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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Albert Park Victoria [3]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

Paddington Queensland [3]

Ballina New South Wales [2]

Blayney New South Wales [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Cork [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Glasgow [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Stroud New South Wales [2]

Woodside Victoria [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Albany, Western Australia [1]

Allenford, Ontario [1]

Almurta Victoria [1]

Annan, Dumfriesshire [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Beverley Western Australia [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Brighstone, Isle of Wight [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Campbell Town Tasmania [1]

Cheltenham England [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Clondalkin Dublin [1]

Comber, County Down [1]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Cupar Angus, Perthshire [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Dublin [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Eastham, Cheshire [1]

Ecclesbourne, Sussex [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [423]

Gunner [35]

Corporal [32]

Serjeant [31]

Driver [26]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Lance Corporal [24]

Sapper [24]

Captain [21]

Lieutenant [10]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Corporal [7]

Major [7]

Rifleman [6]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Honorary Captain [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Worker [2]

1st Writer [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Deputy Administrator [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Lance Serjeant [1]

Probationary Nurse [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Rifleman /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [56]

Royal Engineers [54]

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Royal Irish Rifles [37]

Royal Scots [32]

Army Service Corps [30]

Highland Light Infantry [29]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Royal Highlanders [20]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Scottish Rifles [15]

Cameron Highlanders [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

London Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [12]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Gordon Highlanders [8]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5]

Royal Irish Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Dorset Yeomanry [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Staff [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

11th Battalion Royal Scots [2]

Service

British Army [644]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [105]

Australian Imperial Force [79]

Royal Navy [50]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [969]

Contribution

Military Service [946]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [969] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Albert Park Victoria [3] Goulburn New South Wales [3] Paddington Queensland [3] Ballina New South Wales [2] Blayney New South Wales [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Cork [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Glasgow [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Stroud New South Wales [2] Woodside Victoria [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Albany, Western Australia [1] Allenford, Ontario [1] Almurta Victoria [1] Annan, Dumfriesshire [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Beverley Western Australia [1] Birmingham England [1] Brighstone, Isle of Wight [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Campbell Town Tasmania [1] Cheltenham England [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Clondalkin Dublin [1] Comber, County Down [1] Coonabarabran New South Wales [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Cupar Angus, Perthshire [1] Deptford, London [1] Dublin [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Eastham, Cheshire [1] Ecclesbourne, Sussex [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [423] Gunner [35] Corporal [32] Serjeant [31] Driver [26] Second Lieutenant [25] Lance Corporal [24] Sapper [24] Captain [21] Lieutenant [10] Pioneer [9] Acting Corporal [7] Major [7] Rifleman [6] Lance Serjeant [4] Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Honorary Captain [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Worker [2] 1st Writer [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Deputy Administrator [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Lance Serjeant [1] Probationary Nurse [1] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Rifleman /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [56] Royal Engineers [54] Royal Field Artillery [47] Royal Irish Rifles [37] Royal Scots [32] Army Service Corps [30] Highland Light Infantry [29] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Royal Highlanders [20] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Durham Light Infantry [16] Machine Gun Corps [16] Scottish Rifles [15] Cameron Highlanders [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] London Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Seaforth Highlanders [13] Royal Scots Fusiliers [12] Royal Naval Division [10] Canadian Infantry [9] Gordon Highlanders [8] Royal Irish Fusiliers [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5] Royal Irish Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Dorset Yeomanry [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Leinster Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Staff [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] 11th Battalion Royal Scots [2]

Service

British Army [644] Canadian Expeditionary Force [105] Australian Imperial Force [79] Royal Navy [50] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [969]

Contribution

Military Service [946] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Australia [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Andrew Campbell Finlay

Born 1885

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29383 Private Wellington Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, E Company

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James Crowe Finlay

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 6773 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6773 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Gavin Finlay

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 425

Australian Imperial Force 425 Private

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Ernest John Finlay

Born 1898

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 847874

Canadian Expeditionary Force 847874 Private Quebec Regiment 14th Battalion Canadian Infantry

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John Alexander Finlay

Born 1881

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3751 Private Australian Infantry 14 Battalion

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Percy William Finlay

Born 1894

Died 1980

Australian Imperial Force 3476 Private 10th Light Horse Regiment

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William Finlay

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 371335 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3497 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Guy Finlay

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

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Robert William Finlay

Born 1881

Died 1940

Canadian Expeditionary Force 25834

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Robert John Finlay

Died 1916

British Army 3528 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Thomas Finlay

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203500

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James Finlay

Born 1871

Died 1919

British Army 13/17617 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 13/17617 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 3189 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Donald Finlay

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160260

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John Finlay

Born 1887

Australian Imperial Force 426A

Australian Imperial Force 426A Private

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David Finlay

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1780 Serjeant 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1780 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Robert Finlay

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105858

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David Finlay

Died 1918

British Army 6302 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292460 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292460 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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William Hugh Finlay

Died 1916

British Army 5428 Private Liverpool Regiment 1st/8th Bn.

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George Malcolm Finlay

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment

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James Finlay

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 34238 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 34238 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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