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Sydney New South Wales [10]

Newcastle New South Wales [6]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Windsor New South Wales [3]

Anstruther, Fifeshire [2]

Dundee [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

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Melbourne Victoria [2]

Obley New South Wales [2]

Paddington New South Wales [2]

Wapping, London [2]

12 Queen’s Crescent, Cathcart, Glasgow [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alameda, California [1]

Ardoch Perthshire [1]

Armidiale New South Wales [1]

Auckland [1]

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Brisbane Queensland [1]

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Fife [1]

Fochabers Scotland [1]

Forgendenny, Perthshire [1]

Forteviot, Perthshire [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glenthompson Victoria [1]

Harrietville Victoria [1]

Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1]

Kiama New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [261]

Corporal [23]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Serjeant [20]

Gunner [17]

Driver [13]

Sapper [11]

Captain [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Pioneer [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Major [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Drummer [2]

Engineman [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Fitter Smith Gunner [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant/ Private [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [33]

Royal Engineers [28]

Army Service Corps [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25]

Seaforth Highlanders [24]

Labour Corps [23]

Gordon Highlanders [21]

Highland Light Infantry [21]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Cameron Highlanders [15]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

London Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [9]

Royal Scots [9]

Scottish Rifles [9]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Lovat's Scouts [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

1st Royal Scots [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

2nd Royal Highlanders [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Canadian General List [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Indian Medical Service [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [391]

Australian Imperial Force [58]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [51]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35]

Royal Navy [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [593]

B [3]

Contribution

Military Service [579]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Panama [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [10] Newcastle New South Wales [6] Glasgow Scotland [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Windsor New South Wales [3] Anstruther, Fifeshire [2] Dundee [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Obley New South Wales [2] Paddington New South Wales [2] Wapping, London [2] 12 Queen’s Crescent, Cathcart, Glasgow [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alameda, California [1] Ardoch Perthshire [1] Armidiale New South Wales [1] Auckland [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Bray, County Wicklow [1] Bright Victoria [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Comrie, Perthshire [1] Cornwall [1] Darnum Victoria [1] Dumbarton [1] Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfar [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Dunedin [1] Dysart, Fifeshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Edingurgh Scotland [1] Elgin Scotland [1] Fife [1] Fochabers Scotland [1] Forgendenny, Perthshire [1] Forteviot, Perthshire [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Glasgow [1] Glenthompson Victoria [1] Harrietville Victoria [1] Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1] Kiama New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [261] Corporal [23] Second Lieutenant [20] Serjeant [20] Gunner [17] Driver [13] Sapper [11] Captain [10] Lance Corporal [9] Pioneer [7] Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Major [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Bombardier [2] Drummer [2] Engineman [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Fitter Smith Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant/ Private [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [33] Royal Engineers [28] Army Service Corps [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25] Seaforth Highlanders [24] Labour Corps [23] Gordon Highlanders [21] Highland Light Infantry [21] Royal Field Artillery [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Cameron Highlanders [15] Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] London Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [9] Royal Scots [9] Scottish Rifles [9] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Lovat's Scouts [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] 1st Royal Scots [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] 2nd Royal Highlanders [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Canadian General List [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Indian Medical Service [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [391] Australian Imperial Force [58] Canadian Expeditionary Force [51] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35] Royal Navy [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [593] B [3]

Contribution

Military Service [579] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Panama [1] South Africa [1]

William Gow

Born 1890

British Army 9315 Boy Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 1st Bn

British Army 9315 Drummer Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 1st Bn

British Army 9315 Drummer Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 1st Bn

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Alexander Gow

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 7028 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 7028 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 7028 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

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Alexander Paterson Gow

British Army S/5375 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army S/5375 Acting Serjeant Royal Highlanders 7th Bn

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Andrew Gow

Born 1880

Died 1917

South African Services 15967 Private 4th Regiment South African Infantry

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Hugh Mcgregor Gow

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265422

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James Rowell Gow

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131520

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Malcolm Mckenzie Gow

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19252

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William Gow

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 87 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 43754 Private Royal Scots

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Andrew Gow

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281043

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Robert Mcgregor Gow

Born 1885

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4202 Private 7th Battalion

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John Lacey Gow

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268193

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Andrew Gow

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408813

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Robert Gow

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35506

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Sydney Edward Gow

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40730

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Herbert Frederick Stewart Butt-Gow

Born 1877

Died 1942

Royal Navy 5077 Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Indian Army Captain

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David Gow

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army S/10342 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/10342 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Gow

Born 1891

British Army 454 Lance Corporal Scottish Horse

British Army 454 Private Scottish Horse

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Walter Gow

Born 1872

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel Canadian General List

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 35th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Alexander Robert David Gow

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266322

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William Gow

Died 1917

British Army 34564 Private Royal Scots

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