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Melbourne Victoria [25]

Sydney New South Wales [15]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [13]

Brisbane Queensland [12]

Glasgow Scotland [12]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Edinburgh Scotland [8]

Edinburgh [7]

Bathurst New South Wales [6]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6]

Goulburn New South Wales [6]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [5]

Thurso, Caithness, Scotland [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Caithness Scotland [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Dunedin [4]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4]

Kempsey New South Wales [4]

Stornoway, Ross-shire, Scotland [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Cellardyke, Fifeshire [3]

Elgin Scotland [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Tain Scotland [3]

Thurso Scotland [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Argyll Scotland [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bombay [2]

Bowraville New South Wales [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Christchurch [2]

Cromarty [2]

Dornoch, Scotland [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Durham, Durham [2]

Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Foster Victoria [2]

Garrabost, Rossshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Molong New South Wales [2]

New Cumnock, Ayrshire [2]

Rank

Private [1246]

Serjeant [124]

Gunner [123]

Corporal [116]

Second Lieutenant [92]

Lieutenant [76]

Captain [70]

Driver [69]

Sapper [67]

Lance Corporal [59]

Major [27]

Acting Serjeant [21]

Seaman [21]

Pioneer [17]

Acting Corporal [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Bombardier [13]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Sister [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Piper [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Signaller [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Matron [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Engineman [3]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [3]

Nurse [3]

Private /Lance Corporal [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [288]

Cameron Highlanders [141]

Royal Engineers [133]

Labour Corps [125]

Royal Scots [122]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [116]

Army Service Corps [113]

Royal Field Artillery [112]

Royal Garrison Artillery [111]

Gordon Highlanders [85]

Royal Army Medical Corps [83]

Lovat's Scouts [70]

Highland Light Infantry [67]

Royal Highlanders [63]

Machine Gun Corps [57]

London Regiment [48]

Scottish Rifles [45]

Royal Army Service Corps [38]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [38]

Royal Naval Reserve [35]

Canadian Infantry [32]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [31]

Royal Naval Division [29]

Scots Guards [24]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Royal Flying Corps [20]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Royal Air Force [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Royal Defence Corps [13]

Hussars [11]

Tank Corps [10]

Training Reserve Battalion [10]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Scottish Horse [8]

British Red Cross Society [7]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [7]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [7]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [2091]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [341]

Australian Imperial Force [233]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [185]

Royal Navy [148]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [97]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [3218]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3094]

Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

New Zealand [2]

Australia [1]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malaysia [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [25] Sydney New South Wales [15] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [13] Brisbane Queensland [12] Glasgow Scotland [12] Ballarat Victoria [8] Edinburgh Scotland [8] Edinburgh [7] Bathurst New South Wales [6] Edinburgh, Midlothian [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6] Goulburn New South Wales [6] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [5] Thurso, Caithness, Scotland [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Caithness Scotland [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Dunedin [4] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4] Kempsey New South Wales [4] Stornoway, Ross-shire, Scotland [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Cellardyke, Fifeshire [3] Elgin Scotland [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Tain Scotland [3] Thurso Scotland [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Albury New South Wales [2] Argyll Scotland [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham England [2] Bombay [2] Bowraville New South Wales [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Christchurch [2] Cromarty [2] Dornoch, Scotland [2] Dundee, Forfarshire [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Durham, Durham [2] Edinburgh, Scotland [2] Foster Victoria [2] Garrabost, Rossshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Molong New South Wales [2] New Cumnock, Ayrshire [2]

Rank

Private [1246] Serjeant [124] Gunner [123] Corporal [116] Second Lieutenant [92] Lieutenant [76] Captain [70] Driver [69] Sapper [67] Lance Corporal [59] Major [27] Acting Serjeant [21] Seaman [21] Pioneer [17] Acting Corporal [16] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Bombardier [13] Lance Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Staff Serjeant [9] Able Seaman [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Temporary Captain [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Deck Hand [6] Sister [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Nursing Sister [4] Piper [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Signaller [4] Staff Nurse [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [3] Acting Matron [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Engineman [3] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [3] Nurse [3] Private /Lance Corporal [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [288] Cameron Highlanders [141] Royal Engineers [133] Labour Corps [125] Royal Scots [122] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [116] Army Service Corps [113] Royal Field Artillery [112] Royal Garrison Artillery [111] Gordon Highlanders [85] Royal Army Medical Corps [83] Lovat's Scouts [70] Highland Light Infantry [67] Royal Highlanders [63] Machine Gun Corps [57] London Regiment [48] Scottish Rifles [45] Royal Army Service Corps [38] Royal Scots Fusiliers [38] Royal Naval Reserve [35] Canadian Infantry [32] King's Own Scottish Borderers [31] Royal Naval Division [29] Scots Guards [24] Liverpool Regiment [22] Royal Flying Corps [20] Royal Fusiliers [20] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Royal Air Force [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Durham Light Infantry [13] Royal Defence Corps [13] Hussars [11] Tank Corps [10] Training Reserve Battalion [10] Hampshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Scottish Horse [8] British Red Cross Society [7] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [7] Voluntary Aid Detachment [7] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Army Medical Corps [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [2091] Canadian Expeditionary Force [341] Australian Imperial Force [233] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [185] Royal Navy [148] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [97] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [3218] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3094] Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [60] New Zealand [2] Australia [1] India [1] Jamaica [1] Malaysia [1]

Angus Mackay

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2428 Private Royal Scots

British Army 20682 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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George Mackay

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army 28242 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 28242 Lance Bdr. Royal Garrison Artillery

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Peter Mackay

Born 1890

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/305 Lieutenant Otago Mounted Rifles

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Magnus Mackay

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army S/6531 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/6531 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th battalion

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John Chiene Mackay

Born 1895

Died 1981

British Army Gunner Edinburgh University Artillery OTC

British Army Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 4th (Highland) Mountain Brigade

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery D Battery

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Donald Mackay

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/1192 Trooper Wellington Mounted Rifles 9th

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Norman Nicolson Mackay

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 4785 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/40032 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2/5 Battalion Territorial Force

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William Mackay

Born 1888

Died 1974

British Army 12306 Acting Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 8681 Acting Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 12306 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 14th

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Fred Mackay

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army S/17736 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army

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Keith Mackay

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1207 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 1207 Corporal Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Donald Paley Mackay

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Major Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

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Alexander Mackay

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 2948 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Hugh Mackay

Born 1891

British Army M2/078548 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 078548 Army Service Corps

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William Ewart Mackay

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 181 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 203326 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/4th Battalion

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Angus Mackay

Born 1875

Died 1919

Royal Navy D 2258 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2258/D Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Yacht Iolaire

Royal Navy 2258.D. (Ch) Seaman (Acting Second Hand) Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke

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William George Mackay M.s.m.

Born 1872

Died 1929

British Army 475 Warrant Officer 2 Liverpool Regiment 1/10 Liverpool Scottish

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James Murray Mackay

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 33075 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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George Dodd Mackay

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95943

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Malcolm William Henry Mackay

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7885 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Walter Mackay

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2950

Australian Imperial Force 2950 Private 51st Battalion

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