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Crail, Fifeshire [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Aberdeen Scotland [3]

Holloway, London [3]

St. Monans, Fifeshire [3]

Tumbarumba New South Wales [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Banff, Banffshire [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Grantown on Spey [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

St. Monance, Fifeshire [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Buckworth Victoria [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Buxburn, Aberdeenshire [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1]

Carluke Scotland [1]

Chatsworth New South Wales [1]

Crail, Fife [1]

Earlsfield, Surrey [1]

Earsfield, Surrey [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Fife [1]

Fife Scotland [1]

Furnace, Argyllshire [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow [1]

Grenfell New South Wales [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [1]

Huntley, Scotland [1]

Huonville Tasmania [1]

Hutchesontown,Glasgow [1]

Kinghorn, Fife [1]

Kingsbarns, Fife [1]

Kinning Park, Scotland [1]

Kinross [1]

Kirkmichael,Tomintoul, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Manchester England [1]

Marrickville New South Wales [1]

Merino Victoria [1]

Mornington Victoria [1]

Mount Gambier South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [211]

Gunner [17]

Driver [16]

Corporal [15]

Sapper [13]

Lance Corporal [11]

Serjeant [9]

Deck Hand [6]

Seaman [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Sister [3]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Hand [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Quarter-Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Instructor Of Musketry [1]

Director General [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Engineman [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Trimmer [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Local and Temporary Captain [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Bugler [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [36]

Royal Highlanders [28]

Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Labour Corps [19]

Highland Light Infantry [18]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Scots [7]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

New Zealand Force Mounted Rifles [2]

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

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Attached Maps and Survey Section/Staff [1]

British Red Cross [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles Saskatchewan Regiment [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Service

British Army [300]

Australian Imperial Force [42]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Royal Navy [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [447]

B [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [420]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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Place of birth

Crail, Fifeshire [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Aberdeen Scotland [3] Holloway, London [3] St. Monans, Fifeshire [3] Tumbarumba New South Wales [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Banff, Banffshire [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Grantown on Spey [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] St. Monance, Fifeshire [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Buckworth Victoria [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Buxburn, Aberdeenshire [1] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1] Carluke Scotland [1] Chatsworth New South Wales [1] Crail, Fife [1] Earlsfield, Surrey [1] Earsfield, Surrey [1] Edinburgh [1] Fife [1] Fife Scotland [1] Furnace, Argyllshire [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow [1] Grenfell New South Wales [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] Huntley, Scotland [1] Huonville Tasmania [1] Hutchesontown,Glasgow [1] Kinghorn, Fife [1] Kingsbarns, Fife [1] Kinning Park, Scotland [1] Kinross [1] Kirkmichael,Tomintoul, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Manchester England [1] Marrickville New South Wales [1] Merino Victoria [1] Mornington Victoria [1] Mount Gambier South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [211] Gunner [17] Driver [16] Corporal [15] Sapper [13] Lance Corporal [11] Serjeant [9] Deck Hand [6] Seaman [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Acting Corporal [3] Sister [3] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Second Hand [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Quarter-Master Serjeant [1] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major/Instructor Of Musketry [1] Director General [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Engineman [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Trimmer [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Local and Temporary Captain [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Bugler [1] Rifleman [1] Second Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [36] Royal Highlanders [28] Army Service Corps [27] Royal Engineers [22] Royal Field Artillery [21] Labour Corps [19] Highland Light Infantry [18] Royal Naval Reserve [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Scottish Rifles [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Scots Fusiliers [9] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Scots [7] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Tank Corps [7] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Hussars [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] New Zealand Force Mounted Rifles [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Attached Maps and Survey Section/Staff [1] British Red Cross [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles Saskatchewan Regiment [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Connaught Rangers [1]

Service

British Army [300] Australian Imperial Force [42] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Royal Navy [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [447] B [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [420] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Harold Meldrum

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army TF/241020 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 241020 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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John Meldrum

Born 1881

Died 1937

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144962

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James Dow Meldrum

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 290326 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 2000 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Royal Highlanders 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 290326 Colour Serjeant attached to the King's African Rifles

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Martin Meldrum

Died 1916

British Army 6994 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Daniel Bowen Meldrum

Born 1863

Died 1934

British Army T4/127301 Private Army Service Corps 31st Labour Company

British Army T4/127301 Private Army Service Corps 19th Labour Company

British Army 306362 Private Labour Corps 728th Company

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John Alexander Meldrum

Died 1918

British Army 202108 Private Highland Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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James Meldrum

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115253

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Archibald Mclachlan Meldrum

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123679

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Peter Meldrum

Born 1872

Died 1916

Royal Navy 177383 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Queen Mary

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Alexander Meldrum

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285527

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Thomas Meldrum

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407918

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Alexander Dow Meldrum

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army S/17640 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 27241 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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George Charles Meldrum

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5776 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 276024 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 276024 Private Essex Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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John Dewar Meldrum

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 3280DA Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 3280 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Gelsina."

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Thomas Wilford Meldrum

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173285

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Cecil James Meldrum

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230184

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James Meldrum

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 593149 Private London Regiment

British Army 315254 Private London Regiment

British Army 315254 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Alexander Meldrum

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S/11019 Private Gordon Highlanders

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William Meldrum

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 12397 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Robert Congleton Meldrum

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 3232 Private Royal Scots

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