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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]

David Hamilton

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army S/11114 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Enos Hamilton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 6066 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Frederick C. Hamilton

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 509 Private Irish Guards

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Archibald S Hamilton

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 55144 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Benjamin Charles Hamilton

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 19962 Private West Riding Regiment

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James Hamilton

Died 1918

British Army 8802 Private Scottish Rifles 1/5th Battalion

British Army 41211 Private Scottish Rifles 9th Battalion

British Army 41211 Private Scottish Rifles 7th Battalion

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Joseph Hamilton

Died 1918

British Army 67514 Private Devonshire Regiment

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John Hamilton

Died 1914

British Army 5936 Private Scots Guards

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Harry Edward Hamilton

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 42137 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42137 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Joseph Hamilton

Died 1917

British Army S/16430 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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George Birrell Hamilton

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118487 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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James Hamilton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141180

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Archibald Hamilton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98101

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William Hamilton

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 598

Australian Imperial Force 4862 Driver Australian Engineers

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William H Hamilton

British Army 2623 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 2623 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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James Hamilton

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy 11700 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy R.M.A./11700 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery: HMS Resolution

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Robert Hamilton

Died 1918

British Army 13848 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 13848 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Alexander Brock Hamilton

Born 1874

Died 1921

British Army 6019 Assistant Surgeon /Serjeant Major East African Medical Service

British Army 6019 Assistant Surgeon East African Medical Service

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Charles Gough Hamilton

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Frank Hamilton

Died 1916

British Army 28634 Private Manchester Regiment 27th Battalion

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