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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]

William Hugh Currie

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196997

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William George Currie

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 17L-4552 Serjeant Major 17th Lancers

British Army L-13246 Serjeant Major Corps of Lancers

British Army L-13246 Serjeant Major 17th Lancers

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Robert Currie

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17397

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George Currie

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139427

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Harry Vaughan Currie

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37644

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Robert Currie

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191878

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James Currie

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301300

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Gerald Duncan Currie

Born 1880

Canadian Expeditionary Force 400029

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William Currie

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130152

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John Currie

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124474

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Isaac Currie

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190717

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James Currie

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267471

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James Currie

Died 1916

British Army 12643 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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James Waters Currie

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282083

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John Currie

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266636

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Herbert Currie

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108211

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Thomas Currie

Born 1874

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 71799

Canadian Expeditionary Force 71799 Private Manitoba Regiment 27th Battalion

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John Currie

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29094

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Christopher Currie

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 110014 Lance Corporal Tank Corps

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Gavin Currie

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75253

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