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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [13]

Sydney New South Wales [12]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Brisbane Queensland [8]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

Edinburgh [7]

Edinburgh Scotland [6]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Newcastle On Tyne England [6]

Belfast, Antrim [5]

Glasgow Scotland [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Mount Gambier South Australia [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Perth, Perthshire [4]

Thebarton South Australia [4]

Aberdeen Scotland [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Castlemaine Victoria [3]

Fitzroy Victoria [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Liverpool England [3]

Orange New South Wales [3]

Oxford [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Rockhampton Queensland [3]

Sydney, Cheshire, England [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Alberton South Australia [2]

Barraba New South Wales [2]

Belfast [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [2]

Camperdown New South Wales [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Creswick Victoria [2]

Crosshouse, Ayrshire [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Faversham, Kent, England [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1955]

Gunner [186]

Serjeant [147]

Driver [142]

Corporal [134]

Sapper [120]

Second Lieutenant [116]

Lieutenant [114]

Captain [113]

Lance Corporal [81]

Major [44]

Acting Corporal [27]

Pioneer [23]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Lieutenant Colonel [18]

Staff Nurse [12]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Bombardier [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Commander [8]

Commander [7]

Nursing Sister [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Colonel [6]

Rifleman [6]

Sister [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Temporary Major [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Reverend [5]

Trooper [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Major General [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [231]

Labour Corps [227]

Royal Field Artillery [219]

Army Service Corps [193]

Royal Scots [144]

Royal Army Medical Corps [132]

Royal Garrison Artillery [129]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [124]

Northumberland Fusiliers [119]

Highland Light Infantry [103]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [93]

Gordon Highlanders [92]

Machine Gun Corps [92]

Scottish Rifles [92]

London Regiment [72]

Cameron Highlanders [71]

Royal Highlanders [71]

Seaforth Highlanders [64]

Durham Light Infantry [62]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [56]

Royal Fusiliers [49]

Royal Army Service Corps [43]

Liverpool Regiment [42]

Royal Irish Rifles [40]

Canadian Infantry [36]

Border Regiment [34]

West Yorkshire Regiment [32]

British West Indies Regiment [29]

Royal Naval Division [27]

Manchester Regiment [25]

Rifle Brigade [25]

Yorkshire Regiment [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Cheshire Regiment [22]

Tank Corps [22]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [21]

Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Scots Guards [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

West Riding Regiment [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

York and Lancaster Regiment [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

Essex Regiment [16]

Royal Air Force [16]

Service

British Army [3146]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [447]

Australian Imperial Force [321]

Royal Navy [262]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [194]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [112]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [2]

British Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [4561]

M [16]

A [4]

B [4]

J [4]

L [4]

W [4]

S [2]

C [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4474]

Merchant Navy [92]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [67]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [13] Sydney New South Wales [12] Ballarat Victoria [8] Brisbane Queensland [8] Adelaide South Australia [7] Edinburgh [7] Edinburgh Scotland [6] Hull, Yorkshire [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Newcastle On Tyne England [6] Belfast, Antrim [5] Glasgow Scotland [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Mount Gambier South Australia [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Perth, Perthshire [4] Thebarton South Australia [4] Aberdeen Scotland [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Camberwell, London [3] Castlemaine Victoria [3] Fitzroy Victoria [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Liverpool England [3] Orange New South Wales [3] Oxford [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Rockhampton Queensland [3] Sydney, Cheshire, England [3] Aberdeen [2] Alberton South Australia [2] Barraba New South Wales [2] Belfast [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [2] Camperdown New South Wales [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Crosshouse, Ayrshire [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Faversham, Kent, England [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow [2] Grafton New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1955] Gunner [186] Serjeant [147] Driver [142] Corporal [134] Sapper [120] Second Lieutenant [116] Lieutenant [114] Captain [113] Lance Corporal [81] Major [44] Acting Corporal [27] Pioneer [23] Acting Serjeant [22] Lieutenant Colonel [18] Staff Nurse [12] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Company Serjeant Major [10] Bombardier [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Commander [8] Commander [7] Nursing Sister [7] Acting Captain [6] Colonel [6] Rifleman [6] Sister [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Temporary Captain [6] Temporary Major [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Reverend [5] Trooper [5] Worker [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Major General [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [231] Labour Corps [227] Royal Field Artillery [219] Army Service Corps [193] Royal Scots [144] Royal Army Medical Corps [132] Royal Garrison Artillery [129] King's Own Scottish Borderers [124] Northumberland Fusiliers [119] Highland Light Infantry [103] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [93] Gordon Highlanders [92] Machine Gun Corps [92] Scottish Rifles [92] London Regiment [72] Cameron Highlanders [71] Royal Highlanders [71] Seaforth Highlanders [64] Durham Light Infantry [62] Royal Scots Fusiliers [56] Royal Fusiliers [49] Royal Army Service Corps [43] Liverpool Regiment [42] Royal Irish Rifles [40] Canadian Infantry [36] Border Regiment [34] West Yorkshire Regiment [32] British West Indies Regiment [29] Royal Naval Division [27] Manchester Regiment [25] Rifle Brigade [25] Yorkshire Regiment [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [23] Cheshire Regiment [22] Tank Corps [22] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [21] Army Veterinary Corps [20] Middlesex Regiment [20] Scots Guards [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] West Riding Regiment [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] York and Lancaster Regiment [18] East Lancashire Regiment [16] Essex Regiment [16] Royal Air Force [16]

Service

British Army [3146] Canadian Expeditionary Force [447] Australian Imperial Force [321] Royal Navy [262] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [194] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [112] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [2] British Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [4561] M [16] A [4] B [4] J [4] L [4] W [4] S [2] C [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4474] Merchant Navy [92] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [67] Canada [1] Germany [1] New Zealand [1]

Archie Philip Douglas

Born 1867

Died 1953

British Army 2nd Lieut Royal Artillery

British Army Colonel (Deputy Director, Indian Ordnance Department) Royal Artillery

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Percival Francis Douglas

Born 1887

Died 1955

Australian Imperial Force 3147 Private 22nd Depot Battalion, Royal Park

Australian Imperial Force 3147 Private 57th Battalion 8th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 3147 Private 15th Training Battalion

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Percy Douglas

Born 1897

Died 1981

British Army 3062 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant (Observer) Royal Air Force 11 Squadron

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Albert Douglas

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 65890 Serjeant Royal Engineers 12th Field Company

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John Douglas

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army T5/1197 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1197 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 5th Battalion

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Thomas Douglas

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 468009 Private London Regiment

British Army 368046 Private London Regiment

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William Kenneth Douglas

Born 1891

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25/612 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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William Douglas

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 6330 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200071 Private Scottish Rifles 10th Battalion

British Army 200071 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Battalion

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John William Douglas

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 13644 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Jeffray Douglas

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Alexander Douglas

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army S/40468 Private Royal Highlanders 8th Bn

British Army S/40468 Private Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) 9th Battalion

British Army 2860 Private Royal Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Leonard Joseph Douglas

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 235082 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Myrtle Douglas

Died 1959

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Q19614

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Henry Douglas

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5183 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 356606 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 356606 Serjeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Wilson Douglas

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 6935 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6935 Private Scottish Rifles 3/5th Battalion

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James Douglas

Died 1916

British Army 200286 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 6727 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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William Douglas

Died 1916

British Army S/2392 Private Seaforth Highlanders 7th Battalion

British Army S/2392 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion

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Archibald Douglas

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant RFC 42nd Squadron

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David William Shafto Douglas

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander HMS Black Prince

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William Sholto Douglas

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army Captain General Headquarters Staff

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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