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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]

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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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]

Albert Barclay

Australian Imperial Force 1782 Private

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James Barclay

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162753

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Alexander Barclay

Died 1915

British Army 1485 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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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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David Stuart Barclay

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Guards

British Army Lieutenant Scots Guards

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William Barclay

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203645

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Guy Charlesworth Barclay

Born 1886

Died 1940

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster HMS Monarch

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John Watson Barclay

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78400

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Walter Barclay

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275795

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John Barclay

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119234

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John Barclay

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283118

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Robert Barclay

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36108

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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 Barclay

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army 1883 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 17431 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Kenneth Barclay

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 1547 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 1547 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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George Barclay

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 438304

Canadian Expeditionary Force 438304 Private Canadian Infantry

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Archibald Bow Barclay

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1123 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles

British Army 1123 Lance Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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William Wilkie Spence Barclay

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2678 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

British Army 41000 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion

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Gerald Horace Barclay

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 186 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Essex Fortress Coy

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Sidney George Barclay

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239182

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