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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]

John Ferguson

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 50291 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 27th Battalion (Tyneside Irish).

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Hampton Ferguson

Born 1898

British Army 30597 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 2650583 Guardsman Coldstream Guards

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Edward Ferguson

Born 1868

British Army 22819 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 166017 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Samuel Cranswick Ferguson

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 911217

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army Special Reserve

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William Charles Edward Ferguson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 372529 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 372529 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5175 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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David Ferguson

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 372475 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 372475 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5119 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George William Ferguson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 58627 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 13th Battalion

British Army 30501 Private Cheshire Regiment

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David Ferguson

Died 1918

British Army 7856 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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Robert Ferguson

Born 1886

British Army 240406 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 2480 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Thomas Ferguson

Born 1885

Died 1921

British Army 7236 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 47516 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 319970 Private Labour Corps

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Rachel Ferguson

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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Charles John Ferguson

Born 1890

Australian Imperial Force 37324 Driver

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Alexander Edgar Ferguson

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3038 Private Australian Infantry 58th Battalion

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Charles Ferguson

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 22249 Private Manchester Regiment 23rd Battalion

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Lionel Irvine Leslie Ferguson

Born 1886

British Army 3045 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 10th (Scottish) Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 16th Battalion (2nd Birkenhead)

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment

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Gordon Archer Ferguson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40313

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Frederick Ferguson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314198

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Robert James Ferguson

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267502

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William Bruce Ferguson

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Railway Troops 9th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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William B Ferguson

Born 1896

British Army P 13815 Private Military Foot Police

British Army 2605 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 2605 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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