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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [10]

Aberdeen [5]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Ascot Vale Victoria [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Balmain New South Wales [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

33 Princes Square, Kinning Park, Glasgow [2]

Ayr [2]

Cullen, Banffshire [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Invercargill [2]

London England [2]

Millers Point New South Wales [2]

Montrose Forfar [2]

Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Rotherhithe, London [2]

St Kilda Victoria [2]

Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland [2]

Ulverstone Tasmania [2]

47 Keir Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1]

Ardrie Scotland [1]

Auchinleck Scotland [1]

Auchinleck, Ayrshire [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Backworth, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Balham, London [1]

Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bishop Startford England [1]

Blyth, Perthshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Buninyong Victoria [1]

Cadder, Auchinairn, Lanarkshire [1]

Caldercruix Scotland [1]

Cambus, Clackmannanshire [1]

Christchurch [1]

Rank

Private [627]

Corporal [62]

Gunner [60]

Second Lieutenant [52]

Sapper [48]

Serjeant [48]

Driver [47]

Captain [30]

Lance Corporal [29]

Lieutenant [23]

Major [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Able Seaman [6]

Bombardier [5]

Trooper [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Pioneer [4]

Reverend [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Worker [3]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Seaman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Cook [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [100]

Gordon Highlanders [83]

Royal Field Artillery [77]

Highland Light Infantry [76]

Labour Corps [74]

Royal Highlanders [61]

Army Service Corps [59]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [55]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [49]

Seaforth Highlanders [49]

Royal Scots [37]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Cameron Highlanders [31]

London Regiment [31]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [30]

Royal Naval Division [27]

Scottish Rifles [24]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9]

Scots Guards [9]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

Tank Corps [6]

British West Indies Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Royal Artillery [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

1/5th Royal Highlanders [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Scottish Horse [4]

1st Royal Scots [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [3]

Service

British Army [1024]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [131]

Australian Imperial Force [93]

Royal Navy [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [54]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [1511]

S [2]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1470]

Merchant Navy [35]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Canada [2]

New Zealand [2]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [10] Aberdeen [5] Geelong Victoria [4] Ascot Vale Victoria [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Balmain New South Wales [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Paisley, Renfrewshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] 33 Princes Square, Kinning Park, Glasgow [2] Ayr [2] Cullen, Banffshire [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Invercargill [2] London England [2] Millers Point New South Wales [2] Montrose Forfar [2] Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Rotherhithe, London [2] St Kilda Victoria [2] Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland [2] Ulverstone Tasmania [2] 47 Keir Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1] Ardrie Scotland [1] Auchinleck Scotland [1] Auchinleck, Ayrshire [1] Ayrshire [1] Backworth, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Balham, London [1] Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bishop Startford England [1] Blyth, Perthshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Buninyong Victoria [1] Cadder, Auchinairn, Lanarkshire [1] Caldercruix Scotland [1] Cambus, Clackmannanshire [1] Christchurch [1]

Rank

Private [627] Corporal [62] Gunner [60] Second Lieutenant [52] Sapper [48] Serjeant [48] Driver [47] Captain [30] Lance Corporal [29] Lieutenant [23] Major [17] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Acting Corporal [9] Able Seaman [6] Bombardier [5] Trooper [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Pioneer [4] Reverend [4] Deck Hand [3] Worker [3] Artificer Engineer [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] Seaman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Cook [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [100] Gordon Highlanders [83] Royal Field Artillery [77] Highland Light Infantry [76] Labour Corps [74] Royal Highlanders [61] Army Service Corps [59] Royal Scots Fusiliers [55] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [49] Seaforth Highlanders [49] Royal Scots [37] Machine Gun Corps [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Cameron Highlanders [31] London Regiment [31] King's Own Scottish Borderers [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [30] Royal Naval Division [27] Scottish Rifles [24] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [16] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9] Scots Guards [9] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] Tank Corps [6] British West Indies Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5] Royal Artillery [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Training Reserve Battalion [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] 1/5th Royal Highlanders [4] Army Cyclist Corps [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Scottish Horse [4] 1st Royal Scots [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [3]

Service

British Army [1024] Canadian Expeditionary Force [131] Australian Imperial Force [93] Royal Navy [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [54] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [1511] S [2] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1470] Merchant Navy [35] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Canada [2] New Zealand [2]

James Arthur Findlay

Born 1881

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 40922 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Cyril Olney Findlay

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 9806 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry Territorial Force

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James Norman Findlay

Australian Imperial Force 1749

Australian Imperial Force 1568

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Leonard Frederick Findlay

Born 1894

Died 1970

British Army Staff Middlesex Regiment 1/9th Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 1/9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 1/9th Battalion

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Robert Scott Findlay

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 9th Battalion (TF)

British Army Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1/9th Battalion

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Stewart Findlay

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 213280 Private Labour Corps 468th Home Service Employment Coy.

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James Jack Findlay

Born 1895

Died 1955

British Army T/4334 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 234824 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John Barns Findlay

Born 1884

British Army 3621 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 3621 Lance Corporal Scottish Horse

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Ian Calcutt Findlay

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edward Findlay

Born 1881

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 760492

Canadian Expeditionary Force 760492 Private Canadian Infantry

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David Murray Findlay

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245621

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Samuel Findlay

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41775

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Andrew Findlay

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265218

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Joseph Findlay

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43215

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John Findlay

Died 1916

British Army 14494 Private Scots Guards 2nd Battalion

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Walter Findlay

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army G/4262 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Charles Findlay

Born 1888

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7666 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas Findlay

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42719

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Francis Findlay

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126070

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William Findlay

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168341

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