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Aberdeenshire [4]

Shetland, Scotland [3]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Alford Scotland [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barony Scotland [1]

Barton, Lincolnshire [1]

Bellie, Morayshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

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Catrine, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

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Cushnie Scotland [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Great Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Harefield, Middlesex [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Minto ON [1]

Nerang Queensland [1]

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Orange New South Wales [1]

Orkney, Scotland [1]

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Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland [1]

Scotland [1]

Springburn, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Stonehaven, Lincolnshire [1]

Tarves, Aberdeenshire [1]

Wallacetown, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

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Private [134]

Corporal [17]

Gunner [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Driver [10]

Sapper [10]

Serjeant [9]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Sister [4]

Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Sapper [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Private/Corporal [1]

S/S [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant Lance Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Gordon Highlanders [23]

Labour Corps [22]

Army Service Corps [16]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Cameron Highlanders [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Scottish Rifles [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Artillery [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

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

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

1/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1]

1/3rd Scottish Horse [1]

11th Battalion Royal Scots [1]

13th Royal Scots [1]

1st High Brigade [1]

1st South African Infantry [1]

2nd Western General Hospital [1]

3/1st Gurkha Rifles [1]

5/6th Royal Scots [1]

Service

British Army [229]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Royal Navy [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [306]

A [1]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [296]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Aberdeenshire [4] Shetland, Scotland [3] Exeter, Devon [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Alford Scotland [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Barony Scotland [1] Barton, Lincolnshire [1] Bellie, Morayshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Catrine, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Cushnie Scotland [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Edinburgh [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Great Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Harefield, Middlesex [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Minto ON [1] Nerang Queensland [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Orange New South Wales [1] Orkney, Scotland [1] Portland, Dorset [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland [1] Scotland [1] Springburn, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Stonehaven, Lincolnshire [1] Tarves, Aberdeenshire [1] Wallacetown, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Rank

Private [134] Corporal [17] Gunner [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Driver [10] Sapper [10] Serjeant [9] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [4] Sister [4] Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal/Sapper [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Private/Corporal [1] S/S [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant Lance Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30] Royal Field Artillery [28] Gordon Highlanders [23] Labour Corps [22] Army Service Corps [16] Highland Light Infantry [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Cameron Highlanders [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Royal Highlanders [6] Royal Scots [6] Scottish Rifles [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Tank Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Artillery [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2] Scottish Horse [2] Territorial Force Nursing Service [2] Welsh Guards [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 1/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1] 1/3rd Scottish Horse [1] 11th Battalion Royal Scots [1] 13th Royal Scots [1] 1st High Brigade [1] 1st South African Infantry [1] 2nd Western General Hospital [1] 3/1st Gurkha Rifles [1] 5/6th Royal Scots [1]

Service

British Army [229] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Royal Navy [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [306] A [1] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [296] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [5] United States [1]

William J Copland

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army T 1132 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 402616 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Copland

Died 1915

British Army 3/6576 Private Gordon Highlanders

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James Hay Copland

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 2750 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Harold Copland

Died 1917

British Army 15104 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

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Peter Mcglashion Copland

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 3452 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 241112 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Alexander Buchner Copland

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156842

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Anton Morrice Copland

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182227

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Henry Carson Copland

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193252

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Robert Davie Copland

Born 1895

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/1254 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Robert Copland

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 66 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 19652 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Allan Copland

Died 1916

British Army 13309 Private Scots Guards

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John Taylor Copland

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298851

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Charles Copland

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303024

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Alexander Copland

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306310

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Robert Tait Copland

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2060 Private 5/6th Royal Scots

British Army 2060 Private Royal Scots

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Bert Copland

Australian Imperial Force 2809

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James Copland

Australian Imperial Force 47

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George Morris Copland

Australian Imperial Force 16783

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John Copland

Australian Imperial Force 714

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Eric Graeme Copland

Born 1895

Royal Navy 874 S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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