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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]

David Irvine

Died 1916

British Army 21450 Private Royal Scots

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Alexander Irvine

Died 1918

British Army S/42140 Private Gordon Highlanders

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David Irvine

Died 1918

British Army 660988 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles William Darcy Irvine

Died 1915

British Army Captain Leinster Regiment

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Alfred Mcintosh Irvine

Died 1917

British Army 1414 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 1414 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

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Harold Irvine

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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George Irvine

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 12975 Private Scots Guards

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Arthur Ernest Philpot Irvine

Died 1918

British Army G/14559 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/14559 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Duncan Irvine

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4132 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 4132 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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George Chisholm Irvine

Died 1916

British Army 27834 Private Royal Scots

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Adam Irvine

Died 1914

British Army 9648 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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David Irvine

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 24133 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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James Irvine

Died 1917

British Army S/17855 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Henry Irvine

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 22629 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 22629 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Robert Irvine

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 15036 Private Royal Scots

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Thomas Irvine

Died 1916

British Army 9133 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert Hinton Irvine

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 656 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 345176 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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James Irvine

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 10191 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers Depot

British Army 10196 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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John B. Irvine

Died 1914

British Army 3/6351 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Samuel Irvine

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 57232 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 57232 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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