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Shetland, Scotland [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire [11]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Belfast, Antrim [6]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [5]

Glasgow Scotland [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Burrawang New South Wales [4]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Cumberland New South Wales [3]

Dublin [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Orbost Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Barrhead, Renfrewshire [2]

Bowral, New South Wales [2]

Camberwell Victoria [2]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2]

Lake Rowan Victoria [2]

Leith, Midlothian [2]

Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

Waltair [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Albany New South Wales [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Ascension Island [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Balaclava South Australia [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballyhall, Antrim [1]

Barr Head, Renfrewshire [1]

Barshead, Renfrewshire [1]

Beiac Victoria [1]

Beith, Ayshire [1]

Belfast [1]

Rank

Private [813]

Gunner [74]

Corporal [58]

Driver [48]

Serjeant [44]

Lance Corporal [42]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Sapper [33]

Captain [31]

Lieutenant [29]

Major [13]

Pioneer [12]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Volunteer [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Carpenter [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting/Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [109]

Royal Field Artillery [92]

Highland Light Infantry [77]

Royal Engineers [76]

Royal Irish Rifles [70]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [63]

Army Service Corps [63]

Scottish Rifles [60]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [58]

Gordon Highlanders [56]

Royal Scots [56]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [55]

Seaforth Highlanders [52]

Royal Army Medical Corps [50]

Royal Highlanders [43]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Cameron Highlanders [31]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [28]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [22]

Northumberland Fusiliers [21]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Scots Guards [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Scottish Horse [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Royal Irish Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Indian Medical Service [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Indian Defence Force [5]

Leinster Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Tank Corps [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Connaught Rangers [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1205]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [195]

Australian Imperial Force [110]

Royal Navy [97]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [56]

Indian Army [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

I [1819]

D [13]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1744]

Merchant Navy [78]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

India [3]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

Germany [1]

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Shetland, Scotland [14] Liverpool, Lancashire [11] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Belfast, Antrim [6] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [5] Glasgow Scotland [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Burrawang New South Wales [4] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Cumberland New South Wales [3] Dublin [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Orbost Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [2] Barking, Essex [2] Barrhead, Renfrewshire [2] Bowral, New South Wales [2] Camberwell Victoria [2] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2] Lake Rowan Victoria [2] Leith, Midlothian [2] Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] Waltair [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Albany New South Wales [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Ascension Island [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Balaclava South Australia [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballyhall, Antrim [1] Barr Head, Renfrewshire [1] Barshead, Renfrewshire [1] Beiac Victoria [1] Beith, Ayshire [1] Belfast [1]

Rank

Private [813] Gunner [74] Corporal [58] Driver [48] Serjeant [44] Lance Corporal [42] Second Lieutenant [37] Sapper [33] Captain [31] Lieutenant [29] Major [13] Pioneer [12] Acting Corporal [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Acting Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Volunteer [2] Worker [2] Acting Carpenter [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting/Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [109] Royal Field Artillery [92] Highland Light Infantry [77] Royal Engineers [76] Royal Irish Rifles [70] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [63] Army Service Corps [63] Scottish Rifles [60] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [58] Gordon Highlanders [56] Royal Scots [56] Royal Scots Fusiliers [55] Seaforth Highlanders [52] Royal Army Medical Corps [50] Royal Highlanders [43] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Cameron Highlanders [31] King's Own Scottish Borderers [28] Machine Gun Corps [27] Royal Irish Fusiliers [22] Northumberland Fusiliers [21] Royal Fusiliers [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Liverpool Regiment [17] Scots Guards [14] Canadian Infantry [13] London Regiment [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Scottish Horse [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Royal Irish Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Indian Medical Service [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Indian Defence Force [5] Leinster Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Tank Corps [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Connaught Rangers [4] Devonshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1205] Canadian Expeditionary Force [195] Australian Imperial Force [110] Royal Navy [97] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [56] Indian Army [5] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

I [1819] D [13] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1744] Merchant Navy [78]

Country

United Kingdom [22] India [3] Ireland [2] Australia [1] Germany [1]

Francis Duncan Irvine

Born 1875

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Captain 1st Brigade AIF HQ Australian Infantry

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 2nd (Queen Victoria's Own) Sappers and Miners

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Robert Charles Irvine

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Attached to Indian Medical Service

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David Irvine

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 91482 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 227th Siege Battery

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Charles Irvine

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 5081 201675 Private Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

British Army 5081 201675 Royal Scots 2nd

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Catherine Irvine

Born 1885

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Lusitania" (Liverpool)

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Arthur Edmund Stewart Irvine

Born 1880

Died 1968

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Richard Irvine

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 38091 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 197994 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Irvine

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276825

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Thomas Irvine

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32749

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Robert Irvine

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292927

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Thomas George Irvine

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303566

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Samuel Irvine

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118254

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James Irvine

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292010

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Charles Knowles Irvine

Died 1917

British Army PS/2830 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Rifle Brigade

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade 10th Battalion

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Arthur Gerard Cheyne Irvine

Born 1864

Died 1925

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Francis Gerald Irvine

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10022

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John Irvine

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63096

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Robert Irvine

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164183

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William Irvine

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107627

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Gerard Foster Irvine

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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