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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [16]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [10]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [5]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Ararat Victoria [3]

Nowra New South Wales [3]

Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [2]

Alves, Scotland [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Carnarvon Tasmania [2]

Clackmannanshire [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Govan, Lanarkshire [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2]

Lanarkshire [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Sheep Hills Victoria [2]

Wychitella Victoria [2]

Airdries, Lancashire [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [1]

Avondale, Strathaven, Lanarkshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Balla, Inverness-shire [1]

Barry, Forfarshire [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Birnie, Scotland [1]

Borung Victoria [1]

Bowmore, Isle of Islay [1]

Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire [1]

Brighton, England [1]

Brodick, Buteshire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromley England [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Broome Western Australia [1]

Cardross, Dumbartonshire [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carloway, Rossshire [1]

Carloway, Uig, Stornoway [1]

Christchurch [1]

Clackmannan [1]

Clackmannon [1]

Clunes Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [602]

Gunner [62]

Corporal [52]

Serjeant [48]

Sapper [35]

Driver [32]

Lance Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Lieutenant [15]

Captain [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [7]

Pioneer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal/Lance Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Rifleman [2]

Seaman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Bugler [1]

Cadet [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Piper [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [102]

Highland Light Infantry [70]

Labour Corps [69]

Royal Engineers [62]

Royal Field Artillery [55]

Seaforth Highlanders [53]

Army Service Corps [50]

Royal Scots [49]

Royal Highlanders [44]

Royal Garrison Artillery [43]

Cameron Highlanders [39]

Gordon Highlanders [38]

Scottish Rifles [38]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [26]

Machine Gun Corps [26]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Royal Naval Division [15]

London Regiment [13]

Scots Guards [11]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4]

General List [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Border Regiment [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lovat's Scouts [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [3]

Service

British Army [888]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [301]

Australian Imperial Force [100]

Royal Navy [78]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

South African Services [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1520]

Contribution

Military Service [1466]

Merchant Navy [48]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [16] Melbourne Victoria [16] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [10] Adelaide South Australia [6] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [5] Glasgow Scotland [4] Paisley, Renfrewshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Ararat Victoria [3] Nowra New South Wales [3] Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [2] Alves, Scotland [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Carnarvon Tasmania [2] Clackmannanshire [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Govan, Lanarkshire [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2] Lanarkshire [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Sheep Hills Victoria [2] Wychitella Victoria [2] Airdries, Lancashire [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [1] Avondale, Strathaven, Lanarkshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Balla, Inverness-shire [1] Barry, Forfarshire [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Birnie, Scotland [1] Borung Victoria [1] Bowmore, Isle of Islay [1] Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire [1] Brighton, England [1] Brodick, Buteshire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromley England [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Broome Western Australia [1] Cardross, Dumbartonshire [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carloway, Rossshire [1] Carloway, Uig, Stornoway [1] Christchurch [1] Clackmannan [1] Clackmannon [1] Clunes Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [602] Gunner [62] Corporal [52] Serjeant [48] Sapper [35] Driver [32] Lance Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [19] Lieutenant [15] Captain [12] Acting Corporal [11] Acting Serjeant [8] Bombardier [7] Pioneer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Able Seaman [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal/Lance Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Rifleman [2] Seaman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Sister [1] Bugler [1] Cadet [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Piper [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [102] Highland Light Infantry [70] Labour Corps [69] Royal Engineers [62] Royal Field Artillery [55] Seaforth Highlanders [53] Army Service Corps [50] Royal Scots [49] Royal Highlanders [44] Royal Garrison Artillery [43] Cameron Highlanders [39] Gordon Highlanders [38] Scottish Rifles [38] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] King's Own Scottish Borderers [26] Machine Gun Corps [26] Royal Scots Fusiliers [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Royal Naval Division [15] London Regiment [13] Scots Guards [11] Cheshire Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4] General List [4] Military Foot Police [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Auckland Infantry Regiment [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Border Regiment [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lovat's Scouts [3] Manchester Regiment [3] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [3]

Service

British Army [888] Canadian Expeditionary Force [301] Australian Imperial Force [100] Royal Navy [78] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34] South African Services [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1520]

Contribution

Military Service [1466] Merchant Navy [48] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Sophie D Mcarthur

Born 1882

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

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James Mcarthur

Died 1916

British Army 4633 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial).

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Gilbert Mcarthur

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 8487 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Malcolm Mcarthur

Died 1918

British Army 107409 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 107409 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Malcolm Julian Mcarthur

Born 1882

Died 1961

British Army S/5947 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army S/5947 Warrant Officer Class 2 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Lawrence William Mcarthur

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 768 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

British Army Honourable Artillery Company No 3 Battery

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William John Mcarthur

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75284

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John Mcarthur

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214065

Royal Navy F14065 Air Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service

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Andrew Carlyle Mcarthur

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170630

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Charles Miller Mcarthur

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99440

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Kenneth Mcarthur

Born 1877

Died 1920

British Army 355715 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Daniel James Mcarthur

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231437

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George W Mcarthur

Born 1882

British Army 11780 Sapper Royal Engineers

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David Mcarthur

Born 1890

British Army GS/6659 Private Dragoons

British Army D/12946 Private Corps of Dragoons

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George W Mcarthur

Born 1883

British Army M2/204100 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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John R Mcarthur

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army S/17944 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Robert Mcarthur

Born 1893

British Army 6282 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6282 Acting Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Alexander Gorder Finley Mcarthur

Born 1894

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Marguerite Maude Mcarthur

Born 1892

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Young Men's Christian Association

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Norman Mcarthur

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205929

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