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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Dumfries.Scotland [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Maybole, Ayrshire [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Condobolin New South Wales [2]

Dimboola Victoria [2]

Dunedin [2]

Gedling, Nottinghamshire [2]

Harrow Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Islington New South Wales [2]

Kadnook Victoria [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Oberon New South Wales [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Wallsend, Northumberland [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Aldoth, Cumberland [1]

Allendale, Durham [1]

Annan, Scotland [1]

Ardrossan Scotland [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Balgownie New South Wales [1]

Ballynahinch, Down [1]

Barry England [1]

Bebington, Cheshire [1]

Bedlington, Northumberland [1]

Bedminster Bristol [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Berwick Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London East [1]

Beulah Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bolton England [1]

Brackley England [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Camperdown Victoria [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1]

Rank

Private [577]

Serjeant [64]

Gunner [57]

Corporal [44]

Driver [42]

Sapper [34]

Lieutenant [30]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Lance Corporal [26]

Captain [17]

Acting Corporal [14]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Pioneer [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Major [6]

Bombardier [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Guardsman [3]

Sister [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colonel [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Reverend [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Artificer Engineer (Warrant Officer) [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Bellboy [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Fitter Gunner [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [75]

Royal Engineers [67]

Royal Field Artillery [67]

Army Service Corps [59]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [45]

Royal Scots [45]

Northumberland Fusiliers [40]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [30]

Durham Light Infantry [22]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Royal Highlanders [22]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [21]

Scottish Rifles [20]

Highland Light Infantry [19]

Royal Irish Rifles [19]

London Regiment [18]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17]

Gordon Highlanders [16]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Border Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Cameron Highlanders [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Scottish Horse [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Scots Guards [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [907]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [99]

Australian Imperial Force [76]

Royal Navy [70]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

E [1262]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1237]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Dumfries.Scotland [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Maybole, Ayrshire [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Condobolin New South Wales [2] Dimboola Victoria [2] Dunedin [2] Gedling, Nottinghamshire [2] Harrow Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Islington New South Wales [2] Kadnook Victoria [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Moonee Ponds Victoria [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Oberon New South Wales [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Wallsend, Northumberland [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Aberdeen [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Aldoth, Cumberland [1] Allendale, Durham [1] Annan, Scotland [1] Ardrossan Scotland [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Balgownie New South Wales [1] Ballynahinch, Down [1] Barry England [1] Bebington, Cheshire [1] Bedlington, Northumberland [1] Bedminster Bristol [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Berwick Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London East [1] Beulah Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bolton England [1] Brackley England [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1]

Rank

Private [577] Serjeant [64] Gunner [57] Corporal [44] Driver [42] Sapper [34] Lieutenant [30] Second Lieutenant [28] Lance Corporal [26] Captain [17] Acting Corporal [14] Acting Serjeant [8] Pioneer [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Major [6] Bombardier [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Guardsman [3] Sister [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colonel [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Reverend [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Trooper [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Artificer Engineer (Warrant Officer) [1] Assistant Sister [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Bellboy [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Drummer [1] Engineer Captain [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Fitter Gunner [1] Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [75] Royal Engineers [67] Royal Field Artillery [67] Army Service Corps [59] King's Own Scottish Borderers [45] Royal Scots [45] Northumberland Fusiliers [40] Machine Gun Corps [37] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [30] Durham Light Infantry [22] Liverpool Regiment [22] Royal Highlanders [22] Royal Scots Fusiliers [21] Scottish Rifles [20] Highland Light Infantry [19] Royal Irish Rifles [19] London Regiment [18] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17] Gordon Highlanders [16] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] Border Regiment [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Seaforth Highlanders [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Cameron Highlanders [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Tank Corps [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Irish Fusiliers [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Scottish Horse [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Scots Guards [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Welsh Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [907] Canadian Expeditionary Force [99] Australian Imperial Force [76] Royal Navy [70] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

E [1262] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1237] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Harold John Martin Edgar

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Drake Battalion

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Martin Gregan Edgar

Born 1883

Died 1920

British Army 3258 Private Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 3258 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion

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Alexander Edgar

Born 1892

British Army 19501 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 3rd Battalion

British Army 31968 Private Royal Scots 19th Battalion

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George Edgar

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132382

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132382 Private Canadian Infantry Quebec Regiment 13th Battalion

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Ernest Edgar

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 375864 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Joseph Edgar

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6794 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4 Battalion

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William Edgar

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 23293 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Henry Vaughan Edgar

Born 1884

Died 1962

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer (Warrant Officer) HMS Iris II

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant HMAS Australia

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David William Edgar

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 7178 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Joseph Edgar

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 19601 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Albert Robert Edgar

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113191

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David Alexander Edgar

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159395

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Alexander Stoddart Edgar

Born 1900

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156801 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force 5th Training Sqdn.

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Albert Edgar

Born 1894

Other Empire Force 12388 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 15874 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 15874 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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Alfred Edgar

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162331

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George John Edgar

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89541

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George Edgar

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164850

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Robert Edgar

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310152

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Ernest Charles Edgar

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285329

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Andrew Edgar

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 10885 Company Serjeant Major King's Own Scottish Borderers

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