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Sydney New South Wales [11]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Coonamble New South Wales [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Mackay Queensland [3]

Auckland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bethanga Victoria [2]

Forest Hill, Kent [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Rock Ferry, Cheshire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Wigtown Scotland [2]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ayr Scotland [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Carnwath, Lanarkshire [1]

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1]

Douglas, Lanarkshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dromore, Down [1]

Dublin [1]

Dumfries [1]

Dundonald, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [1]

Durham [1]

Durham England [1]

Dymchurch Isle of Wight [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1]

Fernmount New South Wales [1]

Ferny Creek Victoria [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Glenmacaniff, Donegal [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Gulargambone New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [503]

Gunner [39]

Serjeant [39]

Driver [33]

Corporal [27]

Sapper [21]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Pioneer [11]

Acting Corporal [7]

Bombardier [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Captain [5]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Worker [2]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Airman 3rd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bugler [1]

Cadet [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Honorary Chaplain [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Mechanic [1]

Nursing Staff [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [69]

Highland Light Infantry [54]

Royal Engineers [51]

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [42]

Army Service Corps [38]

Royal Scots [38]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [34]

Royal Garrison Artillery [30]

Scottish Rifles [29]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [24]

Cameron Highlanders [20]

Seaforth Highlanders [20]

Gordon Highlanders [18]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [18]

Royal Highlanders [17]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [10]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

London Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Irish Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Scots Guards [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Irish Guards [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

Connaught Rangers [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [717]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [121]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

Australian Imperial Force [58]

Royal Navy [48]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32]

Last name first letter

M [1071]

Contribution

Military Service [1043]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [11] Melbourne Victoria [8] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Coonamble New South Wales [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Mackay Queensland [3] Auckland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bethanga Victoria [2] Forest Hill, Kent [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Rock Ferry, Cheshire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Wigtown Scotland [2] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ayr Scotland [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Carnwath, Lanarkshire [1] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1] Douglas, Lanarkshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dromore, Down [1] Dublin [1] Dumfries [1] Dundonald, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [1] Durham [1] Durham England [1] Dymchurch Isle of Wight [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1] Fernmount New South Wales [1] Ferny Creek Victoria [1] Fulham, London [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Glenmacaniff, Donegal [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire [1] Gulargambone New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [503] Gunner [39] Serjeant [39] Driver [33] Corporal [27] Sapper [21] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Pioneer [11] Acting Corporal [7] Bombardier [7] Lieutenant [7] Captain [5] Lance Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Worker [2] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Airman 3rd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Bugler [1] Cadet [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Honorary Chaplain [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Mechanic [1] Nursing Staff [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [69] Highland Light Infantry [54] Royal Engineers [51] Royal Field Artillery [42] Royal Scots Fusiliers [42] Army Service Corps [38] Royal Scots [38] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [34] Royal Garrison Artillery [30] Scottish Rifles [29] Machine Gun Corps [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [24] Cameron Highlanders [20] Seaforth Highlanders [20] Gordon Highlanders [18] King's Own Scottish Borderers [18] Royal Highlanders [17] Royal Naval Division [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Liverpool Regiment [11] Royal Irish Fusiliers [10] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] London Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Irish Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Scots Guards [5] Welsh Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] Irish Guards [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] Connaught Rangers [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Manchester Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [717] Canadian Expeditionary Force [121] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] Australian Imperial Force [58] Royal Navy [48] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32]

Last name first letter

M [1071]

Contribution

Military Service [1043] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Canada [1]

Alexander Fenwick Mcgill

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 8150 Private Royal Dragoons

British Army 34179 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Mcgill

Died 1914

British Army 7154 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Hugh Mcgill

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 1182 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 295758 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Edward Mcgill

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 26258 Private Royal Scots

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John Mcgill

Died 1916

British Army 24/1129 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Abraham Mcgill

Died 1918

British Army 117087 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Mcgill

Died 1918

British Army S/13646 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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James Mcgill

Died 1917

British Army 6313 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Benjamin Mcgill

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 20348 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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James Mcgill

Born 1884

Died 1920

British Army S/4534 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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George Thomas Mcgill

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

British Army Captain Royal Scots

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Hugh Mcgill

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41645 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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John Mcgill

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9968 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 9968 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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John Mcgill

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 17210 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 17210 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Leonard C Mcgill

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army S/5911 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Peter Mcgill

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 3825 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 301548 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Robert Mcgill

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 255 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 201580 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 201580 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Robert Mcgill

Died 1918

British Army S/17334 Private Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion

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John Mcgill

Died 1915

British Army 8096 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Mcgill

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 16882 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 16882 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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