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Bothwell Tasmania [7]

Ilfracombe, Devon [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Sheerness, Kent [3]

Aberdour, Fifeshire [2]

BARSTAPLE [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Creswick Victoria [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Ilfracombe Devon [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Penrith New South Wales [2]

4 Gosling Street, Leicester [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Alloa Scotland [1]

Atherington, Devon [1]

BARNSTAPLE [1]

Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Banffshire [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Budleigh Salterton, Devon [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [1]

Dunbarton Scotland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Echuca Victoria [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Forfar [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Goodleigh, Devon [1]

Great Lakes Tasmania [1]

Heavitree, Devon [1]

Huon Tasmania [1]

Ilfracombe, Devon, England [1]

Ilfracombe, Devon, England [1]

Inveresk, Midlothian [1]

Kattering Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [304]

Corporal [25]

Gunner [25]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Serjeant [24]

Driver [19]

Sapper [18]

Lance Corporal [15]

Captain [11]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Lieutenant [5]

Temporary Captain [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Forewoman [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver Filter [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Filter/Serjeant [1]

Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Major Colonel [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Right Reverend Lord Bishop [1]

Special Military Probationer [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Test Story C [1]

Trooper [1]

Veterinary Surgeon [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [33]

Royal Engineers [32]

Royal Highlanders [30]

Army Service Corps [28]

Gordon Highlanders [27]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Highland Light Infantry [21]

Royal Scots [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17]

Scottish Rifles [17]

Cameron Highlanders [13]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Scots Guards [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Tank Corps [3]

5/6th Royal Scots [2]

54th Sikhs [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [481]

Australian Imperial Force [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [45]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Royal Navy [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [664]

F [4]

A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [658]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Bothwell Tasmania [7] Ilfracombe, Devon [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Sheerness, Kent [3] Aberdour, Fifeshire [2] BARSTAPLE [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Ilfracombe Devon [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Penrith New South Wales [2] 4 Gosling Street, Leicester [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Alloa Scotland [1] Atherington, Devon [1] BARNSTAPLE [1] Ballarat, Victoria [1] Banffshire [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Budleigh Salterton, Devon [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [1] Dunbarton Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Echuca Victoria [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Forfar [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Goodleigh, Devon [1] Great Lakes Tasmania [1] Heavitree, Devon [1] Huon Tasmania [1] Ilfracombe, Devon, England [1] Ilfracombe, Devon, England [1] Inveresk, Midlothian [1] Kattering Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [304] Corporal [25] Gunner [25] Second Lieutenant [25] Serjeant [24] Driver [19] Sapper [18] Lance Corporal [15] Captain [11] Acting Corporal [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Lieutenant [5] Temporary Captain [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Forewoman [1] Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver Filter [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Filter/Serjeant [1] Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lieutenant RNVR [1] Major Colonel [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Reverend [1] Right Reverend Lord Bishop [1] Special Military Probationer [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Test Story C [1] Trooper [1] Veterinary Surgeon [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [33] Royal Engineers [32] Royal Highlanders [30] Army Service Corps [28] Gordon Highlanders [27] Royal Field Artillery [27] Highland Light Infantry [21] Royal Scots [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17] Scottish Rifles [17] Cameron Highlanders [13] London Regiment [13] Royal Scots Fusiliers [13] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Scots Guards [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Tank Corps [3] 5/6th Royal Scots [2] 54th Sikhs [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [481] Australian Imperial Force [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Royal Navy [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [664] F [4] A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [658] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Mervyn Howard Davie

Born 1898

Died 1980

British Army T1601 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 4584 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 528257 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Davie

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220443

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Hubert George Henry Davie

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244271

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James Davie

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 859317 Private Canadian Cameron Highlanders

Canadian Expeditionary Force 859317 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Davie

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191259

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William Charles Davie

Born 1861

Died 1916

Royal Navy A215 Royal Fleet Reserve: Devon

Royal Navy 99229 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Pekin

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John Davie

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106975

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William John Davie

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2505

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Charles L Davie

Died 1917

British Army T4/039845 Driver Army Service Corps

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William Henry Davie

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 14443 Private Welsh Regiment

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Frederick William Davie

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2433 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 2433 Private Norfolk Regiment

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James Davie

Died 1916

British Army 11209 Private Scots Guards

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Charles Smith Davie

Died 1917

British Army 40932 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Edward Davie

Died 1915

British Army 2183 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 2183 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Robert Davie

Died 1917

British Army 42637 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42637 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William J Davie

Born 1894

British Army 2554 Acting Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 265986 Acting Corporal Welsh Regiment

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Charles A Davie

Died 1917

British Army 70235 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alexander Davie

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2329 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 2329 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Michael Davie

Died 1914

British Army 7575 Private Scots Guards

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George Davie

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 26752 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 2026 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 40158 Private Royal Scots 11th Battalion.

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