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Sydney New South Wales [13]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [11]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bellinger Heads New South Wales [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Goroke Victoria [2]

Greenock Scotland [2]

Harwood Island New South Wales [2]

Jamestown South Australia [2]

Largs, Ayrshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Seymour Victoria [2]

105 Lambhill Street, Govan, Glasgow [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Alberton Victoria [1]

Alexandria Dunbar [1]

Allon, Scotland [1]

Anworth Kirkcudbright [1]

Argyle [1]

Argyllshire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ayrshire Scotland [1]

Barony, Glasgow [1]

Beith Scotland [1]

Belfast [1]

Branxholme Victoria [1]

Burrumbeet Victoria [1]

Cairnbaan, Argyllshire, Scotland [1]

Camden New South Wales [1]

Campbeltown, Argyllshire [1]

Carngham Victoria [1]

Chirat [1]

Clear Lake Victoria [1]

Clifton Hill Victoria [1]

Clyde Bank Glasgow [1]

Consett, Durham [1]

Corindhap Victoria [1]

Dark Corner New South Wales [1]

Drymen Scotland [1]

Dumfries [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Rank

Private [482]

Corporal [36]

Sapper [36]

Serjeant [36]

Driver [31]

Gunner [29]

Lance Corporal [24]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [11]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Major [3]

Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sapper /Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Cooper [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver / Farrier [1]

Engineer [1]

Farrier [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [85]

Royal Engineers [68]

Highland Light Infantry [56]

Labour Corps [56]

Cameron Highlanders [46]

Royal Field Artillery [44]

Scottish Rifles [44]

Seaforth Highlanders [37]

Royal Scots [36]

Army Service Corps [35]

Gordon Highlanders [32]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Royal Highlanders [22]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

London Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Connaught Rangers [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders Depot [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [742]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [102]

Australian Imperial Force [95]

Royal Navy [61]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36]

South African Services [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1124]

Contribution

Military Service [1074]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [13] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [11] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Glasgow Scotland [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bellinger Heads New South Wales [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Goroke Victoria [2] Greenock Scotland [2] Harwood Island New South Wales [2] Jamestown South Australia [2] Largs, Ayrshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Seymour Victoria [2] 105 Lambhill Street, Govan, Glasgow [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Alberton Victoria [1] Alexandria Dunbar [1] Allon, Scotland [1] Anworth Kirkcudbright [1] Argyle [1] Argyllshire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ayrshire Scotland [1] Barony, Glasgow [1] Beith Scotland [1] Belfast [1] Branxholme Victoria [1] Burrumbeet Victoria [1] Cairnbaan, Argyllshire, Scotland [1] Camden New South Wales [1] Campbeltown, Argyllshire [1] Carngham Victoria [1] Chirat [1] Clear Lake Victoria [1] Clifton Hill Victoria [1] Clyde Bank Glasgow [1] Consett, Durham [1] Corindhap Victoria [1] Dark Corner New South Wales [1] Drymen Scotland [1] Dumfries [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Rank

Private [482] Corporal [36] Sapper [36] Serjeant [36] Driver [31] Gunner [29] Lance Corporal [24] Second Lieutenant [21] Lieutenant [19] Captain [11] Pioneer [7] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Major [3] Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sister [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sapper /Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Cooper [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver / Farrier [1] Engineer [1] Farrier [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [85] Royal Engineers [68] Highland Light Infantry [56] Labour Corps [56] Cameron Highlanders [46] Royal Field Artillery [44] Scottish Rifles [44] Seaforth Highlanders [37] Royal Scots [36] Army Service Corps [35] Gordon Highlanders [32] Royal Scots Fusiliers [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Royal Highlanders [22] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] King's Own Scottish Borderers [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Royal Naval Division [13] Liverpool Regiment [12] London Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Connaught Rangers [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders Depot [2] Canadian Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [742] Canadian Expeditionary Force [102] Australian Imperial Force [95] Royal Navy [61] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36] South African Services [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1124]

Contribution

Military Service [1074] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [22] United States [1]

James Mclachlan

Died 1915

British Army 9671 Private Gordon Highlanders 3rd Battalion

British Army S/9671 Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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James Mclachlan

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 6227 Private Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion

British Army 2765 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Alexander Mclachlan

Born 1876

Died 1947

British Army 93743 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 32nd Signal Company

British Army 93743 Sapper Royal Engineers 32nd Signal Company

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers 612 Fortress (Clyde) Company

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William Mclachlan

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army TS/1107 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army TS/1107 Driver / Farrier Army Service Corps Meerut Divisional Train

British Army Royal Field Artillery 47th Battery

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George Mclachlan

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4368 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 276449 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 7th Battalion

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Robert Hugh Muir Dow Mclachlan

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 526 Private Royal Scots

British Army 4346 Private Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 4th Battalion attached 12th Battalion

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Alexander Mclachlan

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2451 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265842 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Ummond Mclachlan

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127843

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Archibald Mclachlan

Died 1916

British Army 6309 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6309 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

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Charles Mclachlan

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99084

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Alex Thomas Mclachlan

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127541

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Adam Mclachlan

Born 1885

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 804 Sergeant 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Robert Cowan Mclachlan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28925

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Alexander Mclachlan

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192951

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John Alexander Churchill Maclachlan

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 22024 Private Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

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James Mclachlan

Died 1919

British Army 201293 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 293143 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Duncan Leonard Mclachlan

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174368

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Duncan Mclachlan

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 11930 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 308275 Private Royal Engineers

British Army WR/276432 Private Royal Engineers

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Dugald Mclachlan

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226995

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A Mclachlan

Born 1896

British Army 6855 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404346 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40077 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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