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Berbera [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Stonehaven, Kincardineshire [6]

Aberdeen [4]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Paisley Scotland [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Beaufort Victoria [2]

Darliston, Elgin [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Ellon, Aberdeenshire [2]

Fife [2]

Gateacre, Lancashire [2]

Inglewood Victoria [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Abertshire Scotland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1]

Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Balby, Yorkshire [1]

Banff, Banffshire [1]

Beaufort, Breconshire, Wales [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Blairgowrie, Perthshire [1]

Bombay/ Mumbai [1]

Bootle, Lancashire, England [1]

Bromyard, Worcestershire [1]

Broxburn, Linlithgow [1]

Burghead [1]

Busby, Renfrewshire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Calne, Wiltshire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Chapelhall, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chorley England [1]

Rank

Private [422]

Gunner [46]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Lance Corporal [31]

Serjeant [29]

Captain [28]

Corporal 2nd [24]

Lieutenant [22]

Driver [21]

Corporal [18]

Sapper [16]

Sepoy [16]

Acting Corporal [10]

Deck Hand [7]

Major [7]

Bombardier [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Engineman [3]

Trimmer [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Commander [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [2]

Leading Deck Hand [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Second Hand [2]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Skipper [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

. [1]

1st Constable [1]

2nd Second Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sergeant Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Highland Light Infantry [47]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [45]

Royal Engineers [43]

Army Service Corps [40]

Royal Highlanders [40]

Gordon Highlanders [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [34]

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Naval Reserve [24]

Scottish Rifles [24]

Royal Scots [22]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [17]

London Regiment [16]

Seaforth Highlanders [16]

Cameron Highlanders [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11]

Gold Coast Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

King's African Rifles [9]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Nigeria Regiment [8]

Iraq Levies [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

3rd King's African Rifles [5]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

126th Baluchistan Infantry [4]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

4th Iraq Levies [4]

Carnatic Infantry [4]

French Red Cross [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

Scots Guards [4]

West African Service Brigade [4]

2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [3]

2nd Iraq Levies [3]

3rd Iraq Levies [3]

British Red Cross Society [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Service

British Army [707]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [104]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83]

Royal Navy [72]

Australian Imperial Force [51]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [1041]

S [10]

M [3]

P [3]

D [2]

K [2]

O [2]

G [1]

H [1]

J [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1002]

Merchant Navy [37]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Berbera [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Stonehaven, Kincardineshire [6] Aberdeen [4] Glasgow Scotland [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Paisley, Renfrewshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Paisley Scotland [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Beaufort Victoria [2] Darliston, Elgin [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Ellon, Aberdeenshire [2] Fife [2] Gateacre, Lancashire [2] Inglewood Victoria [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Abertshire Scotland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1] Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1] Balby, Yorkshire [1] Banff, Banffshire [1] Beaufort, Breconshire, Wales [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Blairgowrie, Perthshire [1] Bombay/ Mumbai [1] Bootle, Lancashire, England [1] Bromyard, Worcestershire [1] Broxburn, Linlithgow [1] Burghead [1] Busby, Renfrewshire [1] Calcutta [1] Calne, Wiltshire [1] Cambridge [1] Chapelhall, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chorley England [1]

Rank

Private [422] Gunner [46] Second Lieutenant [46] Lance Corporal [31] Serjeant [29] Captain [28] Corporal 2nd [24] Lieutenant [22] Driver [21] Corporal [18] Sapper [16] Sepoy [16] Acting Corporal [10] Deck Hand [7] Major [7] Bombardier [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Able Seaman [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Engineman [3] Trimmer [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Commander [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [2] Leading Deck Hand [2] Nursing Sister [2] Second Hand [2] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [2] Skipper [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] . [1] 1st Constable [1] 2nd Second Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sergeant Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50] Highland Light Infantry [47] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [45] Royal Engineers [43] Army Service Corps [40] Royal Highlanders [40] Gordon Highlanders [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [34] Labour Corps [31] Royal Naval Reserve [24] Scottish Rifles [24] Royal Scots [22] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Scots Fusiliers [17] London Regiment [16] Seaforth Highlanders [16] Cameron Highlanders [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11] Gold Coast Regiment [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Canadian Infantry [10] King's African Rifles [9] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Nigeria Regiment [8] Iraq Levies [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] 3rd King's African Rifles [5] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] 126th Baluchistan Infantry [4] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] 4th Iraq Levies [4] Carnatic Infantry [4] French Red Cross [4] Royal Artillery [4] Scots Guards [4] West African Service Brigade [4] 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [3] 2nd Iraq Levies [3] 3rd Iraq Levies [3] British Red Cross Society [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Service

British Army [707] Canadian Expeditionary Force [104] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83] Royal Navy [72] Australian Imperial Force [51] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [1041] S [10] M [3] P [3] D [2] K [2] O [2] G [1] H [1] J [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1002] Merchant Navy [37] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [35] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Ronald George Hinings Adams

Born 1896

Died 1979

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 18 Squadron

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Allan Adam

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Attached Machine Gun Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 7th Argyll and Sutherland Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 7th Territorial Battalion

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Norman Macleod Adam

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Captain Acting Major Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur De Bels Adam

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 17238 Temporary Captain KIng's Liverpool Regiment 18th Battalion

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John Gill Simpson Adam

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 388027 Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 471065 Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment 12th (County of London) Battalion

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Gordon Adam

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1201 Corporal 4th Field Ambulance

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John Ewing Adam

Born 1892

Died 1969

British Army Gordon Highlanders 11 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant. Gordon Highlanders 8th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 1/4 Battalion

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William John Adam

Born 1895

British Army 1586 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265348 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 1586 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th

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David Adam

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 223514 Acting Colour Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 3206 Acting Colour Serjeant Highland Light Infantry 2nd/5th Battalion

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Andrew Alexander Cameron Adam

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 41124 Private Royal Scots

British Army 41124 Private Royal Scots 13th Btn

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William Tasker Adam

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2126

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Alexander Adam

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 184201

Canadian Expeditionary Force 184201 Corporal Canadian Machine Gun Corps 3rd Battalion

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Francis Adam

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J48012 Signal Boy HMS 'Vanguard'

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Thomas Adam

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 5558 Corporal Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army D/5558 Corporal Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 5558 Corporal 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Charles Merson Adam

Born 1888

Died 1973

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2005468 Sapper Canadian Engineers 2nd Field Company

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William Alfred Adam

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440636 Sergeant Canadian Infantry Battalion 5th Battalion

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Ronald Forbes Adam

Born 1885

Died 1982

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery N Battery

British Army Major Royal Horse Artillery

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Alexander Russell Adam

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 4173 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Robert Adam

Died 1916

British Army 22167 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 30128 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Adam

Born 1886

British Army 1115 Private Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry

British Army 1115 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

British Army 1115 Serjeant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

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