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Melbourne Victoria [4]

Fife [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Carisbrook Victoria [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Port Augusta South Australia [2]

Sedbergh, Yorkshire [2]

South Brent, Devon [2]

St Andrews, Fife [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Ancoats, Lancs [1]

Bangalore [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beeac Victoria [1]

Bervie Scotland [1]

Bridge of Earn Perthshire Scotland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

City of London [1]

Coomera Queensland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

East Haven Forfar [1]

Easthaven [1]

Elie Scotland [1]

Findochty, Banffshire, Scotland. [1]

Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Graigend Scotland [1]

Hightown, Lancashire [1]

Hulme, Lancashire [1]

Kinfauns, Perthshire [1]

Kircaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland [1]

Kirriemuir Forfar [1]

Korumburra Victoria [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Lower Bucca Creek New South Wales [1]

Lower Bucca New South Wales [1]

Newington, Surrey [1]

Nyngen New South Wales [1]

Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [220]

Corporal [24]

Gunner [23]

Driver [17]

Serjeant [17]

Sapper [13]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

S.Q.M.S. [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [36]

Royal Field Artillery [35]

Labour Corps [29]

Royal Engineers [27]

Army Service Corps [19]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17]

Royal Scots [17]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12]

Gordon Highlanders [12]

Cameron Highlanders [11]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Scottish Rifles [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [9]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Scots Guards [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Tank Corps [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Dragoons [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Motor Machine Gun Corps [2]

Non-Combatant Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [339]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Royal Navy [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [468]

Contribution

Military Service [459]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [4] Fife [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Carisbrook Victoria [2] Clapham, London [2] Edinburgh [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Port Augusta South Australia [2] Sedbergh, Yorkshire [2] South Brent, Devon [2] St Andrews, Fife [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Ancoats, Lancs [1] Bangalore [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beeac Victoria [1] Bervie Scotland [1] Bridge of Earn Perthshire Scotland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Camberwell, London [1] City of London [1] Coomera Queensland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] East Haven Forfar [1] Easthaven [1] Elie Scotland [1] Findochty, Banffshire, Scotland. [1] Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England [1] Gibraltar [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Graigend Scotland [1] Hightown, Lancashire [1] Hulme, Lancashire [1] Kinfauns, Perthshire [1] Kircaldy, Fifeshire [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland [1] Kirriemuir Forfar [1] Korumburra Victoria [1] Lanarkshire [1] Lower Bucca Creek New South Wales [1] Lower Bucca New South Wales [1] Newington, Surrey [1] Nyngen New South Wales [1] Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [220] Corporal [24] Gunner [23] Driver [17] Serjeant [17] Sapper [13] Second Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [6] Bombardier [5] Acting Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Chauffeur [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] S.Q.M.S. [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [36] Royal Field Artillery [35] Labour Corps [29] Royal Engineers [27] Army Service Corps [19] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17] Royal Scots [17] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12] Gordon Highlanders [12] Cameron Highlanders [11] Machine Gun Corps [11] Scottish Rifles [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] London Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Seaforth Highlanders [9] Highland Light Infantry [7] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Scots Guards [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Tank Corps [4] West Riding Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Dragoons [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Highland Cyclist Battalion [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Motor Machine Gun Corps [2] Non-Combatant Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [339] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Australian Imperial Force [28] Royal Navy [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [468]

Contribution

Military Service [459] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Australia [1]

Edmund Herd

Born 1893

Died 1979

British Army 4239 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 2/10th Battalion

British Army 355949 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 1/10th Battalion

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John Colling Herd

Born 1889

British Army S/220718 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S/220718 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Herbert James Herd

Born 1896

Died 1923

British Army Private Royal Scots 9th (Highlanders) Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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

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Frederick Proud Herd

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 29510 West Riding Regiment

British Army 40775 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion (T.F.)

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William Herd

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 13023 Private Scots Guards

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James J Herd

Born 1897

British Army 4504 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 4504 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 4504 Private 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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George Lamb Herd

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1958 Private Royal Highlanders 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 290302 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial).

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Robert Alexander Herd

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84108

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Rupert Holton Herd

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Flying Corps

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George William Herd

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144464

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Charles William Herd

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285775

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Thomas Edward Herd

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160586

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Thomas Herd

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276464

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James Fleming Herd

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25102

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John William Herd

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31527

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George Morrison Wilson Herd

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197050

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James Penman Fergusson Herd

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1866 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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James Herd

Died 1917

British Army 4512 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 291380 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial).

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Horace Falkland Herd

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Captain Welsh Regiment

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John William Herd

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/25759 Private The Queen's Regiment

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