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Sydney New South Wales [23]

Melbourne Victoria [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7]

Dubbo New South Wales [6]

Newcastle, Northumberland [6]

South Shields, Durham, England [6]

Buckie, Banffshire [5]

Edinburgh Scotland [5]

Shetland, Scotland [5]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Adelong New South Wales [4]

Bathurst New South Wales [4]

Batley, Yorkshire [4]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

London England [4]

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [4]

Wick Scotland [4]

Aberdeen [3]

Albany Western Australia [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Aberdeenshire [2]

Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, Scotland [2]

Auburn Victoria [2]

Banff, Banffshire [2]

Banff, Scotland [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bellside, Lanarkshire [2]

Berwick, Northumberland [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Caithness Scotland [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Cork [2]

Cupar Scotland [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Jarrow, Durham [2]

Koroit Victoria [2]

Lancashire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Liverpool England [2]

London [2]

Rank

Private [1485]

Gunner [151]

Corporal [122]

Driver [111]

Second Lieutenant [107]

Serjeant [100]

Sapper [85]

Captain [72]

Lieutenant [64]

Lance Corporal [60]

Major [51]

Acting Corporal [28]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Lieutenant Colonel [22]

Bombardier [19]

Pioneer [16]

Rifleman [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Worker [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Sister [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Colonel [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Seaman [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Nurse [5]

Nursing Sister [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Commander [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Engineman [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Orderly [3]

Skipper [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Trimmer [3]

Volunteer [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Leading Seaman [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [192]

Royal Field Artillery [182]

Labour Corps [179]

Army Service Corps [162]

Gordon Highlanders [156]

Royal Scots [96]

Royal Army Medical Corps [93]

Royal Garrison Artillery [90]

Royal Highlanders [83]

Highland Light Infantry [71]

London Regiment [67]

Seaforth Highlanders [66]

Machine Gun Corps [62]

Cameron Highlanders [58]

Northumberland Fusiliers [55]

Durham Light Infantry [43]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [41]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [41]

Royal Naval Division [37]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [36]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Royal Army Service Corps [33]

Scottish Rifles [32]

Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Rifle Brigade [23]

Essex Regiment [22]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Royal Naval Reserve [20]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Canadian Infantry [19]

Manchester Regiment [19]

Northamptonshire Regiment [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Tank Corps [16]

French Red Cross [15]

Staff [15]

British West Indies Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Royal Air Force [14]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

Scots Guards [14]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [13]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [13]

West Riding Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [2436]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [281]

Australian Imperial Force [227]

Royal Navy [222]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [161]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [72]

Indian Army [11]

Other Empire Force [8]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [3515]

K [10]

F [1]

J [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3383]

Merchant Navy [101]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [72]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Guyana [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [23] Melbourne Victoria [14] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9] London, Middlesex, England [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7] Dubbo New South Wales [6] Newcastle, Northumberland [6] South Shields, Durham, England [6] Buckie, Banffshire [5] Edinburgh Scotland [5] Shetland, Scotland [5] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [4] Adelong New South Wales [4] Bathurst New South Wales [4] Batley, Yorkshire [4] Glasgow Scotland [4] London England [4] Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [4] Wick Scotland [4] Aberdeen [3] Albany Western Australia [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Aberdeenshire [2] Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, Scotland [2] Auburn Victoria [2] Banff, Banffshire [2] Banff, Scotland [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bellside, Lanarkshire [2] Berwick, Northumberland [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bowral New South Wales [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Caithness Scotland [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Cork [2] Cupar Scotland [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Jarrow, Durham [2] Koroit Victoria [2] Lancashire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [2] Liverpool England [2] London [2]

Rank

Private [1485] Gunner [151] Corporal [122] Driver [111] Second Lieutenant [107] Serjeant [100] Sapper [85] Captain [72] Lieutenant [64] Lance Corporal [60] Major [51] Acting Corporal [28] Acting Serjeant [23] Lieutenant Colonel [22] Bombardier [19] Pioneer [16] Rifleman [11] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Worker [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Sister [8] Temporary Captain [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Colonel [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Seaman [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Nurse [5] Nursing Sister [5] Acting Captain [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Brigadier General [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Commander [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Engineman [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Orderly [3] Skipper [3] Staff Nurse [3] Trimmer [3] Volunteer [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Leading Seaman [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [192] Royal Field Artillery [182] Labour Corps [179] Army Service Corps [162] Gordon Highlanders [156] Royal Scots [96] Royal Army Medical Corps [93] Royal Garrison Artillery [90] Royal Highlanders [83] Highland Light Infantry [71] London Regiment [67] Seaforth Highlanders [66] Machine Gun Corps [62] Cameron Highlanders [58] Northumberland Fusiliers [55] Durham Light Infantry [43] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [41] Royal Scots Fusiliers [41] Royal Naval Division [37] King's Own Scottish Borderers [36] Royal Fusiliers [34] Royal Army Service Corps [33] Scottish Rifles [32] Yorkshire Regiment [31] Rifle Brigade [23] Essex Regiment [22] Middlesex Regiment [22] Liverpool Regiment [20] Royal Naval Reserve [20] The Queen's Regiment [20] Canadian Infantry [19] Manchester Regiment [19] Northamptonshire Regiment [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Suffolk Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Tank Corps [16] French Red Cross [15] Staff [15] British West Indies Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Royal Air Force [14] Royal Flying Corps [14] Scots Guards [14] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [13] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [13] Royal Irish Rifles [13] West Riding Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [2436] Canadian Expeditionary Force [281] Australian Imperial Force [227] Royal Navy [222] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [161] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [72] Indian Army [11] Other Empire Force [8] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [3515] K [10] F [1] J [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3383] Merchant Navy [101] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [72] India [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] Guyana [1]

Frederick Bruce

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 291830 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 291830 Private Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion

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John Elliott Lidderdale Bruce

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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Mabel Emma Bruce

Born 1878

Died 1951

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps No.1 General Hospital France

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps Orpington Hospital

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Jonathan Maxwell Bruce

Born 1873

Died 1914

Indian Army Captain 107th Pioneers

British Army Second Lieutenant

Indian Army Lieutenant 107th Pioneers

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William Arthur Mccrae Bruce

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers att. 1st Battalion

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 59th Scinde Rifles

Indian Army Lieutenant 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)

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Francis Rosslyn Courteney Bruce

Born 1871

Died 1956

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Norman Victor Bruce

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 231391 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Rufus Bruce

Born 1896

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3044 Private 48th Australian Infantry Battalion

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James Bruce

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10744 Company Serjeant Major Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

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John Frederick Bruce

Born 1897

Died 1957

Australian Imperial Force 19207 Private Army Medical Corps

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Servetus Cyril Bruce

Born 1899

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force W17020 Private 5th Australian Reinforcements

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Benjamin Bruce

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 629002

Canadian Expeditionary Force 629002 Private Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 29th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 629002 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Bruce

Born 1882

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111521 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Ernest Osborne Bruce

Born 1899

Died 1975

Royal Navy M28380

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Hon Henry Lyndhurst Bruce

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Scots 3rd Battalion

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Edgar Alfred Bruce

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291887

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George James Bruce

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Captain General List

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Philip Thomson Bruce

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish) (Territorial)

British Army 7508 Private Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)

British Army 7508 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)

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The Hon. George John Gordon Bruce

Born 1883

Died 1967

British Army Second Lieutenant Interpreters

British Army Captain Staff

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George William Bruce

Born 1862

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel 181st Battalion

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