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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]

Lily Hamilton

Born 1890

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Cook Voluntary Aid Detachment Catterick Camp

Other Empire Force Member Voluntary Aid Detachment Catterick Military hospital

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Thomas Hamilton

Died 1918

British Army 7286 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 7739 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 267203 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Henry Hamilton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146402

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Hugh Hamilton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48610

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Adam Simpson Hamilton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114702

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Edward Robert Kay Hamilton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192069

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William Hamilton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21704

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Charles Hamilton

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198644

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William Hamilton

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168049

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Robert Rankin Hamilton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27813

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Alexander Hamilton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98620

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Thomas Hamilton

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 372267 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 372267 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4819 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Francis Alexander Hamilton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111679

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William Hamilton

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266638

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James Hamilton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262597

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Cornelius Hamilton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130318

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Thomas Hamilton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55880

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George Hamilton

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288326

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John Hamilton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403049

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George Hamilton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261579

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