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Edinburgh, Midlothian [12]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [11]

Edinburgh [10]

Collingwood Victoria [6]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [5]

Glasgow Scotland [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Armidale New South Wales [4]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Belfast, Down [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Edinburgh Scotland [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Aramac Queensland [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Grafton New South Wales [3]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Lithgow New South Wales [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Maitland New South Wales [3]

South Melbourne Victoria [3]

Warrnambool Victoria [3]

Windsor New South Wales [3]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barony, Glasgow [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Cootamundra New South Wales [2]

Down [2]

Dudley New South Wales [2]

Dumfries [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Greta Victoria [2]

Jamestown South Australia [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Lisburn, Antrim [2]

London England [2]

Musselburgh Edinburgh [2]

Narrabri New South Wales [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Nigg, Kincardineshire [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1353]

Gunner [106]

Corporal [103]

Driver [102]

Serjeant [96]

Sapper [88]

Captain [66]

Second Lieutenant [66]

Lance Corporal [64]

Lieutenant [64]

Major [24]

Bombardier [16]

Acting Corporal [15]

Nurse [13]

Able Seaman [10]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Sister [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Midshipman [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Commander [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Scots [187]

Labour Corps [174]

Royal Engineers [156]

Royal Field Artillery [153]

Army Service Corps [130]

Highland Light Infantry [121]

Royal Army Medical Corps [85]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [84]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [83]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [79]

Royal Highlanders [79]

Scottish Rifles [78]

Royal Garrison Artillery [55]

Gordon Highlanders [53]

Seaforth Highlanders [50]

Machine Gun Corps [45]

London Regiment [41]

Royal Irish Rifles [39]

Cameron Highlanders [38]

Northumberland Fusiliers [37]

Royal Naval Division [35]

Canadian Infantry [33]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [33]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Scots Guards [25]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [19]

Army Veterinary Corps [18]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Rifle Brigade [14]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

Tank Corps [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Corps of Hussars [10]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Lothian and Border Horse [9]

Scottish Horse [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Service

British Army [2067]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [275]

Australian Imperial Force [199]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [168]

Royal Navy [161]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [66]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [5]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [3005]

B [1]

C [1]

K [1]

P [1]

T [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2946]

Merchant Navy [49]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

New Zealand [2]

Canada [1]

India [1]

United States [1]

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Edinburgh, Midlothian [12] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [11] Edinburgh [10] Collingwood Victoria [6] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [5] Glasgow Scotland [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Armidale New South Wales [4] Belfast, Antrim [4] Belfast, Down [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Edinburgh Scotland [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Aramac Queensland [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Grafton New South Wales [3] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Lithgow New South Wales [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Maitland New South Wales [3] South Melbourne Victoria [3] Warrnambool Victoria [3] Windsor New South Wales [3] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barony, Glasgow [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Cootamundra New South Wales [2] Down [2] Dudley New South Wales [2] Dumfries [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Greta Victoria [2] Jamestown South Australia [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Lisburn, Antrim [2] London England [2] Musselburgh Edinburgh [2] Narrabri New South Wales [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Nigg, Kincardineshire [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Richmond Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1353] Gunner [106] Corporal [103] Driver [102] Serjeant [96] Sapper [88] Captain [66] Second Lieutenant [66] Lance Corporal [64] Lieutenant [64] Major [24] Bombardier [16] Acting Corporal [15] Nurse [13] Able Seaman [10] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Pioneer [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Sister [6] Deck Hand [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sergeant [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Trooper [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Midshipman [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Major [3] Worker [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Commander [2] Flight Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Scots [187] Labour Corps [174] Royal Engineers [156] Royal Field Artillery [153] Army Service Corps [130] Highland Light Infantry [121] Royal Army Medical Corps [85] King's Own Scottish Borderers [84] Royal Scots Fusiliers [83] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [79] Royal Highlanders [79] Scottish Rifles [78] Royal Garrison Artillery [55] Gordon Highlanders [53] Seaforth Highlanders [50] Machine Gun Corps [45] London Regiment [41] Royal Irish Rifles [39] Cameron Highlanders [38] Northumberland Fusiliers [37] Royal Naval Division [35] Canadian Infantry [33] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [33] Liverpool Regiment [25] Scots Guards [25] Durham Light Infantry [23] Royal Fusiliers [21] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [19] Army Veterinary Corps [18] Royal Irish Fusiliers [16] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] Rifle Brigade [14] South Lancashire Regiment [13] Tank Corps [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Voluntary Aid Detachment [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Corps of Hussars [10] Devonshire Regiment [10] Royal Horse Artillery [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Lothian and Border Horse [9] Scottish Horse [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Service

British Army [2067] Canadian Expeditionary Force [275] Australian Imperial Force [199] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [168] Royal Navy [161] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [66] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [5] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [3005] B [1] C [1] K [1] P [1] T [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2946] Merchant Navy [49] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [66] New Zealand [2] Canada [1] India [1] United States [1]

Charles Frederick Dickson

Born 1891

Died 1994

British Army 757 Rifleman Middlesex Regiment Prince of Wales Own 12th Civil Service Volunteer Rifle Corps

British Army 673 Rifleman County of London Regiment (Prince of Wales Own, Civil Service) 15th Battalion

British Army 1010 Rifleman County of London Regiment 9th Battalion, Queen Victoria's

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George Frederick Hayes Dickson

Born 1873

Died 1957

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers Reserve of Officers GHQ Staff &c Railway Transport Officer

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Walter Elliott Dickson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army B/19927 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Henry Leslie Dickson

Born 1890

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 34823 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Augustus Dickson

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 4292 Private Liverpool Regiment

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George Dickson

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 3405 Guardsman Scots Guards

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George Dickson

Born 1880

British Army 19598 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 295550 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 6463 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry

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William Henry Percy Dickson

Born 1884

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) B/35759 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35759 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps School for Wireless Operators

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Charles Edmund Dickson

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 45737 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 34th Field Ambulance

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Hugh Dickson

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 6573 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6573 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Archibald Dickson

Born 1867

Died 1918

British Army 245249 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army SE/9798 Horsekeeper Army Veterinary Corps

British Army WR/265906 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Construction Troops Depot

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Francis James Dickson

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 43920 Acting Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery 3rd Brigade

British Army 43920 Acting Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery "E" Battery

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Andrew Dickson

Born 1894

Died 1934

British Army 1173 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/40340 Private Royal Highlanders

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David Smart Dickson

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy 231520

Royal Navy 231520 Able Seaman HMS Fame

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Adam Dickson

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 98613 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 98613 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Isabella Dickson

Born 1882

Died 1940

British Army Nurse French Red Cross

British Army Sister Imperial Service League

Other Empire Force Sister Mrs St Clair Stobarts Unit

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Archibald Annan Dickson

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army Trench Mortar Officer Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 2/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion Sherwood Foresters

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 2/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion Sherwood Foresters

British Army Captain 125 Trench Mortar Battery 42nd Division

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Sidney Gavin Dickson

Born 1898

Died 1991

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189741

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Samuel Donaldson Dickson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267985

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David Dickson

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145136

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