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Melbourne Victoria [41]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [21]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [17]

Glasgow Scotland [14]

Sydney New South Wales [13]

Ballarat Victoria [12]

Edinburgh [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Elgin, Morayshire [7]

Newcastle New South Wales [7]

Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [6]

Aberdeen Scotland [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Edinburgh Scotland [5]

Newcastle, Northumberland [5]

Aberdeen [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4]

Albury New South Wales [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Townsville Queensland [4]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [3]

Durham [3]

Elgin [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

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Perth Western Australia [3]

Scarborough Yorkshire England [3]

St. Monance, Fifeshire [3]

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Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Airdrie [2]

Bellingen New South Wales [2]

Belvedere, Kent [2]

Bombala New South Wales [2]

Boort Victoria [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [2]

Cooktown Queensland [2]

Cullieshangan, Keith [2]

Cundletown New South Wales [2]

Cupar, Fifeshire [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [1963]

Gunner [180]

Serjeant [144]

Second Lieutenant [141]

Sapper [129]

Driver [127]

Corporal 2nd [121]

Lance Corporal [90]

Captain [70]

Corporal [60]

Lieutenant [47]

Acting Corporal [31]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Major [19]

Pioneer [18]

Acting Bombardier [13]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Bombardier [11]

Worker [10]

Rifleman [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Able Seaman [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Sister [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Nursing Sister [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Orderly [4]

Skipper [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Captain Temporary Major [3]

Drummer [3]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [3]

Nurse [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

1st Lieutenant [2]

A/Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [260]

Labour Corps [204]

Army Service Corps [195]

Royal Field Artillery [182]

Gordon Highlanders [172]

Highland Light Infantry [166]

Seaforth Highlanders [141]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [139]

Royal Scots [132]

Royal Highlanders [131]

Royal Army Medical Corps [119]

Royal Garrison Artillery [107]

Scottish Rifles [95]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [87]

Northumberland Fusiliers [85]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [81]

Machine Gun Corps [81]

Cameron Highlanders [74]

London Regiment [63]

Durham Light Infantry [51]

Royal Naval Division [48]

Canadian Infantry [38]

Royal Naval Reserve [36]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Royal Army Service Corps [33]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [30]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [30]

Border Regiment [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Scots Guards [25]

Manchester Regiment [23]

Royal Air Force [21]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Scottish Horse [17]

Tank Corps [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Army Veterinary Corps [12]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [3004]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [434]

Australian Imperial Force [294]

Royal Navy [246]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [236]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [102]

Other Empire Force [10]

South African Services [1]

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H [2]

B [1]

C [1]

E [1]

F [1]

L [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4284]

Merchant Navy [128]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [193]

Canada [3]

Australia [1]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

Yemen [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [41] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [21] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [17] Glasgow Scotland [14] Sydney New South Wales [13] Ballarat Victoria [12] Edinburgh [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Elgin, Morayshire [7] Newcastle New South Wales [7] Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [6] Aberdeen Scotland [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Edinburgh Scotland [5] Newcastle, Northumberland [5] Aberdeen [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4] Albury New South Wales [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Townsville Queensland [4] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Beaconsfield Tasmania [3] Durham [3] Elgin [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Scarborough Yorkshire England [3] St. Monance, Fifeshire [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [2] Adelaide South Australia [2] Airdrie [2] Bellingen New South Wales [2] Belvedere, Kent [2] Bombala New South Wales [2] Boort Victoria [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [2] Cooktown Queensland [2] Cullieshangan, Keith [2] Cundletown New South Wales [2] Cupar, Fifeshire [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Dundee, Forfarshire [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [1963] Gunner [180] Serjeant [144] Second Lieutenant [141] Sapper [129] Driver [127] Corporal 2nd [121] Lance Corporal [90] Captain [70] Corporal [60] Lieutenant [47] Acting Corporal [31] Acting Serjeant [20] Major [19] Pioneer [18] Acting Bombardier [13] Ordinary Seaman [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Bombardier [11] Worker [10] Rifleman [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Able Seaman [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Sister [7] Deck Hand [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Nursing Sister [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Orderly [4] Skipper [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Captain Temporary Major [3] Drummer [3] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [3] Nurse [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 1st Lieutenant [2] A/Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [260] Labour Corps [204] Army Service Corps [195] Royal Field Artillery [182] Gordon Highlanders [172] Highland Light Infantry [166] Seaforth Highlanders [141] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [139] Royal Scots [132] Royal Highlanders [131] Royal Army Medical Corps [119] Royal Garrison Artillery [107] Scottish Rifles [95] Royal Scots Fusiliers [87] Northumberland Fusiliers [85] King's Own Scottish Borderers [81] Machine Gun Corps [81] Cameron Highlanders [74] London Regiment [63] Durham Light Infantry [51] Royal Naval Division [48] Canadian Infantry [38] Royal Naval Reserve [36] Royal Fusiliers [34] Royal Army Service Corps [33] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [30] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [30] Border Regiment [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Scots Guards [25] Manchester Regiment [23] Royal Air Force [21] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Rifle Brigade [17] Scottish Horse [17] Tank Corps [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Liverpool Regiment [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14] Yorkshire Regiment [14] Army Veterinary Corps [12] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11] Hampshire Regiment [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [3004] Canadian Expeditionary Force [434] Australian Imperial Force [294] Royal Navy [246] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [236] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [102] Other Empire Force [10] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [4460] H [2] B [1] C [1] E [1] F [1] L [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4284] Merchant Navy [128] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [193] Canada [3] Australia [1] France [1] South Africa [1] Yemen [1]

William 'bille' Fife Allan

Born 1892

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force 4129 Private 1st A.I.F. Division 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4129 Lance Corporal 1st A.I.F. Division 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4129 Private 1st A.I.F. Division 9th Battalion

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James Douglas Allan

Born 1895

Died 1980

Australian Imperial Force 4130 Private 1st A.I.F. Division 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4130 Lance Corporal 1st A.I.F. Division 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4130 Private 1st A.I.F. Division 9th Infantry Battalion

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William Stanley Allan

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 713 Private Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1/7th Battalion

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John Allan

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 20178 Private Royal Scots Lothian Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army 20178 Private Royal Scots 11th Battalion

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Edward Allan

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901641

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901641 Private Canadian Infantry

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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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Harvey Allan

Born 1886

British Army S/2315 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Robert R Allan

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Private

British Army S/8472 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1st/5th Battalion

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James Knight Allan

Born 1895

Died 1940

British Army 393451 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 7345 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

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Albert Allan

Born 1888

Australian Imperial Force 4337 Private 30th Battalion

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Henry Somerset Allan

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 646 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Gordon Whittingham Allan

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 17776 Private Liverpool Regiment No. 3 Coy. 19th Bn

British Army Lance Corporal 19th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3rd Liverpool Pals 19th Battalion

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Donald John Allan

Born 1895

British Army S/10807 Private 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders

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David Edward Allan

Born 1884

British Army T/328480 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Francis Beattie Allan

Born 1894

British Army 19588 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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John Allan

Born 1894

British Army 1379 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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David Brown Allan

Born 1880

British Army 997 Private Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry

British Army 997 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 997 Farrier Serjeant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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Hugh Watson Allan

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 19406 Private Royal Scots

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Edgar Allan

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 31775 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 31775 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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James Robinson Allan

Born 1879

British Army 112455 Sapper Royal Engineers Newark Depot

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