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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [37]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [26]

Sydney New South Wales [18]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

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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]

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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]

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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]

Angus Montt Macdonald

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2887 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion, (The Liverpool Scottish)

British Army 2887 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion, (The Liverpool Scottish)

British Army 2887 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion, (The Liverpool Scottish)

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John Macdonald

Born 1872

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 145703

Canadian Expeditionary Force 145703 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Edward Macdonald

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 281888 Private London Regiment

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion, London Regiment

British Army 4534 Private London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Hugh Macdonald

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 6509 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292664 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292664 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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John Macdonald

Born 1885

British Army 1757 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 190886 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army S/43327 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Duncan Macdonald

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 1772 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Charles E Macdonald

Born 1882

Died 1921

British Army 20194 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 14th Battalion

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Henry Macdonald

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109763

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John W Macdonald

Born 1893

British Army TS-7151 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army TS-7151 Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Lewis Macdonald

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 45935 Private Royal Scots

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Lewis Macdonald

Born 1882

British Army 265835 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2nd/6th

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William Macdonald

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 4453 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 202721 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Donald Macdonald

Born 1899

British Army S-27727 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S-23998 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army D-26273 Private Scottish Horse

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John Macdonald

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 827 Corporal Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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William Ross Wilkinson Macdonald

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 199204

Canadian Expeditionary Force 199204 Private 46th Battalion

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Allan William Macdonald

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 128177

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force No. 1 Training Depot Station

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John Macdonald

Born 1873

Died 1919

Royal Navy 2554C Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve. H.M.S. "Arrogant."

Royal Navy C 2554 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2554.C. (CH) Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Arrogant

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Malcolm Macdonald

Born 1876

Died 1919

Royal Navy C 1874 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1874.C. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Victory

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John Macdonald

Born 1879

Died 1919

Royal Navy B 3339 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3339.B. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Emperor of India

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Angus Macdonald

Born 1873

Died 1919

Royal Navy D 1830 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1830/D Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Imperieuse

Royal Navy 1830.D. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Imperieuse

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