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Adelaide South Australia [4]

Cellardyke, Fifeshire [4]

Edinburgh [4]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [3]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Scotland [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Woodend Victoria [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Burscough, Lancashire [1]

Carcoar New South Wales [1]

Cardiff, Wales [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlsruhe Victoria [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1]

Cootamundra New South Wales [1]

Dundee Forfar [1]

Dunfermline, Fife [1]

Dysart, Fifeshire [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Fife [1]

Freuchie, Fifeshire [1]

Friockheim, Angus, Scotland [1]

Friockheim, Forfarshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Goodwood South Australia [1]

Hillhead,Partick,Glasgow. [1]

Inverness, Inverness-shire [1]

Kara Kara Victoria [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lithgow New South Wales [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London ON [1]

Maryport, Cumberland [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesex [1]

Newburgh.Fife [1]

Newcastle England [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Quirindi New South Wales [1]

Roby, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Sculcoates [1]

Rank

Private [142]

Gunner [21]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Driver [16]

Corporal [15]

Serjeant [15]

Lance Corporal [12]

Sapper [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Skipper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Engineer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Paid Lance Bombardier [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Honorary Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [27]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Royal Engineers [19]

Army Service Corps [17]

Highland Light Infantry [14]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Scots Guards [3]

2nd Royal Scots [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

General Headquarters Staff [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

10th - Entrenching Battalion [1]

11th Battalion Royal Scots [1]

13th Royal Scots [1]

1st Royal Scots [1]

2/1st Denbighshire Yeomanry [1]

2nd Australian Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [256]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

Royal Navy [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [361]

Contribution

Military Service [344]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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Place of birth

Adelaide South Australia [4] Cellardyke, Fifeshire [4] Edinburgh [4] Burntisland, Fifeshire [3] Albert Park Victoria [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Scotland [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Woodend Victoria [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Burscough, Lancashire [1] Carcoar New South Wales [1] Cardiff, Wales [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlsruhe Victoria [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1] Cootamundra New South Wales [1] Dundee Forfar [1] Dunfermline, Fife [1] Dysart, Fifeshire [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Fife [1] Freuchie, Fifeshire [1] Friockheim, Angus, Scotland [1] Friockheim, Forfarshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Goodwood South Australia [1] Hillhead,Partick,Glasgow. [1] Inverness, Inverness-shire [1] Kara Kara Victoria [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lithgow New South Wales [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London ON [1] Maryport, Cumberland [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesex [1] Newburgh.Fife [1] Newcastle England [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Quirindi New South Wales [1] Roby, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Sculcoates [1]

Rank

Private [142] Gunner [21] Second Lieutenant [17] Driver [16] Corporal [15] Serjeant [15] Lance Corporal [12] Sapper [10] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Skipper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Engineer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Paid Lance Bombardier [1] Forewoman [1] Lieutenant Colonel Honorary Colonel [1] Major General [1] Nursing Sister [1] Rifleman [1] Second Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [27] Royal Field Artillery [25] Royal Engineers [19] Army Service Corps [17] Highland Light Infantry [14] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12] King's Own Scottish Borderers [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Scottish Rifles [11] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Labour Corps [8] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6] Cameron Highlanders [6] Gordon Highlanders [6] Royal Scots [6] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Border Regiment [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Scots Guards [3] 2nd Royal Scots [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] General Headquarters Staff [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Tank Corps [2] 10th - Entrenching Battalion [1] 11th Battalion Royal Scots [1] 13th Royal Scots [1] 1st Royal Scots [1] 2/1st Denbighshire Yeomanry [1] 2nd Australian Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [256] Australian Imperial Force [27] Royal Navy [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [361]

Contribution

Military Service [344] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

John Birrell

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 5267 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 36765 Private Royal Defence Corps

British Army 4784 Private Tr. Battalion

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Thomas Cairns Birrell

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army R/366090 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 92233 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army G/36724 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

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William Robb Birrell

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment

British Army Sergeant Major East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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David Birrell

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168150

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Neil Birrell

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121010

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Stuart Erskine Birrell

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry

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James Birrell

Born 1868

British Army 2945 Private 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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

British Army 2945 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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David Birrell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 138173 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 138173 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Henry Gordon Birrell

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 9th argyll and Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Robert Birrell

Died 1917

British Army 32334 Private Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Joseph Birrell

Died 1918

British Army 171550 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Renton Birrell

Born 1889

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 405529 Private

Canadian Expeditionary Force 405529 Private 4th Battalion Canadian Infantry

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Alexander Albert Birrell

Born 1893

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20442

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20442 Private Canadian Infantry 10th Battalion

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Henry Anthony Birrell-Anthony

Born 1860

Died 1922

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Monmouthshire Regiment

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Andrew Smith Birrell

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 15978 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Henry Birrell

Died 1915

British Army S/3528 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/3528 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John Allan Birrell

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 9423 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 18434 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 18434 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Bernard Birrell

Died 1918

British Army 52008 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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George Birrell

Died 1918

British Army 46962 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Albert Birrell

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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