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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Kilmalcolm Scotland [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Belfast [2]

Burray, Orkney, Scotland [2]

Cobar New South Wales [2]

Dublin [2]

Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland [2]

Harrisville Queensland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Antrim [1]

Ayrshire Scotland [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Banff, Banffshire [1]

Bathgate Linlithgow [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Birkenhead South Australia [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bridgeton,Glasgow. [1]

Burray, Orkney [1]

CARMYLLIE, FORFARSHIRE [1]

Caithness, Scotland [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Crail, Fifeshire [1]

Crossgate, Fifeshire [1]

Dalziel, Lanarkshire [1]

Denny, Stirlingshire [1]

Digby Victoria [1]

Dundee Scotland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

East London [1]

Forfar [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Rank

Private [381]

Corporal [40]

Gunner [40]

Serjeant [35]

Driver [34]

Lieutenant [24]

Sapper [24]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Captain [19]

Lance Corporal [14]

Acting Corporal [9]

Major [9]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

2nd. Lieutenant [1]

3rd Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier/ Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Captain List) [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Doctor [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [52]

Royal Engineers [52]

Royal Field Artillery [52]

Army Service Corps [36]

Gordon Highlanders [36]

Scottish Rifles [36]

Labour Corps [35]

Royal Scots [35]

Highland Light Infantry [34]

Royal Highlanders [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Seaforth Highlanders [25]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Cameron Highlanders [17]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Canadian Infantry [11]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [11]

Royal Irish Rifles [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [9]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

French Red Cross [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Indian Defence Force [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [624]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [100]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

Royal Navy [43]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [903]

J [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [880]

Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Australia [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Glasgow Scotland [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Kilmalcolm Scotland [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Belfast [2] Burray, Orkney, Scotland [2] Cobar New South Wales [2] Dublin [2] Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland [2] Harrisville Queensland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Antrim [1] Ayrshire Scotland [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales [1] Banff, Banffshire [1] Bathgate Linlithgow [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Birkenhead South Australia [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bridgeton,Glasgow. [1] Burray, Orkney [1] CARMYLLIE, FORFARSHIRE [1] Caithness, Scotland [1] Camberwell, London [1] Crail, Fifeshire [1] Crossgate, Fifeshire [1] Dalziel, Lanarkshire [1] Denny, Stirlingshire [1] Digby Victoria [1] Dundee Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] East London [1] Forfar [1] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1] Hornsey, London [1]

Rank

Private [381] Corporal [40] Gunner [40] Serjeant [35] Driver [34] Lieutenant [24] Sapper [24] Second Lieutenant [23] Captain [19] Lance Corporal [14] Acting Corporal [9] Major [9] Rifleman [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] 2nd. Lieutenant [1] 3rd Serjeant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier/ Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Captain List) [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Doctor [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [52] Royal Engineers [52] Royal Field Artillery [52] Army Service Corps [36] Gordon Highlanders [36] Scottish Rifles [36] Labour Corps [35] Royal Scots [35] Highland Light Infantry [34] Royal Highlanders [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Seaforth Highlanders [25] Royal Naval Division [18] Cameron Highlanders [17] Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] Canadian Infantry [11] London Regiment [11] Royal Irish Fusiliers [11] Royal Irish Rifles [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [9] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] French Red Cross [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Indian Defence Force [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Military Foot Police [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Auckland Infantry Regiment [2] Australian Infantry [2] Border Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [624] Canadian Expeditionary Force [100] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50] Australian Imperial Force [45] Royal Navy [43] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [903] J [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [880] Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Australia [1] Jamaica [1]

John Laird

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army S/12813 Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/12813 Private Cameron Highlanders 6th Battalion

British Army S/12813 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders 6th Battalion

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William Mitchell Laird

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army S/9210 Private Gordon Highlanders C Company

British Army S9210 Private Gordon Highlanders C Company

British Army S9210 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders C Company

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Robert John Laird

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654200

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654200 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 161st Huron Battalion

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Robert Laird

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army S/5029 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Charles Laird

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 240079 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 240079 Private Scottish Rifles 10th Battalion

British Army 1435 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Alexander H Laird

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 95617 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Laird

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1943 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 1943 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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David Laird

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army S/9247 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/43111 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Roy Leslie Laird

Died 1915

British Army 1992 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Alfred Ernest Laird

Born 1898

British Army S/32036 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Robert Harold Laird

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173231

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David Laird

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145987

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James K. Laird

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 33440 Private Highland Light Infantry

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George Laird

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76782

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Robert Alexander Laird

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185481

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Thomas Stewart Laird

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 171171

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John Laird

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111319

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Alexander Stephens Laird

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10889

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John Daniel Lord

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5011 Private Australian Infantry Regiment 19th Battalion

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James Laird

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231944

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