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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [13]

Glasgow Scotland [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6]

Halifax, Yorkshire [6]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [5]

Edinburgh Scotland [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bundaberg Queensland [4]

Cork [4]

Erith, Kent [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Bowraville New South Wales [3]

Dublin [3]

Dumfries Scotland [3]

Glenlyon Victoria [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

North Melbourne Victoria [3]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3]

Antill Ponds Tasmania [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barrow, Lancashire [2]

Bellshill, Lanarkshire [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Binda New South Wales [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Cessnock New South Wales [2]

Creswick Victoria [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

East Ham, Essex [2]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2]

Gin Gin Queensland [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Greenock Scotland [2]

Innerleithen, Peeblesshire [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Junee Junction New South Wales [2]

Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland [2]

Lithgow New South Wales [2]

Macorna Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1530]

Gunner [148]

Corporal [127]

Serjeant [121]

Driver [93]

Lance Corporal [87]

Sapper [79]

Second Lieutenant [79]

Lieutenant [72]

Captain [71]

Major [28]

Acting Corporal [21]

Pioneer [19]

Bombardier [15]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Rifleman [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Colonel [6]

Nursing Sister [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Reverend [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Worker [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Sub Conductor [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Captain and Brevet Major [2]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Corporal of Horse [2]

Engineman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [163]

Royal Engineers [158]

Labour Corps [153]

Army Service Corps [138]

Highland Light Infantry [108]

Royal Scots [105]

Royal Army Medical Corps [101]

Royal Garrison Artillery [94]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [78]

Machine Gun Corps [75]

Royal Highlanders [71]

London Regiment [67]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [64]

Scottish Rifles [60]

Gordon Highlanders [52]

Royal Irish Rifles [50]

Cameron Highlanders [47]

Liverpool Regiment [42]

Royal Fusiliers [41]

Royal Naval Division [38]

Seaforth Highlanders [38]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [37]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [37]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [36]

Northumberland Fusiliers [35]

Royal Irish Regiment [34]

Lancashire Fusiliers [30]

Manchester Regiment [30]

Border Regiment [28]

Canadian Infantry [27]

Royal Army Service Corps [27]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [23]

West Riding Regiment [20]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Connaught Rangers [17]

Essex Regiment [17]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

York and Lancaster Regiment [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Scots Guards [15]

South Lancashire Regiment [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2389]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [402]

Australian Imperial Force [237]

Royal Navy [222]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [179]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [73]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

F [3592]

L [11]

W [5]

H [3]

M [3]

C [2]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3498]

Merchant Navy [84]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [84]

New Zealand [3]

Ireland [2]

Jersey [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [14] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [13] Glasgow Scotland [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6] Halifax, Yorkshire [6] Brisbane Queensland [5] Dublin, Suffolk, England [5] Edinburgh Scotland [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Paisley, Renfrewshire [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bundaberg Queensland [4] Cork [4] Erith, Kent [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Bowraville New South Wales [3] Dublin [3] Dumfries Scotland [3] Glenlyon Victoria [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] North Melbourne Victoria [3] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3] Antill Ponds Tasmania [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barrow, Lancashire [2] Bellshill, Lanarkshire [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Binda New South Wales [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Canning Town, London [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Cessnock New South Wales [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] East Ham, Essex [2] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2] Gin Gin Queensland [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Greenock Scotland [2] Innerleithen, Peeblesshire [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Junee Junction New South Wales [2] Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland [2] Lithgow New South Wales [2] Macorna Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1530] Gunner [148] Corporal [127] Serjeant [121] Driver [93] Lance Corporal [87] Sapper [79] Second Lieutenant [79] Lieutenant [72] Captain [71] Major [28] Acting Corporal [21] Pioneer [19] Bombardier [15] Acting Serjeant [12] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Rifleman [10] Able Seaman [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Colonel [6] Nursing Sister [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Reverend [6] Temporary Captain [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Worker [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Deck Hand [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Trooper [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Sub Conductor [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Captain and Brevet Major [2] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Corporal of Horse [2] Engineman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [163] Royal Engineers [158] Labour Corps [153] Army Service Corps [138] Highland Light Infantry [108] Royal Scots [105] Royal Army Medical Corps [101] Royal Garrison Artillery [94] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [78] Machine Gun Corps [75] Royal Highlanders [71] London Regiment [67] Royal Scots Fusiliers [64] Scottish Rifles [60] Gordon Highlanders [52] Royal Irish Rifles [50] Cameron Highlanders [47] Liverpool Regiment [42] Royal Fusiliers [41] Royal Naval Division [38] Seaforth Highlanders [38] King's Own Scottish Borderers [37] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [37] Royal Irish Fusiliers [36] Northumberland Fusiliers [35] Royal Irish Regiment [34] Lancashire Fusiliers [30] Manchester Regiment [30] Border Regiment [28] Canadian Infantry [27] Royal Army Service Corps [27] Durham Light Infantry [23] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [23] West Riding Regiment [20] Rifle Brigade [19] Cheshire Regiment [17] Connaught Rangers [17] Essex Regiment [17] Hampshire Regiment [17] East Lancashire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [16] York and Lancaster Regiment [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Royal Lancaster Regiment [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Scots Guards [15] South Lancashire Regiment [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] Royal Defence Corps [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2389] Canadian Expeditionary Force [402] Australian Imperial Force [237] Royal Navy [222] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [179] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [73] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

F [3592] L [11] W [5] H [3] M [3] C [2] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3498] Merchant Navy [84] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [84] New Zealand [3] Ireland [2] Jersey [1]

Valentine Fleming

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Captain Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Major Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Rhyl Vaughan Fleming

Born 1887

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/1832 Corporal Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Fleming

Born 1880

Died 1962

British Army 271060 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR28938 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas Daniel James Fleming

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95128

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William Fleming

Born 1890

Died 1976

British Army 240288 Pioneer Royal Engineers 335 Road Construction Company

British Army WR/22759 Sapper Royal Engineers 314 Road Construction Company

British Army WR/22759 Pioneer Royal Engineers 314 Road Construction Company

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Mostyn Aldborough Fleming

Born 1879

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 36829 Corporal Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Wilfrid Allan Fleming

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain 56 Squadron

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Andrew Fleming

Died 1917

British Army 4241 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/40512 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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John Fleming

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army S/3971 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/3971 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Herbert Fleming

Died 1916

British Army E/346 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

British Army E/346 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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William Fleming

Died 1918

British Army 3051 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 3051 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240617 Private Scottish Rifles 10th Battalion

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Hamilton Maxwell Fleming

Born 1876

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion.

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Alexander Fleming

Born 1881

Died 1955

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Fleming

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 417 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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George Edward Fleming

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 17370 Private Royal Scots

British Army 17370 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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Ernest William Fleming

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 74122 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 13th Battalion

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William Fairweather Fleming

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army S/15473 Private Gordon Highlanders 1/5th Battalion

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Henry Fleming

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army 770517 Royal Artillery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189918

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Charles Christie Fleming

Born 1864

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Colonel Army Medical Service

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James Fleming

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 6543 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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