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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [19]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [3]

Armadale Victoria [2]

Arran, Scotland [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Driffield Victoria [2]

Dunoon, Argyllshire [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Galashiels Scotland [2]

Gatton Queensland [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Hawick, Roxburghshire [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Lanarkshire [2]

Lancefield Victoria [2]

Larkhall, Lanarkshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Newmilns, Ayrshire [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Tighes Hill New South Wales [2]

Williamstown Victoria [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Armagh [1]

Arran, Bute [1]

Ashburnham New South Wales [1]

Ashington, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Aubury Victoria [1]

Ayr Scotland [1]

Ayshire Scotland [1]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1]

Baillieston, Lanark, Scotland [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Rank

Private [976]

Gunner [110]

Driver [98]

Serjeant [88]

Corporal [75]

Sapper [52]

Lance Corporal [50]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Captain [28]

Lieutenant [18]

Acting Corporal [17]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Bombardier [13]

Pioneer [13]

Major [10]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Worker [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Colonel/Temporary Major General [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Drummer [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sergeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Sub Conductor [3]

Trooper [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant General [2]

Nurse [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [137]

Labour Corps [124]

Royal Engineers [113]

Highland Light Infantry [106]

Army Service Corps [96]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [85]

Royal Scots [69]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [65]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [63]

Royal Garrison Artillery [62]

Scottish Rifles [53]

Gordon Highlanders [47]

Cameron Highlanders [37]

Canadian Infantry [37]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Seaforth Highlanders [36]

London Regiment [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [33]

Royal Highlanders [33]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [26]

Liverpool Regiment [26]

Royal Irish Rifles [22]

Manchester Regiment [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [17]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [11]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [7]

Canadian Field Artillery [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Scots Guards [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Tank Corps [6]

13th Royal Scots [5]

Service

British Army [1526]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [375]

Australian Imperial Force [143]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120]

Royal Navy [116]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [51]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [2405]

Contribution

Military Service [2350]

Merchant Navy [48]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Canada [3]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [19] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Adelaide South Australia [5] Edinburgh, Midlothian [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Glasgow Scotland [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Carlton Victoria [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Paisley, Renfrewshire [3] Armadale Victoria [2] Arran, Scotland [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Driffield Victoria [2] Dunoon, Argyllshire [2] Edinburgh [2] Footscray Victoria [2] Galashiels Scotland [2] Gatton Queensland [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] Hawick, Roxburghshire [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Lanarkshire [2] Lancefield Victoria [2] Larkhall, Lanarkshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Newmilns, Ayrshire [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Tighes Hill New South Wales [2] Williamstown Victoria [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Adelong New South Wales [1] Armagh [1] Arran, Bute [1] Ashburnham New South Wales [1] Ashington, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Aubury Victoria [1] Ayr Scotland [1] Ayshire Scotland [1] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1] Baillieston, Lanark, Scotland [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Rank

Private [976] Gunner [110] Driver [98] Serjeant [88] Corporal [75] Sapper [52] Lance Corporal [50] Second Lieutenant [42] Captain [28] Lieutenant [18] Acting Corporal [17] Acting Serjeant [16] Bombardier [13] Pioneer [13] Major [10] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Worker [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Bombardier [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Colonel/Temporary Major General [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Drummer [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sergeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Sub Conductor [3] Trooper [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant General [2] Nurse [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [137] Labour Corps [124] Royal Engineers [113] Highland Light Infantry [106] Army Service Corps [96] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [85] Royal Scots [69] Royal Scots Fusiliers [65] King's Own Scottish Borderers [63] Royal Garrison Artillery [62] Scottish Rifles [53] Gordon Highlanders [47] Cameron Highlanders [37] Canadian Infantry [37] Machine Gun Corps [36] Seaforth Highlanders [36] London Regiment [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [33] Royal Highlanders [33] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [26] Liverpool Regiment [26] Royal Irish Rifles [22] Manchester Regiment [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [17] Royal Fusiliers [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Royal Naval Division [15] Durham Light Infantry [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Royal Irish Fusiliers [11] Cheshire Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] Canadian Army Medical Corps [7] Canadian Field Artillery [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Scots Guards [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Tank Corps [6] 13th Royal Scots [5]

Service

British Army [1526] Canadian Expeditionary Force [375] Australian Imperial Force [143] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120] Royal Navy [116] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [51] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [2405]

Contribution

Military Service [2350] Merchant Navy [48] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Canada [3] India [1] South Africa [1]

Robert Currie

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army 40210 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th/8th Battalion

British Army 40210 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion

British Army 40210 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Bn

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Robert Darney Currie

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 75194

Canadian Expeditionary Force 75194 Private Canadian Infantry 29th Bn

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Ulric Algernon Currie

Born 1888

Died 1942

British Army Lieutenant The Highland Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant 17th Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant Honorary Captain Richmond Park Royal Air Force

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Arthur William Currie

Born 1875

Died 1933

British Army Colonel/Temporary Major General Canadian Local Forces

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant General Commanding Canadian Corps/Commands and Staff

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David Currie

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 121778 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Kenneth Currie

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654469

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654469 Private Canadian Infantry

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Andrew Currie

Born 1886

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 47

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Robert Currie

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1918 Private Royal Scots 1/7th Battalion

British Army 1918 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Scots 3/7th Battalion

British Army 1918 Private Royal Scots 3/7th Battalion

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James Currie

Born 1896

British Army 6601 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200211 Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6601 Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Robert Currie

Born 1878

British Army T/4264 Corporal Army Service Corps Transport

British Army T4/247072 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army Driver Royal Army Service Corps 52nd Train

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Harry Currie

Born 1895

Died 1935

British Army 2933 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army 260555 Private Border Regiment

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Arthur Cecil Currie

Born 1863

Died 1942

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Brigadier General GOC Heavy Artillery, Canadian Corps

British Army Temporary Brigadier General GOC 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade

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Harold Reginald Currie

Born 1896

Died 1967

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654196

Canadian Expeditionary Force Corporal

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Gilbert Heron Currie

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2242 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th battalion highland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 9th.hli/argyll and Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Allan Peter Currie

Born 1894

Died 1944

British Army 1600 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th battalion highland Battalion

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 6th highland Battalion

British Army 51715 Major Highland Light Infantry

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Alexander Currie

Born 1889

British Army 991 Royal Scots 7th Provisional Battalion

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Duncan Currie

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 18999 Serjeant Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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David Currie

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 51267 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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John Currie

Died 1917

British Army 9620 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 9620 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

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James Albert Currie

Born 1889

Died 1930

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Army Medical Corps

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