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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Argyllshire [1]

Ballingry, Fife [1]

Bedlington, Northumberland [1]

Camberwell Victoria [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Colerne, Wiltshire, England [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Inveresk, Midlothian [1]

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Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

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QLD Queensland [1]

Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire [1]

Stroud Green, London [1]

Swanscombe, Kent [1]

Tarbolton, Ayrshire [1]

Torryburn, Fife Scotland [1]

VIC Victoria [1]

near Crieff, Perthshire [1]

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Private [111]

Serjeant [15]

Gunner [12]

Driver [9]

Captain [8]

Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Sapper [6]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2nd Lieutenant (Temp) [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain (Rtd) [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Pipe Major [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Engineers [15]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Highlanders [13]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11]

Highland Light Infantry [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Cameron Highlanders [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

5th Cameron Highlanders [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

10th Hussars [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

French Red Cross [2]

HMS Barham [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps 203rd Provisional Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [2]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

12th Royal Scots [1]

13th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

14th Hussars [1]

1st Cameron Highlanders [1]

20th Hussars [1]

2nd Royal Highlanders [1]

4th Royal Irish Regiment [1]

7th Royal Scots [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [189]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Royal Navy [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [276]

Contribution

Military Service [264]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

New Zealand [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Argyllshire [1] Ballingry, Fife [1] Bedlington, Northumberland [1] Camberwell Victoria [1] Chelsea, London [1] Colerne, Wiltshire, England [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Inveresk, Midlothian [1] Kerang Victoria [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Lewisham, London [1] Lisburn [1] Mitchell Queensland [1] QLD Queensland [1] Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire [1] Stroud Green, London [1] Swanscombe, Kent [1] Tarbolton, Ayrshire [1] Torryburn, Fife Scotland [1] VIC Victoria [1] near Crieff, Perthshire [1]

Rank

Private [111] Serjeant [15] Gunner [12] Driver [9] Captain [8] Corporal [8] Lieutenant [6] Sapper [6] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Lance Corporal [2] Major [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2nd Lieutenant (Temp) [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain (Rtd) [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Major Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Pipe Major [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Stoker [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Engineers [15] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Highlanders [13] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11] Highland Light Infantry [8] Royal Scots [8] Cameron Highlanders [7] Labour Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Gordon Highlanders [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] 5th Cameron Highlanders [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] 10th Hussars [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] French Red Cross [2] HMS Barham [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps 203rd Provisional Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Worcestershire Yeomanry [2] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1] 12th Royal Scots [1] 13th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 14th Hussars [1] 1st Cameron Highlanders [1] 20th Hussars [1] 2nd Royal Highlanders [1] 4th Royal Irish Regiment [1] 7th Royal Scots [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [189] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Royal Navy [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Australian Imperial Force [10] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [276]

Contribution

Military Service [264] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [8] New Zealand [1]

William Colville

Born 1894

British Army 1519 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1519 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 3/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1519 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Reserve) Battalion

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Hugh Davenport Colville

Born 1881

Died 1962

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Captain (Rtd)

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Harold Linklater Colville

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 2nd Lieutenant (Temp) Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 9th Battalion

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Arthur Balfour Colville

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1440 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Alfred Colville

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268982

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James Colville

Died 1916

British Army 22315 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army

British Army 156241 Sapper Royal Engineers 173 Tunnelling Company

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Charles Colville

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81400

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William C Colville

Died 1918

British Army S/18249 Private 5th Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/18249 Serjeant 5th Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/18249 Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

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Henry Colville

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187786

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John Colville

Born 1879

British Army 326 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 326 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2/7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th Fifeshire Battalion (Volunteers)

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David Colville

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18436

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Alexander Colville

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2115 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 300536 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 300536 Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Archibald Henderson Colville

Born 1891

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 41

Canadian Expeditionary Force 41 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Colville

Died 1917

British Army 8277 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 8277 Corporal Highland Light Infantry

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Alexander Colville

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 7798 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

British Army 240686 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

British Army 240686 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Colville

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287119

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Robert Colville

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293568

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James Chambers Colville

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309168

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William Wadsworth Davidson Colville

Born 1898

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 87422 New Zealand Training Unit 47th Reinforcements

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Samuel Colville

Born 1876

Died 1915

Royal Navy 169942

Royal Navy 169942 Petty Officer 1st Class H.M.S. "Formidable."

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