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Melbourne Victoria [10]

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Polwarth, Duns [1]

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Tweed Heads New South Wales [1]

VIC Victoria [1]

Warren New South Wales [1]

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Private [155]

Gunner [19]

Corporal [12]

Driver [10]

Lance Corporal [7]

Sapper [7]

Serjeant [7]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Colonel [2]

Drummer [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Fitter [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Matron [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [27]

Royal Engineers [23]

Labour Corps [21]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [15]

Scottish Rifles [15]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [14]

Royal Scots [12]

Gordon Highlanders [11]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [11]

Highland Light Infantry [10]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Army Service Corps [7]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Remount Service [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Cameronians Scottish Rifles [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Dragoons [1]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [1]

Household Battalion [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Lancashire Hussars [1]

Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [227]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Royal Navy [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [343]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [333]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Melbourne Victoria [10] Yea Victoria [5] Ballina New South Wales [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Perth [2] Perth Scotland [2] Perthshire Scotland [2] Adamstown New South Wales [1] Alexandria New South Wales [1] Arbroath, Forfar [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Auchinleck, Ayrshire [1] Auchterarder Perthshire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Carisbrook Victoria [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Dunedin [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Forfar [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1] Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leuchars Scotland [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Mansfield Victoria [1] Mount Gambier South Australia [1] Newcastle England [1] Pencuik Edinburgh [1] Penicuik, Midlothian [1] Polwarth, Duns [1] South Yarra, Victoria [1] Tumbarumba New South Wales [1] Tweed Heads New South Wales [1] VIC Victoria [1] Warren New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [155] Gunner [19] Corporal [12] Driver [10] Lance Corporal [7] Sapper [7] Serjeant [7] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Colonel [2] Drummer [2] Nursing Sister [2] Pioneer [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Matron [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [27] Royal Engineers [23] Labour Corps [21] Royal Field Artillery [17] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [15] Scottish Rifles [15] Royal Scots Fusiliers [14] Royal Scots [12] Gordon Highlanders [11] King's Own Scottish Borderers [11] Highland Light Infantry [10] Cameron Highlanders [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Army Service Corps [7] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Remount Service [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Scottish Horse [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Cameronians Scottish Rifles [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Dragoons [1] Highland Cyclist Battalion [1] Household Battalion [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Lancashire Hussars [1] Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [227] Australian Imperial Force [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Royal Navy [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [343] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [333] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Alexander William Mcleish

Australian Imperial Force 22424

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Alexander Mcleish

Australian Imperial Force 2405

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Alexander Mcleish

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231174

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Archibald Mcleish

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army S/171 (incomplete) Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 202643 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Andrew Williamson Mcleish

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 8126 Private Cameron Highlanders

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David Mcleish

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 44611 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 44611 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Alexander Pittillo Mcleish

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 330448 Private Royal Scots

British Army 5232 Private Royal Scots

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Alexander Mcleish

Died 1915

British Army S/15833 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/15833 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Thomas Mcleish

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army S/6707 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/6707 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

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David Mcleish

Died 1915

British Army 7397 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Alexander Mcleish

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3360 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Peter Mcleish

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 10195 Private Irish Guards

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William Mcleish

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25062

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Francis Edward Mcleish

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194798

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David Alexander Mcleish

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106319

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Archibald Duncan Mcleish

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 110731

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Adam Mcleish

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 8094 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 4th Bn.

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John Arthur William Mcleish

Australian Imperial Force 3446

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Thomas Donald Mcleish

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

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Edwin David Mcleish

Australian Imperial Force 1882

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