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Arbroath, Forfarshire [5]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Arbroath [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Beccles, Suffolk [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Crossover Victoria [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [2]

Orford, Suffolk [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Allgate South Australia [1]

Arbroath Scotland [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Barking, Essex, England [1]

Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bexley New South Wales [1]

Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Bressingham Norfolk [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chelmsford, Essex, England [1]

Clacton, Essex [1]

Croydon England [1]

Denman New South Wales [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dundee England [1]

Dundee Scotland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

East Ham, Essex, England [1]

Eye, Suffolk [1]

Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Forgan Scotland [1]

Geldeston Norfolk [1]

Ghaziabad [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Halesworth, Suffolk [1]

Hamilton New South Wales [1]

Haverhill, Suffolk [1]

Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Jubbulpore [1]

Kaiapoi, Canterbury [1]

Leith, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [247]

Gunner [35]

Serjeant [31]

Driver [16]

Sapper [15]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Captain [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant /Acting Armourer Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Captain Reverend [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Fitter Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Temporary) [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Company Serjeant Major /Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Quarter Master [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Army Service Corps [28]

Labour Corps [28]

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Highlanders [22]

Suffolk Regiment [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Scots [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

1st Dragoons [2]

1st Royal Scots [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [398]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [30]

Royal Navy [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

F [550]

Contribution

Military Service [526]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Arbroath, Forfarshire [5] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Arbroath [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Beccles, Suffolk [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Crossover Victoria [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Moonee Ponds Victoria [2] Orford, Suffolk [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Allgate South Australia [1] Arbroath Scotland [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Barking, Essex [1] Barking, Essex, England [1] Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bexley New South Wales [1] Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Bressingham Norfolk [1] Brixton, London [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Cambridge [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chelmsford, Essex, England [1] Clacton, Essex [1] Croydon England [1] Denman New South Wales [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dundee England [1] Dundee Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] East Ham, Essex, England [1] Eye, Suffolk [1] Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Forgan Scotland [1] Geldeston Norfolk [1] Ghaziabad [1] Hackney, London [1] Halesworth, Suffolk [1] Hamilton New South Wales [1] Haverhill, Suffolk [1] Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Jubbulpore [1] Kaiapoi, Canterbury [1] Leith, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [247] Gunner [35] Serjeant [31] Driver [16] Sapper [15] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Captain [10] Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Major [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant /Acting Armourer Serjeant Major [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Captain Reverend [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Civilian [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Fitter Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Commander (Temporary) [1] Major [1] Private Acting Company Serjeant Major /Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Quarter Master [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [32] Army Service Corps [28] Labour Corps [28] Royal Engineers [22] Royal Highlanders [22] Suffolk Regiment [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] London Regiment [14] Royal Scots [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Gordon Highlanders [7] Norfolk Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Canadian Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] 1st Dragoons [2] 1st Royal Scots [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [398] Canadian Expeditionary Force [30] Royal Navy [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Australian Imperial Force [24] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

F [550]

Contribution

Military Service [526] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Australia [1]

Frederick Fairweather

Born 1887

British Army 21096 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery "C" Battery

British Army 21096 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "C" Battery

British Army 21096 Corporal Royal Field Artillery "A" Battery

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John Fairweather

Died 1917

British Army 9951 Private 1st Royal Scots

British Army 9951 Serjeant Royal Scots 11th Battalion

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Jack Ryan Fairweather

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy K40836

Royal Navy K. 40836. (Ch)

Royal Navy K40836 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Mary Rose

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Ernest Fairweather

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111485

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Archibald Fairweather

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 4002 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326559 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Harry John Fairweather

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106836

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Alfred Edward Fairweather

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58505

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Andrew Carnegie Booth Fairweather

Born 1881

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1291

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Stanley Roy Fairweather

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242567

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Leopold Fairweather

Born 1898

British Army 7070 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Alexander Fairweather

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 310 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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J Fairweather

Died 1917

British Army 9951 Serjeant Royal Scots

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Frederick George Fairweather

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 22603 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Frank Fairweather

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92669

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Francis Charles Fairweather

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 54241 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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W H Fairweather

Born 1872

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 85 Colour Serjeant British Honduras Territorial Force

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Herbert Fairweather

Born 1873

British Army Lieutenant Nigeria Regiment 3rd Battalion

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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George Markwell Fairweather

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85351

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David Fairweather

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151272

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James Fairweather

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army S/12892 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 6246 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292404 Private Royal Highlanders

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