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Sydney New South Wales [10]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Glasgow Scotland [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Dubbo New South Wales [3]

Edinburgh Scotland [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Lugar, Scotland [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [3]

Annan, Dumfriesshire [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Barrhead, Ayrshire [2]

Beaufort Victoria [2]

Beith, Ayrshire [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Blowhard Victoria [2]

Bombay [2]

Bootle, Lancashire [2]

Coldstream, Berwickshire [2]

Cooktown Queensland [2]

Dublin [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Dungog New South Wales [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Garvoc Victoria [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Lanarkshire [2]

Narrabri New South Wales [2]

Port Macquarie New South Wales [2]

Quorn South Australia [2]

Wangaratta Victoria [2]

13 Maclean Street, Partick, Scotland [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Allendale Victoria [1]

Annan Scotland [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Arman, Dumfriesshire [1]

Ayr [1]

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Bathgate, Fifeshire [1]

Bathgate, West Lothian [1]

Belfast [1]

Berwick, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [714]

Corporal [69]

Serjeant [68]

Gunner [67]

Second Lieutenant [63]

Driver [45]

Sapper [43]

Captain [33]

Lance Corporal [31]

Lieutenant [21]

Major [18]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Bombardier [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting 2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Signaller [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

4th Major [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Sub-Conductor [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [85]

Highland Light Infantry [77]

Royal Field Artillery [74]

Labour Corps [67]

Royal Scots [66]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [59]

Army Service Corps [56]

Gordon Highlanders [45]

Royal Army Medical Corps [45]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [43]

Seaforth Highlanders [43]

Scottish Rifles [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [40]

Cameron Highlanders [31]

Machine Gun Corps [30]

Royal Highlanders [30]

Canadian Infantry [25]

Royal Irish Rifles [25]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

London Regiment [21]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [17]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [12]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Scots Guards [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8]

Army Cyclist Corps [7]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [7]

Royal Irish Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

British West Indies Regiment [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1131]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [219]

Australian Imperial Force [107]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [85]

Royal Navy [80]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [45]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1718]

H [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1671]

Merchant Navy [38]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Guyana [2]

New Zealand [2]

Canada [1]

Mauritius [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [10] Melbourne Victoria [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Glasgow Scotland [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Brisbane Queensland [3] Dubbo New South Wales [3] Edinburgh Scotland [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Lugar, Scotland [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [3] Annan, Dumfriesshire [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Barrhead, Ayrshire [2] Beaufort Victoria [2] Beith, Ayrshire [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Blowhard Victoria [2] Bombay [2] Bootle, Lancashire [2] Coldstream, Berwickshire [2] Cooktown Queensland [2] Dublin [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Dungog New South Wales [2] Edinburgh [2] Garvoc Victoria [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Lanarkshire [2] Narrabri New South Wales [2] Port Macquarie New South Wales [2] Quorn South Australia [2] Wangaratta Victoria [2] 13 Maclean Street, Partick, Scotland [1] Aberdeen [1] Adelong New South Wales [1] Allendale Victoria [1] Annan Scotland [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Arman, Dumfriesshire [1] Ayr [1] Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Bathgate, Fifeshire [1] Bathgate, West Lothian [1] Belfast [1] Berwick, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [714] Corporal [69] Serjeant [68] Gunner [67] Second Lieutenant [63] Driver [45] Sapper [43] Captain [33] Lance Corporal [31] Lieutenant [21] Major [18] Acting Serjeant [12] Acting Corporal [11] Bombardier [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Pioneer [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Staff Nurse [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Nursing Sister [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Signaller [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 4th Major [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Sub-Conductor [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [85] Highland Light Infantry [77] Royal Field Artillery [74] Labour Corps [67] Royal Scots [66] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [59] Army Service Corps [56] Gordon Highlanders [45] Royal Army Medical Corps [45] Royal Scots Fusiliers [43] Seaforth Highlanders [43] Scottish Rifles [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [40] Cameron Highlanders [31] Machine Gun Corps [30] Royal Highlanders [30] Canadian Infantry [25] Royal Irish Rifles [25] King's Own Scottish Borderers [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] London Regiment [21] Royal Irish Fusiliers [17] Royal Naval Division [13] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [12] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Scots Guards [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Durham Light Infantry [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8] Army Cyclist Corps [7] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [7] Royal Irish Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] British West Indies Regiment [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Voluntary Aid Detachment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1131] Canadian Expeditionary Force [219] Australian Imperial Force [107] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [85] Royal Navy [80] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [45] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1718] H [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1671] Merchant Navy [38]

Country

United Kingdom [30] Guyana [2] New Zealand [2] Canada [1] Mauritius [1] South Africa [1]

Thomas Baird

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169539

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Harold Baird

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33361

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James Baird

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 19067 Serjeant Army Service Corps 1st Unit

British Army 19067 Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 Army Service Corps 1st Unit

British Army NM/19067 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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William J C Baird

Born 1896

British Army 1405 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240075 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Alexander Baird

Born 1894

British Army 240171 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

British Army 1683 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Andrew Baird

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 3611 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Lawrence Baird

Born 1878

Died 1941

British Army Major Scottish Horse

British Army Squadron Captain Scottish Horse

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James Baird

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122546

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William Alexander Baird

Born 1895

British Army 6427 Private British West Indies Regiment

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James Baird

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 457561 Corporal 60th Btn. Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 457561 Sergeant 60th Btn. Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 457561 Sergeant 87th Btn. Canadian Infantry

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Walker William Baird

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103561

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George Baird

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 22261 Private Royal Scots 17th Battalion

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Robert Baird

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268988

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Murray Bryant Baird

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 172530

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William Robert Baird

Australian Imperial Force 18042

Australian Imperial Force 18042 Private

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Andrew Arthur Dering Baird

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 1 Battalion

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Eghorn Baird

British Army 7008 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

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William Sprott Baird

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 270814 Private Royal Scots

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James Baird

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 6534 Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 533298 Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 533298 Lance Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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George Baird

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 186370

Canadian Expeditionary Force 186370 Private Canadian Infantry

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