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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Cupar, Fife [3]

Glasgow [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Creswick Victoria [2]

Dunning, Perthshire [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Galston, Ayrshire [2]

Kendal, Westmorland [2]

Kilmarnock Scotland [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alberton South Australia [1]

Alyth, Perthshire [1]

Androssan, Ayrshire [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Benleigh Queensland [1]

Beverley Western Australia [1]

Bo'ness, Linlithgow [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Caltowie South Australia [1]

Cambuslang, Lanark [1]

Christchurch [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Dalby, Ayrshire [1]

Denning, Stirlingshire [1]

Dundee Scotland [1]

Dunfermline Scotland [1]

Fenwick, Ayrshire [1]

Greenock Scotland [1]

Helensboro Scotland [1]

Insch, Aberdeenshire [1]

Irvine, Ayrshire [1]

Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Jamestown South Australia [1]

Kendal, Westmoreland [1]

Kendall, Westmoreland [1]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [1]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Kilwinning, Ayrshire [1]

Lamlash Bute [1]

Lanark, Lanarkshire [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Rank

Private [305]

Driver [25]

Gunner [23]

Sapper [17]

Serjeant [17]

Lance Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Corporal [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver Wheeler [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Sub Conductor [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [34]

Royal Highlanders [34]

Highland Light Infantry [33]

Royal Scots [33]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [30]

Gordon Highlanders [29]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Army Service Corps [28]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [27]

Scottish Rifles [24]

Labour Corps [19]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [16]

Cameron Highlanders [12]

Seaforth Highlanders [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

London Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Scottish Horse [3]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Service

British Army [437]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [57]

Australian Imperial Force [41]

Royal Navy [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [629]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Cupar, Fife [3] Glasgow [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Dunning, Perthshire [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Galston, Ayrshire [2] Kendal, Westmorland [2] Kilmarnock Scotland [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alberton South Australia [1] Alyth, Perthshire [1] Androssan, Ayrshire [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Benleigh Queensland [1] Beverley Western Australia [1] Bo'ness, Linlithgow [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Caltowie South Australia [1] Cambuslang, Lanark [1] Christchurch [1] Colac Victoria [1] Dalby, Ayrshire [1] Denning, Stirlingshire [1] Dundee Scotland [1] Dunfermline Scotland [1] Fenwick, Ayrshire [1] Greenock Scotland [1] Helensboro Scotland [1] Insch, Aberdeenshire [1] Irvine, Ayrshire [1] Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Jamestown South Australia [1] Kendal, Westmoreland [1] Kendall, Westmoreland [1] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [1] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Kilwinning, Ayrshire [1] Lamlash Bute [1] Lanark, Lanarkshire [1] Lanarkshire [1] Lancashire England [1]

Rank

Private [305] Driver [25] Gunner [23] Sapper [17] Serjeant [17] Lance Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [15] Corporal [13] Lieutenant [11] Captain [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Corporal [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Captain [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain Lieutenant Colonel [1] Commander [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver Wheeler [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Sub Conductor [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [34] Royal Highlanders [34] Highland Light Infantry [33] Royal Scots [33] Royal Scots Fusiliers [30] Gordon Highlanders [29] Royal Field Artillery [29] Army Service Corps [28] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [27] Scottish Rifles [24] Labour Corps [19] Machine Gun Corps [17] King's Own Scottish Borderers [16] Cameron Highlanders [12] Seaforth Highlanders [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] London Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Ayrshire Yeomanry [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Scots Guards [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Scottish Horse [3] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Service

British Army [437] Canadian Expeditionary Force [57] Australian Imperial Force [41] Royal Navy [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [648]

Contribution

Military Service [629] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [8] New Zealand [1]

William Gladstone Howie

Born 1893

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/557 2nd Lieutenant Otago Mounted Rifles 7th Southland Battalion

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William Howie

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6835 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200354 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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David Dickie Howie

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Trooper Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 2nd Highland Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Howie

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 29979 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Alexander Howie

Born 1884

Died 1960

British Army S/12312 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots

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Thomas Howie

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125639

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Robert Howie

Died 1916

British Army 43378 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 1576 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 43378 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Battalion

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John Howie

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 3658 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas Wilson Howie

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army 8423 Sergeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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David Howie

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221742

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Reginald James Howie

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226139

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Archibald Howie

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56722

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Alexander Gorman Howie

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3106073

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3106073 Private Canadian Infantry

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Robert Howie

Died 1917

British Army S/5212 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas Howie

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 12716 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS QUEEN MARY

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Peter M Howie

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7900

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Orval Wilkie Browne Howie

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154586

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John Vernon Howie

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179403

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Walter Howie

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 154

Canadian Expeditionary Force 154 Private Canadian Infantry

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Albert Victor Howie

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 302394

Canadian Expeditionary Force 302394 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery

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