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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Aberdeen [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5]

Edinburgh [5]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

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Aberdeenshire [4]

Colac Victoria [4]

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Auckland [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Dundee [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

South Melbourne Victoria [3]

Yea Victoria [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bondi New South Wales [2]

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Cairns Queensland [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Corowa New South Wales [2]

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Launceston Tasmania [2]

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Limehouse, London [2]

Mallala South Australia [2]

Manchester [2]

Perth Scotland [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Petersham New South Wales [2]

Port Albert Victoria [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Southport, Lancashire [2]

Thornton, Fifeshire [2]

Tunbridge Tasmania [2]

Young New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1060]

Gunner [97]

Serjeant [86]

Corporal [77]

Captain [76]

Second Lieutenant [75]

Lieutenant [72]

Sapper [63]

Driver [60]

Lance Corporal [51]

Major [39]

Lieutenant Colonel [19]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Pioneer [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Commander [8]

Bombardier [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Nursing Sister [6]

Reverend [6]

Sister [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Nurse [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Chaplain [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Assistant Surgeon [2]

Canteen Worker [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Chief Skipper [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [143]

Royal Engineers [130]

Labour Corps [114]

Royal Field Artillery [102]

Army Service Corps [94]

Seaforth Highlanders [92]

Royal Highlanders [87]

Royal Scots [80]

Royal Army Medical Corps [78]

Highland Light Infantry [69]

Royal Garrison Artillery [69]

London Regiment [54]

Cameron Highlanders [47]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [46]

Machine Gun Corps [46]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [44]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [38]

Scottish Rifles [38]

Royal Naval Division [37]

British West Indies Regiment [34]

Canadian Infantry [28]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [23]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Royal Irish Rifles [22]

Northumberland Fusiliers [20]

Durham Light Infantry [18]

Liverpool Regiment [16]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [16]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Royal Air Force [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Scots Guards [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Training Reserve Battalion [13]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Tank Corps [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Border Regiment [8]

Lancers [8]

Scottish Horse [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Irish Guards [7]

Royal Horse Artillery [7]

Service

British Army [1752]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [323]

Australian Imperial Force [178]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [152]

Royal Navy [142]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [51]

Other Empire Force [11]

Indian Army [6]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

F [2668]

H [5]

G [3]

M [2]

O [2]

S [2]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2600]

Merchant Navy [62]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Ireland [3]

Canada [2]

Jamaica [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Aberdeen [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5] Edinburgh [5] Edinburgh Scotland [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Aberdeen Scotland [4] Aberdeenshire [4] Colac Victoria [4] Glasgow [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Auckland [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Dundee [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3] South Melbourne Victoria [3] Yea Victoria [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bondi New South Wales [2] Briagolong Victoria [2] Cairns Queensland [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Corowa New South Wales [2] Deptford London England [2] Deptford, London [2] Dundee Scotland [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Glanville South Australia [2] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2] Hampstead, London [2] Inverness [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Limehouse, London [2] Mallala South Australia [2] Manchester [2] Perth Scotland [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Petersham New South Wales [2] Port Albert Victoria [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Southport, Lancashire [2] Thornton, Fifeshire [2] Tunbridge Tasmania [2] Young New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1060] Gunner [97] Serjeant [86] Corporal [77] Captain [76] Second Lieutenant [75] Lieutenant [72] Sapper [63] Driver [60] Lance Corporal [51] Major [39] Lieutenant Colonel [19] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [13] Company Serjeant Major [11] Lance Serjeant [10] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Pioneer [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Commander [8] Bombardier [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Nursing Sister [6] Reverend [6] Sister [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Nurse [5] Able Seaman [4] Chaplain [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Deck Hand [4] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Trooper [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Assistant Surgeon [2] Canteen Worker [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Chief Skipper [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [143] Royal Engineers [130] Labour Corps [114] Royal Field Artillery [102] Army Service Corps [94] Seaforth Highlanders [92] Royal Highlanders [87] Royal Scots [80] Royal Army Medical Corps [78] Highland Light Infantry [69] Royal Garrison Artillery [69] London Regiment [54] Cameron Highlanders [47] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [46] Machine Gun Corps [46] Royal Scots Fusiliers [44] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [38] Scottish Rifles [38] Royal Naval Division [37] British West Indies Regiment [34] Canadian Infantry [28] King's Own Scottish Borderers [23] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Royal Fusiliers [22] Royal Irish Rifles [22] Northumberland Fusiliers [20] Durham Light Infantry [18] Liverpool Regiment [16] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [16] Rifle Brigade [15] Royal Air Force [14] Royal Naval Reserve [14] Scots Guards [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Manchester Regiment [13] Training Reserve Battalion [13] Royal Flying Corps [10] Tank Corps [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Voluntary Aid Detachment [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Border Regiment [8] Lancers [8] Scottish Horse [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Corps of Hussars [7] Irish Guards [7] Royal Horse Artillery [7]

Service

British Army [1752] Canadian Expeditionary Force [323] Australian Imperial Force [178] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [152] Royal Navy [142] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [51] Other Empire Force [11] Indian Army [6] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

F [2668] H [5] G [3] M [2] O [2] S [2] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2600] Merchant Navy [62] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Ireland [3] Canada [2] Jamaica [1]

Alexander Bruce Forbes

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 11645 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) 8th (The Argyllshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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Arthur Walter Forbes

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant Submarine H5

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Fergus George Arthur Forbes

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Clapperton Forbes

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1226 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Andrew Edward Forbes

Born 1888

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1647A

Australian Imperial Force Corporal Infantry 49th Battalion

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Alexander Forbes

Born 1884

British Army 1869 Corporal Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 290313 Company Serjeant Major Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 4070721 Warrant Officer Class 2 Monmouthshire Regiment

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Charles Forbes

Born 1850

Died 1926

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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Thomas Benzie Forbes

Born 1883

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 690705

Canadian Expeditionary Force 690705 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Forbes

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 22353 Private Royal Scots

British Army 22353 PRIVATE Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 17th Battalion

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Spencer Dundas Forbes

Born 1874

Died 1914

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Commander HMS Monmouth

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Winnifred Edna Forbes

Born 1886

Died 1950

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps Ontario Military Hospital (Orpington).

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Allan Forbes

Born 1895

British Army 4598 Private British West Indies Regiment

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James George Arnand Forbes

Born 1882

Died 1961

British Army 1492 (incomplete) Quartermaster Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 1492 (incomplete) Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps 4th Stationary Hospital at St. Omer, France

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Frank Forbes

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 37929 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George William Forbes

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army G/1135 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army GS/1135 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Peter Forbes

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2656 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 202773 Private Seaforth Highlanders 4th Battalion

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James Arthur Charles Forbes

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy MIdshipman HMS Mars

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Tiger

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Simon Forbes

Born 1896

Died 1982

British Army 355579 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 355579 Private Highland Light Infantry 10th Battalion

British Army 355579 Private Highland Light Infantry 21st Battalion

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Ian Grant Forbes

Born 1888

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174147 Cadet Royal Air Force

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Alec Forbes

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1424 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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