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Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bathgate, West Lothian [1]

Central Province [1]

Dunbar, Haddingtonshire [1]

Eastwood, Renfrewshire [1]

Eaton Square, London [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Forbes New South Wales [1]

Hawick, Roxburgh [1]

Hawick, Roxburghshire [1]

Leith Edinburgh [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Midlothian Scotland [1]

Musselburgh Edinburgh [1]

Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Newhaven, Midlothian [1]

Penarth, Glamorganshire [1]

Sedlescombe, Sussex [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [60]

Lieutenant [15]

Captain [13]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Serjeant [11]

Corporal [9]

Gunner [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Sapper [4]

Driver [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Corporal Corporal [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Acting Serjeant Cook [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [11]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

7th Royal Scots [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

Scots Guards [2]

1/5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1/7th Battalion Royal Scots [1]

11th Hussars [1]

15th Hussars [1]

15th Hussars attached 3rd Hussars/Cavalry [1]

17th Lancers [1]

2/32nd Sikh Pioneers [1]

2/5th Warwickshire Regiment [1]

2nd Battalion Royal Scots [1]

2nd Warwickshire Regiment [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

462nd Home Service Employment Company [1]

47th Sikhs [1]

5/6th Royal Scots [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

7th Battalion Royal Scots [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [145]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Royal Navy [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [180]

D [4]

M [1]

W [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [181]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [187] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bathgate, West Lothian [1] Central Province [1] Dunbar, Haddingtonshire [1] Eastwood, Renfrewshire [1] Eaton Square, London [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Hawick, Roxburgh [1] Hawick, Roxburghshire [1] Leith Edinburgh [1] London, Middlesex [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Midlothian Scotland [1] Musselburgh Edinburgh [1] Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Newhaven, Midlothian [1] Penarth, Glamorganshire [1] Sedlescombe, Sussex [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [60] Lieutenant [15] Captain [13] Second Lieutenant [11] Serjeant [11] Corporal [9] Gunner [6] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Corporal [5] Sapper [4] Driver [3] Temporary Captain [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Staff Nurse [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Corporal Corporal [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Acting Serjeant Cook [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [14] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Engineers [11] Machine Gun Corps [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Highland Light Infantry [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Scottish Rifles [3] 7th Royal Scots [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2] 1/5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1/7th Battalion Royal Scots [1] 11th Hussars [1] 15th Hussars [1] 15th Hussars attached 3rd Hussars/Cavalry [1] 17th Lancers [1] 2/32nd Sikh Pioneers [1] 2/5th Warwickshire Regiment [1] 2nd Battalion Royal Scots [1] 2nd Warwickshire Regiment [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 462nd Home Service Employment Company [1] 47th Sikhs [1] 5/6th Royal Scots [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 7th Battalion Royal Scots [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1] British West Indies Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [145] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Australian Imperial Force [6] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [180] D [4] M [1] W [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [181] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

William Mckenzie Combe

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 251006 Private 5/6th Royal Scots

British Army 251006 Private Royal Scots

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Lister Scott Combe

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 2405 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Julius Campbell Combe

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302214

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Robert Grierson Combe

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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Boyce Anthony Combe

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion attached 4th Battalion

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Samuel Banbour Combe

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant North Irish Horse

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Walter Combe

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 629 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 629 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Lionel Molyneux Combe

Born 1895

British Army Lieutenant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Battalion

Indian Army Acting Captain 2/32nd Sikh Pioneers

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Harvey Alexander Brabazon Combe

Born 1884

British Army Second Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army Captain Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Edwin T F Combe

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25218

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Edwin Emanuel John Combe

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279313

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William Combe

Died 1916

British Army 17046 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Battalion

British Army 17046 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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William Nicoll Combe

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army S/3928 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 340004 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 340004 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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George H. Combe

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 43584 Private Royal Scots

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Stanley Greatrex Combe

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 648 Private London Regiment 3rd county of lond Battalion

British Army 648 Lieutenant London Regiment 3rd county of lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 3rd county of lond Battalion

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David Combe

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 326515 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Norman Harold Combe

Australian Imperial Force 3293

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James Combe

Died 1917

British Army 26054 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 26054 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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George Henry Richard Combe

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Robert Alexander Combe

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319411

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