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Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [7]

Casterton Victoria [4]

Lockhart New South Wales [3]

Warrnambool Victoria [3]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Fettercairn, Kincardineshire [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Surat Queensland [2]

Arbroath Forfar [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea London [1]

Belmore New South Wales [1]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire [1]

Caistor, Lincs [1]

Carapoor Victoria [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carlingford [1]

Carnoustie, Forfarshire [1]

Carriden, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian) [1]

Carshalton, Sutton, Surrey [1]

Coleraine Victoria [1]

Drummoyne New South Wales [1]

Dundee [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Eastwood Scotland [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Elmore Victoria [1]

Essex England [1]

Euxton, Lancashire [1]

Fettercairle, Forfar [1]

Folkestone, Kent, England [1]

Forres, Moray [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Harrow Victoria [1]

Leicester [1]

Leith, Edinburgh [1]

Loch Victoria [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Marrabel South Australia [1]

Melrose,Roxburgh,Scotland. [1]

Menzies Western Australia [1]

Mimico, Toronto, Ontario [1]

Moncliffe, Pembrokeshire [1]

Monifieth, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Montrose, Forfarshire [1]

Rank

Private [174]

Gunner [29]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Serjeant [15]

Captain [11]

Corporal [11]

Sapper [9]

Driver [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Volunteer [2]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier /Acting Corporal [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

L/Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Probation Flight Officer. [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [27]

Labour Corps [23]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Scots [21]

Royal Engineers [18]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [11]

Gordon Highlanders [10]

Scottish Rifles [10]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Scottish Horse [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Australian Field Artillery [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Indian Defence Force [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

14th Hussars [2]

2nd Royal Scots [2]

4th Royal Scots [2]

5/6th Royal Scots [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Nyasaland Field Force [2]

Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve [2]

Queens Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Tank Corps [2]

1/5th Royal Highlanders [1]

11th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1]

12th Royal Scots [1]

18th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [277]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [50]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

Royal Navy [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [449]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [431]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [7] Casterton Victoria [4] Lockhart New South Wales [3] Warrnambool Victoria [3] Collingwood Victoria [2] Fettercairn, Kincardineshire [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Surat Queensland [2] Arbroath Forfar [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea London [1] Belmore New South Wales [1] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire [1] Caistor, Lincs [1] Carapoor Victoria [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carlingford [1] Carnoustie, Forfarshire [1] Carriden, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian) [1] Carshalton, Sutton, Surrey [1] Coleraine Victoria [1] Drummoyne New South Wales [1] Dundee [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Eastwood Scotland [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Elmore Victoria [1] Essex England [1] Euxton, Lancashire [1] Fettercairle, Forfar [1] Folkestone, Kent, England [1] Forres, Moray [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire [1] Harrow Victoria [1] Leicester [1] Leith, Edinburgh [1] Loch Victoria [1] London, Middlesex [1] Marrabel South Australia [1] Melrose,Roxburgh,Scotland. [1] Menzies Western Australia [1] Mimico, Toronto, Ontario [1] Moncliffe, Pembrokeshire [1] Monifieth, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Montrose, Forfarshire [1]

Rank

Private [174] Gunner [29] Second Lieutenant [18] Serjeant [15] Captain [11] Corporal [11] Sapper [9] Driver [8] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [4] Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Volunteer [2] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier /Acting Corporal [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] L/Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Probation Flight Officer. [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [27] Labour Corps [23] Royal Field Artillery [23] Army Service Corps [21] Royal Scots [21] Royal Engineers [18] Machine Gun Corps [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Highland Light Infantry [11] Seaforth Highlanders [11] Gordon Highlanders [10] Scottish Rifles [10] Cameron Highlanders [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Scottish Horse [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Australian Field Artillery [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Indian Defence Force [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] 14th Hussars [2] 2nd Royal Scots [2] 4th Royal Scots [2] 5/6th Royal Scots [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Military Foot Police [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Nyasaland Field Force [2] Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve [2] Queens Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Tank Corps [2] 1/5th Royal Highlanders [1] 11th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1] 12th Royal Scots [1] 18th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [277] Canadian Expeditionary Force [50] Australian Imperial Force [39] Royal Navy [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [449] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [431] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Hugh Watson Ferrier

Born 1898

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219973

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Ernest Carl Ferrier

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78290

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Thomas Webster Ferrier

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218406

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John Kinmont Ferrier

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1713 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army TR/Lon/69094 Acting Corporal Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 51st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 13th Bn.

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Victor Archibald Ferrier

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475433

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475433 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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John Ferrier

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18073

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William Horne Ferrier

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 235971 Private Labour Corps 359th Reserve Labour Coy. (Scottish Command Labour Centre)

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Lawrence John Ferrier

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97857

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John Ferrier

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243818

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James Ferrier

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 6323 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6323 Acting Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6323 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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John Ferrier

Died 1918

British Army 23339 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Robert Ferrier

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 23/961 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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James Ferrier

Died 1914

British Army 10624 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army 10624 Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army 10624 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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Archibald Herbin Ferrier

Died 1917

British Army 18469 Private Coldstream Guards

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George Ferrier

Died 1915

British Army S/10052 Private Cameron Highlanders

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William Ferrier

Died 1917

British Army 33338 Private Highland Light Infantry 15th highland Battalion

British Army 33338 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Frederick Charles Ferrier

Born 1899

Died 1983

British Army 6137 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 593363 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

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William Forbes Ferrier

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59319

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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Walter Allan Ferrier

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 787128

Canadian Expeditionary Force 787128 Private Canadian Pioneers

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George Watt Ferrier

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 171078

Canadian Expeditionary Force 171078 Private Canadian Infantry

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