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Sydney New South Wales [14]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Belfast, Antrim [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Liverpool [4]

Singleton New South Wales [4]

Aberdeen Scotland [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Liverpool England [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bellingen New South Wales [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Cookstown, Tyrone [2]

Coomera Queensland [2]

Dromore, Down [2]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Monaghan [2]

Motherwell, Lanarkshire [2]

Orbost Victoria [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Temora New South Wales [2]

Woking, Surrey [2]

33 Reid Street Springburn Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

4 Stewarts Lane Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1]

4 Stewarts Lane, Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1]

41 Fonthill Rd, Liverpool [1]

Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Abisford New South Wales [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Altringham, Cheshire [1]

Anglesea Victoria [1]

Annan, Dumfriesshire [1]

Applecross Scotland [1]

Arbroath, Forfar [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Rank

Private [937]

Corporal [88]

Gunner [88]

Serjeant [72]

Driver [69]

Sapper [55]

Lance Corporal [52]

Lieutenant [36]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Captain [24]

Acting Corporal [16]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Pioneer [13]

Bombardier [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Major [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Saddler [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

1st Serjeant [1]

2nd Captain [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Ltn. [1]

AC I [1]

ACM II [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [114]

Royal Engineers [89]

Labour Corps [88]

Army Service Corps [83]

Royal Irish Rifles [69]

Highland Light Infantry [66]

Royal Army Medical Corps [63]

Gordon Highlanders [61]

Royal Garrison Artillery [60]

Royal Highlanders [59]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [56]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [48]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Royal Scots [39]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [35]

Seaforth Highlanders [32]

Border Regiment [31]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [31]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [26]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [25]

Cameron Highlanders [23]

Canadian Infantry [23]

Royal Naval Division [23]

Scottish Rifles [21]

Manchester Regiment [20]

London Regiment [15]

Scots Guards [15]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

Royal Irish Regiment [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

Service

British Army [1409]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [243]

Royal Navy [122]

Australian Imperial Force [112]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [47]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [2083]

A [2]

L [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2026]

Merchant Navy [52]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

New Zealand [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [14] Melbourne Victoria [8] Belfast, Antrim [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6] Brisbane Queensland [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Liverpool [4] Singleton New South Wales [4] Aberdeen Scotland [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Liverpool England [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bellingen New South Wales [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Cookstown, Tyrone [2] Coomera Queensland [2] Dromore, Down [2] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Monaghan [2] Motherwell, Lanarkshire [2] Orbost Victoria [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Temora New South Wales [2] Woking, Surrey [2] 33 Reid Street Springburn Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1] 4 Stewarts Lane Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1] 4 Stewarts Lane, Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1] 41 Fonthill Rd, Liverpool [1] Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Aberdeen [1] Abisford New South Wales [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Altringham, Cheshire [1] Anglesea Victoria [1] Annan, Dumfriesshire [1] Applecross Scotland [1] Arbroath, Forfar [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Rank

Private [937] Corporal [88] Gunner [88] Serjeant [72] Driver [69] Sapper [55] Lance Corporal [52] Lieutenant [36] Second Lieutenant [27] Captain [24] Acting Corporal [16] Acting Serjeant [13] Pioneer [13] Bombardier [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Lance Serjeant [6] Major [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sergeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Deck Hand [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Saddler [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 1st Serjeant [1] 2nd Captain [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Ltn. [1] AC I [1] ACM II [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [114] Royal Engineers [89] Labour Corps [88] Army Service Corps [83] Royal Irish Rifles [69] Highland Light Infantry [66] Royal Army Medical Corps [63] Gordon Highlanders [61] Royal Garrison Artillery [60] Royal Highlanders [59] King's Own Scottish Borderers [56] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [48] Machine Gun Corps [39] Royal Scots [39] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [35] Seaforth Highlanders [32] Border Regiment [31] Royal Scots Fusiliers [31] Durham Light Infantry [30] Royal Irish Fusiliers [26] Liverpool Regiment [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [25] Cameron Highlanders [23] Canadian Infantry [23] Royal Naval Division [23] Scottish Rifles [21] Manchester Regiment [20] London Regiment [15] Scots Guards [15] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [14] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] East Lancashire Regiment [12] Royal Irish Regiment [12] Army Veterinary Corps [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Air Force [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6]

Service

British Army [1409] Canadian Expeditionary Force [243] Royal Navy [122] Australian Imperial Force [112] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [47] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [2083] A [2] L [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2026] Merchant Navy [52] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [38] New Zealand [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

Andrew Gordon Beattie

Born 1897

Died 1974

Canadian Expeditionary Force 490904 Private University of Toronto Training Corps

Royal Navy PI 39252 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39252 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston

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Charles Beattie

Born 1897

British Army 359340 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 359340 Lance Corporal Kings Liverpool ( Liverpool Scottish) 1/10

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John Thomas Beattie

Born 1880

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3704 9/9 Lance Corporal Otago Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Otago Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3704 Lance Corporal Otago Mounted Rifles

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John Beattie

Born 1888

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 34794 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3 Battalion

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John Swalwell Beattie

Born 1895

Died 1975

Royal Navy M2795

Royal Navy M2795 Boy Artificer Fisgard

Royal Navy Boy Artificer Fisgard

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Percy Beattie-Crozier

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain Indian Army

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

Indian Army Captain 4th Rajputs, attd 15th Sikhs

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William Beattie

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 13274 Serjeant Border Regiment 11th bord Battalion

British Army 13274 Warrant Officer Class 2 Border Regiment 11th bord Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Border 1st Battalion

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Robert Beattie

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army S/8344 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/8344 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Francis Stephen Beattie

Born 1883

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190587

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Maurice Alexander Beattie

Born 1881

Died 1920

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Eavis Beattie

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293086

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John Beattie

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298878

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Arthur Beattie

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103105

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Francis Stephen Beattie

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army 190587 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190587 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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William Beattie

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS107737

Royal Navy SS/107737 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division Howe Battalion

Royal Navy RFR/5376 Stoker 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve

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John Beattie

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 2085 Private Highland Light Infantry 3rd highland Battalion

British Army S/2085 Private Highland Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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William Beattie

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49057

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Robert Beattie

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167474

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William Lawson Beattie

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113481

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Arthur Richard Britton Beattie

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98505

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