Private Labour Corps 191 Labour Company

British Army 5768 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No 5th Depot

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John Mcrae

Born 1880

British Army 24 Colour Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/25955 Colour Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

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William Ross

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army 402 Warrant Officer Class 2 Cameron Highlanders

British Army 402 Company Serjeant Major Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Duncan Watters

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 266543 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army 266543 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st/6th ( Perthshire ) Battalion ( Territorial )

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James Leadbitter

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 45883 Private Royal Scots 13th Bn

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Murdoch Beaton

Born 1869

Died 1948

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

British Army Temporary Major Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Harrie Nathan Jemmett

Born 1892

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 2927 Private Australian Infantry 59th Bn

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James Paterson

Born 1883

British Army 6475 Private Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 6th Bn

British Army 268240 Private Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 6th Bn

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Frederick Alfrey

Born 1872

Died 1946

British Army 153495 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 42nd General Hospital

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John Wilmot Allam

Born 1878

British Army W/T4/037092 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Raleigh Francis Brown

Born 1896

Died 1920

Australian Imperial Force 6225 Private Australian Infantry 4th Bn

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Frederick Charles Aling

Born 1896

Died 1972

British Army 3417 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army M/396663 Private Army Service Corps

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Alexander Eadie

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army S/4011 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/4011 11th BLACK WATCH

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James Wylie

Born 1889

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4580

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James Elborough

Born 1892

British Army 85649 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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David Ferguson Mackenzie

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Inverness Volunteers

British Army Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders 1/4th Bn

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Francis Guy Alger

Born 1890

Died 1953

British Army R/33197 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps Rifle Department

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Frank Graham

Born 1885

British Army 9425 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 9425 Acting Corporal Royal Highlanders

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Victor Herbert Mercer

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 209 Private Australian Infantry 4th Bn

Australian Imperial Force 1214 Sergeant Australian Infantry 4th Bn

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