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Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Prospect South Australia [3]

Sidcup [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Muttaburra Queensland [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Belfast [1]

Belleville, Ontario [1]

Belvedere, Kent [1]

Berwick-On-Tweed [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Cambuslang, Lanarkshire [1]

Corstorphine Scotland [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Dalton, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Dunbar Scotland [1]

Echuca Victoria [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Essendon Victoria [1]

Eyemouth, Berwickshire [1]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Gateshead, Durham, England [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Greenock Scotland [1]

Kelsyth, Stirlingshire [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Leith Edinburgh [1]

Leith, Edinburgh [1]

Leith, Midlothian [1]

Leslie, Fife [1]

Leytonstone England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

North Shields, Northumberland [1]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [1]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [1]

Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1]

St Arnaud Victoria [1]

Straiton, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Streaky Bay South Australia [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [188]

Gunner [24]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Corporal [15]

Driver [12]

Sapper [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Captain [5]

Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Major [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Hostel Forewoman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Captain Acting Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [23]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [20]

Labour Corps [19]

Royal Engineers [19]

Royal Highlanders [18]

Royal Scots [18]

Army Service Corps [17]

Gordon Highlanders [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Seaforth Highlanders [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Highland Light Infantry [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Scots Guards [3]

3rd Battalion Royal Highlanders [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Otago Infantry Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [302]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Royal Navy [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [424]

Contribution

Military Service [407]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Prospect South Australia [3] Sidcup [3] Aberdeen [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Muttaburra Queensland [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Belfast [1] Belleville, Ontario [1] Belvedere, Kent [1] Berwick-On-Tweed [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire [1] Cambuslang, Lanarkshire [1] Corstorphine Scotland [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Dalton, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Dunbar Scotland [1] Echuca Victoria [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Essendon Victoria [1] Eyemouth, Berwickshire [1] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Gateshead, Durham, England [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Greenock Scotland [1] Kelsyth, Stirlingshire [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leek, Staffordshire [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Leith Edinburgh [1] Leith, Edinburgh [1] Leith, Midlothian [1] Leslie, Fife [1] Leytonstone England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] North Shields, Northumberland [1] North Shields, Northumberland, England [1] Paisley, Renfrewshire [1] Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1] St Arnaud Victoria [1] Straiton, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Streaky Bay South Australia [1] Sunderland, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [188] Gunner [24] Second Lieutenant [21] Corporal [15] Driver [12] Sapper [9] Acting Corporal [8] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [7] Captain [5] Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Major [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Saddler Staff Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Hostel Forewoman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rear Admiral [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Captain Acting Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [23] King's Own Scottish Borderers [20] Labour Corps [19] Royal Engineers [19] Royal Highlanders [18] Royal Scots [18] Army Service Corps [17] Gordon Highlanders [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Seaforth Highlanders [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Scottish Rifles [11] Highland Light Infantry [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [5] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Corps of Hussars [3] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Scots Guards [3] 3rd Battalion Royal Highlanders [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Otago Infantry Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Yorkshire Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [302] Australian Imperial Force [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Royal Navy [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [424]

Contribution

Military Service [407] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Canada [1]

Douglas Ian Crombie

Died 1918

British Army 532 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 1556 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 406142 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Vincent Robert Alexander Crombie

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Robert Crombie

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy DA 11066 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 11066DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Piscatorial II"

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Charles Napier Crombie

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78103

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Henry Crombie

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 13653 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 114786 Private Labour Corps

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Alexander Crombie

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army S/8870 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8th (Service) Battalion

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William Edgar Crombie

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Charles Crombie

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33615

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James Mchattie Crombie

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Eugene Crombie

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders 4th gordon highland Battalion

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders

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John Crombie

Died 1918

British Army S/23839 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas Hattle Crombie

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7/183 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Rupert Crombie

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41780

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William Maurice Crombie

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Indian Medical Service

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William Crombie

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 3218 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Reuben Crombie

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 24158 Private Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

British Army 24158 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Crombie

Born 1894

British Army M2/136480 Private Army Service Corps

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Alexander Crombie

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 203438 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 203438 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Douglas J Crombie

Died 1918

British Army 532 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 1556 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 406142 Corporal Royal Engineers

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William D Crombie

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 8214 Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 8214 Quarter Master Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8214 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

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