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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [46]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [24]

Glasgow Scotland [16]

Sydney New South Wales [15]

Brisbane Queensland [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Edinburgh [9]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Belfast, Antrim [7]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

South Melbourne Victoria [6]

Ashfield New South Wales [5]

Launceston Tasmania [5]

Richmond Victoria [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Barrow, Lancashire [4]

Beaudesert Queensland [4]

Belfast [4]

Glasgow, Scotland [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [4]

Gympie Queensland [4]

Inverness Scotland [4]

Kilwinning, Ayrshire [4]

Perth Western Australia [4]

Stanley Tasmania [4]

Toodyay Western Australia [4]

Adelong New South Wales [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Dubbo New South Wales [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Fitzroy Victoria [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Glasgow [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

London England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Morwell Victoria [3]

Williamstown Victoria [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [2]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Alyth, Perthshire [2]

Argyllshire [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Ayrshire [2]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2654]

Gunner [248]

Serjeant [215]

Corporal [199]

Driver [188]

Second Lieutenant [155]

Sapper [139]

Lance Corporal [91]

Captain [90]

Lieutenant [79]

Pioneer [34]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Acting Corporal [32]

Major [28]

Bombardier [19]

Staff Serjeant [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Colour Serjeant [15]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Nursing Sister [11]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [9]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [7]

Sister [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Colonel [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Nurse [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Worker [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Drummer [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Flight Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [288]

Royal Field Artillery [283]

Labour Corps [259]

Army Service Corps [250]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [232]

Highland Light Infantry [229]

Royal Scots [169]

Royal Highlanders [168]

Royal Garrison Artillery [147]

Royal Army Medical Corps [127]

Machine Gun Corps [125]

Cameron Highlanders [121]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [121]

Seaforth Highlanders [121]

Gordon Highlanders [104]

Scottish Rifles [104]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [98]

London Regiment [85]

Canadian Infantry [76]

Northumberland Fusiliers [75]

Royal Naval Division [69]

Durham Light Infantry [62]

Royal Irish Rifles [58]

Border Regiment [50]

Liverpool Regiment [50]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [44]

Manchester Regiment [43]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Royal Army Service Corps [40]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [38]

Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [32]

West Yorkshire Regiment [32]

British West Indies Regiment [28]

Cheshire Regiment [24]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [22]

Scots Guards [22]

Tank Corps [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

East Lancashire Regiment [20]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Royal Air Force [16]

Scottish Horse [16]

South Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Service

British Army [4020]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [882]

Australian Imperial Force [432]

Royal Navy [323]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [252]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [149]

Other Empire Force [8]

South African Services [7]

Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

F [6270]

M [4]

B [3]

A [2]

H [1]

J [1]

L [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6069]

Merchant Navy [174]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [122]

Canada [6]

Australia [3]

Cuba [1]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [46] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [24] Glasgow Scotland [16] Sydney New South Wales [15] Brisbane Queensland [14] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Edinburgh [9] Melbourne Victoria [9] Belfast, Antrim [7] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] South Melbourne Victoria [6] Ashfield New South Wales [5] Launceston Tasmania [5] Richmond Victoria [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Barrow, Lancashire [4] Beaudesert Queensland [4] Belfast [4] Glasgow, Scotland [4] Goulburn New South Wales [4] Gympie Queensland [4] Inverness Scotland [4] Kilwinning, Ayrshire [4] Perth Western Australia [4] Stanley Tasmania [4] Toodyay Western Australia [4] Adelong New South Wales [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Dubbo New South Wales [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Fitzroy Victoria [3] Fulham, London [3] Glasgow [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3] London England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Morwell Victoria [3] Williamstown Victoria [3] Aberdeen [2] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [2] Albury New South Wales [2] Alyth, Perthshire [2] Argyllshire [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Ayrshire [2] Balmain New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2654] Gunner [248] Serjeant [215] Corporal [199] Driver [188] Second Lieutenant [155] Sapper [139] Lance Corporal [91] Captain [90] Lieutenant [79] Pioneer [34] Acting Serjeant [33] Acting Corporal [32] Major [28] Bombardier [19] Staff Serjeant [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Colour Serjeant [15] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Able Seaman [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Nursing Sister [11] Ordinary Seaman [9] Temporary Lieutenant [9] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Rifleman [7] Sister [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Staff Nurse [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Colonel [5] Deck Hand [5] Nurse [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Trooper [5] Acting Captain [4] Temporary Captain [4] Worker [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Drummer [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Flight Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [288] Royal Field Artillery [283] Labour Corps [259] Army Service Corps [250] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [232] Highland Light Infantry [229] Royal Scots [169] Royal Highlanders [168] Royal Garrison Artillery [147] Royal Army Medical Corps [127] Machine Gun Corps [125] Cameron Highlanders [121] King's Own Scottish Borderers [121] Seaforth Highlanders [121] Gordon Highlanders [104] Scottish Rifles [104] Royal Scots Fusiliers [98] London Regiment [85] Canadian Infantry [76] Northumberland Fusiliers [75] Royal Naval Division [69] Durham Light Infantry [62] Royal Irish Rifles [58] Border Regiment [50] Liverpool Regiment [50] Royal Irish Fusiliers [44] Manchester Regiment [43] Royal Fusiliers [42] Royal Army Service Corps [40] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [38] Yorkshire Regiment [35] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [32] West Yorkshire Regiment [32] British West Indies Regiment [28] Cheshire Regiment [24] Royal Defence Corps [23] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [22] Scots Guards [22] Tank Corps [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] East Lancashire Regiment [20] Middlesex Regiment [19] Rifle Brigade [17] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [16] Royal Air Force [16] Scottish Horse [16] South Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Service

British Army [4020] Canadian Expeditionary Force [882] Australian Imperial Force [432] Royal Navy [323] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [252] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [149] Other Empire Force [8] South African Services [7] Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

F [6270] M [4] B [3] A [2] H [1] J [1] L [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6069] Merchant Navy [174] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [122] Canada [6] Australia [3] Cuba [1] India [1] Jamaica [1]

Andrew Kay Ferguson

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army T4/040852 Driver Army Service Corps

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James Senior Agar Ferguson

Born 1890

Died 1976

British Army 7203 Private (Reserve Battalion) Honourable Artillery Company 3rd Battalion, No. 1 Company

Royal Navy PI 38498 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendone-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 38498 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme-Calshot

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Robert Ferguson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 11099 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 11099 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Montgomery Du Bois Ferguson

Born 1881

Died 1960

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Nathaniel Ferguson

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 30118 Sapper Postal Section Royal Engineers

British Army 30118 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Annie Mae Arkell

Born 1890

Died 1976

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Archibald Ferguson

Died 1916

British Army 21197 Private Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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Theodore William Ferguson

Born 1898

Died 1917

Corporal

Australian Imperial Force 528 Corporal Australian Infantry 44th Battalion

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T E Ferguson

Died 1917

British Army 17794 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17794 Private Yorkshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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George Ferguson

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 693 Serjeant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Alexander Ferguson

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 15268 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army 17112 Cheshire Regiment

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Alexander Agar Ferguson

Born 1892

Died 1956

British Army Corporal Cameron Highlanders 6th Battalion

Royal Navy PI 39212 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39212 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Lee on Solent-Calshot (Instructor)

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Philip Ferguson

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd General Hospital

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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J Roy Ferguson

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 882 Company Serjeant Major Newfoundland Regiment

British Army 882 Second Lieutenant Newfoundland Regiment

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William Ferguson

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 8286 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/4th Battalion

British Army 8286 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William Ferguson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army S/3973 Private Seaforth Highlanders 9th Battalion

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Gerald Low Ferguson

Died 1916

British Army PS/1473 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 1473 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 8th Battalion

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James Ferguson

Born 1893

Died 1962

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1040

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1040 Private 8th Battalion

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John Roy Ferguson

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3182826

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William Ferguson

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 22019 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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