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Bendigo Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Maryborough Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Annan Scotland [1]

Ardboa [1]

Armadale Victoria [1]

Aveley, Essex, England [1]

Ballygarvey, County Antrim [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Burton, Derbyshire [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Calton, Lanarkshire [1]

Canning Town London, Essex [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Carlisle [1]

Clifton, Bristol [1]

Collingwood, Victoria [1]

Consett, Durham [1]

Darlington, Yorkshire [1]

Drouin Victoria [1]

Dumbarton. [1]

Dumfriesshire [1]

Edinburgh, Middlesex [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Gateshead [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Golden Square Victoria [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Hawick, Roxburghshire [1]

Hebburn, Durham, England [1]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Innerwick Haddington [1]

Innerwick, Haddington [1]

Jedburgh Scotland [1]

Langholm, Dumfriesshire [1]

Latrobe Tasmania [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London England [1]

Lougholm, Dumfriesshire [1]

Maybole, Ayrshire [1]

Mooretown, Moore, Lambton, Ontario [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Normanby Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [210]

Gunner [19]

Serjeant [17]

Corporal [14]

Driver [13]

Sapper [7]

Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Pioneer [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [23]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [20]

Army Service Corps [18]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [18]

Highland Light Infantry [14]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Scots [14]

Royal Irish Rifles [12]

Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Scottish Rifles [10]

Seaforth Highlanders [10]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [9]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

129th Baluchis [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Indian Medical Service [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

North Irish Horse [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

203rd Provisional Company Royal Defence Corps [1]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

Service

British Army [301]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [64]

Royal Navy [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Last name first letter

H [474]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [459]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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People [475] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bendigo Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Maryborough Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Annan Scotland [1] Ardboa [1] Armadale Victoria [1] Aveley, Essex, England [1] Ballygarvey, County Antrim [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Burton, Derbyshire [1] Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Calton, Lanarkshire [1] Canning Town London, Essex [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Carlisle [1] Clifton, Bristol [1] Collingwood, Victoria [1] Consett, Durham [1] Darlington, Yorkshire [1] Drouin Victoria [1] Dumbarton. [1] Dumfriesshire [1] Edinburgh, Middlesex [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Gateshead [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Golden Square Victoria [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Hawick, Roxburghshire [1] Hebburn, Durham, England [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Innerwick Haddington [1] Innerwick, Haddington [1] Jedburgh Scotland [1] Langholm, Dumfriesshire [1] Latrobe Tasmania [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] Lougholm, Dumfriesshire [1] Maybole, Ayrshire [1] Mooretown, Moore, Lambton, Ontario [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Normanby Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [210] Gunner [19] Serjeant [17] Corporal [14] Driver [13] Sapper [7] Captain [4] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Pioneer [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [23] Royal Field Artillery [23] Royal Scots Fusiliers [20] Army Service Corps [18] King's Own Scottish Borderers [18] Highland Light Infantry [14] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Scots [14] Royal Irish Rifles [12] Royal Engineers [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Royal Highlanders [10] Scottish Rifles [10] Seaforth Highlanders [10] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [9] Cameron Highlanders [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Durham Light Infantry [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4] Canadian Infantry [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] 129th Baluchis [2] French Red Cross [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Indian Medical Service [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] North Irish Horse [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 203rd Provisional Company Royal Defence Corps [1] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] 2nd Royal Scots [1]

Service

British Army [301] Canadian Expeditionary Force [64] Royal Navy [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Australian Imperial Force [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Last name first letter

H [474] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [459] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Australia [1] Canada [1]

George Harkness

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 40082 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd

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Richard Evans Harkness

Born 1899

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force Private

Australian Imperial Force 3426 Private 37th Infantry Battalion

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Raymond Harkness

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 4/2201 Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Percy Yarborough Harkness

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 4/2001 Captain Yorkshire Regiment 2nd battalion west Battalion

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment 2nd battalion west Battalion

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

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Alexander Harkness

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy 11869 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/11869 Private HMS Goliath

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David Harkness

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62506

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Henry Harkness

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306714

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Daniel Mcnaught Harkness

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109476

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Walter Rae Harkness

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force MCG35

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Bessie Harkness

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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William Harkness

Died 1915

British Army 10263 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion

British Army 10263 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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George Mccall Harkness

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 3778 Private Australian Infantry Base Depot

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Thomas James Harkness

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50511

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Joseph Harkness

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24763

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Alexander Cochrane Harkness

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 536714 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 536714 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Lewis Dixon Harkness

Born 1882

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 405484

Canadian Expeditionary Force 405484 Private Canadian Infantry

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Gordon Neil Harkness

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270031

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John Harkness

Died 1917

British Army 2926 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 280879 Private Highland Light Infantry

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William Harkness

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 144092 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Cecil Harkness

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 40103 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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