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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]

John Archibald

Died 1918

British Army 8249 Private Royal Scots

British Army 335565 Private Royal Scots

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Peter Archibald

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 11197 Private Scots Guards

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Andrew A. Archibald

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 16151 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 34822 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Alexander Archibald

Died 1918

British Army S/42085 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/42085 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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William K Archibald

Died 1917

British Army 27318 Private Royal Scots

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Thomas Archibald

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1118 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 5921 Private Royal Scots

British Army 352525 Private Royal Scots

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David Archibald

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2099 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas Malcolm Archibald

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 6576 Lance Corporal Scots Guards

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Clarence John Archibald

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1060220

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1060220 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Johnson Archibald

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901769

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901769 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

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Henry Archibald

Born 1885

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 42645

Canadian Expeditionary Force 42645 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery

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Albert Archibald

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63047

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63047 Private Canadian Infantry

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William A Archibald

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 414382

Canadian Expeditionary Force 414382 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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George Edward Archibald

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154938

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Ernest Armstrong Archibald

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154753

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James Henry Archibald

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 172684

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Francis Magoun Archibald

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173921

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Richard Archibald

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199923

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David Archibald

Born 1891

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25/574 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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W Archibald

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 326025

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