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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [8]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [6]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Boort Victoria [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [4]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Aberdeen Scotland [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Clare South Australia [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Orkney, Scotland [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Aberdeenshire, Scotland [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Carluke, Lanarkshire [2]

Dundee Scotland [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire [2]

Dunfermline, Fife [2]

Gatton Queensland [2]

Glasgow [2]

Govan, Lanarkshire [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Kinghorn, Fifeshire [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2]

Koolunga South Australia [2]

Leongatha Victoria [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Main Street Bannockburn Stirlingshire [2]

Peebles, Peeblesshire [2]

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire [2]

St Andrews, Fife [2]

Wellington [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Annan Scotland [1]

Arbroath, Forfar [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Bagdad Tasmania [1]

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Bathgate, Linlithgow [1]

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland [1]

Battersea [1]

Rank

Private [644]

Gunner [71]

Corporal [67]

Serjeant [63]

Second Lieutenant [55]

Driver [53]

Sapper [48]

Lance Corporal [36]

Captain [31]

Lieutenant [25]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Major [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Worker [2]

1st Class Staff Serjeant [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chief Controller [1]

Civilian [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [99]

Royal Engineers [92]

Royal Field Artillery [80]

Army Service Corps [76]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [60]

Labour Corps [60]

Royal Highlanders [59]

Highland Light Infantry [58]

Royal Scots [53]

Seaforth Highlanders [48]

Royal Garrison Artillery [47]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Cameron Highlanders [31]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [31]

Scottish Rifles [31]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [25]

London Regiment [24]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [9]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [9]

Tank Corps [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Scots Guards [7]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Scottish Horse [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

9th Royal Scots [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Australian Infantry Battalion [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [1055]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [129]

Australian Imperial Force [90]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72]

Royal Navy [70]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1484]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1436]

Merchant Navy [45]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

New Zealand [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [8] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [6] Brisbane Queensland [5] Boort Victoria [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian [4] Glasgow Scotland [4] Aberdeen Scotland [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Clare South Australia [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Orkney, Scotland [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Aberdeenshire, Scotland [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Carluke, Lanarkshire [2] Dundee Scotland [2] Dundee, Forfarshire [2] Dunfermline, Fife [2] Gatton Queensland [2] Glasgow [2] Govan, Lanarkshire [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Kinghorn, Fifeshire [2] Kirkcaldy, Fife [2] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2] Koolunga South Australia [2] Leongatha Victoria [2] London, Middlesex [2] Main Street Bannockburn Stirlingshire [2] Peebles, Peeblesshire [2] Peterhead, Aberdeenshire [2] St Andrews, Fife [2] Wellington [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Annan Scotland [1] Arbroath, Forfar [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Bagdad Tasmania [1] Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Bathgate, Linlithgow [1] Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland [1] Battersea [1]

Rank

Private [644] Gunner [71] Corporal [67] Serjeant [63] Second Lieutenant [55] Driver [53] Sapper [48] Lance Corporal [36] Captain [31] Lieutenant [25] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [10] Major [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Pioneer [6] Acting Captain [5] Bombardier [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Worker [2] 1st Class Staff Serjeant [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Bandsman [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief Controller [1] Civilian [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [99] Royal Engineers [92] Royal Field Artillery [80] Army Service Corps [76] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [60] Labour Corps [60] Royal Highlanders [59] Highland Light Infantry [58] Royal Scots [53] Seaforth Highlanders [48] Royal Garrison Artillery [47] Machine Gun Corps [34] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Cameron Highlanders [31] Royal Scots Fusiliers [31] Scottish Rifles [31] King's Own Scottish Borderers [25] London Regiment [24] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Canadian Infantry [13] Royal Fusiliers [12] Royal Naval Division [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [9] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [9] Tank Corps [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Scots Guards [7] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Scottish Horse [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Ayrshire Yeomanry [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] 9th Royal Scots [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Australian Infantry Battalion [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [1055] Canadian Expeditionary Force [129] Australian Imperial Force [90] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72] Royal Navy [70] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1484] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1436] Merchant Navy [45] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31] New Zealand [1]

Andrew Chalmers

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 24850 Private Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion

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Robert Chalmers

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army London Regiment 15th (county of lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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James Hynd Chalmers

Born 1884

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1519 Private

Australian Imperial Force 1519 Lance Corporal 11th Battalion

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Alexander Chalmers

Born 1877

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23973 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Morton Chalmers

Born 1891

British Army 6944 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6944 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6944 Acting Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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James Chalmers

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131748 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Walter Chalmers

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3916 Private Liverpool Regiment

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James Chalmers

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 15066 Private Scots Guards 3rd Reserve Battalion

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John Chalmers

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 28849 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 22361 Private Kings Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 28849 Private Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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John Stuart Chalmers

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 9th battalion highland Battalion

British Army Major Highland Light Infantry 1/9th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 1/9th Battalion

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John Colet Chalmers

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 2094 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 2094 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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George Cathels Porter Chalmers

Born 1880

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 422305

Canadian Expeditionary Force A/22305 Private Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regt.) 8th Bat.

Canadian Expeditionary Force A/22305 Private Canadian Infantry

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John James Chalmers

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 1977 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders Taken prisoner at Fresney

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Alan Chalmers

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190091

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William James Chalmers

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193294

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Albert George Chalmers

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31384

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William Chalmers

British Army 6600 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3/2nd Highland Brigade

British Army 6600 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 3/2nd Highland Brigade

British Army 6600 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 3/2nd Highland Brigade

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George Chalmers

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121837

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Frank Bruce Chalmers

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138230

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David Chalmers

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 635876 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 635876 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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