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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Scone New South Wales [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Horsham Victoria [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Glenbuck, Ayrshire, Scotland [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Traralgon Victoria [3]

West Derby, Liverpool [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Corowa New South Wales [2]

Croydon Queensland [2]

Dumfries Scotland [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Newton House, Near Elgin [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Punjab [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

104 Plantation Street, Govan [1]

145 West Scotland Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen, [1]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Ardstraw, Co. Tyrone [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Ballymacarrett, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bourge, Kirkcudbright [1]

Burn Estate, Edzell [1]

Caithness, Scotland [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camden New South Wales [1]

Clapham England [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Coatbridge [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Coolamon New South Wales [1]

County Durham [1]

Rank

Private [444]

Serjeant [46]

Gunner [38]

Driver [30]

Corporal [27]

Lance Corporal [27]

Captain [23]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lieutenant [21]

Sapper [21]

Major [16]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Rifleman [4]

Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Pioneer [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Worker [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Assistant Bed Steward [2]

Cadet [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [54]

Gordon Highlanders [52]

Seaforth Highlanders [48]

Army Service Corps [45]

Royal Field Artillery [43]

Royal Army Medical Corps [36]

Royal Engineers [33]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Royal Scots [24]

Highland Light Infantry [22]

London Regiment [20]

Royal Highlanders [20]

Scottish Rifles [20]

Cameron Highlanders [19]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Irish Rifles [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

British West Indies Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Staff [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Black Watch [3]

Canadian Engineers [3]

Canadian Field Artillery [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Service

British Army [665]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [120]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [65]

Royal Navy [65]

Australian Imperial Force [62]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [9]

South African Services [4]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [1042]

B [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [989]

Merchant Navy [38]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Australia [1]

China [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Scone New South Wales [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Horsham Victoria [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Glenbuck, Ayrshire, Scotland [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Traralgon Victoria [3] West Derby, Liverpool [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Corowa New South Wales [2] Croydon Queensland [2] Dumfries Scotland [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2] Liverpool [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Newton House, Near Elgin [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Punjab [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] 104 Plantation Street, Govan [1] 145 West Scotland Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen, [1] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Ardstraw, Co. Tyrone [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Ballymacarrett, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Birmingham England [1] Bourge, Kirkcudbright [1] Burn Estate, Edzell [1] Caithness, Scotland [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camden New South Wales [1] Clapham England [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Coatbridge [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Coolamon New South Wales [1] County Durham [1]

Rank

Private [444] Serjeant [46] Gunner [38] Driver [30] Corporal [27] Lance Corporal [27] Captain [23] Second Lieutenant [23] Lieutenant [21] Sapper [21] Major [16] Acting Serjeant [7] Acting Corporal [6] Able Seaman [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Rifleman [4] Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Pioneer [3] Staff Nurse [3] Worker [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Assistant Bed Steward [2] Cadet [2] Commander [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [54] Gordon Highlanders [52] Seaforth Highlanders [48] Army Service Corps [45] Royal Field Artillery [43] Royal Army Medical Corps [36] Royal Engineers [33] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Royal Scots [24] Highland Light Infantry [22] London Regiment [20] Royal Highlanders [20] Scottish Rifles [20] Cameron Highlanders [19] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17] Machine Gun Corps [17] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Royal Irish Rifles [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Canadian Infantry [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] British West Indies Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Staff [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Black Watch [3] Canadian Engineers [3] Canadian Field Artillery [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Service

British Army [665] Canadian Expeditionary Force [120] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [65] Royal Navy [65] Australian Imperial Force [62] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [9] South African Services [4] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [1042] B [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [989] Merchant Navy [38] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Australia [1] China [1] Ireland [1]

Henry Thomson Dunbar

Born 1890

British Army 24307 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Archibald Edward Dunbar

Born 1889

Died 1969

British Army Temporary Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Major West Yorkshire Regiment

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William Bruce Dunbar

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 19235 Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 46434 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Harry Dunbar

Born 1897

Died 1983

British Army 1784 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 305137 Private Tank Corps 5th Battalion

British Army 1784 Private 5th Black Watch

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William Dunbar

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 12732 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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William Sherret Dunbar

Born 1900

Died 1964

British Army S/42794 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/42794 Private Gordon Highlanders 9 Battalion (Pioneers)

British Army S/42794 Private Gordon Highlanders 1/5 Battalion

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David Ernest Mitchell Dunbar

Born 1888

Died 1957

British Army 549 Acting Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

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William Thomas Dunbar

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army 78150 Gunner Royal Artillery

British Army 78150 Bombardier Royal Artillery

British Army 78150 Corporal Royal Artillery

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Frederick Robert Dunbar

Born 1887

Died 1954

Royal Navy 233110

Royal Navy 233110 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid, Montagu, Diamond

Royal Navy 233110 Able Seaman HMS Vivid, Majestic, Cornwallis, Caesar, Valiant + others

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Harry Gray Dunbar

Born 1900

British Army S/42792 Private Gordon Highlanders 9th Bn

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Hugh Girvan Dunbar

Born 1894

Royal Navy J12673

Royal Navy J12673 Able Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J12673 Leading Seaman HMS Defiance, Cameroon, Constance, Vivid I

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Daniel Dunbar

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 18446 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Arbuthnott John Dunbar

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Ammunition Column

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 114th Battery

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Norman James Dunbar

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 4884 Gordon Highlanders

British Army 117055 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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William Dunbar

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129804

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John Dunbar

Born 1888

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27376 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Talbot Clyde Dunbar

Born 1888

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 153765 Cadet

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John Sinclair Dunbar

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 2171 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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James Hill Dunbar

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304291

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James Dunbar

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164230

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