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Lance Corporal [14]

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Royal Irish Rifles [30]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Labour Corps [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Engineers [20]

Highland Light Infantry [17]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13]

Cameron Highlanders [10]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [10]

Seaforth Highlanders [10]

Scottish Rifles [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Scots [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Irish Regiment [5]

North Irish Horse [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Scots Guards [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

King's African Rifles [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Lovat's Scouts [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

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British Army [295]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [123]

Australian Imperial Force [51]

Royal Navy [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

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M [540]

Contribution

Military Service [527]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [5] Glen Innes New South Wales [3] Ballymena, Antrim [2] Belfast [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Tarranyurk Victoria [2] Tingha New South Wales [2] 9 Hart Street, Barking, Essex [1] Ballynany, Co. Tyrone [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Blinman South Australia [1] Bowling, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire [1] Boyne [1] Calgary, Argyllshire, Scotland [1] Calletta [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Co Down [1] Coolah New South Wales [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Dimboola Victoria [1] Downpatrick, Down [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Durham [1] Gilford, County Down [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glengarry Victoria [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Grenville Victoria [1] Hespeler, Ontario [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Inverell New South Wales [1] Kiata Victoria [1] Langul, Inverness-shire [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Lisburn, Antrim [1] Lismore New South Wales [1] Macroom, Cork [1] Mallaig, Inverness-shire [1] Mansfield Victoria [1] Moree New South Wales [1] Morinish Queensland [1] Nhill Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [186] Driver [16] Serjeant [16] Corporal [15] Lance Corporal [14] Gunner [13] Lieutenant [13] Sapper [13] Captain [6] Major [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Able Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal of Horse [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Armourer [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Honorary Colonel [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant /Acting Major [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [30] Royal Field Artillery [29] Labour Corps [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Engineers [20] Highland Light Infantry [17] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13] Cameron Highlanders [10] Royal Irish Fusiliers [10] Seaforth Highlanders [10] Scottish Rifles [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Scots [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Gordon Highlanders [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Irish Regiment [5] North Irish Horse [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Border Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Scots Guards [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion [2] Essex Regiment [2] King's African Rifles [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Lovat's Scouts [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Tank Corps [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Service

British Army [295] Canadian Expeditionary Force [123] Australian Imperial Force [51] Royal Navy [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Last name first letter

M [540]

Contribution

Military Service [527] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5] Canada [1]

Alexander Mcmaster

Born 1896

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 5045 Private 11th Depot Battalion, Enoggera

Australian Imperial Force 5045 Private 14th Depot Battalion, Enoggera

Australian Imperial Force 5045 Private 25th Battalion 13th Reinforcements

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Allan James Mcmaster

Born 1891

Died 1939

Canadian Expeditionary Force 716144

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John Mcmaster

Died 1918

British Army 18885 Corporal Highland Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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John Thomas Mcmaster

Born 1880

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7057 Corporal Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion

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Walter Mcmaster

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304970

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Joseph Mcmaster

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 27755 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Mcmaster

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126684

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Robert Edward Gemmell Mcmaster

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93269

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Alexander Mcmaster

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10069

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Charles Mcmaster

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles

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Duncan Mcmaster

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1840

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Hugh Mcmaster

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Alexander Mcmaster

Died 1916

British Army 16127 Private Highland Light Infantry 17 Battalion

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James Hewitt Mcmaster

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277411

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William P. Mcmaster

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 204379 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Donald Mcmaster

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 640538 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Andrew Mcmaster

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1448 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1448 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Philip George Mcmaster

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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William Mcmaster

Died 1917

British Army 8334 Private London Regiment

British Army 514139 Private London Regiment

British Army 514139 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Duncan Mcmaster

Died 1918

British Army S/21716 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/21716 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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