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Sydney New South Wales [24]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [16]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [8]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Glasgow Scotland [7]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4]

Beaufort Victoria [3]

Gisborne Victoria [3]

Gympie Queensland [3]

Airdrie Scotland [2]

Arva, Cavan [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Boness Linlithgow [2]

Brenish, Uig [2]

Callander, Perthshire [2]

Clare South Australia [2]

Dublin [2]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

Dungarvan, Waterford [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Glasgow [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Haggs, Stirlingshire [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

Invercargill [2]

Kensington Victoria [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Milford [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Walhalla Victoria [2]

Yarrawonga Victoria [2]

Abbottabad, Bengal [1]

Addiwell Scotland [1]

Albion Queensland [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Aldershot [1]

Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [1]

Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [1]

Allansford Victoria [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [773]

Serjeant [90]

Second Lieutenant [88]

Corporal [74]

Gunner [66]

Captain [64]

Driver [53]

Sapper [49]

Lieutenant [35]

Lance Corporal [34]

Major [19]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Pioneer [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Bombardier [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Staff Nurse [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Seaman [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Commander [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Nurse [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Major [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Highland Light Infantry [98]

Royal Engineers [93]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [87]

Royal Field Artillery [83]

Labour Corps [73]

Army Service Corps [67]

Scottish Rifles [64]

Royal Army Medical Corps [63]

Royal Scots [49]

Seaforth Highlanders [45]

Royal Garrison Artillery [44]

Royal Highlanders [44]

Cameron Highlanders [41]

Machine Gun Corps [41]

Gordon Highlanders [36]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [36]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [33]

London Regiment [26]

Royal Naval Division [26]

Canadian Infantry [25]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [22]

Royal Irish Rifles [21]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20]

British West Indies Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Border Regiment [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Scots Guards [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

North Irish Horse [6]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

French Red Cross [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Staff [5]

Young Mens Christian Association [5]

Service

British Army [1330]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [298]

Australian Imperial Force [191]

Royal Navy [121]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [61]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [2163]

C [1]

F [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2099]

Merchant Navy [52]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

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Sydney New South Wales [24] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [16] Melbourne Victoria [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [8] Brisbane Queensland [7] Glasgow Scotland [7] Bendigo Victoria [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Belfast, Antrim [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4] Beaufort Victoria [3] Gisborne Victoria [3] Gympie Queensland [3] Airdrie Scotland [2] Arva, Cavan [2] Battersea, London [2] Boness Linlithgow [2] Brenish, Uig [2] Callander, Perthshire [2] Clare South Australia [2] Dublin [2] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Dungarvan, Waterford [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Glasgow [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Haggs, Stirlingshire [2] Horsham Victoria [2] Invercargill [2] Kensington Victoria [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Milford [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Walhalla Victoria [2] Yarrawonga Victoria [2] Abbottabad, Bengal [1] Addiwell Scotland [1] Albion Queensland [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Aldershot [1] Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [1] Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [1] Allansford Victoria [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [773] Serjeant [90] Second Lieutenant [88] Corporal [74] Gunner [66] Captain [64] Driver [53] Sapper [49] Lieutenant [35] Lance Corporal [34] Major [19] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [12] Pioneer [12] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Bombardier [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Staff Nurse [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Seaman [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Brigadier General [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Commander [4] Nursing Sister [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Nurse [3] Rifleman [3] Sister [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Major [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Highland Light Infantry [98] Royal Engineers [93] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [87] Royal Field Artillery [83] Labour Corps [73] Army Service Corps [67] Scottish Rifles [64] Royal Army Medical Corps [63] Royal Scots [49] Seaforth Highlanders [45] Royal Garrison Artillery [44] Royal Highlanders [44] Cameron Highlanders [41] Machine Gun Corps [41] Gordon Highlanders [36] Royal Scots Fusiliers [36] King's Own Scottish Borderers [33] London Regiment [26] Royal Naval Division [26] Canadian Infantry [25] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [22] Royal Irish Rifles [21] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20] British West Indies Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Border Regiment [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Scots Guards [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Royal Irish Fusiliers [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Cheshire Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Tank Corps [8] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] North Irish Horse [6] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] French Red Cross [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Staff [5] Young Mens Christian Association [5]

Service

British Army [1330] Canadian Expeditionary Force [298] Australian Imperial Force [191] Royal Navy [121] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [61] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [2163] C [1] F [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2099] Merchant Navy [52] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

James Victor Buchanan

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64452

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John Buchanan

Born 1887

Died 1920

British Army 1590 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 300254 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 00254 Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st/8th Bn.

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Joseph James Buchanan

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102184

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Donald Grant Buchanan

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 118740 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Arthur Irvine Buchanan

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Captain Army Veterinary Corps

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Robert Buchanan

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3611 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Edward Buchanan

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 686 Corporal North Irish Horse

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Joseph J Buchanan

Died 1918

British Army 13999 Private Highland Light Infantry 15th highland Battalion

British Army 13999 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Oscar Leslie Buchanan

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 657062

Canadian Expeditionary Force 657062 Private Canadian Infantry

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Neil Buchanan

Born 1861

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 6874 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 68741DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve *mistake in CWGC records

Royal Navy 6874/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Vigorous."

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Peter Buchanan

Born 1886

Died 1919

Royal Navy A 7700 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 7700A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke."

Royal Navy 7700.A. (Ch.) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke

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J T Buchanan

Born 1870

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Second Mate Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Second Mate Mercantile Marine - SS Rio Verde (London)

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Donald Buchanan

Born 1889

British Army 8751 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 8751 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8751 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Sidney Buchanan

Born 1889

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force 2969 Lieutenant 5th Field Company, Australian Engineers

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Frank Montgomery Buchanan

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154634

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William Neilson Buchanan

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54821

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Walter Buchanan

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70984

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James Finlay Buchanan

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406783

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William Cassels Buchanan

Born 1890

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 5560

Canadian Expeditionary Force 5560 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Orville Andrew Buchanan

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 823666

Canadian Expeditionary Force 823666 Private Canadian Infantry

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