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Katoomba New South Wales [6]

Nowra New South Wales [6]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Narrabri New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey [3]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Belfast [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Brindisi, Italy [2]

Dublin [2]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2]

Dundee [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Perth Scotland [2]

Silloth, Cumberland, England [2]

Truro, Cornwall [2]

Wallington, Surrey [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberlour, Banffshire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Achnasheen, Ross-shire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Alyth, Perthshire [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Arbroath [1]

Auckland [1]

Ayr Scotland [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bega New South Wales [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Bow, London, Middlesex [1]

Bow, Middlesex [1]

Canongate Edinburgh [1]

Cargo New South Wales [1]

Carmarthen, South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [663]

Serjeant [57]

Gunner [56]

Driver [54]

Corporal [44]

Sapper [43]

Lieutenant [41]

Captain [39]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Lance Corporal [13]

Acting Corporal [9]

Major [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Nursing Sister [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Bombardier [3]

Colonel [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Admiral [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trimmer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Flight Commander [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Capt [1]

Captain Quarter Master [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [79]

Royal Field Artillery [78]

Labour Corps [75]

Army Service Corps [71]

Royal Highlanders [60]

Royal Scots [60]

Seaforth Highlanders [51]

Gordon Highlanders [49]

Highland Light Infantry [42]

Cameron Highlanders [37]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Machine Gun Corps [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [24]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [23]

Scottish Rifles [21]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [18]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

Canadian Infantry [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Royal Irish Rifles [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [10]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Border Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Irish Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Scots Guards [6]

Scottish Horse [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [6]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [5]

Indian Defence Force [5]

Irish Guards [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Service

British Army [1030]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [128]

Australian Imperial Force [87]

Royal Navy [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [1489]

G [7]

C [2]

L [2]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1446]

Merchant Navy [43]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Katoomba New South Wales [6] Nowra New South Wales [6] Sydney New South Wales [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Narrabri New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey [3] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Belfast [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Brindisi, Italy [2] Dublin [2] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2] Dundee [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Perth Scotland [2] Silloth, Cumberland, England [2] Truro, Cornwall [2] Wallington, Surrey [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Aberlour, Banffshire [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Achnasheen, Ross-shire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Alyth, Perthshire [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Arbroath [1] Auckland [1] Ayr Scotland [1] Battersea, London [1] Bega New South Wales [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Bow, London, Middlesex [1] Bow, Middlesex [1] Canongate Edinburgh [1] Cargo New South Wales [1] Carmarthen, South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [663] Serjeant [57] Gunner [56] Driver [54] Corporal [44] Sapper [43] Lieutenant [41] Captain [39] Second Lieutenant [38] Lance Corporal [13] Acting Corporal [9] Major [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Pioneer [5] Nursing Sister [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Trooper [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Bombardier [3] Colonel [3] Deck Hand [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Admiral [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trimmer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Flight Commander [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Brigadier General [1] Capt [1] Captain Quarter Master [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chauffeur [1] Chief Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [79] Royal Field Artillery [78] Labour Corps [75] Army Service Corps [71] Royal Highlanders [60] Royal Scots [60] Seaforth Highlanders [51] Gordon Highlanders [49] Highland Light Infantry [42] Cameron Highlanders [37] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Machine Gun Corps [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [24] Royal Scots Fusiliers [23] Scottish Rifles [21] King's Own Scottish Borderers [18] Liverpool Regiment [18] Canadian Infantry [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] London Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Royal Irish Rifles [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [10] Royal Irish Fusiliers [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Border Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Irish Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Manchester Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Scots Guards [6] Scottish Horse [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Voluntary Aid Detachment [6] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [5] Indian Defence Force [5] Irish Guards [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5]

Service

British Army [1030] Canadian Expeditionary Force [128] Australian Imperial Force [87] Royal Navy [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [1489] G [7] C [2] L [2] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1446] Merchant Navy [43] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [41] Canada [1] Ireland [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

John Mitchell Duff

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army Rifle Brigade 18th Battalion

British Army 7391 Private Scottish Rifles 5 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Scottish Rifles 7th Battalion

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James Watson Duff

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2656 Private Royal Scots

British Army 2656 private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Alfredo Henry Duff

Died 1918

British Army T4/124243 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 12346 Private Army Service Corps

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James Duff

Born 1897

British Army 4908 Trooper Scottish Horse 3/1st

British Army 7343 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 202616 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th Bn

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Adrian Grant Duff

Born 1869

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Commanding 1st Battalion

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Andrew Duff

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 23369 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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Percival Sigismund Duff

Born 1892

British Army 1917 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Campbell Duff

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2227 Private Royal Scots

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John Duff

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2483 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 2483 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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John Barbour Duff

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1000 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 1000 Acting Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army 1000 Corporal Cameron Highlanders

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Thomas Mcfarlane Duff

Born 1872

Canadian Expeditionary Force 506005

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Hugh John Duff

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Major Lovat's Scouts

British Army Major Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line 2nd Lovat's Scouts

British Army Major 6th Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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David Cumming Duff

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 3608 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

British Army 202058 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

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Guy Leith Assheton Duff

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

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David Duff

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44292

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Mungo Gray Duff

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72567

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James P Duff

Died 1915

British Army 2217 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 1/5th Bn.

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Martin Turnbull Duff

Born 1898

Died 1979

British Army 1811 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 43070 Private Royal Highlanders

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William Duff

Born 1892

British Army 4287 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th Bn

British Army 266676 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th Bn

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Walter Duff

Born 1872

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1166/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1166 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. "Victory"

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