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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Fremantle Western Australia [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Boggabri New South Wales [3]

Dundee Scotland [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Glasgow [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Ipswich Queensland [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Raywood Victoria [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [2]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Cobargo New South Wales [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland [2]

Cootamundra New South Wales [2]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Jarrow, Durham, England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Narrabri New South Wales [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Parkside South Australia [2]

Port Augusta South Australia [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Shetland, Scotland [2]

Tooborac Victoria [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberporth, Cardiganshire, Wales [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Aldershot England [1]

Alnwick England [1]

Alum Bay Isle of Wight [1]

Alves, Moray, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [934]

Gunner [88]

Corporal [78]

Driver [76]

Sapper [75]

Serjeant [74]

Lance Corporal [42]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Lieutenant [39]

Captain [31]

Acting Corporal [19]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [10]

Pioneer [9]

Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Nurse [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trimmer [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

2nd Armourer's Crew [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [103]

Royal Scots [102]

Royal Field Artillery [95]

Labour Corps [94]

Army Service Corps [89]

Highland Light Infantry [82]

Royal Highlanders [79]

Royal Garrison Artillery [59]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [56]

Gordon Highlanders [56]

Machine Gun Corps [53]

Seaforth Highlanders [44]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [38]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [36]

Royal Army Medical Corps [34]

Scottish Rifles [34]

Royal Irish Rifles [31]

London Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Cameron Highlanders [28]

Royal Naval Division [28]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20]

Scots Guards [17]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [16]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [14]

Border Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Training Reserve Battalion [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Tank Corps [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Scottish Horse [6]

Service

British Army [1419]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [219]

Australian Imperial Force [157]

Royal Navy [113]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [63]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [2152]

F [1]

G [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2076]

Merchant Navy [66]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [51]

Australia [1]

Grenada [1]

South Africa [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Brisbane Queensland [6] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Fremantle Western Australia [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Boggabri New South Wales [3] Dundee Scotland [3] Dundee, Forfarshire [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Glasgow [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Ipswich Queensland [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Raywood Victoria [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [2] Albert Park Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Cobargo New South Wales [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland [2] Cootamundra New South Wales [2] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Jarrow, Durham, England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Narrabri New South Wales [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Parkside South Australia [2] Port Augusta South Australia [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Shetland, Scotland [2] Tooborac Victoria [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberporth, Cardiganshire, Wales [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Aldershot England [1] Alnwick England [1] Alum Bay Isle of Wight [1] Alves, Moray, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [934] Gunner [88] Corporal [78] Driver [76] Sapper [75] Serjeant [74] Lance Corporal [42] Second Lieutenant [41] Lieutenant [39] Captain [31] Acting Corporal [19] Acting Serjeant [11] Bombardier [10] Pioneer [9] Major [6] Rifleman [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Worker [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Nurse [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trimmer [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Deck Hand [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Sister [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] 2nd Armourer's Crew [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air mechanic 1st Class [1] Air mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [103] Royal Scots [102] Royal Field Artillery [95] Labour Corps [94] Army Service Corps [89] Highland Light Infantry [82] Royal Highlanders [79] Royal Garrison Artillery [59] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [56] Gordon Highlanders [56] Machine Gun Corps [53] Seaforth Highlanders [44] Royal Scots Fusiliers [38] King's Own Scottish Borderers [36] Royal Army Medical Corps [34] Scottish Rifles [34] Royal Irish Rifles [31] London Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Cameron Highlanders [28] Royal Naval Division [28] Liverpool Regiment [25] Durham Light Infantry [23] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20] Scots Guards [17] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [16] Manchester Regiment [16] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Royal Irish Fusiliers [14] Border Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Training Reserve Battalion [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Tank Corps [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Scottish Horse [6]

Service

British Army [1419] Canadian Expeditionary Force [219] Australian Imperial Force [157] Royal Navy [113] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [63] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [2152] F [1] G [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2076] Merchant Navy [66] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [51] Australia [1] Grenada [1] South Africa [1]

Samuel Reynard Donaldson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101570

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David Donaldson

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281056

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Robert Donaldson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106835

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Arthur Robert Donaldson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25576

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John Donaldson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 13/18958 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 13 Battalion

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John Donaldson

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army S/3670 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Malcolm Donaldson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 47788 Private Royal Scots

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George Donaldson

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280393

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Douglas Donaldson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8311

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David Donaldson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150333

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Alexander Donaldson

Born 1867

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Steward Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Steward Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Adela" (Dublin)

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James Donaldson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104306

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Alexander Spencer Donaldson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1468

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George Frederick Donaldson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230692

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Joseph Donaldson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276864

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James Donaldson

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army S/16187 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army Private Cameron Highlanders 2nd Bn.

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George Donaldson

Died 1918

British Army 30016 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 41211 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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George Donaldson

Died 1915

British Army S/16797 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/16797 Private Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 7th Battalion

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John Donaldson

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 19521 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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Robert Donaldson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 306077 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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