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Melbourne Victoria [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Chertsey, Surrey [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Moore, Lambton, Ontario [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Boorowa New South Wales [1]

Caltowie South Australia [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Carluke, Lanarkshire [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Durrisdeer Scotland [1]

East Melbourne Victoria [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Eudunda South Australia [1]

Gartmore, Perthshire [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Haddington [1]

Hare Hill, Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Hawick, Roxburgh [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Inveresk, Midlothian [1]

Jedburgh, Roxburgh [1]

Leith, Co. Edinburgh [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Lion Creek Queensland [1]

Madras, India [1]

Mullagh, Cavan [1]

New Town Tasmania [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Newhaven, East Sussex [1]

Newtown Tasmania [1]

Ottershaw, Surrey [1]

Owen Sound, Ontario [1]

Perth [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Poplar, Middlesex [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Roxburghshire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Shotts Scotland [1]

Shotts, Lanarkshire [1]

South Yarra Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [183]

Serjeant [27]

Lance Corporal [14]

Corporal [13]

Driver [13]

Gunner [12]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [21]

Labour Corps [21]

Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Scots [15]

Royal Engineers [14]

Highland Light Infantry [12]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Gordon Highlanders [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

Royal Irish Rifles [9]

Cameron Highlanders [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

London Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

8th Royal Scots [2]

9th Royal Scots [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dragoons [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

10th Australian Infantry Brigade [1]

11th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

16th Lancers [1]

2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1]

2nd Light Horse Regiment [1]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [263]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Royal Navy [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

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C [371]

Contribution

Military Service [360]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Chertsey, Surrey [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Moore, Lambton, Ontario [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Boorowa New South Wales [1] Caltowie South Australia [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Carluke, Lanarkshire [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Durrisdeer Scotland [1] East Melbourne Victoria [1] Edinburgh [1] Eudunda South Australia [1] Gartmore, Perthshire [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Haddington [1] Hare Hill, Chertsey, Surrey [1] Hawick, Roxburgh [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Inveresk, Midlothian [1] Jedburgh, Roxburgh [1] Leith, Co. Edinburgh [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Lion Creek Queensland [1] Madras, India [1] Mullagh, Cavan [1] New Town Tasmania [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newhaven, East Sussex [1] Newtown Tasmania [1] Ottershaw, Surrey [1] Owen Sound, Ontario [1] Perth [1] Poplar, London [1] Poplar, Middlesex [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Roxburghshire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Shotts Scotland [1] Shotts, Lanarkshire [1] South Yarra Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [183] Serjeant [27] Lance Corporal [14] Corporal [13] Driver [13] Gunner [12] Second Lieutenant [8] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [21] Labour Corps [21] Army Service Corps [17] Royal Scots [15] Royal Engineers [14] Highland Light Infantry [12] Royal Field Artillery [12] Scottish Rifles [11] Gordon Highlanders [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10] Royal Irish Rifles [9] Cameron Highlanders [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Irish Fusiliers [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Royal Naval Division [5] London Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] 8th Royal Scots [2] 9th Royal Scots [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dragoons [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Tank Corps [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 10th Australian Infantry Brigade [1] 11th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 16th Lancers [1] 2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1] 2nd Light Horse Regiment [1] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [263] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Australian Imperial Force [25] Royal Navy [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

C [371]

Contribution

Military Service [360] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Australia [1]

George Cranston

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army L/10368 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/10368 Corporal East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alexander Cranston

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 103604 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 103604 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 103604 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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William Graham Cranston

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6892 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 6892 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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James Cranston

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2157 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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James Brodie Cranston

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 69417 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alfred Henry Cranston

Born 1890

Australian Imperial Force 2053 Private 10th Australian Infantry Brigade 37th Battalion

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Alexander Charles Cranston

Born 1895

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1254

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James Thomas Cranston

Born 1887

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3441

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William Alexander Cranston

Born 1885

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 475

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Ken Stewart Cranston

Born 1897

Australian Imperial Force 1858 Private 2nd Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force Driver 11th Field Artillery Brigade

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William Thompson Cranston

Died 1917

British Army G/1959 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army G/1959 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army G/1959 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Jonathan Tennent Cranston

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2522 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th battalion highland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 9th highland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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John Buchan Cranston

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Company Sergeant Major Cameron Highlanders 7th Battalion

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Arthur Cranston

Born 1899

British Army Private Training Reserve 23rd Battalion

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Andrew Douglas Cranston

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 899 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 899 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Archibald Lindsay Cranston

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 69 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 19655 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Irvine Charles Cranston

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401231

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David Henry Cranston

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10997 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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George Cranston

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2490 Serjeant Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 300037 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 300037 Serjeant Staffordshire Yeomanry

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H Cranston

Died 1917

British Army 150057 Acting Serjeant Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army 150057 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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