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Melbourne Victoria [4]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Glasgow [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Guelph, Ontario [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Alliston ON [1]

Angledoon New South Wales [1]

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Ullapool Scotland [1]

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Gunner [10]

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Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Driver [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Major [5]

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Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [13]

Scottish Rifles [13]

Highland Light Infantry [12]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Scots [10]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Scots Guards [3]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East African Forces [2]

East African Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Scots/ Royal Scots [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Australian Force Royal Flying Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Ayrshire Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Cameron Highlanders Depot [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Cheltenham General Hospital Civil Hospital Reserve [1]

Civil Hospital Reserve [1]

Depot Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Duke of Wellingtons Regiment [1]

East Africa Supply Corps [1]

East African Motor Transport Corps [1]

East African Mounted Rifles [1]

East African Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

Infantry [1]

Ismailia Unit [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [167]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Royal Navy [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

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M [244]

Contribution

Military Service [240]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Australia [1]

United States [1]

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People [244] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [4] Ballarat Victoria [2] Glasgow [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Guelph, Ontario [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Alliston ON [1] Angledoon New South Wales [1] Baringhup Victoria [1] Barony, Lanarkshire [1] Casterton Victoria [1] East Kilbride.Scotland. [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gladstone, Manitoba [1] Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1] Gourock, Renfrewshire [1] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [1] Kirkcudbright Scotland [1] Lambeth, London [1] Mt Gambier South Australia [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Scotland [1] Silvertown, Essex [1] Sorn, Ayrshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Ullapool Scotland [1] Warracknabeal Victoria [1] Yarmouth England [1] Young New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [92] Gunner [10] Sapper [10] Corporal [8] Lieutenant [7] Driver [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Lance Corporal [5] Major [5] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Honorary Colonel [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Bombardier [1] Colonel [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pioneer [1] Private Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Scots Fusiliers [13] Scottish Rifles [13] Highland Light Infantry [12] Labour Corps [10] Royal Scots [10] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Army Service Corps [6] Cameron Highlanders [6] Gordon Highlanders [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Scots Guards [3] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East African Forces [2] East African Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Scots/ Royal Scots [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Australian Force Royal Flying Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Ayrshire Royal Horse Artillery [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Cameron Highlanders Depot [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Cheltenham General Hospital Civil Hospital Reserve [1] Civil Hospital Reserve [1] Depot Seaforth Highlanders [1] Duke of Wellingtons Regiment [1] East Africa Supply Corps [1] East African Motor Transport Corps [1] East African Mounted Rifles [1] East African Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] Infantry [1] Ismailia Unit [1] King's African Rifles [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [167] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Australian Imperial Force [22] Royal Navy [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

M [244]

Contribution

Military Service [240] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Australia [1] United States [1]

John Mccrae

Born 1872

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Brigade Canadian Field Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel Canadian Army Medical Corps No 3 McGill General Hospital, Boulogne, France

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Thomas Mccrae

Born 1870

Died 1935

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Geoffrey Gordon Mccrae

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force Major Australian Infantry 60th Battalion

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Charles Mccrae

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army 130089 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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David Mccrae

Born 1845

Died 1930

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major

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George Mccrae

Born 1860

Died 1928

British Army Colonel The Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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Roderick Mccrae

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75345

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Matthew Mccrae

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army S/7473 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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James Mccrae

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174

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Robert Henry Mccrae

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 718793

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Thomas Mccrae

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 241502 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st/5th Battalion

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Andrew Bowie Mccrae

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 5142 Corporal Lovat's Scouts

British Army 5142 Corporal Lovat Scouts

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Alan James Mccrae

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army S/8989 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 1/4337 Private Training Reserve

British Army S/17591 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Richard Ritchie Mccrae

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 6510 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292665 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292665 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Robert Mccrae

Born 1889

Died 1962

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Acting Captain King's Liverpool Regiment

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Charles Mccrae

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77247

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John Mccrae

Born 1895

Died 1919

Royal Navy K22922 Stoker 1st Class

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George Thomas Mccrae

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303645

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Charles Mccrae

Died 1918

British Army 81113 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Mccrae

Died 1915

British Army S/2776 Acting Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/2776 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

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