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Melbourne Victoria [10]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

Beechworth Victoria [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Millthorpe New South Wales [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Stawell Victoria [3]

Ascot Vale Victoria [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Campbelltown Scotland [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Dublin [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

Petersham New South Wales [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Watchem Victoria [2]

Whitechapel, London [2]

34 Prince's Gardens, London [1]

Adamstown New South Wales [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Alexandria Scotland [1]

Argyle Scotland [1]

Argyleshire Scotland [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Aurungabad, Deccan [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Balham, Surrey [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Balranald New South Wales [1]

Belfast [1]

Boompa Queensland [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Braehead Scotland [1]

Broughshore, Antrim [1]

Bruce County [1]

Camberwell Victoria [1]

Cardonald, Renfrewshire [1]

Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Castleblayney [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Donald Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [440]

Corporal [39]

Gunner [39]

Second Lieutenant [36]

Serjeant [35]

Driver [31]

Sapper [28]

Lance Corporal [23]

Captain [20]

Acting Corporal [15]

Lieutenant [15]

Major [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [5]

Pioneer [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Reverend [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Shoeing Smith [1]

Guardsman [1]

Head Cook [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant in Army [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Major [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [66]

Highland Light Infantry [64]

Royal Field Artillery [48]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [46]

Royal Scots [45]

Labour Corps [42]

Army Service Corps [39]

Gordon Highlanders [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Scottish Rifles [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Cameron Highlanders [24]

Seaforth Highlanders [24]

Royal Highlanders [18]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [12]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Irish Rifles [7]

Scots Guards [7]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

13th Royal Scots [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Training Reserve [3]

1st Garrison Battalion Royal Scots [2]

Service

British Army [702]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [109]

Australian Imperial Force [86]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

Royal Navy [46]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [1050]

E [1]

L [1]

M [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1019]

Merchant Navy [26]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Guyana [1]

Ireland [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [10] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8] Sydney New South Wales [5] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4] Beechworth Victoria [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Millthorpe New South Wales [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Stawell Victoria [3] Ascot Vale Victoria [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Campbelltown Scotland [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Dublin [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] Petersham New South Wales [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Watchem Victoria [2] Whitechapel, London [2] 34 Prince's Gardens, London [1] Adamstown New South Wales [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Alexandria Scotland [1] Argyle Scotland [1] Argyleshire Scotland [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Aurungabad, Deccan [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Balham, Surrey [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Balranald New South Wales [1] Belfast [1] Boompa Queensland [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Braehead Scotland [1] Broughshore, Antrim [1] Bruce County [1] Camberwell Victoria [1] Cardonald, Renfrewshire [1] Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire [1] Castleblayney [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Deal, Kent [1] Devon [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Donald Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [440] Corporal [39] Gunner [39] Second Lieutenant [36] Serjeant [35] Driver [31] Sapper [28] Lance Corporal [23] Captain [20] Acting Corporal [15] Lieutenant [15] Major [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Bombardier [5] Pioneer [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Nursing Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Reverend [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Canteen Worker [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Shoeing Smith [1] Guardsman [1] Head Cook [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant in Army [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Major [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [66] Highland Light Infantry [64] Royal Field Artillery [48] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [46] Royal Scots [45] Labour Corps [42] Army Service Corps [39] Gordon Highlanders [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Scottish Rifles [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Cameron Highlanders [24] Seaforth Highlanders [24] Royal Highlanders [18] Machine Gun Corps [17] King's Own Scottish Borderers [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] London Regiment [13] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [12] Canadian Infantry [10] Rifle Brigade [8] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Irish Rifles [7] Scots Guards [7] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] West Riding Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Corps of Hussars [5] South Wales Borderers [5] 13th Royal Scots [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Leinster Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Training Reserve [3] 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Scots [2]

Service

British Army [702] Canadian Expeditionary Force [109] Australian Imperial Force [86] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] Royal Navy [46] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [1050] E [1] L [1] M [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1019] Merchant Navy [26] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Guyana [1] Ireland [1]

Edward Gilchrist

Born 1877

Died 1922

British Army 180519 Gunner 2/1st Highland Rifle Heavy Battery

British Army 180519 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 2/1st Highland Fife Heavy Battery

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Andrew Gilchrist

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army S-12860 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 242308 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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Samuel Gilchrist

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 22948 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 22948 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Batallion

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Alexander Peter Gilchrist

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 23275 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 3rd Battalion

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Robert Gilchrist

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 49373 Private Liverpool Regiment 4th Bn.

British Army 49373 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Charles Towell Gilchrist

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 29588 Sapper Royal Engineers "L" Signal Company

British Army 29588 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Gilchrist

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 40581 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 9th Battalion

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George Hagar Gilchrist

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Engineers 2nd Tunnelling Co.

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Victoria Rifles of Canada 24th Battalion

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Hector Gordon Gilchrist

Born 1889

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Major Scottish Army Troops Royal Engineers

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William Gilchrist

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112636

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James Maxwell Gilchrist

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23329

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John Mcewan Gilchrist

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150209

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John Gilchrist

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170089

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Adam Cowan Gilchrist

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68793

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Archibald W Gilchrist

Died 1916

British Army 1948 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th battalion highland Battalion

British Army 330325 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th battalion highland Battalion

British Army 330325 Private Highland Light Infantry

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David Gilchrist

Died 1918

British Army 270394 Private Royal Scots

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Edward Gilchrist

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 4567 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 87458 Private Royal Air Force

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William Little Gilchrist

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 3569 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 301359 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas Gilchrist

Died 1917

British Army 202846 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 202846 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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James Gilchrist

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297662

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