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Edinburgh, Midlothian [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Smeaton Victoria [3]

Berrima New South Wales [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Cooktown Queensland [2]

Dollar, Clackmannanshire [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Erina New South Wales [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Kincardineshire Scotland [2]

Leith, Edinburgh [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Tiverton, Devon [2]

Toolamba Victoria [2]

Tranent, Haddington [2]

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1]

Archibald Settlement, New Brunswick [1]

Auckland [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Cairns Queensland [1]

Canley Vale New South Wales [1]

Ceheney [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Colchester [1]

Dalkeith, Midlothian [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Dundee Forfar [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Elmvale, Ontario [1]

Euchuca Victoria [1]

Forfar Scotland [1]

Forgandeny, Perthshire [1]

Fossoway, Scotland [1]

Garvagh [1]

Grafton New South Wales [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Guyra New South Wales [1]

Hanover, Ontario [1]

Hillgrove New South Wales [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Rank

Private [278]

Gunner [28]

Serjeant [28]

Driver [21]

Captain [19]

Corporal [18]

Sapper [17]

Lance Corporal [14]

Lieutenant [14]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Major [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bearer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Assistant [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Colour Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Cooper's Crew [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Fitter [1]

Fitter Acting Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Laundry-Superintendent [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [49]

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Royal Engineers [33]

Labour Corps [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [24]

Highland Light Infantry [24]

Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Gordon Highlanders [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Cameron Highlanders [16]

Seaforth Highlanders [16]

Royal Highlanders [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Scots Guards [7]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Scottish Horse [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Field Artillery [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

French Red Cross [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Australian Infantry [2]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Indian Defence Force [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [434]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [157]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45]

Royal Navy [36]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [762]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [738]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

France [2]

Guyana [1]

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Place of birth

Edinburgh, Midlothian [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Smeaton Victoria [3] Berrima New South Wales [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Cooktown Queensland [2] Dollar, Clackmannanshire [2] Edinburgh [2] Erina New South Wales [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Kincardineshire Scotland [2] Leith, Edinburgh [2] Liverpool England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Tiverton, Devon [2] Toolamba Victoria [2] Tranent, Haddington [2] Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1] Archibald Settlement, New Brunswick [1] Auckland [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blackburn England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Cairns Queensland [1] Canley Vale New South Wales [1] Ceheney [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Colchester [1] Dalkeith, Midlothian [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Dundee Forfar [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Elmvale, Ontario [1] Euchuca Victoria [1] Forfar Scotland [1] Forgandeny, Perthshire [1] Fossoway, Scotland [1] Garvagh [1] Grafton New South Wales [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire [1] Guyra New South Wales [1] Hanover, Ontario [1] Hillgrove New South Wales [1] Holloway, London [1]

Rank

Private [278] Gunner [28] Serjeant [28] Driver [21] Captain [19] Corporal [18] Sapper [17] Lance Corporal [14] Lieutenant [14] Second Lieutenant [9] Major [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Bombardier [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Corporal [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Bearer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Assistant [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Colour Serjeant Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Cooper's Crew [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Fitter [1] Fitter Acting Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Honorary Major [1] Laundry-Superintendent [1] Leading Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [49] Royal Field Artillery [36] Royal Engineers [33] Labour Corps [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [24] Highland Light Infantry [24] Army Service Corps [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Gordon Highlanders [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Cameron Highlanders [16] Seaforth Highlanders [16] Royal Highlanders [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Scots Fusiliers [10] Canadian Infantry [9] London Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Scottish Rifles [8] Royal Defence Corps [7] Scots Guards [7] Canadian Army Medical Corps [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Essex Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Scottish Horse [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Pay Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Field Artillery [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] French Red Cross [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Australian Infantry [2] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Indian Defence Force [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [434] Canadian Expeditionary Force [157] Australian Imperial Force [57] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45] Royal Navy [36] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [762] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [738] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16] France [2] Guyana [1]

Wesley Gordon Archibald

Born 1898

Died 1981

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2413309

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Robert Archibald

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 18791 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 16th Battalion

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Robert Archibald

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 116799 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Private London Regiment 19th county of lond Battalion

British Army Private Machine Gun Corps

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William Murray Archibald

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 18792 Private Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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Daniel Archibald

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 26501 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 26501 Acting Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 26501 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Archibald

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 11469 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 11469 Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 11469 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Battalion

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Lindsay Lee Archibald

Born 1891

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2928 Trooper Light Horse Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter Roy Archibald

Born 1892

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70130 Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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John Gibb Archibald

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 1225 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 1225 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Henry Archibald

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy K30606 Stoker 2nd Class HMS TURBULENT

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Andrew Archibald

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 121241 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No 3 Depot

British Army 121241 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 10th Depot Coy

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Robert Archibald

Born 1892

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5292 Private Australian Infantry 18th Battalion

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Alexander Daniel Archibald

Born 1890

Died 1971

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 85th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Army Medical Corps

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John Archibald

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275070

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Edward Archibald

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56385

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Harry Archibald

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238540

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James Maxwell Archibald

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228644

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John Archibald

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224249

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John Young Archibald

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125946

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James Archibald

Died 1916

British Army 3645 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 266296 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 266296 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st 6th

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