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Drouin Victoria [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

15 Foundry Yard, Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Auckland [1]

Ayr [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Black River [1]

Camberwell, Lane [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Galway [1]

Keiss, Caithness-shire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

New Cumnock, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Northcote Victoria [1]

Paisley, Lanarkshire [1]

Potters Bar, Hertfordshire [1]

Springburn, Glasgow [1]

Turrieffe, Aberdeenshire [1]

Wick, Caithness [1]

Wick, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [161]

Driver [22]

Gunner [21]

Captain [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lance Corporal [10]

Corporal [9]

Serjeant [8]

Sapper [7]

Bombardier [4]

Major [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Commander [2]

Pioneer [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trooper [2]

3rd Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Administrator [1]

Davadar [1]

Directrice [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Gordon Highlanders [31]

Labour Corps [22]

Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Highland Light Infantry [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Highlanders [9]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1/55th Cokes Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Unit/Infantry [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Infantry Royal Canadian Regiment Nova Scotia Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [267]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [46]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Royal Navy [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [393]

F [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [379]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Drouin Victoria [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Dover, Kent [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] 15 Foundry Yard, Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1] Aberdeen [1] Auckland [1] Ayr [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Black River [1] Camberwell, Lane [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Galway [1] Keiss, Caithness-shire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] New Cumnock, Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Northcote Victoria [1] Paisley, Lanarkshire [1] Potters Bar, Hertfordshire [1] Springburn, Glasgow [1] Turrieffe, Aberdeenshire [1] Wick, Caithness [1] Wick, Caithness, Scotland [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [161] Driver [22] Gunner [21] Captain [16] Lieutenant [15] Second Lieutenant [15] Lance Corporal [10] Corporal [9] Serjeant [8] Sapper [7] Bombardier [4] Major [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Commander [2] Pioneer [2] Temporary Major [2] Trooper [2] 3rd Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Administrator [1] Davadar [1] Directrice [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Sister [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trimmer [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [32] Gordon Highlanders [31] Labour Corps [22] Army Service Corps [17] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Highland Light Infantry [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Highlanders [9] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] London Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Cameron Highlanders [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Scottish Horse [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1/55th Cokes Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Army Unit/Infantry [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Infantry Royal Canadian Regiment Nova Scotia Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [267] Canadian Expeditionary Force [46] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Royal Navy [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Australian Imperial Force [8] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [393] F [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [379] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Albert Leith

Died 1916

British Army 3963 Lance Corporal Highland Light Infantry

British Army 3963 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Robert Leith

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 40865 Private Royal Scots

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J Leith

Died 1916

British Army 3985 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Frederick James Leith

Died 1918

British Army 144695 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Alexander Leith

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 202920 Private Gordon Highlanders

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James Leith

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 85861 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 85861 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Duncan Leith

Died 1917

British Army 27608 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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John Henry Leith

Died 1915

British Army 11020 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Alexander Leith

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3092 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 290640 Private Gordon Highlanders

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David Leith

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army S/26172 Private Cameron Highlanders

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John Leith

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army S/8535 Private Gordon Highlanders

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James Leith

Born 1887

Died 1953

British Army 2602 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 290271 Private Gordon Highlanders

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William James Leith

Australian Imperial Force 1768

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Peter Leith

Born 1894

Royal Navy 4526 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Arthur John Leith

Australian Imperial Force 1097

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Frank Albert Leith

Australian Imperial Force 52

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Archibald Leith

Australian Imperial Force 81942

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Percy Idius Leith

Australian Imperial Force 1506

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William Leith

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 360358

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William Alexander Leith

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25/773 Auckland Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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