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Melbourne Victoria [8]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Nottingham England [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Warren New South Wales [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Balmerino, Fife [1]

Bonnyrigg, Midlothian [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Buckhaven, Fife [1]

Cairo, Egypt [1]

Camlachie [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Christchurch, New Zealand [1]

Congupna Victoria [1]

Dumbarton Scotland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dunsyre, Lanarkshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1]

Forfar [1]

Galashiels, Roxburghshire [1]

Gartly, Aberdeenshire [1]

Girvan, Ayrshire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Grimsby England [1]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Kilmarnoch Scotland [1]

Kilsyth, Stirlingshire [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Leith Edinburgh [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Milawa Victoria [1]

Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Rangoon [1]

Rank

Private [249]

Gunner [29]

Driver [24]

Corporal 2nd [17]

Serjeant [17]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [7]

Captain [6]

Corporal [6]

Sapper [6]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Corporal Transport Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mechanic [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Piper [1]

Private/Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Recruit [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Staff Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant Corporal [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [35]

Highland Light Infantry [32]

Royal Scots [29]

Labour Corps [26]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Engineers [19]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17]

Royal Highlanders [17]

Scottish Rifles [16]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Cameron Highlanders [11]

Gordon Highlanders [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Canadian Infantry [6]

London Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

2nd Royal Highlanders [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Scots Guards [3]

Tank Corps [3]

17th Lancers [2]

6th Dragoon Guards [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Glasgow Yeomanry [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Dragoon Guards [2]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [366]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [47]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Royal Navy [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [527]

Contribution

Military Service [514]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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People [527] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [8] Sydney New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Nottingham England [2] Poplar, London [2] Warren New South Wales [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Balmerino, Fife [1] Bonnyrigg, Midlothian [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Buckhaven, Fife [1] Cairo, Egypt [1] Camlachie [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Christchurch, New Zealand [1] Congupna Victoria [1] Dumbarton Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dunsyre, Lanarkshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1] Forfar [1] Galashiels, Roxburghshire [1] Gartly, Aberdeenshire [1] Girvan, Ayrshire [1] Glasgow [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Grimsby England [1] Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hornsey, London [1] Kilmarnoch Scotland [1] Kilsyth, Stirlingshire [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Leith Edinburgh [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Milawa Victoria [1] Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland [1] Rangoon [1]

Rank

Private [249] Gunner [29] Driver [24] Corporal 2nd [17] Serjeant [17] Second Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [7] Captain [6] Corporal [6] Sapper [6] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Corporal Transport Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanic [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Piper [1] Private/Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Recruit [1] Staff Captain [1] Staff Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant Corporal [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [35] Highland Light Infantry [32] Royal Scots [29] Labour Corps [26] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Engineers [19] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17] Royal Highlanders [17] Scottish Rifles [16] Royal Scots Fusiliers [14] Seaforth Highlanders [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Cameron Highlanders [11] Gordon Highlanders [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Canadian Infantry [6] London Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] 2nd Royal Highlanders [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Scots Guards [3] Tank Corps [3] 17th Lancers [2] 6th Dragoon Guards [2] Australian Infantry [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Glasgow Yeomanry [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Dragoon Guards [2] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [366] Canadian Expeditionary Force [47] Australian Imperial Force [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Royal Navy [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [527]

Contribution

Military Service [514] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Alexander Barrie

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1117 Private Australian Infantry 28th Battalion

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Alexander W Barrie

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 16179 Corporal Highland Light Infantry 17th (Service) Battalion (3rd Glasgow)

British Army 16179 Corporal Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Horace Barrie

Born 1895

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4090

Australian Imperial Force 4090 Private

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Charles R Barrie

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 29173 Corporal Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 29173 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 29173 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Thomas Brown Barrie

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Infantry

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James Barrie

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46466

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Thomas Barrie

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55981

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John Barrie

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5033

Australian Imperial Force Private

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Robert Barrie

Born 1891

Australian Imperial Force 781 Light Horse Regiment 10th Battalion

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James Ernest Barrie

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162589

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James Barrie

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104331

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Andrew Barrie

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22810

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James Barrie

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86280

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Charles A Barrie

Died 1918

British Army 330840 Private Royal Scots

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George F Barrie

Died 1918

British Army 307828 Private Tank Corps

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Thomas Barrie

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 19768 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Walter Barrie

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 725 Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Nigel Barrie

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 153825

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John William Barrie

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284902

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David Barrie

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 30379 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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