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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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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]

James Grierson

Died 1918

British Army 9499 Private Border Regiment

British Army 446142 Private Labour Corps

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Andrew Grierson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403513

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Orville John Grierson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151257

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James Grierson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166591

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Frederick James Grierson

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3942

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James Grierson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144373

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James Grierson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405331

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James Orr Grierson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6084

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David Grierson

Died 1918

British Army 47110 Private 18th Hussars

British Army 47110 Private 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

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John Grierson

Died 1915

British Army 7191 Private Highland Light Infantry 8th highland Battalion

British Army 7191 Private Highland Light Infantry

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James Grierson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 1175 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 296158 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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George Ernest Grierson

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 616761 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 245801 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 245801 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Thomas Grierson

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 15386 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 241722 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 241722 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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John Grierson

Died 1917

British Army 93268 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John C. Grierson

Died 1916

British Army G/25287 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Walter Grierson

Died 1917

British Army 45808 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 45808 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Andrew Grierson

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2393 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 2393 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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William Grierson

Died 1917

British Army S/5753 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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George Grierson

Died 1916

British Army 109205 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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David Grierson

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army S/2967 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army S/2967 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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