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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]

John Findlay

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163849

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Henry Findlay

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310055

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Matthew Findlay

Born 1887

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/344 Lance Corporal Wellington Infantry Regiment

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James Lewis Findlay

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2768 Private London Regiment 11th lond Battalion

British Army 650795 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Battalion

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James Findlay

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 12th Battalion

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Henry Findlay

Died 1918

British Army 2862 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 200662 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th gordon highland Battalion

British Army 200662 Private Gordon Highlanders

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James Findlay

Died 1918

British Army 7002 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

British Army 240200 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

British Army 240200 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Robert De Cardonnel Findlay

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders 4th seaforth highland Battalion

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders

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Struthers Findlay

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army S/12139 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Cyclist Corps

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William Findlay

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 32983 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 32983 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Walter Charles Findlay

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6650 Serjeant London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 653136 Serjeant London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 653136 Serjeant London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Andrew Pearson Findlay

Born 1897

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 25650 Gunner Australian Field Artillery

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John Findlay

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army S4 199394 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S4/199394 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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George De Cardonnel Elmsall Findlay

Born 1889

Died 1967

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 24th Company

British Army Major 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 409th Field Company Royal Engineers

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Mathew Findlay

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18457

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James Findlay

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106650

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James Findlay

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232171

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Thomas Edward Findlay

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233798

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David Findlay

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army S-27076 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S-40801 Private Gordon Highlanders 1st/4th Bn.

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Neil Douglas Findlay

Born 1859

Died 1914

British Army Brigadier General Royal Field Artillery

British Army Brigadier General Royal Artillery

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