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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]

Victor Stanley Hamilton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53602

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Frederick Hamilton

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army Corporal The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 879 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 200051 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Robert Hamilton

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279780

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Hornby Hamilton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66500

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Richard Hamilton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96704

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Claud Nigel Hamilton

Born 1889

Died 1975

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards grenadier guard Battalion

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards grenadier guard Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Thomas James Hamilton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130715

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Henry Alexander Crawford Hamilton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59073

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Herbert Edward Hamilton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304228

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William Whitfield Hamilton

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 36936 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps attached 2nd Cadet Wing Royal Air Force

British Army 36936 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet Royal Air Force

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George Wallace Hamilton

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141773

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Alexander Hamilton

Died 1916

British Army 117 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 117 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

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Arthur Hamilton

Died 1917

British Army 1635 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 43381 Corporal Scottish Rifles 9th Battalion

British Army 1635 Corporal Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Frank Hamilton

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 324285 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 324285 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Emanuel Hamilton

Died 1919

British Army 15830 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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Douglas John Hamilton

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 3889 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 35714 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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John Hamilton

Born 1891

British Army 1684 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240172 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Hugh Hamilton

Died 1916

British Army 3/7786 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John Hamilton

Died 1916

British Army 14748 Lance Serjeant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Donald Hamilton

Born 1879

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 38169 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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