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Ballarat Victoria [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Perth, Perthshire [3]

Stawell Victoria [3]

Abbotsford Victoria [2]

Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [2]

Auchterarder, Perthshire [2]

Cowarr Victoria [2]

Dundee Scotland [2]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Anchterander, Perthshire [1]

Bamffshire Scotland [1]

Banff, Banffshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Blantyre Scotland [1]

Bridge of Allan, Stirling, Stirlingshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Burra South Australia [1]

Caputh [1]

Cardiff Wales [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Coolgardie Western Australia [1]

Cowdenbeath Scotland [1]

Dalkeith Edinburgh [1]

Dallas, Elgin, Moray [1]

Dallas, Morayshire [1]

Dunedin [1]

East Melbourne Victoria [1]

Eccles Lancashire [1]

Eccles Lancashire England [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Exeter ON [1]

Forfar, [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Geraldton Western Australia [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Larnarkshire [1]

Glass, Aberdeenshire [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Rank

Private [320]

Gunner [39]

Serjeant [28]

Corporal [24]

Driver [24]

Sapper [23]

Lance Corporal [20]

Lieutenant [19]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Captain [9]

Acting Corporal [5]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Sister [4]

Nurse [3]

Pioneer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

2nd Class Master Gunner [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Inspector of Works and Honorary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

1st Class Master Gunner [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commanding Lieutenant [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Orderly [1]

Private (Acting Lance Corporal) [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [44]

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Royal Highlanders [41]

Labour Corps [36]

Army Service Corps [34]

Gordon Highlanders [27]

Royal Scots [25]

Highland Light Infantry [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Seaforth Highlanders [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [15]

Scottish Rifles [15]

Cameron Highlanders [13]

Canadian Infantry [11]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Scottish Horse [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Australian Volunteer Hospital [3]

Border Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [3]

Indian Medical Service [3]

Manitoba Regiment [3]

Scots Guards [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [528]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [103]

Australian Imperial Force [52]

Royal Navy [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [788]

B [1]

H [1]

K [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [770]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Canada [1]

Guyana [1]

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Place of birth

Ballarat Victoria [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Perth, Perthshire [3] Stawell Victoria [3] Abbotsford Victoria [2] Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [2] Auchterarder, Perthshire [2] Cowarr Victoria [2] Dundee Scotland [2] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Anchterander, Perthshire [1] Bamffshire Scotland [1] Banff, Banffshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Blantyre Scotland [1] Bridge of Allan, Stirling, Stirlingshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Burra South Australia [1] Caputh [1] Cardiff Wales [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Coolgardie Western Australia [1] Cowdenbeath Scotland [1] Dalkeith Edinburgh [1] Dallas, Elgin, Moray [1] Dallas, Morayshire [1] Dunedin [1] East Melbourne Victoria [1] Eccles Lancashire [1] Eccles Lancashire England [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Exeter ON [1] Forfar, [1] Fulham, London [1] Geraldton Western Australia [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Larnarkshire [1] Glass, Aberdeenshire [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Rank

Private [320] Gunner [39] Serjeant [28] Corporal [24] Driver [24] Sapper [23] Lance Corporal [20] Lieutenant [19] Second Lieutenant [18] Captain [9] Acting Corporal [5] Bombardier [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Sister [4] Nurse [3] Pioneer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 2nd Class Master Gunner [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Inspector of Works and Honorary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 1st Class Master Gunner [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commanding Lieutenant [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Orderly [1] Private (Acting Lance Corporal) [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [44] Royal Field Artillery [41] Royal Highlanders [41] Labour Corps [36] Army Service Corps [34] Gordon Highlanders [27] Royal Scots [25] Highland Light Infantry [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Seaforth Highlanders [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [15] Scottish Rifles [15] Cameron Highlanders [13] Canadian Infantry [11] King's Own Scottish Borderers [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Royal Scots Fusiliers [9] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Tank Corps [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Military Foot Police [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Scottish Horse [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Australian Volunteer Hospital [3] Border Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Highland Cyclist Battalion [3] Indian Medical Service [3] Manitoba Regiment [3] Scots Guards [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [528] Canadian Expeditionary Force [103] Australian Imperial Force [52] Royal Navy [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [788] B [1] H [1] K [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [770] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Canada [1] Guyana [1]

Jack Dow

Born 1894

Died 1969

Canadian Expeditionary Force 862099

Canadian Expeditionary Force Pte 180

Canadian Expeditionary Force Pte 123rd

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Frederick Herbert Dow

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 7044 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alexander Dow

Born 1878

British Army 908 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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James Dow

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279710

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Thomas Dow

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119422

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John Dow

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41877

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Joseph Dow

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26900

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Robert Garnett Crichton Dow

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 18416 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 1313 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 18416 Lance Sergeant Manchester Regiment "B" Company, 20th Battalion.

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Edward J Dow

Died 1917

British Army 2128 Trooper Household Battalion

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David Edward Dow

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

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James Dow

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army S/1981 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 345633 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 345633 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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Alistair Dow

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1883 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 1883 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Daniel Dow

Born 1895

British Army 1117 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 265079 Private Royal Highlanders

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Thomas Dow

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army S/9848 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army S/9848 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th Bn

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Peter Dow

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161576

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Isabella Paul Dow

Born 1873

Died 1935

Other Empire Force Nurse Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) America Unit

Other Empire Force Nurse Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) Valjevo

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George Conway Dow

Born 1876

Australian Imperial Force 2467 Private 16th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIF 7th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 2467 Sergeant 16th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIF

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George Underwood Dow

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139583

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James Anderson Dow

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy 270564

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James Crown Dow

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269584

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