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Sydney New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Sale Victoria [2]

West Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Allansford Victoria [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Balmain, New South Wales [1]

Berwick, Northumberland [1]

Blantyre Lanarkshire. [1]

Carlisle England [1]

Dunbar, Haddington [1]

Dunedin [1]

Durham [1]

Eddleston Scotland [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1]

Edwardstown South Australia [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Eyemouth Scotland [1]

Galashiels, Selkirkshire [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [1]

Hawick, Roxburghshire [1]

Heathcote Victoria [1]

Inverell New South Wales [1]

Inveresk, Midlothian [1]

Islington,Middlesex. [1]

Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian) [1]

Kirkliston, Scotland [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leith, Midlothian [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Leslie, Fifeshire [1]

Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London England [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Maffra Victoria [1]

Manly New South Wales [1]

Midlothian [1]

Murchinson Victoria [1]

Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [238]

Gunner [22]

Serjeant [16]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Driver [14]

Sapper [14]

Corporal [13]

Captain [9]

Lance Corporal [5]

Pioneer [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Works Manager [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cooper [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Forewoman [1]

Founder and Organiser [1]

Gunner(T) [1]

Joint Munitions Factory Manager, Site 2 [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Munitions Factory Manager, Site 2 [1]

Munitions Factory Works Manager [1]

Nurse [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Skipper [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Volunteer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [31]

Labour Corps [28]

Royal Engineers [27]

Highland Light Infantry [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [15]

Gordon Highlanders [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Seaforth Highlanders [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

Cameron Highlanders [12]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [11]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [11]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

5/6th Royal Scots [6]

Indian Defence Force [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

4th Royal Scots [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

French Red Cross [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Scots Guards [3]

11th Battalion Royal Scots [2]

1st Royal Scots [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery Transport [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [353]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Australian Imperial Force [31]

Royal Navy [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [479]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [465]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Sydney New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Greenwich, London [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Sale Victoria [2] West Hartlepool, Durham [2] Allansford Victoria [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Auckland [1] Balmain, New South Wales [1] Berwick, Northumberland [1] Blantyre Lanarkshire. [1] Carlisle England [1] Dunbar, Haddington [1] Dunedin [1] Durham [1] Eddleston Scotland [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1] Edwardstown South Australia [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Eyemouth Scotland [1] Galashiels, Selkirkshire [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] Hawick, Roxburghshire [1] Heathcote Victoria [1] Inverell New South Wales [1] Inveresk, Midlothian [1] Islington,Middlesex. [1] Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian) [1] Kirkliston, Scotland [1] Lambeth, London [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leith, Midlothian [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Leslie, Fifeshire [1] Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Maffra Victoria [1] Manly New South Wales [1] Midlothian [1] Murchinson Victoria [1] Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [238] Gunner [22] Serjeant [16] Second Lieutenant [15] Driver [14] Sapper [14] Corporal [13] Captain [9] Lance Corporal [5] Pioneer [5] Lieutenant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Works Manager [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cooper [1] Deck Hand [1] Forewoman [1] Founder and Organiser [1] Gunner(T) [1] Joint Munitions Factory Manager, Site 2 [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Munitions Factory Manager, Site 2 [1] Munitions Factory Works Manager [1] Nurse [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Skipper [1] Temporary Captain [1] Volunteer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [31] Labour Corps [28] Royal Engineers [27] Highland Light Infantry [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Field Artillery [18] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [15] Gordon Highlanders [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Seaforth Highlanders [14] Army Service Corps [12] Cameron Highlanders [12] King's Own Scottish Borderers [11] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Scots Fusiliers [11] Scottish Rifles [11] Durham Light Infantry [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] 5/6th Royal Scots [6] Indian Defence Force [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Highlanders [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] 4th Royal Scots [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] French Red Cross [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Scots Guards [3] 11th Battalion Royal Scots [2] 1st Royal Scots [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery Transport [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [353] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Australian Imperial Force [31] Royal Navy [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [479] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [465] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Claude H Borthwick

Died 1916

British Army 3956 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Thomas C. Borthwick

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1567 Private 5/6th Royal Scots

British Army 1567 Private Royal Scots

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James Morris Borthwick

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 65095

Canadian Expeditionary Force 65095 Private Canadian Infantry

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Horace Charles Borthwick

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 22394 Pioneer Royal Engineers 5th Field company.

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Robert Borthwick

Died 1918

British Army 29312 Private Royal Scots

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Stephen Alexander Borthwick

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 696848

Canadian Expeditionary Force 696848 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Borthwick

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 4881 Private Royal Scots

British Army 201561 Private Royal Scots

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James Borthwick

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 40013 Private Royal Scots

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James Borthwick

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281701

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John M. Borthwick

Died 1917

British Army 39031 Private Highland Light Infantry

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George Borthwick

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 5547 Private Royal Scots

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Thomas Borthwick

Died 1917

British Army 16572 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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David Borthwick

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 522 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 650165 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Borthwick

Died 1915

British Army 3994 Private 1st Royal Scots

British Army 3994 Private Royal Scots

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Alexander Borthwick

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3067 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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James Borthwick

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army S/13227 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 21352 Private Cameron Highlanders

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James Borthwick

Died 1915

British Army 16175 Private 13th Royal Scots

British Army 16175 Private Royal Scots

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Edward Lawrence Borthwick

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 22320 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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John Borthwick

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy J61871 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid

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George L. Borthwick

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51028 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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