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Sydney New South Wales [7]

Carlisle, Cumberland [5]

Glasgow Scotland [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Cumberland [3]

Newcastle-On-Tyne England [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Dublin [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Milang South Australia [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

148 Blackburn Street Govan Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Annan, Dumfrieshire [1]

Annan, Dumfriesshire [1]

Ashby de la Zouch Leicestershire [1]

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester [1]

Avondale, Lamark [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Birkenhead England [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackwall, London [1]

Blackwood Victoria [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brixton Surrey [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Burntisland Scotland [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Canongate, Edinburgh [1]

Carlisle [1]

Carlisle England [1]

Carstairs Scotland [1]

Cockermouth England [1]

Cootamundra New South Wales [1]

Cumnock, Ayrshire [1]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1]

Dumfrieshire Scotland [1]

Dunedin [1]

Dunfrieshire Scotland [1]

Durham [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [502]

Corporal [41]

Driver [34]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Serjeant [33]

Captain [32]

Gunner [32]

Sapper [26]

Lance Corporal [18]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Lieutenant [11]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [7]

Pioneer [7]

Staff Nurse [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Bombardier [5]

Major [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Sister [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Nurse [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Major [1]

Adjutant [1]

Adjutant Captain Major [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Nursing sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [54]

Border Regiment [52]

Labour Corps [52]

Army Service Corps [47]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [44]

Royal Field Artillery [44]

Royal Scots [32]

Highland Light Infantry [31]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [27]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Cameron Highlanders [14]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

London Regiment [13]

Tank Corps [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Staff [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Indian Army [10]

Scottish Rifles [10]

Gordon Highlanders [9]

Royal Highlanders [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Northumberland Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Scots Guards [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [764]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [127]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56]

Australian Imperial Force [56]

Royal Navy [46]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Last name first letter

C [1086]

M [4]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1077]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [7] Carlisle, Cumberland [5] Glasgow Scotland [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Cumberland [3] Newcastle-On-Tyne England [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Dublin [2] Edinburgh [2] Hertford, Hertfordshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Milang South Australia [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] 148 Blackburn Street Govan Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Annan, Dumfrieshire [1] Annan, Dumfriesshire [1] Ashby de la Zouch Leicestershire [1] Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester [1] Avondale, Lamark [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Birkenhead England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackwall, London [1] Blackwood Victoria [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brixton Surrey [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Burntisland Scotland [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire [1] Canning Town, London [1] Canongate, Edinburgh [1] Carlisle [1] Carlisle England [1] Carstairs Scotland [1] Cockermouth England [1] Cootamundra New South Wales [1] Cumnock, Ayrshire [1] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1] Dumfrieshire Scotland [1] Dunedin [1] Dunfrieshire Scotland [1] Durham [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Ellesmere Port, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [502] Corporal [41] Driver [34] Second Lieutenant [34] Serjeant [33] Captain [32] Gunner [32] Sapper [26] Lance Corporal [18] Acting Serjeant [14] Lieutenant [11] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [7] Pioneer [7] Staff Nurse [6] Acting Corporal [5] Bombardier [5] Major [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Staff Serjeant [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Sister [3] Brigadier General [2] Colonel [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Nurse [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Major [1] Adjutant [1] Adjutant Captain Major [1] Assistant Matron [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Brigade Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Hon Capt [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Nursing sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [54] Border Regiment [52] Labour Corps [52] Army Service Corps [47] King's Own Scottish Borderers [44] Royal Field Artillery [44] Royal Scots [32] Highland Light Infantry [31] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Royal Scots Fusiliers [27] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23] Liverpool Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Manchester Regiment [16] Cameron Highlanders [14] Cheshire Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [14] Machine Gun Corps [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] London Regiment [13] Tank Corps [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Staff [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Indian Army [10] Scottish Rifles [10] Gordon Highlanders [9] Royal Highlanders [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Northumberland Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Scots Guards [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [764] Canadian Expeditionary Force [127] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56] Australian Imperial Force [56] Royal Navy [46] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Last name first letter

C [1086] M [4] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1077] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Australia [1] New Zealand [1] Sri Lanka [1]

James Carruthers

Died 1916

British Army 13371 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 13371 Private Highland Light Infantry 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow)

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Thomas Carruthers

Died 1914

British Army 14192 Private Royal Scots 3rd Battalion

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Walter Donald Carruthers

Born 1881

Died 1968

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps 1st London (City of London) Sanitary Company

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Carruthers

Born 1888

Died 1940

British Army M2/034531 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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James Carruthers

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2939 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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James Oswald Pottinger Carruthers

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7325

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Donald Parsons Carruthers

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army GS/8389 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

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William Carruthers

Died 1916

British Army 32533 Private Manchester Regiment

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Robert Carruthers

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 23776 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 23776 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Carruthers

Died 1917

British Army 241024 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3119 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Henry S Carruthers

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2618 Private London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

British Army 470563 Private London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

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Donald Ross Carruthers

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2411 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th battalion highland Battalion

British Army 2411 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Carruthers

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 6643 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Arthur Edward Carruthers

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41519 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 3372 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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Alfred James Carruthers

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army PS/11215 Private Royal Fusiliers

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John W Carruthers

Died 1917

British Army 330866 Private Royal Scots

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Thomas Carruthers

Died 1917

British Army 31119 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 40644 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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John Carruthers

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 2643 Private Border Regiment 8th bord Battalion

British Army 2643 Private Border Regiment

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Alexander Carruthers

Died 1917

British Army 2246 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 305429 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 2246 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert Carruthers

Died 1915

British Army S/2724 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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