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Melbourne Victoria [6]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Wallsend New South Wales [3]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2]

Manchester [2]

Weybridge, Surrey [2]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Bradford, Lancashire [1]

Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Dumfries [1]

Dumfries Scotland [1]

Farnworth Lancashire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Harwood Bolton Lancashire [1]

Haugh of Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Highfield Scotland [1]

Kingsland, London [1]

Kingsland, London, Middlesex [1]

Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland [1]

Lerwick, Shetlands, Scotland [1]

Liverpool Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Mundijong Western Australia [1]

Partick,Glasgow. [1]

Partick,Lanarkshire,Scotland. [1]

Penrith, Cumberland [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Perthshire [1]

Phantassie, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian) [1]

Toxteth Liverpool [1]

Toxteth, Liverpool [1]

Tweed Heads New South Wales [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Yarm, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [170]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lieutenant [20]

Serjeant [17]

Sapper [14]

Captain [12]

Corporal [12]

Driver [8]

Gunner [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Major [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Matron [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Carrier [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Fitter [1]

Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Corporal [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Matron [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Serjeant /Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sister [1]

Sister Matron [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [27]

Royal Engineers [26]

Army Service Corps [22]

Labour Corps [18]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Scottish Rifles [14]

Royal Scots [13]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Border Regiment [9]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Royal Highlanders [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

18th Hussars [2]

5/6th Royal Scots [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [301]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [28]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Royal Navy [23]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

G [414]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [405]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [415] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [6] Sydney New South Wales [5] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Wallsend New South Wales [3] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2] Manchester [2] Weybridge, Surrey [2] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Bradford, Lancashire [1] Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Dumfries [1] Dumfries Scotland [1] Farnworth Lancashire [1] Glasgow [1] Harwood Bolton Lancashire [1] Haugh of Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire [1] Highfield Scotland [1] Kingsland, London [1] Kingsland, London, Middlesex [1] Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland [1] Lerwick, Shetlands, Scotland [1] Liverpool Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Mundijong Western Australia [1] Partick,Glasgow. [1] Partick,Lanarkshire,Scotland. [1] Penrith, Cumberland [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Perthshire [1] Phantassie, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian) [1] Toxteth Liverpool [1] Toxteth, Liverpool [1] Tweed Heads New South Wales [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Weymouth, Dorset [1] Yarm, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [170] Second Lieutenant [23] Lieutenant [20] Serjeant [17] Sapper [14] Captain [12] Corporal [12] Driver [8] Gunner [8] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Corporal [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Major [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Matron [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Carrier [1] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Corporal [1] Lieutenant General [1] Matron [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Serjeant /Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sister [1] Sister Matron [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [27] Royal Engineers [26] Army Service Corps [22] Labour Corps [18] Highland Light Infantry [16] Liverpool Regiment [14] Scottish Rifles [14] Royal Scots [13] Royal Field Artillery [12] London Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Border Regiment [9] Royal Scots Fusiliers [9] Royal Highlanders [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Cameron Highlanders [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] 18th Hussars [2] 5/6th Royal Scots [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [301] Canadian Expeditionary Force [28] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Royal Navy [23] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

G [414] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [405] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

John Henry Clifford Grierson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 3rd Battalion attached to the 8th / 10th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29325 Private 16th Battalion

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John Grierson

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 205104 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 205104 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/5th Battalion.

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Harold King Grierson

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3803

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Ronald Grierson

Born 1886

British Army Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Engineers Royal Marines

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army 254/S temp Lt Royal Naval Division Deal battalion

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Charles Joseph Grierson

Died 1915

British Army 3372 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 3372 Private London Regiment

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Joseph Grierson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 241423 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3487 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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James Grierson

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 21/825 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Stanley Victor Grierson

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

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Samuel Grierson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92076

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Douglas James Grierson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228806

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John Murray Grierson

Born 1892

Died 1963

British Army Lieutenant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Captain Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Vernon Arthur Grierson

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 282075

Canadian Expeditionary Force 282075 Private Canadian Infantry

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Robert Grierson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18476

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Thomas Arthur Edwrad Grierson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241459

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Frederick Thomas Grierson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125351

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Frederick William Grierson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270848

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Percy Grierson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2933 Private Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 2933 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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William Arneil Grierson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2788 Private Highland Light Infantry 17th highland Battalion

British Army 2788 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Grierson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 9499 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army 9499 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Robert Grierson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army S/9185 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/9185 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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