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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]

Charles W R Findlay

Died 1916

British Army 4072 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th highland Battalion

British Army 4072 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Wilfred Findlay

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10413 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 10413 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Robert Orumstoy Purvis Linton Findlay

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298740

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Thomas Findlay

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3263

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William Auld Findlay

Born 1889

Died 1951

Canadian Expeditionary Force 106224

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Alexander Findlay

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 201809 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Brown Findlay

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army S/16439 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John Arthur Findlay

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36044

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John Findlay

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14991

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Marshall Findlay

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170514

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Thomas Findlay

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275923

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J Findlay

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army S/1570 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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Robert Findlay

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114429

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James Arthur Findlay

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178249

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Alexander Findlay

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181711

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William Findlay

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36195

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Robert Bert Findlay

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39340

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James Findlay

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76933

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Frank Findlay

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 241946 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 241946 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Joseph Findlay

Died 1917

British Army 7616 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 278842 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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