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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]

Andrew Dickson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77121

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James Dickson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142636

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William Arthur Dickson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98070

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Robert Ferguson Dickson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192115

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George Dickson

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282836

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William Dickson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 29718 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Robert Dickson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132377

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John A Dickson

Born 1850

Died 1917

Indian Army Captain Indian Ordnance Department

British Army Recruiting Officer Recruiting Office

Indian Army Sergeant Ordnance Dept

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Francis John Dickson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27167

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James Dickson

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308342

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William John Dickson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79015

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Samuel Penman Dickson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41919

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Robert Hodges Dickson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8547

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David Dickson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112693

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Arthur Henry Dickson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235213

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George Aitken Dickson

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 11295 Private Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

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Barrington Blomfield Dickson

Died 1915

British Army Captain Northamptonshire Regiment

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Frank Dickson

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9739 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

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Arthur Dickson

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Captain South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel South Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Dickson

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 900 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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