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Glasgow Scotland [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Mount Morgan Queensland [3]

New Norfolk Tasmania [3]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

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Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

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Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

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Lanarkshire [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Port Kembla New South Wales [2]

Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [2]

Scottsdale Tasmania [2]

Wellington New South Wales [2]

2 Craignestock Place, Glasgow [1]

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Blairgowrie, Perthshire [1]

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Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Bridgetown Glasgow [1]

Bulli New South Wales [1]

Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Canty Bay, Scotland [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1]

Carrabobla New South Wales [1]

Carrington New South Wales [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

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Private [422]

Gunner [35]

Serjeant [33]

Sapper [29]

Corporal [26]

Driver [21]

Lance Corporal [19]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [12]

Pioneer [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [6]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Sister [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bearer [1]

Commander [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Farrier Lance Corporal [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Nurse [1]

Piper [1]

Rifleman [1]

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Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Signaller Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [57]

Royal Engineers [49]

Highland Light Infantry [45]

Royal Highlanders [45]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [42]

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Labour Corps [36]

Gordon Highlanders [33]

Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [30]

Scottish Rifles [30]

Cameron Highlanders [25]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [20]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

Royal Naval Division [12]

London Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Scots Guards [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

Hussars [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Service

British Army [626]

Australian Imperial Force [71]

Royal Navy [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [875]

M [2]

Contribution

Military Service [837]

Merchant Navy [36]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Australia [1]

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Glasgow Scotland [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Mount Morgan Queensland [3] New Norfolk Tasmania [3] North Shields, Northumberland, England [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Dunedin [2] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Edinburgh [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] Kensington Victoria [2] Kirkcaldy Scotland [2] Lanarkshire [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Port Kembla New South Wales [2] Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [2] Scottsdale Tasmania [2] Wellington New South Wales [2] 2 Craignestock Place, Glasgow [1] Aberdeen [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Alyth, Perthshire [1] Ardler, Perthshire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Ayr, Scotland [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bells Hill Scotland [1] Blairgowrie, Perthshire [1] Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian) [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Bridgetown Glasgow [1] Bulli New South Wales [1] Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Canty Bay, Scotland [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1] Carrabobla New South Wales [1] Carrington New South Wales [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [422] Gunner [35] Serjeant [33] Sapper [29] Corporal [26] Driver [21] Lance Corporal [19] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [12] Pioneer [12] Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [6] Ordinary Seaman [5] Able Seaman [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Deck Hand [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier Acting Corporal [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Sister [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bearer [1] Commander [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engineman [1] Farrier Lance Corporal [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Nurse [1] Piper [1] Rifleman [1] Senior Mechanic Class 1 [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Signaller Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [57] Royal Engineers [49] Highland Light Infantry [45] Royal Highlanders [45] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [42] Royal Field Artillery [40] Labour Corps [36] Gordon Highlanders [33] Army Service Corps [30] Royal Scots Fusiliers [30] Scottish Rifles [30] Cameron Highlanders [25] King's Own Scottish Borderers [20] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Seaforth Highlanders [13] Royal Naval Division [12] London Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Durham Light Infantry [6] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Tank Corps [6] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Corps of Hussars [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Scots Guards [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Corps of Dragoons [3] Hussars [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] French Red Cross [2]

Service

British Army [626] Australian Imperial Force [71] Royal Navy [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [875] M [2]

Contribution

Military Service [837] Merchant Navy [36] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Australia [1]

Henry Downie

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 3511 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 345545 Private 14th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 345545 Acting Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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Alexander Downie

Died 1916

British Army 2789 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion.

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William Graham Downie

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 6461 Private London Regiment

British Army 533245 Private London Regiment

British Army 533245 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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George Ure Russell Downie

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1824 Private Royal Scots 5th Battalion

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John Downie

Died 1915

British Army 6831 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 6831 Private Royal Scots

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Francis Downie

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 51576 Private Royal Scots

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John Downie

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 75 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 201509 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 201509 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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John Downie

Died 1919

British Army S/13910 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 302442 Private Tank Corps

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James Maitland Downie

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Peter Downie

Died 1915

British Army S/12381 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/12381 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders

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David Downie

Died 1918

British Army S/22107 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/22107 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Andrew Downie

Died 1915

British Army 14683 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Matthew Hugh Downie

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force Private Australian Infantry

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Thomas Downie

Born 1895

Died 1920

Royal Navy SS114250 Stoker 1st Class HMS Retriever

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Archibald Downie

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304991

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William Downie

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405520

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John Downie

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy 3269/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 3269 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "George Hay."

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William Downie

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19246

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Norman Downie

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267622

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Andrew Downie

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279303

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