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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]

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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]

Beatrice Georgina Frederica Forbes

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Staff Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

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Harry Jocelyn Forbes

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73040

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Edward Archibald Forbes

Born 1869

Died 1929

British Army Reverend Temporary Chaplain

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David Hendry Edenie Forbes

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 170342 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 170342 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 1st/1st Siege Reserve Bde.

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Robert Forbes

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85911

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John Forbes

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 201155 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 632273 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Patrick Forbes

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402047

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Lawrence Forbes

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade)

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Arthur Forbes

Born 1897

Other Empire Force 7219 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 7325 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Forbes

British Army 4523 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 4523 Trooper Scottish Horse Yeomanry 1/1st

British Army 315108 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Forbes

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2270 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Jonathan Forbes

Born 1888

Other Empire Force 7220 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 7326 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alastair Hugh Forbes

Born 1878

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army 23077 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders

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Atholl Laurence Cunyngham Forbes

Born 1882

Died 1953

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

British Army Major Grenadier Guards

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James Forbes

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 2752 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 200458 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 200458 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4/5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion (Territorial).

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Frank William Forbes

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28415

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Tom Forbes

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280103

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James Forbes

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 41187 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Royal Engineers 67th Field company

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Atholl Forbes

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1521 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 265267 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Noel Edmund Forbes

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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