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Sydney New South Wales [34]

Melbourne Victoria [29]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [17]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [15]

Brisbane Queensland [14]

London, Middlesex, England [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire [11]

London England [11]

Ballarat Victoria [9]

Edinburgh [9]

Southampton, Hampshire [9]

Aberdeen [8]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [8]

Waterford [8]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7]

Goulburn New South Wales [7]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [7]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Wyndham New South Wales [5]

Fareham, Hampshire [4]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Armagh [3]

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Inverness Scotland [3]

Liverpool England [3]

Longwood Victoria [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Portsea, Hampshire [3]

Scotland [3]

Skye Scotland [3]

Wellington [3]

York [3]

Aberdeenshire [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Auckland [2]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3411]

Gunner [357]

Serjeant [297]

Corporal [280]

Driver [232]

Second Lieutenant [197]

Sapper [189]

Lieutenant [169]

Captain [166]

Lance Corporal [156]

Acting Corporal [69]

Major [53]

Acting Serjeant [46]

Pioneer [46]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [34]

Lieutenant Colonel [30]

Bombardier [29]

Lance Serjeant [29]

Staff Serjeant [25]

Company Serjeant Major [22]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [20]

Colour Serjeant [17]

Temporary Captain [14]

Rifleman [13]

Battery Serjeant Major [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Worker [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Commander [9]

Sister [9]

Trooper [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Nurse [8]

Private /Lance Corporal [8]

Staff Nurse [8]

Drummer [7]

Guardsman [7]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Nursing Sister [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Reverend [7]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Sergeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [402]

Royal Field Artillery [375]

Labour Corps [340]

Army Service Corps [320]

Seaforth Highlanders [277]

Royal Garrison Artillery [206]

Gordon Highlanders [200]

Cameron Highlanders [186]

Royal Army Medical Corps [178]

Royal Scots [162]

London Regiment [154]

Machine Gun Corps [151]

Highland Light Infantry [127]

Royal Highlanders [112]

British West Indies Regiment [110]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [100]

Royal Fusiliers [86]

Canadian Infantry [77]

Northumberland Fusiliers [77]

Scottish Rifles [74]

Hampshire Regiment [71]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [69]

The Gordon Highlanders [68]

Royal Army Service Corps [66]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [63]

Royal Naval Division [62]

Devonshire Regiment [60]

Durham Light Infantry [57]

Middlesex Regiment [51]

West Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [45]

Rifle Brigade [45]

Somerset Light Infantry [45]

Essex Regiment [43]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [42]

Welsh Regiment [41]

Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39]

East Surrey Regiment [38]

The Queen's Regiment [38]

Manchester Regiment [37]

Army Ordnance Corps [36]

Leicestershire Regiment [36]

Royal Horse Artillery [36]

Royal Sussex Regiment [36]

Wiltshire Regiment [36]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [32]

Lincolnshire Regiment [31]

Liverpool Regiment [31]

Scots Guards [31]

Service

British Army [5499]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [918]

Royal Navy [500]

Australian Imperial Force [472]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [386]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [159]

Other Empire Force [22]

Indian Army [8]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [8179]

M [4]

F [3]

S [3]

H [2]

L [2]

W [2]

A [1]

C [1]

O [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7945]

Merchant Navy [193]

Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [165]

Canada [7]

Australia [3]

France [3]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

Jamaica [2]

New Zealand [2]

Trinidad and Tobago [2]

Yemen [2]

Barbados [1]

Cuba [1]

Jersey [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [34] Melbourne Victoria [29] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [17] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15] Portsmouth, Hampshire [15] Brisbane Queensland [14] London, Middlesex, England [13] Liverpool, Lancashire [11] London England [11] Ballarat Victoria [9] Edinburgh [9] Southampton, Hampshire [9] Aberdeen [8] Adelaide South Australia [8] Edinburgh, Midlothian [8] Waterford [8] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7] Goulburn New South Wales [7] Southampton, Hampshire, England [7] Glasgow Scotland [6] London, Middlesex [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Wyndham New South Wales [5] Fareham, Hampshire [4] Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Armagh [3] Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Chelsea, London [3] Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Inverness Scotland [3] Liverpool England [3] Longwood Victoria [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Portsea, Hampshire [3] Scotland [3] Skye Scotland [3] Wellington [3] York [3] Aberdeenshire [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Auckland [2] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3411] Gunner [357] Serjeant [297] Corporal [280] Driver [232] Second Lieutenant [197] Sapper [189] Lieutenant [169] Captain [166] Lance Corporal [156] Acting Corporal [69] Major [53] Acting Serjeant [46] Pioneer [46] Warrant Officer Class 2 [34] Lieutenant Colonel [30] Bombardier [29] Lance Serjeant [29] Staff Serjeant [25] Company Serjeant Major [22] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [20] Colour Serjeant [17] Temporary Captain [14] Rifleman [13] Battery Serjeant Major [12] Able Seaman [11] Worker [11] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Commander [9] Sister [9] Trooper [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Nurse [8] Private /Lance Corporal [8] Staff Nurse [8] Drummer [7] Guardsman [7] Lieutenant Commander [7] Nursing Sister [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Reverend [7] Shoeing Smith [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Deck Hand [5] Sergeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [402] Royal Field Artillery [375] Labour Corps [340] Army Service Corps [320] Seaforth Highlanders [277] Royal Garrison Artillery [206] Gordon Highlanders [200] Cameron Highlanders [186] Royal Army Medical Corps [178] Royal Scots [162] London Regiment [154] Machine Gun Corps [151] Highland Light Infantry [127] Royal Highlanders [112] British West Indies Regiment [110] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [100] Royal Fusiliers [86] Canadian Infantry [77] Northumberland Fusiliers [77] Scottish Rifles [74] Hampshire Regiment [71] Royal Scots Fusiliers [69] The Gordon Highlanders [68] Royal Army Service Corps [66] King's Own Scottish Borderers [63] Royal Naval Division [62] Devonshire Regiment [60] Durham Light Infantry [57] Middlesex Regiment [51] West Yorkshire Regiment [47] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [45] Rifle Brigade [45] Somerset Light Infantry [45] Essex Regiment [43] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [42] Welsh Regiment [41] Yorkshire Regiment [40] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39] East Surrey Regiment [38] The Queen's Regiment [38] Manchester Regiment [37] Army Ordnance Corps [36] Leicestershire Regiment [36] Royal Horse Artillery [36] Royal Sussex Regiment [36] Wiltshire Regiment [36] Royal Berkshire Regiment [32] Lincolnshire Regiment [31] Liverpool Regiment [31] Scots Guards [31]

Service

British Army [5499] Canadian Expeditionary Force [918] Royal Navy [500] Australian Imperial Force [472] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [386] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [159] Other Empire Force [22] Indian Army [8] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [8179] M [4] F [3] S [3] H [2] L [2] W [2] A [1] C [1] O [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7945] Merchant Navy [193] Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [165] Canada [7] Australia [3] France [3] India [2] Ireland [2] Jamaica [2] New Zealand [2] Trinidad and Tobago [2] Yemen [2] Barbados [1] Cuba [1] Jersey [1]

Charles Harry Grant

Born 1876

Died 1917

Royal Navy J46342

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Arthur James Grant

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 7034 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Allen Grant

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Bn.

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Charles Grant

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434747

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434747 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps 7th Battalion

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Arthur Henry Grant

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654265

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654265 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 2nd Central Ontario Regiment 58th Toronto Battalion

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George Malcolm Grant

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4065

Australian Imperial Force 4065 Private

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Stanley Alexander Grant

Born 1892

Royal Navy PI 39243 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39243 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Lee on Solent (Seaplane School)-Dundee

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39243 Lieutenant Royal Air Force No 2 Wing-Talikna [Aegean], 63 Wing, 10 Sqn-Composite Park-Hospital etc

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Reginald Lindsay Grant

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment

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William Grant

Born 1876

Died 1920

South African Services 33683 Trooper Prince of Wales's Light Horse

British Army Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 13012 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Lawrence D Grant

Died 1914

British Army L/9644 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army L/9644 Private The Queen's Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Grant

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 6277 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 6277 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Joseph Wilson Grant

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 230294

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Indefatigable

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John Grant

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1256 Private Gordon Highlanders 1/6th gordon highland Battalion

British Army 1256 Private Gordon Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Waldemar Gillies Grant

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2018 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 2018 Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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William Henry Grant

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 20/791 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army

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Peter Grant

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3298 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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George M Grant

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 2785 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Charles Alfred Grant

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army M2/147687 Private Army Service Corps

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William Grant

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 49297 Private Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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Stuart Grant

Died 1918

British Army S/23858 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army S/23858 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 10th Battalion

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