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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]

Murdoch Mackay

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army S/18043 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 2nd

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Henry Mackay

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168376

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Samuel Mackay

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303364

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James Mackay

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134812

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Fred Mackay

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144309

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Peter Robert Mackay

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263407

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John Mackay

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300977

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George Mackay

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292899

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Fergus Mackay

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147354

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Charles Claude Mackay

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 6961 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 6961 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 West Riding Regiment

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William Mackay

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8946

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Angus Halstead Mackay

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67768

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James William Mackay

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123820

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Kenneth Mackay

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197019

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Francis Mackay

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267903

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Harry William Mackintosh Mackay

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 1644 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 18th Squadron

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Monford Mackay

Born 1892

British Army 2251 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 380157 Private Labour Corps

British Army 47425 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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William Mackay

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 5572 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 267312 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6 Battalion

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William Duncan Mackay

Died 1915

British Army S/6400 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John Duncan Mackay

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3991 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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