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Wick, Caithness [4]

Aberdeen [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Auckland [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Northam Western Australia [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Wick [2]

Wick Scotland [2]

Wick, Caithness-Shire [2]

17 St Clair Street Glasgow [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Alloa Scotland [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Arbroath, Scotland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

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Barrow- on-Furness England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Carnwath, Lanarkshire [1]

Caversham, Dunedin [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Drury, Auckland [1]

Echuca Victoria [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

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Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

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Kincaple, St Andrews, Fife [1]

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Lochside, Caithness-Shire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lybster, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Maryhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Milton [1]

Moama New South Wales [1]

Montreal, Quebec [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Orkney, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [252]

Corporal [28]

Gunner [25]

Serjeant [24]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Lance Corporal [14]

Sapper [13]

Captain [12]

Driver [12]

Lieutenant [9]

Major [9]

Acting Corporal [5]

Seaman [5]

Temporary Captain [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Flight Commander [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Ind Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal and Private [1]

Lance Serjeant Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [51]

Gordon Highlanders [44]

Royal Highlanders [32]

Army Service Corps [27]

Labour Corps [27]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Royal Engineers [25]

Royal Scots [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Cameron Highlanders [14]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [13]

London Regiment [12]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11]

Highland Light Infantry [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Scottish Rifles [7]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

Military Foot Police [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

1/5th Royal Highlanders [2]

114th Mahrattas [2]

29th Punjabis [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2]

Canadian Engineers [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Indian Army [2]

Indian Defence Force [2]

Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2]

Northern Rhodesia Police [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Service

British Army [406]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [96]

Royal Navy [52]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Last name first letter

B [643]

Contribution

Military Service [618]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

New Zealand [6]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Wick, Caithness [4] Aberdeen [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Auckland [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Edinburgh [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Northam Western Australia [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Wick [2] Wick Scotland [2] Wick, Caithness-Shire [2] 17 St Clair Street Glasgow [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Alloa Scotland [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Arbroath, Scotland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Banffshire [1] Barrow- on-Furness England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Carnwath, Lanarkshire [1] Caversham, Dunedin [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Drury, Auckland [1] Echuca Victoria [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edmonton, London [1] Forfar [1] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Gordon Victoria [1] Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Greenwich, London [1] Halifax, Nova Scotia [1] Keiss, Caithness [1] Kincaple, St Andrews, Fife [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Lochside, Caithness-Shire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lybster, Caithness, Scotland [1] Maryhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Milton [1] Moama New South Wales [1] Montreal, Quebec [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Orkney, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [252] Corporal [28] Gunner [25] Serjeant [24] Second Lieutenant [20] Lance Corporal [14] Sapper [13] Captain [12] Driver [12] Lieutenant [9] Major [9] Acting Corporal [5] Seaman [5] Temporary Captain [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Sub Conductor [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Flight Commander [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brigadier General [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Engineer Captain [1] Ind Corporal [1] Lance Corporal and Private [1] Lance Serjeant Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [51] Gordon Highlanders [44] Royal Highlanders [32] Army Service Corps [27] Labour Corps [27] Royal Field Artillery [27] Royal Engineers [25] Royal Scots [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Royal Naval Division [17] Cameron Highlanders [14] Canadian Infantry [14] Royal Scots Fusiliers [13] London Regiment [12] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11] Highland Light Infantry [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Scottish Rifles [7] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [6] Royal Air Force [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] Military Foot Police [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] 1/5th Royal Highlanders [2] 114th Mahrattas [2] 29th Punjabis [2] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2] Canadian Engineers [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Indian Army [2] Indian Defence Force [2] Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2] Northern Rhodesia Police [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Flying Corps [2]

Service

British Army [406] Canadian Expeditionary Force [96] Royal Navy [52] Australian Imperial Force [28] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Last name first letter

B [643]

Contribution

Military Service [618] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22] New Zealand [6] Canada [1]

Wesley Hayward Bremner

Born 1896

Died 1921

Canadian Expeditionary Force 304365 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 9th Brigade

Canadian Expeditionary Force 304365 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillary 9th Brigade

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Andrew Douglas Bremner

Born 1889

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10270 Second Lieutenant Auckland Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Leslie Reid Bremner

Born 1895

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25/1117 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Donald Bremner

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 290103 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1585 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1585 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Francis Bremner

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy Z/1865 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/1865 Seaman Howe Battlalion

Royal Navy Clyde, Z/1865 Able Seaman Benbow Battalion

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Peter Bremner

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 9872 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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David Bremner

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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George Bremner

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers 80th Field Coy

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George Bremner

Born 1865

Died 1915

British Army 2053 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Arthur Bremner

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65291

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James Bremner

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58845

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David Edward Ford Bremner

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 171006

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John Bremner

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129386

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David Bremner

Born 1864

Died 1916

Royal Navy A/493 Sergeant Royal Fleet Reserve Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/3029 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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James Bremner

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53495

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Frank Duguid Bremner

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97582

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Simon Bremner

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206884

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John Bremner

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301393

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Alexander James Bremner

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army S/40088 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/40088 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

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John Bremner

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 3983 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 23666 Private Royal Defence Corps 209th Protection Coy.

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