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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [24]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Newcastle New South Wales [6]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Edinburgh [5]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Ayr, Ayrshire [3]

Booval Queensland [3]

Broken Hill New South Wales [3]

Dublin [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Warrnambool Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ballina New South Wales [2]

Belfast [2]

Broadwater New South Wales [2]

Clifton New South Wales [2]

Creswick Victoria [2]

Dundee [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Glenrowan Victoria [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Hamilton Victoria [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Malvern Victoria [2]

Mareeba Queensland [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Pittenweem, Fifeshire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Scotland [2]

Shellharbour New South Wales [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Unanderra New South Wales [2]

Winton Victoria [2]

129 North John Street, St Rollox, Glasgow [1]

Alva, Clackmannanshire [1]

Rank

Private [1135]

Corporal [103]

Serjeant [100]

Driver [92]

Gunner [88]

Lieutenant [69]

Second Lieutenant [68]

Lance Corporal [65]

Sapper [58]

Captain [53]

Major [25]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Pioneer [13]

Rifleman [12]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Temporary Captain [9]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Sister [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Worker [6]

Bombardier [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Nursing Sister [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Colonel [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Orderly [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Assistant Matron [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Conductor [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Major General [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [130]

Royal Engineers [123]

Army Service Corps [116]

Royal Field Artillery [109]

Royal Highlanders [106]

Royal Scots [97]

Highland Light Infantry [72]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [64]

Gordon Highlanders [63]

Royal Garrison Artillery [61]

Machine Gun Corps [60]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [59]

Royal Army Medical Corps [58]

Scottish Rifles [58]

Cameron Highlanders [51]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [51]

London Regiment [48]

Seaforth Highlanders [44]

Northumberland Fusiliers [39]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

Royal Naval Division [31]

Royal Irish Rifles [29]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21]

Canadian Infantry [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [17]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [15]

East Lancashire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

British West Indies Regiment [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Scots Guards [13]

Royal Air Force [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Dragoon Guards [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Lancers [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [8]

Service

British Army [1849]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [343]

Australian Imperial Force [184]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [146]

Royal Navy [134]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [69]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [2792]

A [1]

C [1]

M [1]

N [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2728]

Merchant Navy [49]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [24] Ballarat Victoria [7] Glasgow Scotland [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Newcastle New South Wales [6] Brisbane Queensland [5] Edinburgh [5] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Ayr, Ayrshire [3] Booval Queensland [3] Broken Hill New South Wales [3] Dublin [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Warrnambool Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ballina New South Wales [2] Belfast [2] Broadwater New South Wales [2] Clifton New South Wales [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Dundee [2] Dundee, Forfarshire [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Glenrowan Victoria [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Hamilton Victoria [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Mackay Queensland [2] Malvern Victoria [2] Mareeba Queensland [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Pittenweem, Fifeshire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Scotland [2] Shellharbour New South Wales [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Unanderra New South Wales [2] Winton Victoria [2] 129 North John Street, St Rollox, Glasgow [1] Alva, Clackmannanshire [1]

Rank

Private [1135] Corporal [103] Serjeant [100] Driver [92] Gunner [88] Lieutenant [69] Second Lieutenant [68] Lance Corporal [65] Sapper [58] Captain [53] Major [25] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [15] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Pioneer [13] Rifleman [12] Company Serjeant Major [9] Temporary Captain [9] Acting Bombardier [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Sister [6] Staff Nurse [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Worker [6] Bombardier [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Nursing Sister [5] Able Seaman [4] Colonel [4] Deck Hand [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Orderly [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Assistant Matron [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Conductor [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Major General [2] Private Acting Corporal [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [130] Royal Engineers [123] Army Service Corps [116] Royal Field Artillery [109] Royal Highlanders [106] Royal Scots [97] Highland Light Infantry [72] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [64] Gordon Highlanders [63] Royal Garrison Artillery [61] Machine Gun Corps [60] Royal Scots Fusiliers [59] Royal Army Medical Corps [58] Scottish Rifles [58] Cameron Highlanders [51] King's Own Scottish Borderers [51] London Regiment [48] Seaforth Highlanders [44] Northumberland Fusiliers [39] Royal Fusiliers [36] Royal Naval Division [31] Royal Irish Rifles [29] Liverpool Regiment [24] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21] Canadian Infantry [19] Royal Army Service Corps [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] Manchester Regiment [17] Royal Irish Fusiliers [17] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [15] East Lancashire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [15] British West Indies Regiment [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Border Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Scots Guards [13] Royal Air Force [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [11] Dragoon Guards [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Lancers [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [8]

Service

British Army [1849] Canadian Expeditionary Force [343] Australian Imperial Force [184] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [146] Royal Navy [134] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [69] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [2792] A [1] C [1] M [1] N [1] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2728] Merchant Navy [49] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [54] Canada [1] India [1]

Francis Howard Lindsay

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Captain London Scottish

British Army Major London Regiment 1/14 lond Battalion

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William Coats Lindsey

Born 1896

Died 1945

British Army Northumberland How Battery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14115 Air Mechanic 1st Class British Army Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14115 Corporal Mechanic British Arny Royal Flying Corps

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Alfred Stewart Lindsay

Born 1885

Died 1949

British Army Second Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Serjeant Scottish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Horse

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Courtenay Traice Lindsay

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Fred Lindsay

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 14/1016 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Lindsay

British Army 7355 Private Cameron Highlanders 1 st Battalion

British Army 7355 Private Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion

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James Lindsay

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 183906

Canadian Expeditionary Force 183906 Private Canadian Infantry

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Hamilton Lindsay

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 15025 Private Royal Scots 12th Battalion

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Claude Frederic Thomas Lindsay, Mid

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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William Stevenson Lindsay

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308108

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Lionel Lindsay

Born 1879

Died 1965

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Temporary Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Henry Lindsay

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278022

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James Andrew Lindsay

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124867

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Samuel James Lindsay

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287293

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John Lindsay

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131220

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John Lindsay

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200631

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James Lindsay

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146039

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Jasper Lindsay

Born 1895

British Army 613 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 613 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Lindsay

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94680

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Stanley W Lindsay

Born 1896

British Army 6648 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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