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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [13]

Melbourne Victoria [13]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9]

Launceston Tas Tasmania [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Goroke Victoria [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales [3]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [2]

Cape Colony, South Africa [2]

Dublin [2]

Dundee , Angus, Scotland [2]

Eidsvold Queensland [2]

Glasgow [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

St. Andrews, Fife [2]

Wallsend New South Wales [2]

Westport NZ [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aleake, Ross-shire [1]

Allenton South Australia [1]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Armagh [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Augusta [1]

Ayrshire Scotland [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast Northern Ireland [1]

Bellshill, Lanarkshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bittern, Hampshire [1]

Bowden South Australia [1]

Bowhill, Dumbarton [1]

Braybrook Junction Victoria [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim [1]

Castle Hill, County Louth [1]

Claremont Queensland [1]

Clermont Queensland [1]

Cressy Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [543]

Gunner [50]

Serjeant [49]

Corporal [46]

Driver [31]

Sapper [28]

Lance Corporal [26]

Lieutenant [26]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Captain [21]

Acting Corporal [11]

Major [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Bombardier [5]

Rifleman [4]

Sister [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bearer [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Davadar [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Filter Gunner [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [68]

Highland Light Infantry [59]

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Army Service Corps [50]

Royal Scots [48]

Royal Irish Rifles [47]

Scottish Rifles [44]

Royal Engineers [43]

Royal Highlanders [42]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [40]

Royal Army Medical Corps [36]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [31]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [26]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Gordon Highlanders [23]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23]

Seaforth Highlanders [22]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [20]

Cameron Highlanders [16]

London Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Irish Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Hussars [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [5]

Young Mens Christian Association [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Service

British Army [835]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [120]

Australian Imperial Force [91]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59]

Royal Navy [51]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [1243]

B [2]

D [2]

I [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1195]

Merchant Navy [46]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [13] Melbourne Victoria [13] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9] Launceston Tas Tasmania [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Glasgow Scotland [4] Goroke Victoria [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales [3] Paisley, Renfrewshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [2] Cape Colony, South Africa [2] Dublin [2] Dundee , Angus, Scotland [2] Eidsvold Queensland [2] Glasgow [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] St. Andrews, Fife [2] Wallsend New South Wales [2] Westport NZ [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aleake, Ross-shire [1] Allenton South Australia [1] Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Armagh [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Augusta [1] Ayrshire Scotland [1] Belfast [1] Belfast Northern Ireland [1] Belfast Northern Ireland [1] Bellshill, Lanarkshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bittern, Hampshire [1] Bowden South Australia [1] Bowhill, Dumbarton [1] Braybrook Junction Victoria [1] Canning Town, London [1] Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim [1] Castle Hill, County Louth [1] Claremont Queensland [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Cressy Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [543] Gunner [50] Serjeant [49] Corporal [46] Driver [31] Sapper [28] Lance Corporal [26] Lieutenant [26] Second Lieutenant [24] Captain [21] Acting Corporal [11] Major [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Lance Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Bombardier [5] Rifleman [4] Sister [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Worker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bearer [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Davadar [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Filter Gunner [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [68] Highland Light Infantry [59] Royal Field Artillery [59] Army Service Corps [50] Royal Scots [48] Royal Irish Rifles [47] Scottish Rifles [44] Royal Engineers [43] Royal Highlanders [42] Royal Scots Fusiliers [40] Royal Army Medical Corps [36] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [31] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] Royal Irish Fusiliers [26] Machine Gun Corps [24] Gordon Highlanders [23] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23] Seaforth Highlanders [22] King's Own Scottish Borderers [20] Cameron Highlanders [16] London Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Irish Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Border Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Hussars [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Tank Corps [5] Voluntary Aid Detachment [5] Young Mens Christian Association [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Service

British Army [835] Canadian Expeditionary Force [120] Australian Imperial Force [91] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59] Royal Navy [51] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [1243] B [2] D [2] I [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1195] Merchant Navy [46] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

William Fulton Houston

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 50098 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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William Houston

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 11909 Private Lance Corporal Highland Light Infantry

British Army 11909 Lance Corporal Highland Light Infantry

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John K Houston

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4803 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 331905 (Incomplete) Private Highland Light Infantry

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Andrew Houston

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 22182 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Fredrick Neville Houston

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain 14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Houston

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy Y 4697 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 13056/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM ML 435

Royal Navy J57631 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

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James Isaac Houston

Born 1891

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 718116

Canadian Expeditionary Force 718116 Private Canadian Engineers

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John Houston

Born 1884

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 56076

Canadian Expeditionary Force 56076 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Jordan Houston

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1/218 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Mersey 1/218 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Mersey 1/218 Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Hood Battalion RN Division

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William George Houston

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 128861

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Lawson Houston

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 17746 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Hugh Ralph Houston

Born 1885

British Army 5297 Lance Sergeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 5297 Serjeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 5297 Acting Serjeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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William Houston

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 56231 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 56231 R.A.M.C. 130th (St John) Field Ambulance

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Gilbert Houston

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134309

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Leonard Harry Houston

Born 1891

Died 1961

British Army G/22114 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Samuel Mclean Houston

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 790346

Canadian Expeditionary Force 790346 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Edward Houston

Born 1882

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 104294

Canadian Expeditionary Force 104294 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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John Houston

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 898430

Canadian Expeditionary Force 898430 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Henry Houston

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 406728

Canadian Expeditionary Force 406728 Private Canadian Infantry

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J Houston

Died 1918

British Army 93483 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 93483 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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