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Melbourne Victoria [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Portland Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

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Glasgow [2]

Keith Scotland [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Mudgee New South Wales [2]

Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, Scotland [2]

196 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow [1]

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Richmond New South Wales [1]

Summerhill, Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Taree New South Wales [1]

Tinonee New South Wales [1]

Tipperary [1]

West Calder, Midlothian [1]

Wigtown Scotland [1]

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Private [203]

Gunner [21]

Corporal [18]

Serjeant [13]

Sapper [12]

Driver [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Captain [7]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engineer Lieut Commander [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Private (Rifleman) [1]

Senior Engineer (Temporary) [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Wheeler [1]

Worker [1]

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Gordon Highlanders [36]

Royal Engineers [22]

Highland Light Infantry [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Highlanders [17]

Royal Scots [17]

Scottish Rifles [17]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [9]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Border Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

14th (King's) Hussars [1]

6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [1]

Ayrshire Yeomanry attached South Lancashire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Service

British Army [315]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Royal Navy [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

M [443]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [429]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Portland Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Glasgow [2] Keith Scotland [2] Liverpool England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Mudgee New South Wales [2] Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, Scotland [2] 196 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow [1] Appleton, Ontario [1] Armadale Victoria [1] Banff, Banffshire [1] Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Boghead, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Boharm, Banffshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1] Boyle Roscommon [1] Browndodd Victoria [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carrathool New South Wales [1] Creswick Victoria [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England. [1] Keith, Banffshire [1] Kirkcudbright [1] Kirkcudbright Scotland [1] Larne [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Mollington, Lanarkshire [1] Monkton, Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Peterhead [1] Port Fairy Victoria [1] Richmond New South Wales [1] Summerhill, Sydney, New South Wales [1] Taree New South Wales [1] Tinonee New South Wales [1] Tipperary [1] West Calder, Midlothian [1] Wigtown Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [203] Gunner [21] Corporal [18] Serjeant [13] Sapper [12] Driver [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [10] Acting Corporal [9] Lieutenant [9] Captain [7] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Bombardier [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engineer Lieut Commander [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Private (Rifleman) [1] Senior Engineer (Temporary) [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Trooper [1] Wheeler [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [36] Royal Engineers [22] Highland Light Infantry [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Royal Field Artillery [18] Labour Corps [17] Royal Highlanders [17] Royal Scots [17] Scottish Rifles [17] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Scots Fusiliers [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] Seaforth Highlanders [9] Royal Fusiliers [7] Cameron Highlanders [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Engineers Transport [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Border Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Scottish Horse [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 14th (King's) Hussars [1] 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Ayrshire Yeomanry [1] Ayrshire Yeomanry attached South Lancashire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Service

British Army [315] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] Australian Imperial Force [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Royal Navy [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

M [443] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [429] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Alfred Dawson Mcwilliam

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army S/7417 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/7417 Acting Corporal Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

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James Mcwilliam

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 291186 Company Serjeant Major Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

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John Mcwilliam

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 6503 Private (Rifleman) Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6503 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

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George Alfred Mcwilliam

Died 1915

British Army 1855 Private Army Cyclist Corps 15th Division Cyclist Battalion

British Army 3575 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Walter Mcwilliam

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 172262 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Logan Mcwilliam

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36432

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Peter Mcwilliam

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169533

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James Mcwilliam

Born 1894

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1562 Wellington Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 5/1562A Private Wellington Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Russell John Mcwilliam

Born 1894

Died 1991

Australian Imperial Force 18961

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John Mcwilliam

Born 1899

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639862

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Peter Andrew Mcwilliam

Born 1880

Died 1935

British Army Second Lieutenant Ayrshire Yeomanry attached South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain Ayrshire Yeomanry attached South Lancashire Regiment

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Donald Mcleod Mcwilliam

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy Senior Engineer (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Engineer Lieut Commander Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Orama."

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Archibald Mcwilliam

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253715

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Alexander Mcwilliam

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 6568 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Adam Mcwilliam

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 10604 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Andrew Mcwilliam

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 36912 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Alexander Mcwilliam

Died 1918

British Army 30335 Private South Wales Borderers

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John Mcwilliam

Died 1915

British Army 9319 Corporal Scottish Rifles

British Army 9319 Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Samuel Chisholm Mcwilliam

Born 1888

Died 1921

British Army 130765 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 130765 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frank Mcwilliam

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1646 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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