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Melbourne Victoria [10]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Ucolta South Australia [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Maryport, Cumberland, England [2]

Scotland [2]

Undera Victoria [2]

31 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1]

8 Caledonian Street, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aldershot England [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ayr Scotland [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Barra, Inverness-shire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bendutha, Glasgow Road, Paisley [1]

Boggabri New South Wales [1]

Booligal New South Wales [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Cadooga New South Wales [1]

Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire [1]

Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Campbeltown, Scotland [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carluke Lanarkshire [1]

Castlebay, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1]

Coolgardie Western Australia [1]

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dunfermline, Forfarshire [1]

Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Egerton Victoria [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glen, Barra [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [444]

Gunner [36]

Corporal [34]

Serjeant [28]

Driver [23]

Sapper [21]

Lance Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Captain [6]

Pioneer [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal/Temporary Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Mister [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [53]

Royal Engineers [47]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Highland Light Infantry [35]

Gordon Highlanders [31]

Cameron Highlanders [30]

Royal Highlanders [28]

Seaforth Highlanders [28]

Army Service Corps [27]

Scottish Rifles [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

Royal Scots [24]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [24]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

British West Indies Regiment [9]

London Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Scots Guards [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Dragoon Guards [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Canadian Infantry Battalion Nova Scotia Regiment [3]

Dragoons [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

Berkshire Yeomanry [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Service

British Army [637]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [423]

Australian Imperial Force [60]

Royal Navy [38]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [1282]

Contribution

Military Service [1219]

Merchant Navy [57]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

New Zealand [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [10] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7] Glasgow Scotland [6] Sydney New South Wales [5] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Paisley, Renfrewshire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Ucolta South Australia [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Maryport, Cumberland, England [2] Scotland [2] Undera Victoria [2] 31 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1] 8 Caledonian Street, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland [1] Aberdeen [1] Aldershot England [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ayr Scotland [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ayrshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Barra, Inverness-shire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bendutha, Glasgow Road, Paisley [1] Boggabri New South Wales [1] Booligal New South Wales [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Cadooga New South Wales [1] Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire [1] Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Campbeltown, Scotland [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carluke Lanarkshire [1] Castlebay, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1] Coolgardie Western Australia [1] Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dunfermline, Forfarshire [1] Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland [1] Edinburgh [1] Egerton Victoria [1] Glasgow [1] Glen, Barra [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Hobart Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [444] Gunner [36] Corporal [34] Serjeant [28] Driver [23] Sapper [21] Lance Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [13] Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [6] Captain [6] Pioneer [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Bombardier [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Interpreter [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Lance Corporal/Temporary Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Medical Officer [1] Mister [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Saddler Staff Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [53] Royal Engineers [47] Labour Corps [40] Royal Field Artillery [40] Highland Light Infantry [35] Gordon Highlanders [31] Cameron Highlanders [30] Royal Highlanders [28] Seaforth Highlanders [28] Army Service Corps [27] Scottish Rifles [26] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] Royal Scots [24] Royal Scots Fusiliers [24] Machine Gun Corps [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] King's Own Scottish Borderers [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Liverpool Regiment [10] British West Indies Regiment [9] London Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry Battalion [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Scots Guards [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Dragoon Guards [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Canadian Infantry Battalion Nova Scotia Regiment [3] Dragoons [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Auckland Infantry Regiment [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] Berkshire Yeomanry [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Service

British Army [637] Canadian Expeditionary Force [423] Australian Imperial Force [60] Royal Navy [38] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [1282]

Contribution

Military Service [1219] Merchant Navy [57]

Country

United Kingdom [12] New Zealand [1]

John Mcneil

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 26/193 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 4th Battalion

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David Mcneil

Died 1915

British Army 3027 Private Highland Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Robert Mcneil

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 6091 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6091 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion

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Donald Mcneil

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 7682 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 7682/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: H.M.S. "Venerable"

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John Mcneil

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 943 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 943 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Catherine Marie Mcneil

Born 1890

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12117 Women's Royal Air Force

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William Harrow Mcneil

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291082

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Norman John Mcneil

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71107

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Robert Mcneil

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army W/600 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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John Sammie Mcneil

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 6992 Private Highland Light Infantry 8th Btn "D" Company.

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Archibald Gordon Mcneil

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75992

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 87th Squadron

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Thomas Mcneil

Died 1918

British Army WR/341241 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Joseph Mcneil

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/1285 Royal Naval Division

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A Mcneil

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 53163 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Charles Mcneil

British Army 130 Private Highland Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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William Skerry Mcneil

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 19690 Private Grenadier Guards

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John Fraser Mcneil

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 175370 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 175370 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 256th Bde

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Neil Mcneil

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195930

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John Gladstone Mcneil

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 371 Bahamas Volunteers

British Army 14836 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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Charles Newton Mcneil

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3349234 Private Manitoba Regiment 1st Depot Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 271129 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Recruits Depot

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