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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [29]

Melbourne Victoria [27]

Sydney New South Wales [22]

Glasgow Scotland [20]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [19]

Ballarat Victoria [18]

Brisbane Queensland [13]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [9]

Armidale New South Wales [8]

Glasgow [8]

Hamilton Victoria [8]

Prahran Victoria [8]

Edinburgh Scotland [7]

Townsville Queensland [7]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [6]

Grafton New South Wales [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Penshurst Victoria [6]

Aberdeen New South Wales [5]

Benalla Victoria [5]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [5]

Goulburn New South Wales [5]

Guyra New South Wales [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Toowoomba Queensland [5]

Aberdeen Scotland [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4]

Balranald New South Wales [4]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Collingwood Victoria [4]

Edinburgh [4]

Glen Innes New South Wales [4]

Gunnedah New South Wales [4]

Hawthorn Victoria [4]

Inverness [4]

Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [4]

London England [4]

Maffra Victoria [4]

Orbost Victoria [4]

Scotland [4]

Albury New South Wales [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Boort Victoria [3]

Brighton Victoria [3]

Castlemaine Victoria [3]

Clarence River New South Wales [3]

Ipswich Queensland [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Mount Barker South Australia [3]

Mulwala New South Wales [3]

Rank

Private [2279]

Gunner [210]

Corporal [194]

Serjeant [180]

Sapper [147]

Driver [127]

Lance Corporal [127]

Second Lieutenant [124]

Lieutenant [113]

Captain [80]

Acting Corporal [46]

Major [45]

Acting Serjeant [29]

Bombardier [24]

Pioneer [23]

Sister [22]

Lieutenant Colonel [18]

Staff Serjeant [17]

Staff Nurse [15]

Colour Serjeant [14]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Acting Lance Corporal [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Sergeant [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Reverend [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [5]

Nurse [5]

Nursing Sister [5]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Major [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Commander [4]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [4]

Nursing sister [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Chaplain [3]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [387]

Highland Light Infantry [246]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [241]

Royal Engineers [235]

Labour Corps [234]

Seaforth Highlanders [219]

Army Service Corps [209]

Royal Field Artillery [206]

Royal Highlanders [166]

Royal Garrison Artillery [160]

Gordon Highlanders [153]

Royal Scots [146]

Scottish Rifles [133]

Machine Gun Corps [101]

Royal Army Medical Corps [100]

Canadian Infantry [83]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [77]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [65]

Lovat's Scouts [53]

London Regiment [51]

Northumberland Fusiliers [43]

Royal Fusiliers [43]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

Royal Naval Division [37]

Army Ordnance Corps [28]

Royal Defence Corps [28]

Training Reserve Battalion [28]

Royal Army Service Corps [27]

Scots Guards [27]

Scottish Horse [25]

Royal Flying Corps [22]

British West Indies Regiment [21]

Royal Air Force [21]

Tank Corps [20]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [19]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [19]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Royal Irish Rifles [18]

Royal Horse Artillery [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [15]

Cheshire Regiment [15]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [13]

Border Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12]

Service

British Army [3560]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [936]

Australian Imperial Force [689]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [267]

Royal Navy [233]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [223]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

C [6142]

S [4]

M [2]

A [1]

B [1]

J [1]

L [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5942]

Merchant Navy [169]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [78]

Canada [7]

New Zealand [7]

Belgium [1]

France [1]

Guyana [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [29] Melbourne Victoria [27] Sydney New South Wales [22] Glasgow Scotland [20] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [19] Ballarat Victoria [18] Brisbane Queensland [13] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [9] Armidale New South Wales [8] Glasgow [8] Hamilton Victoria [8] Prahran Victoria [8] Edinburgh Scotland [7] Townsville Queensland [7] Edinburgh, Midlothian [6] Grafton New South Wales [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Penshurst Victoria [6] Aberdeen New South Wales [5] Benalla Victoria [5] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [5] Goulburn New South Wales [5] Guyra New South Wales [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Toowoomba Queensland [5] Aberdeen Scotland [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4] Balranald New South Wales [4] Belfast, Antrim [4] Collingwood Victoria [4] Edinburgh [4] Glen Innes New South Wales [4] Gunnedah New South Wales [4] Hawthorn Victoria [4] Inverness [4] Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [4] London England [4] Maffra Victoria [4] Orbost Victoria [4] Scotland [4] Albury New South Wales [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Boort Victoria [3] Brighton Victoria [3] Castlemaine Victoria [3] Clarence River New South Wales [3] Ipswich Queensland [3] London, Middlesex [3] Mount Barker South Australia [3] Mulwala New South Wales [3]

Rank

Private [2279] Gunner [210] Corporal [194] Serjeant [180] Sapper [147] Driver [127] Lance Corporal [127] Second Lieutenant [124] Lieutenant [113] Captain [80] Acting Corporal [46] Major [45] Acting Serjeant [29] Bombardier [24] Pioneer [23] Sister [22] Lieutenant Colonel [18] Staff Serjeant [17] Staff Nurse [15] Colour Serjeant [14] Company Serjeant Major [12] Acting Bombardier [9] Acting Lance Corporal [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Temporary Captain [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Sergeant [7] Deck Hand [6] Reverend [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [5] Corporal Acting Serjeant [5] Nurse [5] Nursing Sister [5] Private Lance Corporal [5] Worker [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Major [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Commander [4] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [4] Nursing sister [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Chaplain [3]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [387] Highland Light Infantry [246] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [241] Royal Engineers [235] Labour Corps [234] Seaforth Highlanders [219] Army Service Corps [209] Royal Field Artillery [206] Royal Highlanders [166] Royal Garrison Artillery [160] Gordon Highlanders [153] Royal Scots [146] Scottish Rifles [133] Machine Gun Corps [101] Royal Army Medical Corps [100] Canadian Infantry [83] Royal Scots Fusiliers [77] King's Own Scottish Borderers [65] Lovat's Scouts [53] London Regiment [51] Northumberland Fusiliers [43] Royal Fusiliers [43] Durham Light Infantry [39] Royal Naval Division [37] Army Ordnance Corps [28] Royal Defence Corps [28] Training Reserve Battalion [28] Royal Army Service Corps [27] Scots Guards [27] Scottish Horse [25] Royal Flying Corps [22] British West Indies Regiment [21] Royal Air Force [21] Tank Corps [20] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [19] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [19] Liverpool Regiment [18] Manchester Regiment [18] Royal Irish Rifles [18] Royal Horse Artillery [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [16] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [15] Cheshire Regiment [15] Canadian Infantry Battalion [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14] Royal Naval Reserve [13] Border Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12]

Service

British Army [3560] Canadian Expeditionary Force [936] Australian Imperial Force [689] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [267] Royal Navy [233] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [223] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

C [6142] S [4] M [2] A [1] B [1] J [1] L [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5942] Merchant Navy [169] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [78] Canada [7] New Zealand [7] Belgium [1] France [1] Guyana [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

John Cameron Alias Campbell

Born 1884

Royal Navy 12438 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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E Cameron-Ker

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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P Cameron-Ford

British Army Trooper Natal Mounted Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry attached Machine Gun Corps

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Elsie Cameron-Corbett

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Andrew Harvey Cameron-Smith

Born 1882

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P Cameron-Ford

British Army Trooper Natal Mounted Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Henry Wallace Sorel-Cameron

British Army Second Lieutenant Labour Corps

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G C M Sorrell-Cameron

British Army Major Cameron Highlanders

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J H Cameron-Webb

British Army Lieutenant 14th Sikhs

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Ada Frances Wilkinson Later Cameron

British Army British Red Cross Society And Order Of Saint John Of Jerusalem

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James Or W Cameron Or Mckeever

Born 1895

Royal Navy Z/2396 Royal Naval Division

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Ellen Miller (mrs Cameron)

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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Agnes Lucy Brown (mrs Cameron)

British Army South African Nursing Service

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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D W Cameron Of Lochiel

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Special Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Highlanders

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Jessie W Cameron (mrs Maccraig)

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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