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Aberdeen [4]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bendigo, Victoria [2]

Bullarto Victoria [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Findhorn, Morayshire, Scotland [2]

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Burnley Victoria [1]

Cape of Good Hope [1]

Carnoustie Forfar [1]

Carnoustie, Forfar [1]

Carnoustie, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Cromarty, Cromartyshire, Scotland [1]

Daylesford Victoria [1]

Dumbarton Scotland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glasgow [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Guernsey [1]

Guernsey, Guernsey [1]

Huntley Scotland [1]

Kaitangata, Southland [1]

Kintore, Aberdeenshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Lower Largo Scotland [1]

Lower Largo, Fifeshire [1]

Nigg, Scotland [1]

Old Machar, Aberdeenshire [1]

Perth, Perthshire [1]

Pittenweem, Fife [1]

Saint Peter's Port Guernsey [1]

Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Warragul Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [127]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Gunner [18]

Driver [14]

Sapper [12]

Captain [11]

Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Bombardier [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Engineman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Engineer Lieutenant Commander (Temporary Service) [1]

Acting Filter Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Civilian [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Nursing Member [1]

Saddler [1]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Major) [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Major [1]

Second Mate [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Serjeant Instructor Acting Company Serjeant Major Instructor [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Lieutenant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [38]

Royal Engineers [27]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Royal Highlanders [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [11]

Cameron Highlanders [7]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Scots Guards [5]

London Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Army Service Corps [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Indian Army [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Young Mens Christian Association [2]

1/5th Royal Highlanders [1]

24th Cavalry Infantry Battalion [1]

2nd Royal Highlanders [1]

3/10th Burma Rifles [1]

3/96th Infantry [1]

360th Reserve Empire Company [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

4th King's African Rifles [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

5th Dragoons Guards [1]

6th Royal Scots [1]

81st Company, Machine Gun Corps [1]

94th Infantry [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Service

British Army [236]

Royal Navy [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [342]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [327]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Aberdeen [4] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bendigo, Victoria [2] Bullarto Victoria [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Findhorn, Morayshire, Scotland [2] Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Burnley Victoria [1] Cape of Good Hope [1] Carnoustie Forfar [1] Carnoustie, Forfar [1] Carnoustie, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Cromarty, Cromartyshire, Scotland [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Dumbarton Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Durham, Durham [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glasgow [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Guernsey [1] Guernsey, Guernsey [1] Huntley Scotland [1] Kaitangata, Southland [1] Kintore, Aberdeenshire [1] Liverpool [1] Lower Largo Scotland [1] Lower Largo, Fifeshire [1] Nigg, Scotland [1] Old Machar, Aberdeenshire [1] Perth, Perthshire [1] Pittenweem, Fife [1] Saint Peter's Port Guernsey [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Warragul Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [127] Second Lieutenant [19] Gunner [18] Driver [14] Sapper [12] Captain [11] Corporal [11] Lance Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Acting Corporal [6] Lieutenant [5] Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Captain [2] Bombardier [2] Deck Hand [2] Engineman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Engineer Lieutenant Commander (Temporary Service) [1] Acting Filter Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Civilian [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Honorary Major [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Nursing Member [1] Saddler [1] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Major) [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Major [1] Second Mate [1] Sergeant Major [1] Serjeant Instructor Acting Company Serjeant Major Instructor [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Lieutenant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces [1] Vice Admiral [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [38] Royal Engineers [27] Royal Field Artillery [21] Royal Highlanders [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Seaforth Highlanders [11] Cameron Highlanders [7] Highland Light Infantry [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Canadian Infantry [6] Labour Corps [6] Royal Scots [6] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Scots Guards [5] London Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Army Service Corps [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Indian Army [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Tank Corps [2] Training Reserve [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Young Mens Christian Association [2] 1/5th Royal Highlanders [1] 24th Cavalry Infantry Battalion [1] 2nd Royal Highlanders [1] 3/10th Burma Rifles [1] 3/96th Infantry [1] 360th Reserve Empire Company [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] 4th King's African Rifles [1] 4th South African Infantry [1] 5th Dragoons Guards [1] 6th Royal Scots [1] 81st Company, Machine Gun Corps [1] 94th Infantry [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Service

British Army [236] Royal Navy [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Australian Imperial Force [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [342] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [327] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [9] New Zealand [1]

Francis Bisset

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165774

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George Cameron Bisset

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243294

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George Bisset

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy ES 4718 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4718ES Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Towhee."

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Robert A Bisset

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 15172 Private Scots Guards

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Roderick Bisset

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 4866 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/40422 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Robert Bisset

Died 1914

British Army 711 Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army 711 Private Gordon Highlanders

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George Duncan Bisset

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 466176

Canadian Expeditionary Force 466176 Private Canadian Infantry

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Peter Bisset

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 192179

Canadian Expeditionary Force 192179 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harvey Kempt Bisset

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3214914

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3214914 Private Canadian Infantry

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Duncan Alexander Bisset

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13489

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William Bisset

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14467

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John Ogilvie Bisset

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132143

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William Bisset

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72715

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Alexander M Bisset

Died 1917

British Army S/12981 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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William Bisset

Born 1870

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Second Mate Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Second Mate Mercantile Marine: SS Cyrene (Sunderland)

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Rowland Joseph Bisset

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy M11609 Wireman 2nd Class HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Herbert James Bisset

Australian Imperial Force 13

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Andrew Bisset

Australian Imperial Force 4150

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George Webster Bisset

Australian Imperial Force 2561

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Norman Albert Bisset

Australian Imperial Force 1509

Australian Imperial Force 4564

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