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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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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 Alexander Archibald

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 360473

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David Archibald

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2382 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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George Alfred Archibald

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 558 Private Australian Infantry 28th Infantry Battalion

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John Archibald

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38767

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Donald Archibald

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army S/5078 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th Battalion

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William Archibald

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 2373 Private Royal Scots

British Army 39111 Private Royal Defence Corps 205th Protection Coy.

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Robert Edmund Archibald

Born 1896

Died 1975

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2101004 Signaller Canadian Field Artillery 10th Halifax Siege Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2101004 Signaller 6th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery 16th Field Battery

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Adam Anderson Archibald

Born 1880

Died 1961

British Army 90463 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Andrew William Archibald

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404253

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404253 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Everett Forester Archibald

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 715822

Canadian Expeditionary Force 715822 Private Canadian Infantry 26th Battalion

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John Archibald

Died 1917

British Army T/1/372 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 248028 Private London Regiment

British Army 58050 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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James Archibald

Died 1917

British Army 25218 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Edward J Archibald

Died 1916

British Army 4770 Private Highland Light Infantry

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David Archibald

Died 1916

British Army 16216 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Archibald

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 43043 Private Royal Scots

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Stanley Archibald

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12032 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 12033 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 12033 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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David Archibald

Died 1918

British Army 39563 Private Highland Light Infantry

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William Robert Fairgrieve Archibald

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 424258 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 315673 Pioneer Scottish Rifles

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John Archibald

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 15533 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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John Archibald

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 10672 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders

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