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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [19]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [10]

POE Sydney New South Wales [6]

POE Glasgow Scotland [5]

POE Melbourne Victoria [5]

Glasgow [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Edinburgh [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Colac Victoria [2]

Dunfermline, Fife [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Killearn, Stirlingshire [2]

Leven, Fifeshire [2]

Maybole, Ayrshire [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

POE Donnelleys Creek Victoria [2]

POE Geelong Victoria [2]

POE Toowoomba Queensland [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Alnwick, Northumberland, England [1]

Ardrishaig, Argyllshire [1]

Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, Scotland [1]

Ashford Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ayr [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Barony, Glasgow [1]

Belfast [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Carlisle [1]

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [1]

Coleraine Victoria [1]

Crieff, Perthshire [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Drymen [1]

Dumfries [1]

Dundalk [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Dunedin [1]

Dunoon, Argyllshire [1]

Rank

Private [709]

Serjeant [37]

Driver [36]

Corporal [35]

Sapper [34]

Gunner [33]

Lance Corporal [23]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Lieutenant [10]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Captain [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Sister [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Class Quarter Master [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Piper [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Serjeant Private [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [86]

Highland Light Infantry [77]

Labour Corps [74]

Scottish Rifles [64]

Royal Engineers [63]

Royal Field Artillery [62]

Royal Scots [61]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [61]

Royal Highlanders [60]

Army Service Corps [51]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [46]

Seaforth Highlanders [46]

Gordon Highlanders [37]

Cameron Highlanders [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Scots Guards [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Scottish Horse [8]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Training Reserve Battalion [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [3]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

Dragoons [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Service

British Army [936]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [95]

Australian Imperial Force [69]

Royal Navy [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Last name first letter

M [1278]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1235]

Merchant Navy [38]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [19] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [10] POE Sydney New South Wales [6] POE Glasgow Scotland [5] POE Melbourne Victoria [5] Glasgow [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Edinburgh [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Colac Victoria [2] Dunfermline, Fife [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] Killearn, Stirlingshire [2] Leven, Fifeshire [2] Maybole, Ayrshire [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] POE Donnelleys Creek Victoria [2] POE Geelong Victoria [2] POE Toowoomba Queensland [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Aberdeen [1] Alnwick, Northumberland, England [1] Ardrishaig, Argyllshire [1] Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, Scotland [1] Ashford Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ayr [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Barony, Glasgow [1] Belfast [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Canning Town, London [1] Carlisle [1] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [1] Coleraine Victoria [1] Crieff, Perthshire [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Drymen [1] Dumfries [1] Dundalk [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Dunedin [1] Dunoon, Argyllshire [1]

Rank

Private [709] Serjeant [37] Driver [36] Corporal [35] Sapper [34] Gunner [33] Lance Corporal [23] Second Lieutenant [18] Lieutenant [10] Pioneer [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Captain [7] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Sister [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Class Quarter Master [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Piper [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Serjeant Private [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [86] Highland Light Infantry [77] Labour Corps [74] Scottish Rifles [64] Royal Engineers [63] Royal Field Artillery [62] Royal Scots [61] Royal Scots Fusiliers [61] Royal Highlanders [60] Army Service Corps [51] King's Own Scottish Borderers [46] Seaforth Highlanders [46] Gordon Highlanders [37] Cameron Highlanders [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Naval Division [16] Scots Guards [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Scottish Horse [8] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Tank Corps [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Training Reserve Battalion [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Ayrshire Yeomanry [3] Corps of Dragoons [3] Dragoons [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3]

Service

British Army [936] Canadian Expeditionary Force [95] Australian Imperial Force [69] Royal Navy [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Last name first letter

M [1278] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1235] Merchant Navy [38] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Alexander Mcewan

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army S/40221 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/40221 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion.

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William Mcewan

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 14483 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 14483 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Joseph Mcewan

Died 1915

British Army 1857 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 1857 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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William Mcewan

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1415 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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William Mcewan

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163434

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John Mcewan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161313

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William Mcewan

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105867

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Richard Mcewan

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124356

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Edward Mcewan

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157366

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Andrew John Mcewan

Born 1888

Australian Imperial Force 3899 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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William Mcewan

Born 1890

British Army 26693 Private Scottish Rifles 9th Battalion

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William Mcewan

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50823

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Robert Sidney Henry Mcewan

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 371485 Lance Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3704 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371485 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Mcewan

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169530

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James Mcewan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102700

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Hugh Henry Mcewan

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222244

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James Brown Mcewan

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263148

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William Mcewan

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148697

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George Mcewan

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 277077 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 260070 Private Gordon Highlanders

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John Mcewan

Died 1915

British Army 1836 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

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