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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [37]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [26]

Sydney New South Wales [18]

Glasgow Scotland [15]

Inverness Scotland [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [10]

Stornoway, Ross-shire, Scotland [9]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Glasgow [8]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Scotland [8]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

Edinburgh [6]

Edinburgh Scotland [6]

Perth Western Australia [5]

Aberdeen Scotland [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

Inverness [4]

Inverness, Inverness-shire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Toowoomba Queensland [4]

Benalla Victoria [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Dundee Scotland [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Fairfield Victoria [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Glasgow, Scotland [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Rockhampton Queensland [3]

St Arnaud Victoria [3]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Antigonish NS [2]

Applecross, Ross-shire, Scotland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Balranald New South Wales [2]

Bayble, Rossshire [2]

Bega New South Wales [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Denby Dale, Yorkshire [2]

Diamond Creek Victoria [2]

Dundee Forfar [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Durham [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [2046]

Gunner [196]

Serjeant [193]

Lieutenant [176]

Second Lieutenant [169]

Corporal [162]

Captain [150]

Driver [136]

Sapper [129]

Lance Corporal [127]

Major [60]

Acting Corporal [42]

Seaman [39]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Nursing Sister [33]

Pioneer [27]

Bombardier [24]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Deck Hand [18]

Able Seaman [17]

Lance Serjeant [17]

Sister [16]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Colonel [14]

Staff Nurse [13]

Staff Serjeant [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Sergeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Nurse [10]

Temporary Captain [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Leading Seaman [8]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Worker [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal 2nd [5]

Commander [5]

Piper [5]

Reverend [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Carpenter's Crew [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Drummer [3]

Guardsman [3]

Hon Capt [3]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [343]

Seaforth Highlanders [273]

Royal Engineers [219]

Royal Field Artillery [199]

Army Service Corps [194]

Royal Garrison Artillery [175]

Labour Corps [148]

Gordon Highlanders [142]

Royal Army Medical Corps [139]

Highland Light Infantry [127]

Royal Scots [121]

Royal Highlanders [120]

Lovat's Scouts [118]

Canadian Infantry [112]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [104]

Machine Gun Corps [90]

Scottish Rifles [76]

London Regiment [74]

Royal Naval Reserve [66]

Scots Guards [65]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [48]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [47]

Royal Army Service Corps [46]

Royal Naval Division [45]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [43]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Rifle Brigade [32]

Manchester Regiment [31]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [25]

Durham Light Infantry [22]

Royal Air Force [20]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Royal Horse Artillery [20]

Training Reserve Battalion [20]

Cheshire Regiment [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Border Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [14]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [14]

Scottish Horse [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

French Red Cross [13]

Hussars [13]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [3442]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1433]

Australian Imperial Force [333]

Royal Navy [307]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [286]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [125]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [5]

South African Services [4]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [6318]

R [4]

B [3]

H [2]

S [2]

W [2]

C [1]

F [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5988]

Merchant Navy [269]

Country

United Kingdom [102]

Canada [4]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [37] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [26] Sydney New South Wales [18] Glasgow Scotland [15] Inverness Scotland [13] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [10] Stornoway, Ross-shire, Scotland [9] Adelaide South Australia [8] Glasgow [8] Melbourne Victoria [8] Scotland [8] Bendigo Victoria [6] Edinburgh [6] Edinburgh Scotland [6] Perth Western Australia [5] Aberdeen Scotland [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4] Inverness [4] Inverness, Inverness-shire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Toowoomba Queensland [4] Benalla Victoria [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Dundee Scotland [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Fairfield Victoria [3] Fulham, London [3] Glasgow, Scotland [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Rockhampton Queensland [3] St Arnaud Victoria [3] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Antigonish NS [2] Applecross, Ross-shire, Scotland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Balranald New South Wales [2] Bayble, Rossshire [2] Bega New South Wales [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Denby Dale, Yorkshire [2] Diamond Creek Victoria [2] Dundee Forfar [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Durham [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [2046] Gunner [196] Serjeant [193] Lieutenant [176] Second Lieutenant [169] Corporal [162] Captain [150] Driver [136] Sapper [129] Lance Corporal [127] Major [60] Acting Corporal [42] Seaman [39] Acting Serjeant [33] Nursing Sister [33] Pioneer [27] Bombardier [24] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Deck Hand [18] Able Seaman [17] Lance Serjeant [17] Sister [16] Company Serjeant Major [15] Colonel [14] Staff Nurse [13] Staff Serjeant [13] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Colour Serjeant [11] Sergeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Nurse [10] Temporary Captain [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Leading Seaman [8] Ordinary Seaman [7] Worker [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal 2nd [5] Commander [5] Piper [5] Reverend [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Carpenter's Crew [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Drummer [3] Guardsman [3] Hon Capt [3]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [343] Seaforth Highlanders [273] Royal Engineers [219] Royal Field Artillery [199] Army Service Corps [194] Royal Garrison Artillery [175] Labour Corps [148] Gordon Highlanders [142] Royal Army Medical Corps [139] Highland Light Infantry [127] Royal Scots [121] Royal Highlanders [120] Lovat's Scouts [118] Canadian Infantry [112] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [104] Machine Gun Corps [90] Scottish Rifles [76] London Regiment [74] Royal Naval Reserve [66] Scots Guards [65] Royal Scots Fusiliers [48] King's Own Scottish Borderers [47] Royal Army Service Corps [46] Royal Naval Division [45] Canadian Army Medical Corps [43] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Royal Fusiliers [34] Rifle Brigade [32] Manchester Regiment [31] Liverpool Regiment [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [25] Durham Light Infantry [22] Royal Air Force [20] Royal Defence Corps [20] Royal Horse Artillery [20] Training Reserve Battalion [20] Cheshire Regiment [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Border Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Yorkshire Regiment [16] Canadian Infantry Battalion [14] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [14] Scottish Horse [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] French Red Cross [13] Hussars [13] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [3442] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1433] Australian Imperial Force [333] Royal Navy [307] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [286] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [125] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [5] South African Services [4] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [6318] R [4] B [3] H [2] S [2] W [2] C [1] F [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5988] Merchant Navy [269]

Country

United Kingdom [102] Canada [4] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Ronald Francis Keith Macdonald

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 117 Driver Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 767182 Private London Regiment 28th Battalion (Artists Rifles)

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John Macdonald

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1965 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army Private Gordon Highlanders 1/4th Battalion

British Army 200337 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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John Macdonald

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 1/5 Battalion

British Army Private Highland Light Infantry 5th Volunteer Battalion

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Roderick Oswald Corderoy Macdonald

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army lieutenant Royal Feild Artillary

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant No 42 Squadron

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Duncan Macdonald

Born 1873

Died 1958

Royal Navy D 1514 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy D 1514 Leading Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Edward Francis Macdonald

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2204 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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Thomas Macdonald

Died 1918

British Army 238066 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders 8th Battalion

British Army 25939 Cameron Highlanders

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Archibald Hillcoat Macdonald

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 5036 Serjeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles 1st Battalion

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John Stewart Macdonald

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 3090 Private London Regiment 1/14 lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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John Daniel Macdonald

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 7079 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 7079 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200488 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Finlay Macdonald

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 276 Serjeant Australian Infantry Battalion 17th Battalion

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John Macdonald

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 7129 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 7129 Acting Sergeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 7129 Lance Sergeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Alistair Macdonald

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 7569 Private London Regiment 14th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 513494 Private London Regiment (London Scottish) 2nd/14th Battalion

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Henry Elworthy Macdonald

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army R10083 Lance Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R10083 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/10083 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Battalion

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Allan Daniel Macdonald

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654554

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654554 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 18th Battalion

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William Macdonald

Born 1892

British Army 2324 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army S/43631 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 125056 Private Lovat's Scouts

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George Ryerson Macdonald

Born 1896

Died 1974

Canadian Expeditionary Force 651311

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William J Macdonald

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 301661 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Royal Field Artillery

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William Macdonald

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 200983 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/5th Battalion

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William Sutherland Macdonald

Born 1893

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74350

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