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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [10]

Flinders Queensland [6]

Cootamundra New South Wales [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Leamington Spa [4]

Mansfield Victoria [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bathgate Scotland [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Cooma New South Wales [2]

Dunedin [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Galston, Ayrshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Kingston, Surrey [2]

Kingstown, Cumberland, England [2]

Neutral Bay New South Wales [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Wellington [2]

274 Maxwell Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1]

Abbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Aberavon, Glamorganshire [1]

Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Aberlour, Banffshire [1]

Aghyaran [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1]

Annan, Dumfriesshire [1]

Arbroath Forfar [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Auchterderran, Fifeshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Banffshire Scotland [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belgrave, London [1]

Rank

Private [624]

Gunner [74]

Corporal [67]

Driver [51]

Serjeant [49]

Lieutenant [47]

Sapper [46]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lance Corporal [41]

Captain [27]

Bombardier [14]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Major [12]

Acting Corporal [10]

Pioneer [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Conductor [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier /Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain and Adjunct [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [98]

Royal Engineers [78]

Seaforth Highlanders [63]

Army Service Corps [62]

Labour Corps [60]

Gordon Highlanders [57]

Royal Garrison Artillery [57]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [50]

Royal Army Medical Corps [46]

Cameron Highlanders [44]

Royal Scots [44]

Highland Light Infantry [40]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

Scottish Rifles [33]

Royal Highlanders [32]

London Regiment [23]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [17]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Scots Guards [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Scottish Horse [6]

Training Reserve Battalion [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Artillery [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Lovat's Scouts [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Service

British Army [1046]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [148]

Australian Imperial Force [117]

Royal Navy [88]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [74]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

Last name first letter

F [1551]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1508]

Merchant Navy [39]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Australia [1]

Belgium [1]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [10] Flinders Queensland [6] Cootamundra New South Wales [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Glasgow Scotland [4] Leamington Spa [4] Mansfield Victoria [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bathgate Scotland [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Cooma New South Wales [2] Dunedin [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Galston, Ayrshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Kingston, Surrey [2] Kingstown, Cumberland, England [2] Neutral Bay New South Wales [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Wellington [2] 274 Maxwell Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1] Abbroath, Forfarshire [1] Aberavon, Glamorganshire [1] Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Aberlour, Banffshire [1] Aghyaran [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1] Annan, Dumfriesshire [1] Arbroath Forfar [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Auchterderran, Fifeshire [1] Auckland [1] Banffshire Scotland [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belgrave, London [1]

Rank

Private [624] Gunner [74] Corporal [67] Driver [51] Serjeant [49] Lieutenant [47] Sapper [46] Second Lieutenant [42] Lance Corporal [41] Captain [27] Bombardier [14] Acting Serjeant [12] Major [12] Acting Corporal [10] Pioneer [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Temporary Captain [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Conductor [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier /Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain and Adjunct [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [98] Royal Engineers [78] Seaforth Highlanders [63] Army Service Corps [62] Labour Corps [60] Gordon Highlanders [57] Royal Garrison Artillery [57] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [50] Royal Army Medical Corps [46] Cameron Highlanders [44] Royal Scots [44] Highland Light Infantry [40] Machine Gun Corps [33] Scottish Rifles [33] Royal Highlanders [32] London Regiment [23] King's Own Scottish Borderers [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] Manchester Regiment [18] Royal Scots Fusiliers [17] Durham Light Infantry [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Border Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Naval Division [13] Cheshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Flying Corps [7] Scots Guards [7] Tank Corps [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Scottish Horse [6] Training Reserve Battalion [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Artillery [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Lovat's Scouts [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Service

British Army [1046] Canadian Expeditionary Force [148] Australian Imperial Force [117] Royal Navy [88] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [74] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

Last name first letter

F [1551] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1508] Merchant Navy [39] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Australia [1] Belgium [1] Canada [1] New Zealand [1]

Robert Alexander Forsyth

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2860 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

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John Dalton Forsyth

Born 1896

Died 1973

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 25th Battalion

British Army Artists Rifles Officer Training Corps

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Robert James Bell Forsyth

Born 1875

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53441 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

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James Corson Forsyth

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 3616 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Forsyth

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2104 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 2104 Corporal Royal Highlanders 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Thomas Stewart Forsyth

Born 1890

Died 1962

Royal Navy 5055 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207767 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Francis Forsyth

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 10263 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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Reginald James Thomas Forsyth

Born 1893

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1096 Sergeant Australian Light Horse 1st

Australian Imperial Force 1096 Trooper Australian Light Horse 1st

Australian Imperial Force 1096 Lance Corporal Australian Light Horse 1st

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Maxwell Hanton Forsyth

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Major Scottish Rifles

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Joseph W Forsyth

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1129 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 265183 Sergeant Gordon Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Cusack Grant Forsyth

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Forsyth

Born 1864

Died 1915

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders 1st/7th Bn.

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Ross Frederick Forsyth

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654177

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654177 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Militiaman 58th Toronto Battalion

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Samuel Forsyth

Born 1891

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/400 Sergeant New Zealand Engineers

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Peter Forsyth

Died 1916

British Army 43431 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 2607 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 43431 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Battalion

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Alexander Forsyth

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army SS/2566 Private Army Service Corps Labour Company

British Army DEAL/9844 (S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps Lab. Coy. (Havre)

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Gordon Mitchell Forsyth

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47549

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Robert William Forsyth

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164165

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James Henry Forsyth

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118952

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Alexander Forsyth

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 352740 Private Royal Scots

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