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Glasgow Scotland [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [9]

Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [6]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Guyra New South Wales [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Winchester [3]

Yarrawonga Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Clear Lake Victoria [2]

Cope Cope Victoria [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Galston Scotland [2]

Inverkeithing, Fifeshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kerang Victoria [2]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Paisley Scotland [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Port William, Wigtownshire, Scotland [2]

Wallsend New South Wales [2]

Warialda New South Wales [2]

Winslow Victoria [2]

4 Franklin Terrace, Anderston, Glasgow [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Aramac Queensland [1]

Ardree, Lanarkshire [1]

Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Auckland [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ayreshire Scotland [1]

Bambridge, County Down, Northern Ireland [1]

Baringhup Victoria [1]

Bathgate, Linlithgow [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Broadmeadows Victoria [1]

Buntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Burnie Tasmania [1]

Cambuslang, Lanarkshire [1]

Cessnock New South Wales [1]

Chiltern Victoria [1]

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Cowdenheath, Fifeshire [1]

Rank

Private [476]

Gunner [48]

Corporal [41]

Serjeant [34]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Driver [29]

Sapper [26]

Captain [22]

Lieutenant [17]

Lance Corporal [14]

Acting Corporal [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Pioneer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Canteen Worker [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Reverend [2]

Sister [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Luitenant [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting warrant officer class 1 [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Canteener [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel Honorary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cook [1]

Lance Corporal Private [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Honorary Captain in Army [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [76]

Labour Corps [61]

Royal Engineers [57]

Royal Field Artillery [57]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [53]

Highland Light Infantry [50]

Gordon Highlanders [34]

Seaforth Highlanders [34]

Army Service Corps [33]

Royal Scots [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Royal Highlanders [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Scottish Rifles [21]

Cameron Highlanders [19]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [16]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [16]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

London Regiment [14]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Royal Irish Rifles [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Scots Guards [7]

French Red Cross [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

13th Royal Scots [2]

98th Infantry Brigade [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Service

British Army [725]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [99]

Australian Imperial Force [87]

Royal Navy [52]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [1087]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1048]

Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [1]

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Glasgow Scotland [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [9] Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [6] Melbourne Victoria [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Guyra New South Wales [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Winchester [3] Yarrawonga Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Clear Lake Victoria [2] Cope Cope Victoria [2] Edinburgh [2] Galston Scotland [2] Inverkeithing, Fifeshire [2] Islington, London [2] Kerang Victoria [2] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Paisley Scotland [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Port William, Wigtownshire, Scotland [2] Wallsend New South Wales [2] Warialda New South Wales [2] Winslow Victoria [2] 4 Franklin Terrace, Anderston, Glasgow [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Aramac Queensland [1] Ardree, Lanarkshire [1] Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Auckland [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ayreshire Scotland [1] Bambridge, County Down, Northern Ireland [1] Baringhup Victoria [1] Bathgate, Linlithgow [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Broadmeadows Victoria [1] Buntisland, Fifeshire [1] Burnie Tasmania [1] Cambuslang, Lanarkshire [1] Cessnock New South Wales [1] Chiltern Victoria [1] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Cowdenheath, Fifeshire [1]

Rank

Private [476] Gunner [48] Corporal [41] Serjeant [34] Second Lieutenant [31] Driver [29] Sapper [26] Captain [22] Lieutenant [17] Lance Corporal [14] Acting Corporal [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Pioneer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Bombardier [2] Canteen Worker [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Reverend [2] Sister [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Luitenant [1] ALIAS Private [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting warrant officer class 1 [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Canteener [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Colonel Honorary Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cook [1] Lance Corporal Private [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Honorary Captain in Army [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [76] Labour Corps [61] Royal Engineers [57] Royal Field Artillery [57] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [53] Highland Light Infantry [50] Gordon Highlanders [34] Seaforth Highlanders [34] Army Service Corps [33] Royal Scots [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Royal Highlanders [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Scottish Rifles [21] Cameron Highlanders [19] King's Own Scottish Borderers [16] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [16] Machine Gun Corps [15] London Regiment [14] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] Border Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [8] Royal Irish Rifles [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Scots Guards [7] French Red Cross [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Irish Fusiliers [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Ayrshire Yeomanry [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] 13th Royal Scots [2] 98th Infantry Brigade [2] Australian Infantry [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Service

British Army [725] Canadian Expeditionary Force [99] Australian Imperial Force [87] Royal Navy [52] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [1087] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1048] Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [1]

Archibald Gordon Hosburg Gilmour

Born 1884

Died 1928

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George Gilmour

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 60585 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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David Niven Gilmour

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 126217 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Gilmour

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy 932076 Cook Mercantile Marine Reserve

Royal Navy 932076 Cook Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "Otranto."

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David Gilmour

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3630 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/43324 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/43324 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8th (Service) Battalion.

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John Allison Gilmour

Born 1880

British Army 277338 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 220119 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army Private Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 2/7th

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Campbell Hamilton Gilmour

Born 1877

Died 1972

British Army 5643 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 365152 Private Labour Corps

British Army Private Labour Corps

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Alexander Ritchie Gilmour

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19621

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Charles Boardman Gilmour

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239103

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John Gilmour

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253803

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James C Gilmour

Died 1918

British Army 51067 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Robert Gilmour

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 14172 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 8th Battalion

British Army 14172 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 8th Battalion

British Army 14172 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Robert Gilmour

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 70746 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Samuel Gilmour

Died 1917

British Army 10405 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 421490 Private Labour Corps

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John Gilmour

Died 1917

British Army 612511 Private London Regiment 1/19th lond Battalion

British Army 6246 Private London Regiment 1/19th lond Battalion

British Army 612511 Private London Regiment

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Cecil Gilmour

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 193 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Alexander B. Gilmour

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army S/1919 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John Gilmour

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 6705 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 6705 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Hugh Gilmour

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 5177 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 252258 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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David Gilmour

Died 1917

British Army 26295 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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