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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]

Tingha New South Wales [4]

Dundee Scotland [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [3]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [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]

Harrogate South Australia [2]

Hillgrove New South Wales [2]

Hong Kong [2]

Kyneton Victoria [2]

Launceston Tas Tasmania [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mount Gambier South Australia [2]

Mt Gambier South Australia [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Semaphore South Australia [2]

Shetland, Scotland [2]

West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Aden [1]

Airdrie [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]

Trimmer [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]

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]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Scots Guards [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [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]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [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] Tingha New South Wales [4] Dundee Scotland [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Hobart Tas Tasmania [3] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [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] Harrogate South Australia [2] Hillgrove New South Wales [2] Hong Kong [2] Kyneton Victoria [2] Launceston Tas Tasmania [2] Liverpool England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mount Gambier South Australia [2] Mt Gambier South Australia [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Semaphore South Australia [2] Shetland, Scotland [2] West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Aden [1] Airdrie [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] Trimmer [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]

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] Middlesex Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Canadian Infantry [13] Scots Guards [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [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] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [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]

James Alexander Hay

Born 1883

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 229 Corporal Australion Light Horse 3rd Battalion

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William Hay

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army S/8350 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Cecil Richard Hay

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 7823 Private /Lance Corporal Scots Guards

British Army 7823 Acting Corporal Scots Guards 2nd Battalion

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Bruce Somerville Hay Mid

Born 1879

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/530 Captain Main Body Otago Infantry Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 406 Serjeant 2nd New Zealand Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/530 10th New Zealand Mounted Rifles

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Albert Edward Hay

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 13503 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 13503 Lce. Cpl. Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 13503 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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Robert Hay

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 22-1751 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army GS-79710 Private Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Robert Hay

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 5695 Private London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Sydney Lennox Hay

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 1854 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265490 Lance-Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Ernest Stratford Hay

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army 56134 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3227 Private Suffolk Yeomanry 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 66th Battalion

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Richard John Edmund Hay

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1124 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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John Hay Beith

Born 1876

Died 1952

British Army Second Lieutenant Officers Training Corps Junior Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List Territorial Force

British Army Temporary Captain Machine Gun Corps

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Roger Bolton Hay

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 48 Squadron

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John Mackie Hay

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army S/10135 Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

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George Kingston Baron Hay

Born 1896

Australian Imperial Force 3016

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Alfred Chalmers Hay

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 14111 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 3rd

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Alexander Mcniven Hay

Born 1891

Royal Navy 612 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal battalion

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Robert Craig Hay

Died 1916

British Army Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200226 Acting Sergeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6627 Acting Sergeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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David Hay

Born 1885

Royal Navy 1692 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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William Henry Edgar Hay

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 3160 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371105 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Douglas Hay

Born 1888

Died 1949

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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