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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Leonards Hill Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Geeveston Tasmania [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mentone Victoria [2]

Mona Vale New South Wales [2]

Renfrew Scotland [2]

Stratford Victoria [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Armagh, Armagh [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Berwick Victoria [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Condah Victoria [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1]

Exeter South Australia [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Govan, Lanarkshire [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Hamilton, Armagh [1]

Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire [1]

Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Kensington [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kinross, Kinrossshire [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Leith, Edinburgh [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester, Jamaica [1]

Melton Victoria [1]

New Cumnock, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland [1]

Normanby Victoria [1]

Oakwood Tasmania [1]

Ottowa [1]

Rank

Private [213]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Captain [18]

Gunner [18]

Corporal [15]

Lieutenant [11]

Driver [10]

Major [10]

Serjeant [10]

Sapper [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Corporal [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Bombardier [2]

Commander [2]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Third Engineer [2]

Unit Administrator [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Founder [1]

Lieutenant Acting Major [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Assistant Engineer [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major /Superindending Clerk [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [20]

Highland Light Infantry [19]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [19]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [18]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Highlanders [16]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Scots [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [12]

London Regiment [10]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

6th Dragoon Guards [2]

9th Royal Highlanders [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Indian Ordnance Department [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Service

British Army [320]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Royal Navy [31]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [471]

H [3]

O [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [455]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Belize [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Hobart Tasmania [3] Leonards Hill Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Devonport, Devon [2] Geeveston Tasmania [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mentone Victoria [2] Mona Vale New South Wales [2] Renfrew Scotland [2] Stratford Victoria [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Armagh, Armagh [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belfast, Down [1] Berwick Victoria [1] Canning Town, London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Condah Victoria [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1] Exeter South Australia [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Govan, Lanarkshire [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Hamilton, Armagh [1] Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire [1] Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Kennington, London [1] Kensington [1] Kensington, London [1] Kensington, London, Middlesex [1] Kinross, Kinrossshire [1] Lanarkshire [1] Leith, Edinburgh [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Jamaica [1] Melton Victoria [1] New Cumnock, Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland [1] Normanby Victoria [1] Oakwood Tasmania [1] Ottowa [1]

Rank

Private [213] Second Lieutenant [20] Captain [18] Gunner [18] Corporal [15] Lieutenant [11] Driver [10] Major [10] Serjeant [10] Sapper [9] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Corporal [5] Able Seaman [3] Bombardier [2] Commander [2] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Third Engineer [2] Unit Administrator [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Founder [1] Lieutenant Acting Major [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Assistant Engineer [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major /Superindending Clerk [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [20] Highland Light Infantry [19] Royal Scots Fusiliers [19] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [18] Labour Corps [17] Royal Field Artillery [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Highlanders [16] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Scots [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Seaforth Highlanders [12] London Regiment [10] Cameron Highlanders [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Border Regiment [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] Gordon Highlanders [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] 6th Dragoon Guards [2] 9th Royal Highlanders [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Indian Ordnance Department [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2]

Service

British Army [320] Australian Imperial Force [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Royal Navy [31] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [471] H [3] O [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [455] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Belize [1] Jamaica [1]

Hubert Blackwood

Born 1888

British Army 5035 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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William John Blackwood

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy 213650

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Robert Cecil Blackwood

Born 1889

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 3rd Battalion

British Army Major Royal Scots 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Gordon Blackwood

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2220

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Thomas Anderson Blackwood

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy Temporary Assistant Engineer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Engineer Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Fauvette."

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Alexander Blackwood

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62398

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Henry Stear Blackwood

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1st battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 1st Battalion

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Octavius Blackwood

Died 1919

British Army 9787 Private British West Indies Regiment

British Army 9787 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

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Henry Blackwood

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163949

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Archibald Blackwood

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56981

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William Russell Trench Blackwood

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1760 Drummer Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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James Blackwood

Died 1918

British Army 7795 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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Thomas Blackwood

Died 1918

British Army 8338 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 8338 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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Hartley Blackwood

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132672

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132672 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Blackwood

Died 1918

British Army 8094 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 8094 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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Andrew C. Blackwood

Died 1918

British Army 57183 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 41477 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William Blackwood

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 6757 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 40625 Private South Wales Borderers

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William Blackwood

Died 1917

British Army 19447 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 19447 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Blackwood

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 12201 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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William Blackwood

Died 1917

British Army 16996 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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