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Marrickville New South Wales [3]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

London England [2]

Parkes New South Wales [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wallan Wallan Victoria [2]

Ayrshire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Berwick, Northumberland [1]

Berwickshire [1]

Bothwell, Lanarkshire [1]

Camberwell England [1]

Canongate Edinburgh [1]

Cockenzil Haddington [1]

Coldstream, Berwick [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Custom house, London [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

Dulwich, London, Middlesex [1]

Durham [1]

Eccles near Manchester England [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Eyemouth Scotland [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Grays, Essex [1]

Greenlaw, Berwickshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Jarrow, Durham [1]

Jedburgh, Roxburghshire [1]

Kelso Scotland [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Leith, Midlothian [1]

Leyton, Essex [1]

Linlithgow Scotland [1]

Lisnaskea, Fermanagh [1]

Logan Downs, Queensland [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Newtown New South Wales [1]

Rhymney, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Rank

Private [268]

Corporal [26]

Gunner [26]

Serjeant [21]

Driver [19]

Lieutenant [16]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [14]

Lance Corporal [12]

Acting Corporal [10]

Sapper [7]

Major [5]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Commissioner [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Constable [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver /Corporal [1]

Driver/Acting Corporal [1]

EL Bimbashi; EL Major [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Pioneer [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Private /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [37]

Labour Corps [28]

Royal Scots [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

Royal Engineers [23]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Highlanders [12]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [11]

Gordon Highlanders [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Scots Guards [8]

Cameron Highlanders [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

12th Royal Scots [3]

8th Royal Scots [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

2nd Royal Scots [2]

4th Royal Scots [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion Quebec Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

General List [2]

King's African Rifles [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [418]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [52]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Royal Navy [31]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

F [581]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [573]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Marrickville New South Wales [3] Chatham, Kent [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] London England [2] Parkes New South Wales [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wallan Wallan Victoria [2] Ayrshire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Berwick, Northumberland [1] Berwickshire [1] Bothwell, Lanarkshire [1] Camberwell England [1] Canongate Edinburgh [1] Cockenzil Haddington [1] Coldstream, Berwick [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Custom house, London [1] Dulwich, London [1] Dulwich, London, Middlesex [1] Durham [1] Eccles near Manchester England [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Eyemouth Scotland [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Grays, Essex [1] Greenlaw, Berwickshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Jarrow, Durham [1] Jedburgh, Roxburghshire [1] Kelso Scotland [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Leith, Midlothian [1] Leyton, Essex [1] Linlithgow Scotland [1] Lisnaskea, Fermanagh [1] Logan Downs, Queensland [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newtown New South Wales [1] Rhymney, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Rank

Private [268] Corporal [26] Gunner [26] Serjeant [21] Driver [19] Lieutenant [16] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [14] Lance Corporal [12] Acting Corporal [10] Sapper [7] Major [5] Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Worker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Captain [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Commissioner [1] Assistant Sister [1] Bandmaster [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Constable [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver /Corporal [1] Driver/Acting Corporal [1] EL Bimbashi; EL Major [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Pioneer [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Private /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Corporal [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [37] Labour Corps [28] Royal Scots [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] Royal Engineers [23] Royal Field Artillery [23] King's Own Scottish Borderers [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Highland Light Infantry [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] London Regiment [13] Royal Highlanders [12] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11] Royal Scots Fusiliers [11] Seaforth Highlanders [11] Gordon Highlanders [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Scots Guards [8] Cameron Highlanders [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Scottish Rifles [7] West Riding Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] 12th Royal Scots [3] 8th Royal Scots [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Mounted Rifles [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] 2nd Royal Scots [2] 4th Royal Scots [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion Quebec Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] General List [2] King's African Rifles [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [418] Canadian Expeditionary Force [52] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Royal Navy [31] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

F [581] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [573] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

George Eric Fairbairn

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1623 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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Dudley Churchill Fairbairn

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74999

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Earl Ritchie Fairbairn

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173280

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William Fairbairn

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 4339 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 4339 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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John Fairbairn

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 22053 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 34119 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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Robert Fairbairn

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 12546 Lance Corporal 11th Battalion Royal Scots

British Army 12546 Private 11th Battalion Royal Scots

British Army 12546 Private Royal Scots

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Samuel Fairbairn

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282920

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George Stephenson Fairbairn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88334

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Robert Fairbairn

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army S9334 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Thomas Fairbairn

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 17077 Private Royal Scots

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Alexander William Fairbairn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216940

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Charles Osborne Fairbairn

Born 1893

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Squadron Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain Acting Major 3rd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Young Fairbairn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7486

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Peter Fairbairn

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 30377 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 30377 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Battalion

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Walter Fairbairn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47719

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James Greer Gould Fairbairn

Born 1886

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2176

Australian Imperial Force 2176 Corporal Imperial Camel Corps (Australian)

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Thomas Fairbairn

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 8190 Acting Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 201199 Acting Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 201199 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

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John Richard Fairbairn

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198826

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William B Fairbairn

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 301287 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Highland Field Ambulance

British Army 1838 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Fairbairn

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15457 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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