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Hay New South Wales [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Leith Scotland [2]

Quirindi New South Wales [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Avoca Victoria [1]

Ayr Scotland [1]

Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bathgate Linlithgow [1]

Bathgate, Linlithgow [1]

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Castlemaine Victoria [1]

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Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1]

Essendon Victoria [1]

Fawldhouse Linlithgow [1]

Galashiels, Selkirkshire [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Grahamstown New South Wales [1]

Hampstead England [1]

High Leigh, Cheshire [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Midlothian [1]

Motherwell Scotland [1]

Mount Pleasant South Australia [1]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [1]

Old Ford, London [1]

Old Ford, London, Middlesex [1]

Selkirk, Selkirkshire [1]

Springburn Scotland [1]

Tamworth New South Wales [1]

Yass New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [146]

Corporal [17]

Gunner [15]

Serjeant [11]

Sapper [9]

Lieutenant [7]

Driver [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Pioneer [3]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Superintending Clerk [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [30]

Royal Engineers [20]

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

Highland Light Infantry [10]

Scottish Rifles [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Highlanders [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Australian Infantry [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [220]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Royal Navy [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

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M [309]

Contribution

Military Service [301]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

India [1]

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People [309] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hay New South Wales [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Leith Scotland [2] Quirindi New South Wales [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Adelong New South Wales [1] Avoca Victoria [1] Ayr Scotland [1] Ballarat East Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bathgate Linlithgow [1] Bathgate, Linlithgow [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bolton, Lancashire, England [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1] Essendon Victoria [1] Fawldhouse Linlithgow [1] Galashiels, Selkirkshire [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Grahamstown New South Wales [1] Hampstead England [1] High Leigh, Cheshire [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Midlothian [1] Motherwell Scotland [1] Mount Pleasant South Australia [1] North Shields, Northumberland, England [1] Old Ford, London [1] Old Ford, London, Middlesex [1] Selkirk, Selkirkshire [1] Springburn Scotland [1] Tamworth New South Wales [1] Yass New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [146] Corporal [17] Gunner [15] Serjeant [11] Sapper [9] Lieutenant [7] Driver [6] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Pioneer [3] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Superintending Clerk [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [30] Royal Engineers [20] Labour Corps [18] Royal Field Artillery [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] Highland Light Infantry [10] Scottish Rifles [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Army Service Corps [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Highlanders [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Cameron Highlanders [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Scots Guards [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Australian Infantry [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Manchester Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Division [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [220] Australian Imperial Force [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Royal Navy [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

M [309]

Contribution

Military Service [301] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [2] India [1]

John Melrose

Born 1887

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2460 Private Australian Infantry 54th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2460 Corporal Australian Infantry 54th Battalion

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Frederick Melrose

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 403 Private Australian Infantry 23rd Battalion

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John Melrose

Born 1887

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2611

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William Jeffrey Melrose

Born 1890

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1185 Private Australian Infantry 35th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1185 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry 35th Battalion

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Robert Melrose

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 77253 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William Melrose

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290330

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John Melrose

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50624

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Thomas Melrose

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260960

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William Melrose

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237743

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James Melrose

Died 1915

British Army 599 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 599 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 599 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Wilson Melrose

Born 1890

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 950

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Charles R Melrose

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3944 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 54867 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Alexander Mcleod Melrose

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 41205 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 567009 Private Labour Corps

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George Melrose

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 35665 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 35665 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Stanley V. Melrose

Died 1917

British Army 394135 Private London Regiment

British Army 315019 Private London Regiment

British Army 315019 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Alfred Melrose

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 9281 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Alexander Melrose

Died 1916

British Army 2620 Private Royal Scots

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Walter Melrose

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 26951 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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William Melrose

Died 1915

British Army 18600 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Walter Melrose

Died 1915

British Army 1624 Private Royal Scots

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