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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]

Harry C O Baird

British Army 64967 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 64967 Gunner 163rd Bridge Battery

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Alexander John Baird

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

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R P H Baird

British Army Lieutenant 4/9th Bhopal Infantry

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T Baird

British Army 3/6960 Private Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

British Army 407063 Private 873rd Area Employment Company

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W Baird

British Army 423416 Serjeant Major 8th Canadian Engineers

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James Baird

British Army GS/6510 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/12904 Private Corps of Dragoons

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Arthur Baird

British Army 15829 Private 7th Cameron Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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David Baird

British Army 200470 Private 4th Royal Scots

British Army 2102 Acting 2nd Corporal 4th Royal Scots

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William Merrilus Baird

British Army Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders headquarters 51st Battalion

British Army Major Army Defence Corps 61st Division

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W J Baird

British Army Second Lieutenant 12nd Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Lancers

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David Baird

British Army 350614 Private 5/6th Royal Scots

British Army 350614 Private 2nd Battalion Royal Scots

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James Baird

British Army 6101 Private 9th Lancers

British Army 21L/6110 Private 9th Lancers

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William Baird

British Army 989 Private 8th Royal Scots

British Army 442496 Private Labour Corps

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William Dodds Haldane Baird A.f.c.

Born 1890

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Frederick Cecil Baird

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Sybil Edith Marguerite Baird-Douglas

Royal Navy G5303

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Baird-Smith

British Army Indian Defence Force

British Army 120 Corporal Indian Defence Force

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Mary H Baird-Smith

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

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William Bennett Or Baird

Born 1895

Royal Navy Z/492 Royal Naval Division

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William Baird Or Bennett

Royal Navy Z/492 Royal Naval Division

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