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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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Place of birth

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]

William Mcleod Johnstone

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 7538 Private Royal Highlanders

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William N. Johnstone

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 12231 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 12231 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Easton Johnstone

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 645794

Canadian Expeditionary Force 645794 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Johnstone

Born 1897

Died 1982

Canadian Expeditionary Force 438772

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Thomas Robertson Johnstone

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313789

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David Allison Johnstone

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189339

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John Ritchie Johnstone

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Wallace Robertson Johnstone

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3312

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Richard Johnstone

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 16th (Newcastle) Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 26th (3rd Tyneside Irish) Battalion

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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William T. Johnstone

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2647 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 240709 Private Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

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George Johnstone

Born 1915

Died 1915

British Army 898 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Andrew Johnstone

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 8817 Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Sydney Harold Johnstone

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225249

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Robert Edwin Johnstone

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 29426 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Adam Johnstone

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170403

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James Alexander Johnstone

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280644

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William Johnstone

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121905

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Alexander Johnstone

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75015

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Frederick William Johnstone

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11227

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Alexander George Johnstone

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6473 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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