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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Surrey Hills Victoria [2]

Windsor Victoria [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Argyleshire Scotland [1]

Argyllshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Berwick Scotland [1]

Dalmally, Argyleshire [1]

Dumbarton [1]

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lancashire [1]

Goodwood South Australia [1]

Gourock Scotland [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Greenock.Scotland [1]

Hampton Victoria [1]

Hebburn [1]

Helensburgh Scotland [1]

Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1]

Kilmaurs [1]

Lake View, Quebec [1]

Londonderry (Derry) [1]

Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Ma Ma Creek Queensland [1]

Madias [1]

Mitta Mitta Victoria [1]

Mittagong New South Wales [1]

Mount Florida, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Mumbles, Gower, Glamorganshire [1]

Navigators Victoria [1]

Newington Edinburgh [1]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [1]

Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [202]

Gunner [26]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Captain [21]

Driver [17]

Corporal [14]

Serjeant [12]

Sapper [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Major [7]

Temporary Captain [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Reverend [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Wheeler Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd.Lieutenant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain Major [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Highland Light Infantry [30]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [20]

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Scots [17]

Labour Corps [16]

Gordon Highlanders [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Cameron Highlanders [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Scots Guards [6]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

General List [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

8th Royal Scots [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Attached 31st Division 94th Infantry Brigade [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps Headquarters [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Service

British Army [334]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [56]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

Royal Navy [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Last name first letter

C [508]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [496]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Melbourne Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] Surrey Hills Victoria [2] Windsor Victoria [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Argyleshire Scotland [1] Argyllshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Berwick Scotland [1] Dalmally, Argyleshire [1] Dumbarton [1] Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lancashire [1] Goodwood South Australia [1] Gourock Scotland [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Greenock.Scotland [1] Hampton Victoria [1] Hebburn [1] Helensburgh Scotland [1] Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1] Kilmaurs [1] Lake View, Quebec [1] Londonderry (Derry) [1] Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Ma Ma Creek Queensland [1] Madias [1] Mitta Mitta Victoria [1] Mittagong New South Wales [1] Mount Florida, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Mumbles, Gower, Glamorganshire [1] Navigators Victoria [1] Newington Edinburgh [1] North Shields, Northumberland, England [1] Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [202] Gunner [26] Second Lieutenant [26] Captain [21] Driver [17] Corporal [14] Serjeant [12] Sapper [9] Lance Corporal [7] Major [7] Temporary Captain [5] Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Reverend [3] Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Wheeler Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd.Lieutenant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Engineer Commander [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain Major [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trumpeter [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Highland Light Infantry [30] Royal Field Artillery [28] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Scots Fusiliers [20] Royal Engineers [18] Royal Scots [17] Labour Corps [16] Gordon Highlanders [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] London Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Cameron Highlanders [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Scottish Rifles [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Scots Guards [6] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Highlanders [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] General List [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] 8th Royal Scots [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Attached 31st Division 94th Infantry Brigade [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps Headquarters [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Service

British Army [334] Canadian Expeditionary Force [56] Australian Imperial Force [35] Royal Navy [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Last name first letter

C [508] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [496] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Ireland [1]

John E Colquhoun

Died 1914

British Army 6711 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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James Colquhoun

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 20782 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William Gourlay Colquhoun

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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John Ferguson Colquhoun

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125681

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Ivor Kenneth Colquhoun

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2670 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

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George Colquhoun

Died 1917

British Army 19305 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 19305 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 19305 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

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William Colquhoun

Died 1918

British Army 17/1794 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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William Colquhoun

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 49892 Private Royal Scots

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John Roger Colquhoun

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141644

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141644 Private Canadian Infantry

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Stewart Colquhoun

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1057071 Private 245th O/S Battalion

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Donald Colquhoun

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41659

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Hugh Mcinnes Colquhoun

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66886

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Robert Colquhoun

Died 1917

British Army 202349 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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James Colquhoun

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 61189 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Crosthwaite Colquhoun

Born 1873

Died 1916

Royal Navy Major Royal Marines - HMS INVINCIBLE

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Duncan Colquhoun

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245663

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William Hislop Colquhoun

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264703

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Angus Colquhoun

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 235583 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army T 183 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 400704 Private Royal Engineers

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Archibald Colquhoun

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 15713 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion

British Army 308011 Private Tank Corps

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Alexander Colquhoun

Died 1917

British Army 2372 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 31504 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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