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Melbourne Victoria [47]

Sydney New South Wales [36]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [22]

Brisbane Queensland [17]

Belfast, Antrim [13]

Glasgow Scotland [12]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [12]

London England [12]

Adelaide South Australia [10]

Belfast [10]

London, Middlesex, England [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [8]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Glasgow [7]

Newcastle New South Wales [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Rockhampton Queensland [6]

South Shields, Durham [6]

Albury New South Wales [5]

Belfast, Down [5]

London [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Dublin [4]

Korong Vale Victoria [4]

Manchester [4]

Moree New South Wales [4]

Queanbeyan New South Wales [4]

Waterford [4]

Deptford, London [3]

Durham [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Edinburgh Scotland [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

MacKay Queensland [3]

Motherwell, Lanarkshire [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Prahran Victoria [3]

Singleton New South Wales [3]

Tottenham, London [3]

Wycheproof Victoria [3]

Adelong New South Wales [2]

Antrim [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Ayr Scotland [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [2897]

Gunner [301]

Corporal [251]

Serjeant [214]

Driver [202]

Lieutenant [196]

Second Lieutenant [178]

Captain [175]

Lance Corporal [153]

Sapper [152]

Major [74]

Pioneer [42]

Acting Serjeant [41]

Acting Corporal [38]

Lieutenant Colonel [35]

Bombardier [19]

Lance Serjeant [19]

Temporary Captain [18]

Commander [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Rifleman [13]

Reverend [11]

Sister [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Commander [9]

Nursing Sister [9]

Sergeant [9]

Trooper [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Brigadier General [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Colonel [7]

Staff Nurse [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Deck Hand [6]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Captain [5]

Drummer [5]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Worker [5]

Assistant Surgeon [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Brevet Major [4]

Major General [4]

Major General /Temporary Lieutenant General [4]

Unit

Labour Corps [316]

Royal Field Artillery [314]

Royal Engineers [305]

Army Service Corps [284]

Highland Light Infantry [227]

Royal Scots [170]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [167]

Royal Garrison Artillery [164]

Scottish Rifles [146]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [136]

Royal Army Medical Corps [135]

Seaforth Highlanders [132]

London Regiment [130]

Machine Gun Corps [126]

Royal Irish Rifles [126]

Gordon Highlanders [93]

Cameron Highlanders [89]

Royal Highlanders [88]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [83]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [80]

Northumberland Fusiliers [71]

Canadian Infantry [69]

Durham Light Infantry [64]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [64]

Royal Fusiliers [57]

Royal Naval Division [53]

British West Indies Regiment [52]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [50]

Manchester Regiment [49]

Middlesex Regiment [49]

Royal Army Service Corps [46]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

West Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Scots Guards [34]

Border Regiment [32]

Lancashire Fusiliers [32]

Royal Defence Corps [32]

Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Royal Irish Regiment [25]

Cheshire Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [24]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Army Ordnance Corps [22]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Tank Corps [22]

Royal Air Force [21]

Royal Flying Corps [21]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

Service

British Army [4620]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [917]

Australian Imperial Force [517]

Royal Navy [390]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [311]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [178]

Other Empire Force [14]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [7062]

B [17]

C [14]

D [13]

R [7]

F [3]

K [2]

S [2]

W [2]

A [1]

L [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6950]

Merchant Navy [133]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [115]

Ireland [6]

Jamaica [2]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [47] Sydney New South Wales [36] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [22] Brisbane Queensland [17] Belfast, Antrim [13] Glasgow Scotland [12] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [12] London England [12] Adelaide South Australia [10] Belfast [10] London, Middlesex, England [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Paisley, Renfrewshire [8] Ballarat Victoria [7] Glasgow [7] Newcastle New South Wales [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Rockhampton Queensland [6] South Shields, Durham [6] Albury New South Wales [5] Belfast, Down [5] London [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Dublin [4] Korong Vale Victoria [4] Manchester [4] Moree New South Wales [4] Queanbeyan New South Wales [4] Waterford [4] Deptford, London [3] Durham [3] Edinburgh [3] Edinburgh Scotland [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] MacKay Queensland [3] Motherwell, Lanarkshire [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Prahran Victoria [3] Singleton New South Wales [3] Tottenham, London [3] Wycheproof Victoria [3] Adelong New South Wales [2] Antrim [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Ayr Scotland [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Bendigo Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [2897] Gunner [301] Corporal [251] Serjeant [214] Driver [202] Lieutenant [196] Second Lieutenant [178] Captain [175] Lance Corporal [153] Sapper [152] Major [74] Pioneer [42] Acting Serjeant [41] Acting Corporal [38] Lieutenant Colonel [35] Bombardier [19] Lance Serjeant [19] Temporary Captain [18] Commander [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Company Serjeant Major [13] Rifleman [13] Reverend [11] Sister [11] Temporary Lieutenant [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Commander [9] Nursing Sister [9] Sergeant [9] Trooper [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Brigadier General [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Colonel [7] Staff Nurse [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Deck Hand [6] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Captain [5] Drummer [5] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Worker [5] Assistant Surgeon [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Brevet Major [4] Major General [4] Major General /Temporary Lieutenant General [4]

Unit

Labour Corps [316] Royal Field Artillery [314] Royal Engineers [305] Army Service Corps [284] Highland Light Infantry [227] Royal Scots [170] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [167] Royal Garrison Artillery [164] Scottish Rifles [146] Royal Scots Fusiliers [136] Royal Army Medical Corps [135] Seaforth Highlanders [132] London Regiment [130] Machine Gun Corps [126] Royal Irish Rifles [126] Gordon Highlanders [93] Cameron Highlanders [89] Royal Highlanders [88] King's Own Scottish Borderers [83] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [80] Northumberland Fusiliers [71] Canadian Infantry [69] Durham Light Infantry [64] Royal Irish Fusiliers [64] Royal Fusiliers [57] Royal Naval Division [53] British West Indies Regiment [52] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [50] Manchester Regiment [49] Middlesex Regiment [49] Royal Army Service Corps [46] Liverpool Regiment [40] West Yorkshire Regiment [36] Scots Guards [34] Border Regiment [32] Lancashire Fusiliers [32] Royal Defence Corps [32] Yorkshire Regiment [27] Royal Irish Regiment [25] Cheshire Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [24] Rifle Brigade [24] Army Ordnance Corps [22] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Tank Corps [22] Royal Air Force [21] Royal Flying Corps [21] Hampshire Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

Service

British Army [4620] Canadian Expeditionary Force [917] Australian Imperial Force [517] Royal Navy [390] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [311] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [178] Other Empire Force [14] Indian Army [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [7062] B [17] C [14] D [13] R [7] F [3] K [2] S [2] W [2] A [1] L [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6950] Merchant Navy [133] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [115] Ireland [6] Jamaica [2] Canada [1] Egypt [1] New Zealand [1]

Archibald Samuel Hamilton

Born 1865

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieu. Derbyshire Regiment

Indian Army Captain

Indian Army Lieu.

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George Henry Hamilton

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 30887 Private Essex Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army G/18917 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Albert Edward Hamilton

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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William Hamilton

Born 1901

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Private British Honduras Territorial Force

British Army 5154 Private British West Indies Regiment

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William Samuel Hamilton

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army 859 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 71132 Private Corps of Hussars

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John Hamilton

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 1220 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 276076 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 265155 Pioneer Seaforth Highlanders

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Philip Dawson Prior Hamilton

Born 1898

Died 1982

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74292

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David Hamilton

Died 1916

British Army 6401 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6401 Lance Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 6401 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Murray Hamilton

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 6280 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 512460 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 6280 Private London Regiment 1/14 lond Battalion

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John Miller Pirrie Hamilton

Born 1887

Died 1952

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Corps of Royal Engineers

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Frederick Tower Hamilton

Born 1856

Died 1917

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Captain

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Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton

Born 1853

Died 1947

British Army General Staff

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Andrew Hamilton

Died 1915

British Army 2672 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 2672 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

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William Reeve Hamilton

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army 27186 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army 41489 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Herbert Hamilton

Born 1899

Other Empire Force 7847 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 10124 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

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George Francis Hamilton

Born 1891

Died 1940

British Army 541044 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd London General Hospital

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The Hon. Alexander Beamish Hamilton

Born 1861

Died 1918

British Army Colonel Staff

British Army Kings Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Brigadier General Staff

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Robert Caradoc Hamilton

Born 1877

Died 1959

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Samuel Hamilton

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788615

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788615 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles Hamilton

Born 1882

British Army 5426 Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 5426 Lance Serjeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 5426 Acting Lance Sergeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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