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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]

James Douglas

Born 1875

British Army 13281 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 13281 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Stanley Allison Douglas

Born 1887

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3454 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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George Douglas

Died 1917

British Army 1910 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 1910 Corporal Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240258 Lance Sergeant Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Richard Douglas

Born 1875

Died 1956

British Army 6487 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John Douglas

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army WR/307799 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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C Douglas

Born 1894

British Army 10657 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Hamnett Townley Douglas

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment 1/4th Bn Leicestershire Regiment

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William Wallace Douglas

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12966

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David Douglas

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157859

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Thomas William Douglas

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160989

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Andrew Douglas

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 14414 Private Border Regiment

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Arthur Albert Douglas

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 3145 Private 6th Field Ambulance

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John Rorrison Douglas

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202154

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James William Douglas

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302106

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George Pauton Douglas

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113542

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John Wright Douglas

Born 1886

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 552385

Canadian Expeditionary Force 552385 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Douglas

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264538

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William Douglas

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291000

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John Douglas

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85191

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James Douglas

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138986

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