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Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

49 Sardinia Street, Hillhead, Glasgow [1]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Archiestown, Moray [1]

Ashton, Cheshire [1]

Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Berrington Tasmania [1]

Beverley [1]

Beverley, East Yorkshire [1]

Christchurch [1]

Clearbank, Stracathro, Angus [1]

Clermont Queensland [1]

Crail, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Creswick Victoria [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Dunfermline,Fifeshire. [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Girvan, Ayrshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Greenock, Lanarkshire [1]

Herne Hill, Surrey [1]

Holloway, Middlesex [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Knightsbridge, London [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Liverpool [1]

London England [1]

Lucknow New South Wales [1]

Markinch, Fife [1]

Maryborough Victoria [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Old Kirkpatree, Renfrewshire [1]

Peebles, Peeblesshire [1]

Perth, Perthshire [1]

Portland Victoria [1]

Rawalpindi [1]

Regina [1]

Rank

Private [203]

Second Lieutenant [36]

Captain [30]

Corporal [20]

Gunner [19]

Driver [18]

Major [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Sapper [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Serjeant [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Bombardier [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

7th Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourers Crew [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Brigade Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain Retired Pay [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commander in Chief [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

First Lord of the Admiralty [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Founder [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Honorary Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Highland Light Infantry [26]

Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Highlanders [22]

Royal Engineers [21]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Seaforth Highlanders [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Labour Corps [14]

Gordon Highlanders [12]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Cameron Highlanders [11]

Royal Scots [10]

Scots Guards [10]

London Regiment [9]

Scottish Rifles [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [6]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

British West Indies Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Hussars [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

1/5th Royal Highlanders [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Lothian and Border Horse [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Reserve of Officers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

Special Reserve [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [369]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [50]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Royal Navy [24]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [517]

L [3]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [506]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Egypt [1]

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Place of birth

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [5] Adelaide South Australia [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Aberdeen [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London [2] Orange New South Wales [2] 49 Sardinia Street, Hillhead, Glasgow [1] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Archiestown, Moray [1] Ashton, Cheshire [1] Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Berrington Tasmania [1] Beverley [1] Beverley, East Yorkshire [1] Christchurch [1] Clearbank, Stracathro, Angus [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Crail, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Creswick Victoria [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Dunfermline,Fifeshire. [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Girvan, Ayrshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Greenock, Lanarkshire [1] Herne Hill, Surrey [1] Holloway, Middlesex [1] Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Knightsbridge, London [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Liverpool [1] London England [1] Lucknow New South Wales [1] Markinch, Fife [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Old Kirkpatree, Renfrewshire [1] Peebles, Peeblesshire [1] Perth, Perthshire [1] Portland Victoria [1] Rawalpindi [1] Regina [1]

Rank

Private [203] Second Lieutenant [36] Captain [30] Corporal [20] Gunner [19] Driver [18] Major [15] Lieutenant [14] Sapper [14] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Serjeant [10] Lance Corporal [9] Bombardier [6] Temporary Captain [6] Able Seaman [5] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] 7th Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourers Crew [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Brigade Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain Major [1] Captain Retired Pay [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commander in Chief [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] First Lord of the Admiralty [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Founder [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Honorary Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [34] Highland Light Infantry [26] Army Service Corps [23] Royal Highlanders [22] Royal Engineers [21] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Seaforth Highlanders [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Labour Corps [14] Gordon Highlanders [12] Machine Gun Corps [12] Cameron Highlanders [11] Royal Scots [10] Scots Guards [10] London Regiment [9] Scottish Rifles [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Scots Fusiliers [6] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] British West Indies Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Hussars [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] 1/5th Royal Highlanders [3] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dragoon Guards [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Lothian and Border Horse [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Reserve of Officers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Scottish Horse [2] Special Reserve [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [369] Canadian Expeditionary Force [50] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Australian Imperial Force [25] Royal Navy [24] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [517] L [3] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [506] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Egypt [1]

Edward Gordon Balfour

Born 1896

Died 1973

British Army 69759 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 69759 Private Seaforth Highlanders 4 (Res)

British Army 1343 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Robert Frederick Balfour

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Captain Scots Guards

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James Alexander Balfour

Born 1894

Died 1958

British Army 869 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

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Harold Harington Balfour

Born 1897

Died 1988

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

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer Royal Air Force

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Isaac Bayley Balfour

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Rifles 14 Battalion, attached 1 Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers

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George Balfour

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299870

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Robert Wilson Balfour

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery 95th Siege Artillery

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John Brown Balfour

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 60802 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 60802 Lance Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Balfour

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Special Reserve

British Army Captain Scots Guards

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Robert Balfour

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43157

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Guy Edward Balfour

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant 98th Infantry Field Ambulance Indian Army

British Army Captain 98th Infantry Field Ambulance Indian Army

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 11th Service Battalion attached 91st Indian Army Infantry

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James Pattison Balfour

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 533

Australian Imperial Force Private

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Frederick Balfour

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296282

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Percy Balfour

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Bedfordshire Regiment attached Worcestershire Regiment

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John Balfour

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70987

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Frank Douglas Balfour

Died 1918

British Army Captain Northern Cyclist Battalion Territorial Force

British Army Captain Northern Cyclist Battalion

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Walter Balfour

Born 1890

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20294

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20294 Private Canadian Infantry

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Robertson Roger Balfour

Born 1885

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1791

Australian Imperial Force Private

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Evan Murray Macgregor Balfour

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 16740 Serjeant Imperial Light Horse

British Army Serjeant South African Light Horse

British Army Private Scots Guards

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Robert Balfour

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Acting Lance Corporal 10th Liverpool Regiment

British Army 9471 Second Lieutenant 4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force

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