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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]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Penrith, Cumberland [2]

Portland Victoria [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Wrexham, Denbighshire [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]

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]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [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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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] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Penrith, Cumberland [2] Portland Victoria [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Wrexham, Denbighshire [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]

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] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Training Reserve Battalion [5] Voluntary Aid Detachment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [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]

Walter Barclay

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275795

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John Watson Barclay

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78400

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John Barclay

Died 1916

British Army 7521 Private Scottish Rifles 1/5th Battalion

British Army 7521 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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William Keith Barclay

Born 1892

Died 1897

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment

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James Barclay

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162753

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William Barclay

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203645

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John Barclay

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119234

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John Barclay

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57004

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John Barclay

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269197

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Robert Barclay

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36108

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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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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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Albert Barclay

Australian Imperial Force 1782 Private

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Charles Barclay Forrest

Born 1883

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654770

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654770 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lance Corporal 58th Toronto Battalion

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David Barclay

Born 1893

British Army 2525 Private Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 1st Bn

British Army 2525 Acting Corporal Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 1st Bn

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Yvonne Barclay

Born 1893

Royal Navy G4615

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Alexander Barclay

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 137559 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Jarvis Wilkins Barclay

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202998

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Peter Barclay

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 5688 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 242502 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 242502 L/Corporal Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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William Guy Barclay

Born 1892

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/41 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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