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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Geelong Victoria [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Creswick Victoria [3]

Glasgow [3]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Aberdeenshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [2]

Boort Victoria [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Colelraine Victoria [2]

Dysart, Fifeshire [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2]

Leslie, Fifeshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Maffra Victoria [2]

Mount Egerton Victoria [2]

Scotland [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Allendale Victoria [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Arrochar, Dunbartonshire [1]

Banff Scotland [1]

Banffshire [1]

Batemans Bay New South Wales [1]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [1]

Beath, Fife [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenham, Lanarkshire [1]

Bletchingley, Surrey [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bookabie South Australia [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broughton Lancashire [1]

Bull Bay, St. Thomas, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [687]

Second Lieutenant [71]

Corporal [63]

Gunner [56]

Serjeant [52]

Sapper [43]

Lance Corporal [42]

Driver [40]

Captain [32]

Lieutenant [31]

Acting Corporal [17]

Major [12]

Bombardier [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Pioneer [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sergeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bandsman [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

2nd Second Lieutenant [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Nurse [2]

Reverend [2]

2nd Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [89]

Gordon Highlanders [72]

Highland Light Infantry [72]

Labour Corps [71]

Royal Field Artillery [64]

Royal Scots [60]

Royal Highlanders [58]

Machine Gun Corps [50]

Army Service Corps [49]

Royal Garrison Artillery [47]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [41]

Seaforth Highlanders [37]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [31]

Scottish Rifles [30]

London Regiment [27]

Cameron Highlanders [26]

Royal Naval Division [21]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Scots Guards [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Engineers Transport [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

British West Indies Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [5]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

5/6th Royal Scots [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1081]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [132]

Australian Imperial Force [91]

Royal Navy [88]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1572]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1528]

Merchant Navy [39]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

New Zealand [3]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8] Melbourne Victoria [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Geelong Victoria [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Adelaide South Australia [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Creswick Victoria [3] Glasgow [3] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Aberdeenshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [2] Boort Victoria [2] Camberwell, London [2] Colelraine Victoria [2] Dysart, Fifeshire [2] Edinburgh [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2] Leslie, Fifeshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Maffra Victoria [2] Mount Egerton Victoria [2] Scotland [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Allendale Victoria [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Arrochar, Dunbartonshire [1] Banff Scotland [1] Banffshire [1] Batemans Bay New South Wales [1] Beaconsfield Tasmania [1] Beath, Fife [1] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenham, Lanarkshire [1] Bletchingley, Surrey [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bookabie South Australia [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broughton Lancashire [1] Bull Bay, St. Thomas, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [687] Second Lieutenant [71] Corporal [63] Gunner [56] Serjeant [52] Sapper [43] Lance Corporal [42] Driver [40] Captain [32] Lieutenant [31] Acting Corporal [17] Major [12] Bombardier [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Pioneer [7] Able Seaman [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sergeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Worker [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bandsman [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] 2nd Second Lieutenant [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Nurse [2] Reverend [2] 2nd Lance Corporal [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Canteener [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Chaplain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [89] Gordon Highlanders [72] Highland Light Infantry [72] Labour Corps [71] Royal Field Artillery [64] Royal Scots [60] Royal Highlanders [58] Machine Gun Corps [50] Army Service Corps [49] Royal Garrison Artillery [47] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [41] Seaforth Highlanders [37] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] Royal Scots Fusiliers [31] Scottish Rifles [30] London Regiment [27] Cameron Highlanders [26] Royal Naval Division [21] King's Own Scottish Borderers [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] Scots Guards [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Canadian Infantry [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Engineers Transport [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] British West Indies Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] Ayrshire Yeomanry [5] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Training Reserve Battalion [5] Voluntary Aid Detachment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] 5/6th Royal Scots [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1081] Canadian Expeditionary Force [132] Australian Imperial Force [91] Royal Navy [88] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1572] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1528] Merchant Navy [39] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [37] New Zealand [3] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Alexander Stuart Barclay

Born 1886

Died 1950

British Army 19294 Private RAMC

British Army 19294 Army Reserve A

British Army 19294 Private Army Reserve B

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Patrick Joseph Barclay

Born 1892

Died 1945

British Army 180727 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/202573 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alexander Barclay

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17290 Private Royal Scots

British Army 17290 Private Royal Scots 15th

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William Kirk Barclay

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Fifeshire) Volunteer Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Walter Waddell Barclay

Born 1882

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 39145 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Barclay

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 27853 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 27853 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Charles Octavius Barclay

Born 1887

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 834

Australian Imperial Force 834 Private 38th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Ivan Curror Christie Barclay

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy Surgeon Probationer RNVR

Royal Navy Surgeon Probationer HMS Mary Rose

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Rafe Hedworth Myddleton Barclay

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Alexander Barclay

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 2116 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

British Army 345222 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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George Barclay

Born 1897

Died 1920

British Army 20596 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Eric Callender Barclay

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Motor Machine Gun Service

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Andrew Barclay

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17615

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Geoffrey William Barclay

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Major Rifle Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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William Keith Barclay

Born 1892

Died 1897

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Hugh Jackson Barclay

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296809

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John Barclay

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269197

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Godfrey Barclay

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54375

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John Barclay

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57004

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Mary Kathleen Barclay

Born 1885

Died 1968

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

British Army Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

British Army Principal Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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