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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Beath, Fifeshire [3]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Stevenston, Ayrshire [2]

Argyllshire [1]

Armadale Victoria [1]

Auchinleck, Ayrshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bulli New South Wales [1]

Buteshire [1]

Camden New South Wales [1]

Coatbridge Scotland [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Hill of Beath, Fife [1]

Hillgrove New South Wales [1]

Horsham Victoria [1]

Kelvin,Glasgow,Scotland. [1]

Killarove New South Wales [1]

Kinghorn, Fife [1]

Kinghorn,Fifeshire [1]

Kurri Kurri New South Wales [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Londonderry (Derry) [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Meerlieu Victoria [1]

Milford,Berkshire [1]

Mount Gambier South Australia [1]

North Leith, Edinburgh [1]

North Overgate, Kinghorn, Fife [1]

Northcote Victoria [1]

Otford New South Wales [1]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [1]

Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Petersham New South Wales [1]

Ravenswood Queensland [1]

Renfrewshire [1]

Saltcoats, Ayrshire [1]

Saltscoats Scotland [1]

Sculcoates, Yorkshire [1]

Sutton On Sea, Lincolnshire [1]

Thirroul New South Wales [1]

Wallsend New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [172]

Captain [16]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Gunner [11]

Serjeant [11]

Corporal [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Sapper [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Driver [5]

Major [5]

Pioneer [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Engineer Lieutenant Commander For Temporary Service [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Mate [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Cyclist [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Major [1]

Sergeant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [34]

Highland Light Infantry [31]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20]

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Scots [18]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Engineers [14]

Scottish Rifles [12]

Gordon Highlanders [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Highlanders [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

London Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Otago Infantry Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Scots Guards [3]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [2]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Queens Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South African Postal Corps [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

1/1st King's African Rifles [1]

10th Royal Scots Regiment [1]

13th Royal Scots [1]

20th Hussars [1]

2nd Scottish Horse [1]

3rd Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [255]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Royal Navy [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

F [364]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [354]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Beath, Fifeshire [3] Albury New South Wales [2] Hackney, London [2] Stevenston, Ayrshire [2] Argyllshire [1] Armadale Victoria [1] Auchinleck, Ayrshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ayrshire [1] Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bulli New South Wales [1] Buteshire [1] Camden New South Wales [1] Coatbridge Scotland [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire [1] Hill of Beath, Fife [1] Hillgrove New South Wales [1] Horsham Victoria [1] Kelvin,Glasgow,Scotland. [1] Killarove New South Wales [1] Kinghorn, Fife [1] Kinghorn,Fifeshire [1] Kurri Kurri New South Wales [1] Lanarkshire [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Londonderry (Derry) [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Meerlieu Victoria [1] Milford,Berkshire [1] Mount Gambier South Australia [1] North Leith, Edinburgh [1] North Overgate, Kinghorn, Fife [1] Northcote Victoria [1] Otford New South Wales [1] Paisley, Renfrewshire [1] Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Petersham New South Wales [1] Ravenswood Queensland [1] Renfrewshire [1] Saltcoats, Ayrshire [1] Saltscoats Scotland [1] Sculcoates, Yorkshire [1] Sutton On Sea, Lincolnshire [1] Thirroul New South Wales [1] Wallsend New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [172] Captain [16] Second Lieutenant [16] Gunner [11] Serjeant [11] Corporal [8] Lance Corporal [8] Sapper [8] Lieutenant [6] Driver [5] Major [5] Pioneer [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Engineer Lieutenant Commander For Temporary Service [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Mate [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Cyclist [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Honorary Major [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Major [1] Sergeant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [34] Highland Light Infantry [31] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20] Labour Corps [18] Royal Scots [18] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Engineers [14] Scottish Rifles [12] Gordon Highlanders [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Highlanders [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Cameron Highlanders [5] London Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Otago Infantry Regiment [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Scots Guards [3] Auckland Infantry Regiment [2] Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Queens Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South African Postal Corps [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] 1/1st King's African Rifles [1] 10th Royal Scots Regiment [1] 13th Royal Scots [1] 20th Hussars [1] 2nd Scottish Horse [1] 3rd Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [255] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28] Australian Imperial Force [25] Royal Navy [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

F [364] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [354] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16] India [1]

Daniel Mcnair Frew

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1494 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Alexander Ramsay Frew

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 16562 Lance Corporal 13th Royal Scots

British Army 16562 Serjeant 13th Royal Scots

British Army 16562 Serjeant Royal Scots

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William Frew

Born 1879

British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 315018 Acting Sergeant Scottish Provisional Battalion

British Army 315018 Acting Sergeant Scottish Rifles 15th Battalion

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David Frew

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268613

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Robert Frew

Born 1894

British Army 28279 Private Manchester Regiment

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Robert James Frew

Born 1899

Died 1929

Royal Navy F/39638 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Daffodil on 23 April 1918

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Thomas Mcgill Frew

Born 1895

Died 1975

British Army T3/026500 Driver Army Service Corps

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James Pennell Frew

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199160

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James Frew

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4108 Private 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 4108 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Daniel Frew

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army 79056 Private Machine Gun Corps

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John Campbell Frew

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 1964 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 1964 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Alexander Frew

Died 1916

British Army 2174 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Battery

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Robert Frew

Died 1915

British Army S/2377 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Robert Frew

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army S/4498 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/4498 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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John Frew

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 4417 Private Royal Scots

British Army 351572 Private Royal Scots

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Charles Frew

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 9512 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 241277 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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David Frew

Died 1915

British Army 958 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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George Frew

Died 1915

British Army 8669 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/4th Battalion

British Army 8669 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Thomas Frew

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army 20136 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 7999 Private Labour Corps

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James Robertson Frew

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4847 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 63 Brigade 12 Division

British Army Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery 63 Brigade 12 Division

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