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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]

Allan Macdonald

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42667

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William Walter Macdonald

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71604

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Alexander Ross Macdonald

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 425586

Canadian Expeditionary Force 425586 Private Canadian Infantry 31st Bn

Canadian Expeditionary Force 425586 Private Canadian Infantry 45th Bn

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Norman Macdonald

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 34651 Private Highland Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Henry Macdonald

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1965 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Henry Macdonald

Died 1917

British Army 4015 Private Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 7th Battalion, Territorial Force Depot.

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Andrew John Wallis Macdonald

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 19955 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Evan Ronald Horatio Keith Macdonald

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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James Macdonald

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10497 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Henry Alexander Watson Macdonald

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 772 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 772 Acting Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army 772 Corporal Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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John Macdonald

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 604 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 604 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

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John Macdonald

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2009 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 2009 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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James Atchison Macdonald

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1215 Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army 1215 Acting Serjeant Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Kenneth Stewart Macdonald

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 1317 Corporal Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Thomas Macdonald

Died 1915

British Army 18229 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Joseph John Macdonald

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214360

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James Macdonald

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195795

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Ross Clare Macdonald

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270590

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William Salkeld Macdonald

Born 1891

Died 1968

British Army 49513 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 54903 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army T3382 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Archibald Macdonald

Born 1881

British Army 2130 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 37974 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 37974 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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