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Shetland, Scotland [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Wick, Caithness, Scotland [3]

Botany New South Wales [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Blackhill, Durham [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Delting [1]

Dundee Scotland Victoria [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

East Finchley, London [1]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Hendon, London, Middlesex [1]

Hotham Victoria [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland [1]

Mardan Victoria [1]

Meeniyan Victoria [1]

Mount Edgeton Victoria [1]

Mount Egerton Victoria [1]

Oakleigh Victoria [1]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [1]

Palmerston NZ [1]

Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1]

Port Glasgow,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [1]

Robertson New South Wales [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Sauchie,Clackmananshire,Scotland. [1]

Toowoomba Queensland [1]

Warburton Victoria [1]

Wick, Caithness [1]

Rank

Private [102]

Gunner [14]

Serjeant [12]

Sapper [11]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [7]

Major [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Driver [6]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [5]

Major General [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Cadet Serjeant [1]

Colonel/Temporary Major General [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Fleet Paymaster [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Rifleman [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Shipwright Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

T/Sergeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [1]

Temporary Major General [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12]

Royal Highlanders [12]

Royal Scots [11]

Gordon Highlanders [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

London Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Staff [3]

13th Royal Scots [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Young Mens Christian Association [2]

1/1st Highland Divisional Cyclists [1]

1/5th Royal Highlanders [1]

108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

12th Royal Scots [1]

13th Scottish Horse [1]

14th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

15th Scottish Division, 9th (Service) Black Watch [1]

1st Field Ambulance [1]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

1st Royal Scots [1]

2/6th Ghurkhas [1]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [1]

2nd Royal Highlanders [1]

4th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots [1]

4th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1]

4th Reserve Regiment Dragoons [1]

5/6th Royal Scots [1]

6th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [182]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Royal Navy [11]

Last name first letter

C [278]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [262]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Shetland, Scotland [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Wick, Caithness, Scotland [3] Botany New South Wales [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Blackhill, Durham [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Delting [1] Dundee Scotland Victoria [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] East Finchley, London [1] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Hendon, London, Middlesex [1] Hotham Victoria [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland [1] Mardan Victoria [1] Meeniyan Victoria [1] Mount Edgeton Victoria [1] Mount Egerton Victoria [1] Oakleigh Victoria [1] Paisley, Renfrewshire [1] Palmerston NZ [1] Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1] Port Glasgow,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [1] Robertson New South Wales [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Sauchie,Clackmananshire,Scotland. [1] Toowoomba Queensland [1] Warburton Victoria [1] Wick, Caithness [1]

Rank

Private [102] Gunner [14] Serjeant [12] Sapper [11] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [7] Major [7] Acting Corporal [6] Driver [6] Captain [5] Pioneer [5] Major General [3] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bombardier [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Cadet Serjeant [1] Colonel/Temporary Major General [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Fleet Paymaster [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Rifleman [1] Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant [1] Shipwright Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Serjeant [1] T/Sergeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [1] Temporary Major General [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12] Royal Highlanders [12] Royal Scots [11] Gordon Highlanders [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Highland Light Infantry [7] London Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Scots Fusiliers [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Staff [3] 13th Royal Scots [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Scottish Horse [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Young Mens Christian Association [2] 1/1st Highland Divisional Cyclists [1] 1/5th Royal Highlanders [1] 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 12th Royal Scots [1] 13th Scottish Horse [1] 14th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 15th Scottish Division, 9th (Service) Black Watch [1] 1st Field Ambulance [1] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 1st Royal Scots [1] 2/6th Ghurkhas [1] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [1] 2nd Royal Highlanders [1] 4th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots [1] 4th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1] 4th Reserve Regiment Dragoons [1] 5/6th Royal Scots [1] 6th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [182] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Royal Navy [11]

Last name first letter

C [278] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [262] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Roger Aytoun White Couper

Born 1886

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 514571 Corporal

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Robert Storried Couper

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190630

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John William Couper

Born 1892

Died 1973

British Army S4/218020 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S4/218020 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

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Gordon Philip Couper

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 59334 Private Royal Scots

British Army 59334 Private Royal Scots 17 Bn

British Army

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James Mudie Couper

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Cadet Serjeant Officer Training Corps Fettes College Contingent, Junior Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 2nd Highland Brigade (Territorial Force)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 256th Brigade

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William Davidson Couper

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58698

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James W Couper

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49502

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James Couper

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285624

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William Couper

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 28607 Corporal 4th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots 156th Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Division

British Army Corporal

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George Robert Cecil Couper

Born 1898

Died 1975

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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William Couper

Born 1867

Died 1918

Royal Navy L 673 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 6731L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve *mistake in CWGC records

Royal Navy 673/L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section)

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James Stewart Couper

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129435

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Walter Couper

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240079

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William Couper

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 7697 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

British Army 7697 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Fred William Couper

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 25252 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 56305 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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James Couper

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 26358 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 34194 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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James Couper

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3234 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/43290 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/43290 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Peter Couper

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army S/12140 Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 14th.battalion.argyll and Battalion

British Army S/12140 Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Alexander Couper

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army S/4160 Lance Corporal 15th Scottish Division, 9th (Service) Black Watch 44th Brigade

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William Olaf Couper

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1069964

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1069964 Private Canadian Infantry

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