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Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Thornaby, Yorkshire [3]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

St. Monance, Fifeshire [2]

St. Monans, Fifeshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Braehead, Leslie, Fifeshire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Carnbee, Fifeshire [1]

Clifton Hill Victoria [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Crossgates, Fife [1]

Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Farrow, Durham [1]

Fife Scotland [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Innellan, Argyllshire [1]

Kilkenny, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Kilmacow, County Kilkenny [1]

Kinaldy, Fife [1]

Kings Heath, Birmingham [1]

Kinnaird, Fifeshire [1]

Leslie, Fifeshire [1]

Lithgow New South Wales [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Luthrie, fife [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Paisley, Renfrew [1]

Sebastopol Victoria [1]

South Yarra Victoria [1]

Southall, Middlesex [1]

St Monance, Fifeshire [1]

St Monans, Fifeshire [1]

St. Monan's, Fifeshire [1]

Stockton, Durham [1]

Stone, Staffordshire [1]

West Wallsend New South Wales [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [79]

Gunner [16]

Sapper [15]

Serjeant [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Deck Hand [8]

Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Driver [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Australian Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Corporal/Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Boy [1]

Gunner (T) [1]

Pioneer [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Seaman [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2/Staff Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [17]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [14]

Royal Highlanders [13]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

3rd Dragoon Guards [2]

Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

11th Hussars [1]

11th Royal Scots [1]

15th Royal Scots [1]

2nd Dragoons [1]

2nd Royal Highlanders [1]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1]

3rd Royal Highlanders [1]

7th Cameron Highlanders [1]

7th Tank Corps Battalion [1]

8th Hussars [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Black Watch [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Army Infantry Unit [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Service

British Army [154]

Royal Navy [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [228]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [209]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Ireland [1]

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People [229] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Thornaby, Yorkshire [3] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] St. Monance, Fifeshire [2] St. Monans, Fifeshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Braehead, Leslie, Fifeshire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Carnbee, Fifeshire [1] Clifton Hill Victoria [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Crossgates, Fife [1] Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Farrow, Durham [1] Fife Scotland [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Innellan, Argyllshire [1] Kilkenny, Gloucestershire, England [1] Kilmacow, County Kilkenny [1] Kinaldy, Fife [1] Kings Heath, Birmingham [1] Kinnaird, Fifeshire [1] Leslie, Fifeshire [1] Lithgow New South Wales [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Luthrie, fife [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Paisley, Renfrew [1] Sebastopol Victoria [1] South Yarra Victoria [1] Southall, Middlesex [1] St Monance, Fifeshire [1] St Monans, Fifeshire [1] St. Monan's, Fifeshire [1] Stockton, Durham [1] Stone, Staffordshire [1] West Wallsend New South Wales [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [79] Gunner [16] Sapper [15] Serjeant [11] Lance Corporal [9] Deck Hand [8] Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Driver [5] Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Temporary Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Sub Conductor [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Australian Chaplain 4th Class [1] Bombardier [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Corporal/Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Boy [1] Gunner (T) [1] Pioneer [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Seaman [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Sub-Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2/Staff Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [17] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [14] Royal Highlanders [13] Royal Field Artillery [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Labour Corps [9] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Scots [8] Highland Light Infantry [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Cameron Highlanders [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] 3rd Dragoon Guards [2] Army Chaplain's Department [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 11th Hussars [1] 11th Royal Scots [1] 15th Royal Scots [1] 2nd Dragoons [1] 2nd Royal Highlanders [1] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1] 3rd Royal Highlanders [1] 7th Cameron Highlanders [1] 7th Tank Corps Battalion [1] 8th Hussars [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Black Watch [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Army Infantry Unit [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Service

British Army [154] Royal Navy [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Australian Imperial Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [228] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [209] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Ireland [1]

Robert Noel Fernie

Born 1897

Died 1914

British Army 10518 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10518 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Harold Fernie

Born 1898

Died 1965

Royal Navy Bristol Z/10053 Signalman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Thomas Robert Fernie

British Army 3179 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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Herbert Stanley Fernie

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11258

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John Fernie

Died 1918

British Army S-25712 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/25712 Private Black Watch 6th Battalion

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Roy Mackenzie Fernie

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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John Fernie

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 10075 Private Scots Guards

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William Fernie

British Army 2144 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 2144 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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George William Fernie

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/6019 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/6019. Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Clyde Z/6019. Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Howe Battalion Royal Naval Division

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Robert Fernie

Died 1918

British Army S/14586 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/14586 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial).

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George Fernie

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1519 Private Highland Cyclist Battalion

British Army 44061 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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George Fernie

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 5152 Private Royal Scots

British Army 351889 Private Royal Scots

British Army 351889 Serjeant Royal Scots

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Ebenezer Fernie

Died 1917

British Army 121618 Sapper Royal Engineers 250 Tunnelling Company

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David S. Fernie

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army S/7944 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/7944 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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David Fernie

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 275961 Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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David Fernie

Born 1890

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 46629

Canadian Expeditionary Force 46629 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry John Fernie

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81580

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Edward Humbert Fernie

Born 1882

Died 1963

Australian Imperial Force Chaplain 4th Class Chaplains Department

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William Fernie

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army S/15676 Private 7th Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/15676 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders

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John Duff Fernie

Australian Imperial Force 3420

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