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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [35]

Melbourne Victoria [35]

Sydney New South Wales [34]

Glasgow Scotland [18]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [15]

Newcastle, Northumberland [15]

Edinburgh [14]

Sunderland, Durham [14]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [13]

London England [13]

Adelaide South Australia [12]

London, Middlesex, England [12]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [11]

Gateshead, Durham [10]

Dundee Scotland [9]

Edinburgh Scotland [9]

Newcastle New South Wales [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Brisbane Queensland [8]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [8]

Shetland, Scotland [8]

South Shields, Durham, England [8]

Warrnambool Victoria [8]

Blyth, Northumberland [6]

Cellardyke, Fifeshire [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Durham [5]

Glasgow [5]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [5]

Ipswich Queensland [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Aberdeen Scotland [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Kensington Victoria [4]

Londonderry [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [4]

Perthshire [4]

Arcadia Victoria [3]

Dundee, Scotland [3]

Echuca Victoria [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Glen Innes New South Wales [3]

Grafton New South Wales [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Rank

Private [3343]

Gunner [365]

Corporal [307]

Serjeant [279]

Driver [244]

Sapper [215]

Lieutenant [184]

Second Lieutenant [171]

Lance Corporal [148]

Captain [136]

Major [71]

Acting Corporal [57]

Pioneer [47]

Acting Serjeant [42]

Bombardier [31]

Company Serjeant Major [30]

Lieutenant Colonel [26]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [20]

Lance Serjeant [19]

Worker [18]

Sister [17]

Staff Serjeant [16]

Able Seaman [15]

Rifleman [15]

Staff Nurse [14]

Trooper [13]

Temporary Captain [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Deck Hand [8]

Sergeant [8]

Commander [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Nurse [7]

Lance Bombardier [6]

Nursing Sister [6]

Private Acting Corporal [6]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [5]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

Reverend [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [455]

Labour Corps [388]

Royal Field Artillery [370]

Army Service Corps [326]

Royal Scots [289]

Royal Garrison Artillery [260]

Northumberland Fusiliers [246]

Royal Highlanders [218]

Highland Light Infantry [207]

Royal Army Medical Corps [195]

Gordon Highlanders [179]

Machine Gun Corps [177]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [173]

Durham Light Infantry [171]

Seaforth Highlanders [150]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [139]

Scottish Rifles [137]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [128]

Cameron Highlanders [116]

London Regiment [104]

Royal Naval Division [93]

Canadian Infantry [85]

Royal Army Service Corps [65]

Liverpool Regiment [62]

Royal Fusiliers [57]

West Yorkshire Regiment [56]

Royal Irish Rifles [51]

Yorkshire Regiment [51]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [49]

Border Regiment [48]

Rifle Brigade [44]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [42]

Manchester Regiment [39]

Royal Defence Corps [39]

Lancashire Fusiliers [38]

Scots Guards [38]

East Yorkshire Regiment [37]

Army Ordnance Corps [34]

Royal Air Force [32]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [30]

Middlesex Regiment [29]

Royal Flying Corps [29]

Cheshire Regiment [27]

Tank Corps [26]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [24]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [24]

West Riding Regiment [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [24]

North Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [5413]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [858]

Australian Imperial Force [517]

Royal Navy [483]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [412]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [211]

Other Empire Force [16]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

H [8157]

M [6]

B [3]

G [3]

S [2]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7888]

Merchant Navy [206]

Conscientious Objector [30]

Country

United Kingdom [181]

Australia [2]

New Zealand [2]

Canada [1]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [35] Melbourne Victoria [35] Sydney New South Wales [34] Glasgow Scotland [18] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [15] Newcastle, Northumberland [15] Edinburgh [14] Sunderland, Durham [14] Edinburgh, Midlothian [13] London England [13] Adelaide South Australia [12] London, Middlesex, England [12] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [11] Gateshead, Durham [10] Dundee Scotland [9] Edinburgh Scotland [9] Newcastle New South Wales [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Brisbane Queensland [8] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [8] Shetland, Scotland [8] South Shields, Durham, England [8] Warrnambool Victoria [8] Blyth, Northumberland [6] Cellardyke, Fifeshire [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5] Bendigo Victoria [5] Durham [5] Glasgow [5] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [5] Ipswich Queensland [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Aberdeen Scotland [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Dundee, Forfarshire [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Kensington Victoria [4] Londonderry [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] North Shields, Northumberland, England [4] Perthshire [4] Arcadia Victoria [3] Dundee, Scotland [3] Echuca Victoria [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Glen Innes New South Wales [3] Grafton New South Wales [3] London, Middlesex [3]

Rank

Private [3343] Gunner [365] Corporal [307] Serjeant [279] Driver [244] Sapper [215] Lieutenant [184] Second Lieutenant [171] Lance Corporal [148] Captain [136] Major [71] Acting Corporal [57] Pioneer [47] Acting Serjeant [42] Bombardier [31] Company Serjeant Major [30] Lieutenant Colonel [26] Warrant Officer Class 2 [20] Lance Serjeant [19] Worker [18] Sister [17] Staff Serjeant [16] Able Seaman [15] Rifleman [15] Staff Nurse [14] Trooper [13] Temporary Captain [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Temporary Lieutenant [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Deck Hand [8] Sergeant [8] Commander [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Commander [7] Nurse [7] Lance Bombardier [6] Nursing Sister [6] Private Acting Corporal [6] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [5] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] Reverend [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [455] Labour Corps [388] Royal Field Artillery [370] Army Service Corps [326] Royal Scots [289] Royal Garrison Artillery [260] Northumberland Fusiliers [246] Royal Highlanders [218] Highland Light Infantry [207] Royal Army Medical Corps [195] Gordon Highlanders [179] Machine Gun Corps [177] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [173] Durham Light Infantry [171] Seaforth Highlanders [150] King's Own Scottish Borderers [139] Scottish Rifles [137] Royal Scots Fusiliers [128] Cameron Highlanders [116] London Regiment [104] Royal Naval Division [93] Canadian Infantry [85] Royal Army Service Corps [65] Liverpool Regiment [62] Royal Fusiliers [57] West Yorkshire Regiment [56] Royal Irish Rifles [51] Yorkshire Regiment [51] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [49] Border Regiment [48] Rifle Brigade [44] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [42] Manchester Regiment [39] Royal Defence Corps [39] Lancashire Fusiliers [38] Scots Guards [38] East Yorkshire Regiment [37] Army Ordnance Corps [34] Royal Air Force [32] King's Royal Rifle Corps [30] Middlesex Regiment [29] Royal Flying Corps [29] Cheshire Regiment [27] Tank Corps [26] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [24] Royal Irish Fusiliers [24] West Riding Regiment [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [24] North Staffordshire Regiment [23] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [5413] Canadian Expeditionary Force [858] Australian Imperial Force [517] Royal Navy [483] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [412] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [211] Other Empire Force [16] Indian Army [4] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

H [8157] M [6] B [3] G [3] S [2] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7888] Merchant Navy [206] Conscientious Objector [30]

Country

United Kingdom [181] Australia [2] New Zealand [2] Canada [1] France [1] South Africa [1]

M.c. Ronald Lennox Henderson

Born 1879

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Captain

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S Barbara Henderson

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 35272 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Richard Henderson

Born 1871

Died 1918

British Army 564 Lance Sergeant South African Infantry Native Labour Corps

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Alex Mcdonald Henderson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141133

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James Thomas Henderson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144899

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John Henderson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136224

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William Henderson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98621

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James Henderson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21860

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Robert Mcintyre Henderson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283114

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Andrew William Henderson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279873

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John Henderson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161462

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Ralph Bushill Henderson

Born 1880

Died 1958

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

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David Henderson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305348

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Thomas Henderson

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2091 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Arthur Francis Henderson

Died 1914

Indian Army Major 27th Light Cavalry

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William Henderson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193867

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Edmund Henderson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154525

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James Henderson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32674

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William Henderson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120394

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John R Henderson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167471

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