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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]

John Brown Hamilton

Born 1896

Died 1973

British Army 4876 Corporal Highland Light Infantry

British Army 331958 Corporal Highland Light Infantry

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William Hamilton

Born 1883

Died 1972

British Army 399 Drummer London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 510023 Drummer London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 608649 Drummer Royal Engineers

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Donald B Hamilton

Born 1900

Died 1968

British Army G/23981 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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James Dundas Lawrie Hamilton

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army Major 7th Royal Scots (Territorial)

British Army Major Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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William Hamilton

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 6237 Acting Serjeant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

British Army 6237 Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6237 Sergeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Joseph Hamilton

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263964 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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John Hamilton

Born 1896

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 2

Australian Imperial Force 943 Private Australian Infantry Forces 3rd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2nd Lieutenant

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William Hamilton

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 11581 Private 16th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 11581 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion 2nd Salford Pals

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James Hamilton

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 7332 Lance Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army 7332 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army 7332 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 3rd Battalion

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Archibald Archie Hamilton

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 1324 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Thomas Hamilton

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1273 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Henry George Hamilton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 268515 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army 268515 Private Royal Field Artillery 6th Trench Mortar Battery

British Army 30400 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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William Hamilton

Born 1892

British Army 1413 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Andrew Hamilton

Died 1915

British Army 1748 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 1748 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

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B Hamilton

Died 1916

British Army 5958 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5958 Private West India Regiment

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Thomas Henry Hamilton

Born 1877

Died 1944

British Army 200031 Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

British Army 4/467 Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Hamilton

Born 1873

British Army 5057 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

British Army 3233185 Warrant Officer Class 2 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

British Army 54438 Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant Scottish Rifles 1st Battalion

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William Hamilton

Born 1870

Died 1915

Royal Navy RMA/14326 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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Arthur George Hamilton

Born 1893

British Army M2/268549 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

British Army M2/268549 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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Joseph Hamilton

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 8186 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 8186 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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