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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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People [8199] Stories Communities

Place of birth

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]

William Grant

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 1311 Private 20th Hussars

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John Parke Grant

Born 1880

Died 1957

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475394

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John Grant

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 18-778 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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James Grant

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1535 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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David Charles Grant

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1331 Guardsman Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Samuel Grant

Born 1882

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 424841

Canadian Expeditionary Force 424841 Private Canadian Infantry

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Archibald Grant

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 13179 Private Highland Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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Harold Joseph Grant

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4/8105 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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William John Grant

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 28199 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Donald Grant

Born 1891

British Army S/23405 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Neil Grant

Born 1886

British Army 3119 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 266167 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

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John Waite Grant

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 3212 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion.

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Archibald Alexander Grant

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2163

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Lionel Alexander Grant

Born 1897

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4744

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Thomas James Grant

Born 1896

Australian Imperial Force 3638

Australian Imperial Force Private

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William Grant

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army S/17747 Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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James Muirhead Grant

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Honorary Captain 15th (The King's) Hussars

British Army Captain Reserve Cavalry Regiment 3rd Battalion attached 15th Hussars

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James Lewis Grant

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292103

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William Edgar Grant

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33252

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Thomas Grant

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118528

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