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Bundaberg Queensland [4]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Gamrie, Banffshire, Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Ulmarra New South Wales [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Abergavenny England [1]

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Annan Dumfriesshire [1]

Arbroath Scotland [1]

Aspendale Victoria [1]

Banffshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Bonness Scotland [1]

Brechin, Fofarshire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Central Otago [1]

Clarence River New South Wales [1]

Dunbar Haddington [1]

Dundee Scotland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Everton Liverpool [1]

Fordoun,Kincardine [1]

Forty, Aberdeenshire [1]

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Gretna, Dumfriesshire [1]

Ingham Queensland [1]

Jetson Tasmania [1]

Kensington South Australia [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Kinsale, Cork [1]

Kirriemuir Forfar [1]

Lasswade, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Longside, Aberdeenshire [1]

Lossiemouth, Elgin [1]

Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Maryborough Queensland [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

New Kilpatrick, Dumbarton [1]

Rank

Private [233]

Corporal [21]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Sapper [20]

Driver [15]

Gunner [14]

Lance Corporal [14]

Captain [12]

Lieutenant [12]

Serjeant [11]

Major [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Commander [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Fireman [1]

Honourary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Master [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper /Acting Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Skipper [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Acting Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [43]

Seaforth Highlanders [32]

Royal Engineers [26]

Army Service Corps [24]

Labour Corps [23]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Highland Light Infantry [17]

Royal Highlanders [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Scots [13]

Cameron Highlanders [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Scottish Rifles [9]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Canadian Infantry [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Staff [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

12th Royal Scots [2]

1st Dragoon Guards [2]

2nd Scottish Horse [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Postal Section Royal Engineers [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [360]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [46]

Royal Navy [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

F [546]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [527]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

New Zealand [1]

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Bundaberg Queensland [4] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Gamrie, Banffshire, Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Ulmarra New South Wales [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Abergavenny England [1] Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Annan Dumfriesshire [1] Arbroath Scotland [1] Aspendale Victoria [1] Banffshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Bonness Scotland [1] Brechin, Fofarshire [1] Calcutta [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Central Otago [1] Clarence River New South Wales [1] Dunbar Haddington [1] Dundee Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Everton Liverpool [1] Fordoun,Kincardine [1] Forty, Aberdeenshire [1] Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Gretna, Dumfriesshire [1] Ingham Queensland [1] Jetson Tasmania [1] Kensington South Australia [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Kinsale, Cork [1] Kirriemuir Forfar [1] Lasswade, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Longside, Aberdeenshire [1] Lossiemouth, Elgin [1] Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Maryborough Queensland [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] New Kilpatrick, Dumbarton [1]

Rank

Private [233] Corporal [21] Second Lieutenant [21] Sapper [20] Driver [15] Gunner [14] Lance Corporal [14] Captain [12] Lieutenant [12] Serjeant [11] Major [10] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Commander [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major [2] Worker [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Civilian [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineman [1] Fireman [1] Honourary Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Master [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper /Acting Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Skipper [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Acting Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [43] Seaforth Highlanders [32] Royal Engineers [26] Army Service Corps [24] Labour Corps [23] Royal Field Artillery [19] Highland Light Infantry [17] Royal Highlanders [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Scots [13] Cameron Highlanders [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Scots Fusiliers [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Scottish Rifles [9] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] Royal Naval Division [8] London Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Canadian Infantry [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Staff [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Air Force [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] 12th Royal Scots [2] 1st Dragoon Guards [2] 2nd Scottish Horse [2] Essex Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Postal Section Royal Engineers [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [360] Canadian Expeditionary Force [46] Royal Navy [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Australian Imperial Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

F [546] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [527] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13] New Zealand [1]

Alexander Farquhar

Died 1918

British Army 4261 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 201432 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Edward Maurice Farquhar

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292694

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Robert Wallace Farquhar

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 32nd Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Walter Randolph Fitzroy Farquhar

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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William Victor Farquhar

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55212

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David Farquhar

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy F/3707 Leading Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service

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George Farquhar

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269529

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John Oswald Farquhar

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Queens Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry Territorial Force Attached Essex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Glasgow Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal)

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William Farquhar

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 6823 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6823 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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John Farquhar

Died 1918

British Army 57213 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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George Farquhar

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2525 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Samuel Farquhar

Died 1914

British Army 6574 Private Cameron Highlanders

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James L. Farquhar

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 17250 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry 10th highland Battalion

British Army 17250 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry

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Alexander Farquhar

Died 1918

British Army 2664 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 2664 Acting Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders 5th seaforth highland Battalion

British Army 240396 Acting Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders 5th seaforth highland Battalion

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James Farquhar

Died 1916

British Army 1816 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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George Farquhar

Died 1916

British Army 15147 Private Highland Light Infantry 16th highland Battalion

British Army 15147 Private Highland Light Infantry

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James Farquhar

Died 1918

British Army S/8335 Private Gordon Highlanders 10th gordon highland Battalion

British Army S/8335 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Ronald George Farquhar

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Robert J. Farquhar

Died 1915

British Army S/7687 Private Gordon Highlanders 10th gordon highland Battalion

British Army S/7687 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Alexander Young Farquhar

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 31068 Royal Scots

British Army 40027 Private Highland Light Infantry

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