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Brighton Victoria [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Kensington,London. [2]

St.George Hanover Square,London. [2]

Aberlady,Haddingtonshire,East Lothian,Scotland. [1]

Andover England [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Beaufort Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Berringa Victoria [1]

Bombay [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

British Columbia. [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cambridge [1]

Campden Hill, Kensington [1]

Chelmsford,Thanet,Kent. [1]

Crosshill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Croydon,Surrey. [1]

Dalkeith Scotland [1]

Dumbarton,Scotland. [1]

East Ham, London [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh. [1]

Erskinville New South Wales [1]

Folkestone, Kent, England [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Galashields Scotland [1]

Gartcosh Chryston,North Lanarkshire,Scotland. [1]

Glen Innes New South Wales [1]

Hawick,Scotland. [1]

Heckmondwike, Yorkshire [1]

Holywood [1]

Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1]

Jedburgh, Roxburgh [1]

Jedburgh,Roxburghshire.Scotland. [1]

Kalgoorlie Western Australia [1]

Kelso, Roxburghshire [1]

Kensington [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Largs, Ayrshire [1]

Leith, Scotland [1]

London [1]

London Kensington [1]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Mellerstain Mill, Earlston, Berwickshire [1]

Morningside, Edinburgh [1]

Rank

Private [104]

Major [25]

Serjeant [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Captain [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Gunner [10]

Driver [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Sapper [6]

Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel [2]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

General [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Orderly [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Worker [2]

ARM [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Arms [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel / Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Chairman [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioner [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Farrier / Shoeing Smith [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Field Marshal [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

Labour Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Royal Highlanders [7]

London Regiment [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Staff [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

24th Punjabis [2]

2nd Royal Highlanders [2]

9th Royal Scots [2]

Indian Army [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Yeomanry [2]

119th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

122nd Heavy Battery Royal Artillery [1]

16th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers. [1]

1st (King's) Dragoon Guards [1]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

1st Scottish Horse [1]

2nd South African Infantry [1]

31st Duke of Connaught's Lancers [1]

31st Lancers [1]

3rd Scottish Horse [1]

5/6th Royal Scots [1]

5th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

6th Dragoons [1]

7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [228]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Royal Navy [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [327]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [318]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Germany [1]

Turkey [1]

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Brighton Victoria [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Kensington,London. [2] St.George Hanover Square,London. [2] Aberlady,Haddingtonshire,East Lothian,Scotland. [1] Andover England [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Beaufort Victoria [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Berringa Victoria [1] Bombay [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] British Columbia. [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cambridge [1] Campden Hill, Kensington [1] Chelmsford,Thanet,Kent. [1] Crosshill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Croydon,Surrey. [1] Dalkeith Scotland [1] Dumbarton,Scotland. [1] East Ham, London [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Edinburgh. [1] Erskinville New South Wales [1] Folkestone, Kent, England [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Galashields Scotland [1] Gartcosh Chryston,North Lanarkshire,Scotland. [1] Glen Innes New South Wales [1] Hawick,Scotland. [1] Heckmondwike, Yorkshire [1] Holywood [1] Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1] Jedburgh, Roxburgh [1] Jedburgh,Roxburghshire.Scotland. [1] Kalgoorlie Western Australia [1] Kelso, Roxburghshire [1] Kensington [1] Kensington, London [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Largs, Ayrshire [1] Leith, Scotland [1] London [1] London Kensington [1] Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Mellerstain Mill, Earlston, Berwickshire [1] Morningside, Edinburgh [1]

Rank

Private [104] Major [25] Serjeant [16] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Captain [11] Lieutenant [11] Gunner [10] Driver [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Sapper [6] Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [5] Staff Serjeant [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel [2] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] General [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Orderly [2] Sub Conductor [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Worker [2] ARM [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Arms [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel / Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Chairman [1] Commander [1] Commissioner [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Farrier / Shoeing Smith [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Field Marshal [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Interpreter [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Field Artillery [15] King's Own Scottish Borderers [14] Royal Engineers [13] Labour Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Gordon Highlanders [7] Highland Light Infantry [7] Royal Highlanders [7] London Regiment [6] Seaforth Highlanders [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Cameron Highlanders [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Staff [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Artillery [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] 24th Punjabis [2] 2nd Royal Highlanders [2] 9th Royal Scots [2] Indian Army [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Yeomanry [2] 119th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 122nd Heavy Battery Royal Artillery [1] 16th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers. [1] 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards [1] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 1st Scottish Horse [1] 2nd South African Infantry [1] 31st Duke of Connaught's Lancers [1] 31st Lancers [1] 3rd Scottish Horse [1] 5/6th Royal Scots [1] 5th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 6th Dragoons [1] 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [228] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Australian Imperial Force [20] Royal Navy [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [327] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [318] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Germany [1] Turkey [1]

Douglas Haig

Born 1861

Died 1928

British Army Major 7th Hussars

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 7th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 7th Hussars

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George Haig

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 685 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army Farrier / Shoeing Smith Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 685 Farrier / Shoeing Smith Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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Arthur Brodie Haig

Born 1886

Died 1957

Indian Army Major 24th Punjabis

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James Haig

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army S/15504 Private Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion

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Frederick Clarence Haig

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 12142 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Cecil Henry Haig

Born 1862

Died 1947

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant City of London Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant R.T.O.

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Edward Haig

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188451

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Henry Haig

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132620

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Charles Anthony Haig

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 1212 Lance Corporal London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 1212 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 1212 Lance Corporal London Regiment (London Scottish) 14th Battalion

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Peter Outerson Haig

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 8178 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 204658 Private Seaforth Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Andrew Newton Haig

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 4380 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 4380 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Oliver Haig

Born 1875

British Army Major Quarter Master General

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Quarter Master General

British Army Second Lieutenant Fifeshire Light Horse 1st (Volunteers)

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Ernest Herman Haig

Born 1867

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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Roland Charles Haig

Born 1873

Died 1953

British Army Major Rifle Brigade 6th rifle brigade attached 1st Battalion

British Army Brigadier General South Staffordshire Regiment

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Robert Haig

Died 1915

British Army 857 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 857 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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George Lockhart Haig

Born 1874

British Army 24019 Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 23019 T/RSM

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Alfred Edward Haig

Born 1866

Died 1935

British Army Major King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Livingstone Haig

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army 5859 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 7th Battalion

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Ummond Haig

Born 1901

Died 1981

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander HMS Dauntless

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James William Haig

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 4992 Private Royal Scots

British Army 201617 Private Royal Scots 4th Battalion

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