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Aberdeen Scotland [7]

Edinburgh [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Edinburgh Scotland [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Aberdeen [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [4]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [4]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

Tingha New South Wales [4]

Dundee Scotland [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Hong Kong [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Ayrshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bromley England [2]

Buckie, Banffshire [2]

Camberwell [2]

Durham England [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Elgin, Morayshire [2]

Forbes New South Wales [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [2]

Kyneton Victoria [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Moohtapore, Behar [2]

Mount Gambier South Australia [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Perth, Perthshire, Scotland [2]

Semaphore South Australia [2]

Shetland, Scotland [2]

West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Aden [1]

Rank

Private [974]

Serjeant [99]

Gunner [95]

Driver [91]

Corporal [81]

Captain [75]

Sapper [74]

Lieutenant [73]

Second Lieutenant [63]

Lance Corporal [34]

Major [34]

Acting Serjeant [21]

Pioneer [16]

Acting Corporal [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Bombardier [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Sergeant [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Sister [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Colonel [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nurse [3]

Private /Lance Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Matron [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Bandsman [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Captain Retired Pay [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [148]

Army Service Corps [121]

Royal Field Artillery [120]

Gordon Highlanders [115]

Labour Corps [98]

Royal Scots [88]

Seaforth Highlanders [73]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [67]

Highland Light Infantry [65]

Royal Highlanders [65]

Royal Garrison Artillery [62]

Royal Army Medical Corps [61]

Scottish Rifles [52]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [48]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [48]

Cameron Highlanders [47]

Machine Gun Corps [46]

London Regiment [42]

Northumberland Fusiliers [39]

Royal Naval Division [37]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Royal Army Service Corps [26]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Tank Corps [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Scots Guards [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

British West Indies Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Horse Artillery [7]

Scottish Horse [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

British Red Cross Society [6]

Corps of Dragoons [6]

Dragoons [6]

Hussars [6]

Service

British Army [1692]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [209]

Australian Imperial Force [162]

Royal Navy [143]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [130]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [91]

Indian Army [7]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [2497]

D [20]

M [4]

P [3]

B [2]

E [1]

G [1]

L [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2443]

Merchant Navy [76]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [73]

India [2]

Australia [1]

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Aberdeen Scotland [7] Edinburgh [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Melbourne Victoria [6] Edinburgh Scotland [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Aberdeen [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian [4] Glasgow Scotland [4] Hobart Tas Tasmania [4] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [4] Tingha New South Wales [4] Dundee Scotland [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Hong Kong [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Ayrshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bow, London [2] Bromley England [2] Buckie, Banffshire [2] Camberwell [2] Durham England [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Elgin, Morayshire [2] Forbes New South Wales [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [2] Kyneton Victoria [2] Liverpool England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Moohtapore, Behar [2] Mount Gambier South Australia [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Perth, Perthshire, Scotland [2] Semaphore South Australia [2] Shetland, Scotland [2] West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Aden [1]

Rank

Private [974] Serjeant [99] Gunner [95] Driver [91] Corporal [81] Captain [75] Sapper [74] Lieutenant [73] Second Lieutenant [63] Lance Corporal [34] Major [34] Acting Serjeant [21] Pioneer [16] Acting Corporal [15] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Staff Serjeant [7] Temporary Captain [7] Bombardier [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Corporal 2nd [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Sergeant [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Captain [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Sister [4] Staff Nurse [4] Colonel [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nurse [3] Private /Lance Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Matron [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Bandsman [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Captain Retired Pay [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Chief Petty Officer [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [148] Army Service Corps [121] Royal Field Artillery [120] Gordon Highlanders [115] Labour Corps [98] Royal Scots [88] Seaforth Highlanders [73] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [67] Highland Light Infantry [65] Royal Highlanders [65] Royal Garrison Artillery [62] Royal Army Medical Corps [61] Scottish Rifles [52] King's Own Scottish Borderers [48] Royal Scots Fusiliers [48] Cameron Highlanders [47] Machine Gun Corps [46] London Regiment [42] Northumberland Fusiliers [39] Royal Naval Division [37] Durham Light Infantry [28] Royal Army Service Corps [26] Royal Fusiliers [20] Manchester Regiment [16] Liverpool Regiment [15] Tank Corps [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Canadian Infantry [13] Scots Guards [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Royal Flying Corps [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] British West Indies Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Horse Artillery [7] Scottish Horse [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] British Red Cross Society [6] Corps of Dragoons [6] Dragoons [6] Hussars [6]

Service

British Army [1692] Canadian Expeditionary Force [209] Australian Imperial Force [162] Royal Navy [143] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [130] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [91] Indian Army [7] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [2497] D [20] M [4] P [3] B [2] E [1] G [1] L [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2443] Merchant Navy [76] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [73] India [2] Australia [1]

Cyril Hay

Born 1897

British Army 3616 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Andrew Hay

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305396

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Alexander Hay

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96523

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James Hay

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 42161 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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Robert Hay

Died 1915

British Army S/2028 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Arthur Herbert Morrison Hay

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6360

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George Hay

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/ 880 Royal Naval Division

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Samuel Hay

Died 1917

British Army S/7647 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Arthur Thomas Hay

Died 1917

British Army 534758 Private London Regiment

British Army 534758 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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James Hay

Born 1880

British Army 345653 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 2445 Private Royal Highlanders 5th Bn

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John James Hay

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102543

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Alexander Hay

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army S/15308 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/41108 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/42007 Private Royal Highlanders

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James Barromew Hay

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army Temporary Captain /Local Lieutenant Colonel General List/ Staff

British Army Lieutenant Colonel General List

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Robert Macd. Hay

Died 1917

British Army 8952 Private London Regiment

British Army 762956 Private London Regiment

British Army 762956 Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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John Hay

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army S/17500 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/17500 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Battalion.

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Andrew Cassels Hay

Died 1915

British Army S/14030 Private Cameron Highlanders

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George Douglas Hay

Born 1893

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10037 Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Douglas Hay

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army S/12876 Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/12876 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/12876 Company Sergeant Major Cameron Highlanders 7th Battalion

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Albert E Hay

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22694

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William Hay

Died 1914

British Army 264 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

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