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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [25]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [15]

Sydney New South Wales [10]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Edinburgh Scotland [5]

Broadford Victoria [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [4]

Glasgow [4]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Dunrossness [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

Heywood Victoria [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Violet Town Victoria [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [2]

Dundee [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [2]

Essex [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [2]

Heathcote Victoria [2]

Leith [2]

Linlithgow Scotland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Natimuk Victoria [2]

Renfrewshire Scotland [2]

Stranraer, Wigtownshire [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Alloa [1]

Alva, Clackmannanshire [1]

Angledool New South Wales [1]

Anstruther, Fifeshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Auchinleck [1]

Ayr [1]

Rank

Private [835]

Gunner [84]

Second Lieutenant [71]

Serjeant [70]

Driver [54]

Corporal 2nd [42]

Lance Corporal [39]

Captain [35]

Sapper [35]

Corporal [34]

Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [16]

Major [16]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Pioneer [10]

Bombardier [8]

Deck Hand [8]

Seaman [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Sister [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Canteener [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary) [2]

Engineman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Signalman [2]

Skipper [2]

Stoker [2]

Trooper [2]

ALIAS Ordinary Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [104]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [102]

Labour Corps [92]

Highland Light Infantry [87]

Royal Field Artillery [84]

Royal Scots [77]

Army Service Corps [66]

Gordon Highlanders [58]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

Royal Army Medical Corps [51]

Scottish Rifles [48]

Seaforth Highlanders [46]

Royal Highlanders [39]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [39]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [35]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Royal Naval Reserve [31]

Cameron Highlanders [30]

Royal Naval Division [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Canadian Infantry [16]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [15]

Scots Guards [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12]

London Regiment [11]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Air Force [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

5/6th Royal Scots [5]

Australian Infantry [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1282]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [138]

Australian Imperial Force [123]

Royal Navy [120]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [80]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

A [1884]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1806]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

Australia [1]

Falkland Islands (Malvinas) [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [25] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [15] Sydney New South Wales [10] Brisbane Queensland [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7] Adelaide South Australia [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Edinburgh Scotland [5] Broadford Victoria [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian [4] Glasgow [4] Glasgow Scotland [4] Dunrossness [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] Heywood Victoria [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Violet Town Victoria [3] Aberdeen [2] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [2] Dundee [2] Dundee, Forfarshire [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [2] Essex [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [2] Heathcote Victoria [2] Leith [2] Linlithgow Scotland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Natimuk Victoria [2] Renfrewshire Scotland [2] Stranraer, Wigtownshire [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Alloa [1] Alva, Clackmannanshire [1] Angledool New South Wales [1] Anstruther, Fifeshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Auchinleck [1] Ayr [1]

Rank

Private [835] Gunner [84] Second Lieutenant [71] Serjeant [70] Driver [54] Corporal 2nd [42] Lance Corporal [39] Captain [35] Sapper [35] Corporal [34] Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [16] Major [16] Acting Serjeant [13] Pioneer [10] Bombardier [8] Deck Hand [8] Seaman [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Sister [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Company Sergeant Major [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Able Seaman [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Nursing Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Canteener [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary) [2] Engineman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant (Temporary) [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Signalman [2] Skipper [2] Stoker [2] Trooper [2] ALIAS Ordinary Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [104] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [102] Labour Corps [92] Highland Light Infantry [87] Royal Field Artillery [84] Royal Scots [77] Army Service Corps [66] Gordon Highlanders [58] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] Royal Army Medical Corps [51] Scottish Rifles [48] Seaforth Highlanders [46] Royal Highlanders [39] Royal Scots Fusiliers [39] King's Own Scottish Borderers [35] Machine Gun Corps [35] Royal Naval Reserve [31] Cameron Highlanders [30] Royal Naval Division [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Canadian Infantry [16] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [15] Scots Guards [14] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12] London Regiment [11] Liverpool Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Air Force [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Manchester Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Voluntary Aid Detachment [8] Border Regiment [7] Corps of Hussars [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] 5/6th Royal Scots [5] Australian Infantry [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1282] Canadian Expeditionary Force [138] Australian Imperial Force [123] Royal Navy [120] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [80] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

A [1884] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1806] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [45] Australia [1] Falkland Islands (Malvinas) [1]

Frank Aitken

Born 1889

Died 1941

British Army 16465 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Robert Aitken

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141422

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George Fredrick Aitken

Died 1915

British Army 8738 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 8738 Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

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John Aitken

Died 1917

British Army 22240 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Battalion

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Uriah Aitken

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 11806 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Robert Aitken

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 16180 Private Highland Light Infantry 17th highland Battalion

British Army 16180 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Robert Aitken

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2595834

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2595834 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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John Aitken

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army S/4749 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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James Tod Aitken

Born 1882

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 2105 Private Australian Infantry

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Robert Francis Aitken

Born 1895

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 14044 Private Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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William Whitely Aitken

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army G/731 L/Corporal East Kent Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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Josephus Alexander Aitken

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2862 Private Australian Infantry 58 Battalion

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Norman Mackinnon Aitken

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 152 Private Falkland Islands Volunteer Force

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Mary Aitken

Born 1893

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10446 Member Women's Royal Air Force 2nd Training Depot Squadron

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Adam Aitken

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403134

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Andrew Aitken

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 532 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 345001 Warrant Officer Class 2 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 345001 Company Sergeant Major Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Arthur Edward Aitken

Born 1861

Died 1924

British Army Major General Indian Army

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George Mark Aitken

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 42348 Private Royal Scots

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John Aitken

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1621 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 6253 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 268173 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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James Taylor Aitken

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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