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Sydney New South Wales [42]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [33]

Melbourne Victoria [25]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [23]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [22]

Belfast, Antrim [21]

Edinburgh [15]

Brisbane Queensland [14]

Glasgow Scotland [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire [14]

Brunswick New South Wales [13]

Shetland, Scotland [11]

Hobart Tasmania [10]

Carlton Victoria [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Belfast [8]

Carlisle, Cumberland [8]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [7]

Aberdeen Scotland [6]

Glasgow [6]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [6]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [6]

VIC Victoria [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [5]

Euroa Victoria [5]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [5]

London England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Richmond Victoria [5]

Townsville Queensland [5]

Bathurst New South Wales [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Bunbury Western Australia [4]

Buninyong Victoria [4]

Edinburgh Scotland [4]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Scotland [4]

Walcha New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Belfast, Down [3]

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire [3]

Rank

Private [3080]

Serjeant [262]

Gunner [256]

Corporal [218]

Driver [193]

Sapper [186]

Second Lieutenant [164]

Lieutenant [144]

Lance Corporal [140]

Captain [113]

Acting Corporal [54]

Major [45]

Pioneer [37]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Lieutenant Colonel [29]

Bombardier [26]

Rifleman [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [21]

Staff Serjeant [20]

Company Serjeant Major [16]

Sister [15]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Worker [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Temporary Captain [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Colonel [9]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Sergeant [9]

Staff Nurse [9]

Nursing Sister [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Reverend [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [358]

Labour Corps [301]

Royal Field Artillery [285]

Royal Scots [273]

Army Service Corps [272]

Royal Irish Rifles [248]

Highland Light Infantry [197]

Royal Garrison Artillery [186]

Royal Army Medical Corps [177]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [159]

Gordon Highlanders [155]

Royal Highlanders [152]

Scottish Rifles [146]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [137]

Machine Gun Corps [136]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [122]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [119]

Canadian Infantry [110]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [110]

Seaforth Highlanders [108]

Border Regiment [97]

Northumberland Fusiliers [92]

Cameron Highlanders [79]

London Regiment [72]

Royal Fusiliers [69]

Liverpool Regiment [68]

Royal Naval Division [68]

Durham Light Infantry [62]

Royal Army Service Corps [44]

Manchester Regiment [41]

Royal Irish Regiment [37]

Lancashire Fusiliers [36]

Cheshire Regiment [34]

Middlesex Regiment [31]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [29]

Scots Guards [29]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [28]

Rifle Brigade [25]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

Royal Air Force [22]

Tank Corps [21]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [20]

York and Lancaster Regiment [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [19]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [19]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [19]

Royal Flying Corps [19]

Service

British Army [4753]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1400]

Australian Imperial Force [642]

Royal Navy [432]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [394]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [235]

Indian Army [6]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [2]

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K [6]

W [5]

C [4]

S [4]

L [2]

R [2]

A [1]

B [1]

D [1]

H [1]

M [1]

O [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7892]

Merchant Navy [224]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [124]

Canada [7]

New Zealand [3]

Ireland [2]

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Sydney New South Wales [42] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [33] Melbourne Victoria [25] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [23] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [22] Belfast, Antrim [21] Edinburgh [15] Brisbane Queensland [14] Glasgow Scotland [14] Liverpool, Lancashire [14] Brunswick New South Wales [13] Shetland, Scotland [11] Hobart Tasmania [10] Carlton Victoria [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Belfast [8] Carlisle, Cumberland [8] Edinburgh, Midlothian [7] Aberdeen Scotland [6] Glasgow [6] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [6] North Shields, Northumberland, England [6] VIC Victoria [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Dublin, Suffolk, England [5] Euroa Victoria [5] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [5] London England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Richmond Victoria [5] Townsville Queensland [5] Bathurst New South Wales [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Bunbury Western Australia [4] Buninyong Victoria [4] Edinburgh Scotland [4] Gateshead, Durham [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Scotland [4] Walcha New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Belfast, Down [3] Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Dundee, Forfarshire [3]

Rank

Private [3080] Serjeant [262] Gunner [256] Corporal [218] Driver [193] Sapper [186] Second Lieutenant [164] Lieutenant [144] Lance Corporal [140] Captain [113] Acting Corporal [54] Major [45] Pioneer [37] Acting Serjeant [33] Lieutenant Colonel [29] Bombardier [26] Rifleman [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [21] Staff Serjeant [20] Company Serjeant Major [16] Sister [15] Lance Serjeant [13] Worker [13] Able Seaman [12] Temporary Captain [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Colonel [9] Corporal 2nd [9] Sergeant [9] Staff Nurse [9] Nursing Sister [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Reverend [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [5] Private Acting Lance Corporal [5] Trooper [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [4] Serjeant Major [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [358] Labour Corps [301] Royal Field Artillery [285] Royal Scots [273] Army Service Corps [272] Royal Irish Rifles [248] Highland Light Infantry [197] Royal Garrison Artillery [186] Royal Army Medical Corps [177] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [159] Gordon Highlanders [155] Royal Highlanders [152] Scottish Rifles [146] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [137] Machine Gun Corps [136] Royal Irish Fusiliers [122] King's Own Scottish Borderers [119] Canadian Infantry [110] Royal Scots Fusiliers [110] Seaforth Highlanders [108] Border Regiment [97] Northumberland Fusiliers [92] Cameron Highlanders [79] London Regiment [72] Royal Fusiliers [69] Liverpool Regiment [68] Royal Naval Division [68] Durham Light Infantry [62] Royal Army Service Corps [44] Manchester Regiment [41] Royal Irish Regiment [37] Lancashire Fusiliers [36] Cheshire Regiment [34] Middlesex Regiment [31] Royal Lancaster Regiment [29] Scots Guards [29] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [28] Rifle Brigade [25] Royal Defence Corps [23] Royal Air Force [22] Tank Corps [21] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [20] York and Lancaster Regiment [20] Army Veterinary Corps [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [19] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [19] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [19] Royal Flying Corps [19]

Service

British Army [4753] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1400] Australian Imperial Force [642] Royal Navy [432] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [394] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [235] Indian Army [6] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

J [8123] K [6] W [5] C [4] S [4] L [2] R [2] A [1] B [1] D [1] H [1] M [1] O [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7892] Merchant Navy [224] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [124] Canada [7] New Zealand [3] Ireland [2]

Albert Johnston

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3524 Private Australian Infantry 59th Battalion

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Harry Albert Johnston

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army L/25965 Corporal Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/25965 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/25968 Sergt. Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery

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William Henry Johnston

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Brigade Major Royal Engineers 15th Infantry Brigade

British Army Major Royal Engineers 59th Field Company

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Francis Louis Johnston

Born 1898

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force 4280 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Archibald Johnstone

Born 1888

Died 1948

Canadian Expeditionary Force 147

Canadian Expeditionary Force 129127 Trumpeter Divisional Ammunition Column 2nd Canadian Division

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Robert Johnston Paisley

Born 1889

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/3931 Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/3931 Corporal

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Alexander Johnston

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 272 Sergeant Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Duncan Clark Bain Johnston

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 10434 Private London Regiment

British Army 764435 Private London Regiment

British Army 764435 Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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George Braidford Johnston

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 7058 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Harold Johnston

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 165741 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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John Leslie Johnston

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3rd bn attached 2nd Battalion

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John Septimus Johnston

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1505 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st / 5th Battalion

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William Johnston

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2599 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 2599 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

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Alfred Roy Johnston

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1684 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army PS/1676 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

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Gavin Johnston

Born 1870

Died 1919

British Army 14968 Sergeant Royal Defence Corps 250th Protection Coy

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Reuben John Johnston

Born 1875

Died 1914

Royal Navy 350469 Sick Berth Steward HMS Aboukir

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James Arthur Vincent Johnston

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40957

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Francis Charles Johnston

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122215

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William Johnston

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290157

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William Johnston

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102086

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