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Brisbane Queensland [5]

Edinburgh [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Clarendon Victoria [2]

Cupar, Fife [2]

Hamilton ON [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Mortlake Victoria [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

Allansford Victoria [1]

Arbroath, Dundee [1]

Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Bayworth, Leicestershire [1]

Belfast [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Brooklin ON [1]

Broughty Ferry [1]

Camden New South Wales [1]

Christchurch [1]

Cockpen, Mid Lothian [1]

Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland [1]

Dollar, Clackmannan [1]

Durham [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Faizabad [1]

Falkland, Fife [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hamilton Tasmania [1]

Innerleithen, Peebles [1]

Kew Victoria [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Kirkhill, Inverness-Shire [1]

Leith England [1]

Leith, Midlothian [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Linlithgow Scotland [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Loanhead, Midlothian [1]

London, Kent [1]

Londonderry (Derry) [1]

Midlothian [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Montgomeryshire [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Newton, Montgomery [1]

Newtown, Montgomeryshire [1]

Rank

Private [296]

Serjeant [38]

Gunner [34]

Captain [27]

Lieutenant [27]

Driver [25]

Sapper [23]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Lance Corporal [17]

Corporal [16]

Major [13]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Sister [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Sister [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rear Admiral [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Aclting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant Cook [1]

Air Mech. 1 [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain Quarter Master [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Clerk [1]

Commodore [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [50]

Gordon Highlanders [42]

Royal Engineers [39]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Royal Scots [28]

Army Service Corps [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Labour Corps [22]

Seaforth Highlanders [21]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [17]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [16]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [14]

Cameron Highlanders [13]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12]

Scottish Rifles [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4]

French Red Cross [4]

London Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

General Staff [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [520]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [60]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Royal Navy [39]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [715]

Contribution

Military Service [697]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [2]

India [1]

Singapore [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Brisbane Queensland [5] Edinburgh [3] Aberdeen [2] Clarendon Victoria [2] Cupar, Fife [2] Hamilton ON [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Mortlake Victoria [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] Allansford Victoria [1] Arbroath, Dundee [1] Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Bayworth, Leicestershire [1] Belfast [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Brooklin ON [1] Broughty Ferry [1] Camden New South Wales [1] Christchurch [1] Cockpen, Mid Lothian [1] Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland [1] Dollar, Clackmannan [1] Durham [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Faizabad [1] Falkland, Fife [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hamilton Tasmania [1] Innerleithen, Peebles [1] Kew Victoria [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Kirkhill, Inverness-Shire [1] Leith England [1] Leith, Midlothian [1] Lincolnshire [1] Linlithgow Scotland [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Loanhead, Midlothian [1] London, Kent [1] Londonderry (Derry) [1] Midlothian [1] Mile End, London [1] Montgomeryshire [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newton, Montgomery [1] Newtown, Montgomeryshire [1]

Rank

Private [296] Serjeant [38] Gunner [34] Captain [27] Lieutenant [27] Driver [25] Sapper [23] Second Lieutenant [20] Lance Corporal [17] Corporal [16] Major [13] Company Serjeant Major [6] Acting Corporal [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [4] Sister [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Brigadier General [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Sister [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Rear Admiral [2] Temporary Major [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman [1] Aclting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant Cook [1] Air Mech. 1 [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain Quarter Master [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Clerk [1] Commodore [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Deck Hand [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [50] Gordon Highlanders [42] Royal Engineers [39] Royal Field Artillery [32] Royal Scots [28] Army Service Corps [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Labour Corps [22] Seaforth Highlanders [21] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Royal Scots Fusiliers [17] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [16] Highland Light Infantry [16] Machine Gun Corps [16] King's Own Scottish Borderers [14] Cameron Highlanders [13] Durham Light Infantry [13] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12] Scottish Rifles [10] Royal Army Service Corps [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4] French Red Cross [4] London Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] General Staff [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [520] Canadian Expeditionary Force [60] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Royal Navy [39] Australian Imperial Force [27] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [715]

Contribution

Military Service [697] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [2] India [1] Singapore [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Ivan Osborne Lumsden

Born 1890

Died 1973

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75904 Air Mech. 1

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James Lees Lumsden

Born 1894

British Army 27653? Piper Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) 9th Battalion

British Army 33620 Piper Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army Private Labour Corps

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Tom Nixon Lumsden

Born 1896

Died 1964

British Army 11/13635 Private Border Regiment

British Army WR/259642 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 197637 Private Royal Engineers

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Thomas Lumsden

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 292029 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 1389 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Robert Oswald Lumsden

Born 1873

Died 1936

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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

British Army Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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James Edward Lumsden

Born 1894

Died 1949

British Army 131819 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Lowson Lumsden

Born 1863

Died 1925

British Army Major Territorial Force Reserve

British Army Major Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry (Volunteers)

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Robert Walter Lumsden

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 365584 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 282nd Siege Battery.

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Frederick William Lumsden

Born 1872

Died 1918

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marines Artillery

British Army Brigadier General General Staff

British Army Major /Temporary Brigadier General Staff/ Royal Marine Artillery 14th Infantry Brigade

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Allan Pearson Lumsden

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15383 Private Border Regiment 11th Battalion

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John Lumsden

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 125 Company Serjeant Major Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 125 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 125 Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Serjeant-Major) 1/7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Deas Lumsden

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 924 Private 11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Herbert Lumsden

Born 1897

Died 1945

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Lieutenant General General Staff

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Carlos Barron Lumsden

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Major Highland Light Infantry

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Albert Henry Edmond Lumsden

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66037

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James Lumsden

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403884

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George Lumsden

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39931

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Robert William Lumsden

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84896

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Henry Lumsden

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 5887 Royal Scots

British Army 40895 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Walter Gerald Lumsden

Born 1889

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry, 38th Bttln

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