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Sydney New South Wales [16]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [14]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [11]

Laang Victoria [6]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Footscray Victoria [5]

Glasgow [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4]

Terang Victoria [4]

Belfast [3]

Christchurch [3]

Colac Victoria [3]

Deloraine Tasmania [3]

Inglewood Queensland [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Warrnambool Victoria [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Armidale Victoria [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Blandford, Dorset [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Darlington New South Wales [2]

Dongarra Western Australia [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Dumfries Scotland [2]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Gloucester [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2]

Hereford England [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland [2]

Lanark [2]

Lynton, Devon [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Nottingham [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Rank

Private [1725]

Gunner [144]

Serjeant [136]

Corporal [123]

Driver [113]

Sapper [106]

Lance Corporal [83]

Captain [70]

Lieutenant [69]

Second Lieutenant [64]

Acting Corporal [32]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Major [22]

Pioneer [22]

Bombardier [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Nurse [7]

Sister [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Commander [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Worker [6]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Signaller [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Bandsman [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Captain /Acting Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [200]

Labour Corps [181]

Royal Field Artillery [170]

Army Service Corps [161]

Highland Light Infantry [152]

Royal Scots [152]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [139]

Royal Highlanders [131]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [124]

Scottish Rifles [98]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [96]

Seaforth Highlanders [87]

Gordon Highlanders [86]

Royal Army Medical Corps [85]

Cameron Highlanders [83]

Royal Garrison Artillery [83]

Machine Gun Corps [72]

Northumberland Fusiliers [55]

London Regiment [48]

Liverpool Regiment [43]

Royal Naval Division [36]

Royal Army Service Corps [34]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Manchester Regiment [28]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Border Regiment [22]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21]

West Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Canadian Infantry [20]

Scots Guards [20]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Tank Corps [17]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Hussars [15]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Corps of Hussars [14]

Royal Horse Artillery [14]

Army Veterinary Corps [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Royal Irish Rifles [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Service

British Army [2685]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [241]

Australian Imperial Force [207]

Royal Navy [188]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [156]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [84]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

J [3621]

H [18]

S [4]

B [2]

C [1]

D [1]

L [1]

M [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3558]

Merchant Navy [75]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

Trinidad and Tobago [2]

China [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [16] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [14] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [11] Laang Victoria [6] Brisbane Queensland [5] Footscray Victoria [5] Glasgow [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4] Terang Victoria [4] Belfast [3] Christchurch [3] Colac Victoria [3] Deloraine Tasmania [3] Inglewood Queensland [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Warrnambool Victoria [3] Aberdeen [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Armidale Victoria [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Blandford, Dorset [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Clapham, London [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Darlington New South Wales [2] Dongarra Western Australia [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Dumfries Scotland [2] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Gloucester [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2] Hereford England [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland [2] Lanark [2] Lynton, Devon [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Nottingham [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Rank

Private [1725] Gunner [144] Serjeant [136] Corporal [123] Driver [113] Sapper [106] Lance Corporal [83] Captain [70] Lieutenant [69] Second Lieutenant [64] Acting Corporal [32] Acting Serjeant [22] Major [22] Pioneer [22] Bombardier [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Company Serjeant Major [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Nurse [7] Sister [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Commander [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Temporary Captain [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Worker [6] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] Rifleman [5] Staff Nurse [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Brigadier General [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Signaller [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Bandsman [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Captain /Acting Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [200] Labour Corps [181] Royal Field Artillery [170] Army Service Corps [161] Highland Light Infantry [152] Royal Scots [152] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [139] Royal Highlanders [131] King's Own Scottish Borderers [124] Scottish Rifles [98] Royal Scots Fusiliers [96] Seaforth Highlanders [87] Gordon Highlanders [86] Royal Army Medical Corps [85] Cameron Highlanders [83] Royal Garrison Artillery [83] Machine Gun Corps [72] Northumberland Fusiliers [55] London Regiment [48] Liverpool Regiment [43] Royal Naval Division [36] Royal Army Service Corps [34] Royal Fusiliers [31] Manchester Regiment [28] Durham Light Infantry [26] Border Regiment [22] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21] West Yorkshire Regiment [21] Canadian Infantry [20] Scots Guards [20] Royal Defence Corps [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] Tank Corps [17] Rifle Brigade [16] Hussars [15] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Corps of Hussars [14] Royal Horse Artillery [14] Army Veterinary Corps [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [12] Royal Irish Rifles [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Voluntary Aid Detachment [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Service

British Army [2685] Canadian Expeditionary Force [241] Australian Imperial Force [207] Royal Navy [188] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [156] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [84] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

J [3621] H [18] S [4] B [2] C [1] D [1] L [1] M [1] V [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3558] Merchant Navy [75] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [66] Trinidad and Tobago [2] China [1]

George Carrick Johnstone

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277356

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Kenneth Johnstone

Born 1889

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2161 Private 1st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 6th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 2161 Corporal 1st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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William Jeffray Johnstone

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

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Lawrence Johnstone

Born 1871

Died 1917

British Army The Cameronians 3rd & 4th Battalions

British Army Manchester Regiment 6th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Alberta Regimental Depot 50th Battalion

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John Johnstone

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144230

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Frederick Thomas Johnstone

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55794

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William Gregson Johnstone

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96790

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Allan Johnstone

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99463

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James Richard Johnstone

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286745

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Henry William Johnstone

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218662

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William James Johnstone

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224629

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Wallace Paton Johnstone

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241399

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George Johnstone

Born 1863

Died 1915

British Army 2519 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Alexander Johnstone

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 4172 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 4172 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

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Henry Archer Johnstone

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Staff Captain Acting Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Eyer Johnstone

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 273 Private South African Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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John Johnstone

Born 1898

Died 1934

British Army 17672 Private Scots Guards

British Army 17672 Scots Guards

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John Andrew Johnstone

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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William Mccall Johnstone

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Johnstone

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 38515 Private King's Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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