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Sydney New South Wales [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Carlton Victoria [4]

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Blayney New South Wales [2]

Dundee Scotland [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Gourock, Renfrewshire [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2]

Liverpool England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Mortlake Victoria [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

St. Andrews, Fifeshire [2]

Windsor New South Wales [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Apolonarious South Australia [1]

Ardwick, Lancashire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Bengal [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bulla Bulla Victoria [1]

Camperdown New South Wales [1]

Carrickfergus, Antrim [1]

Cathcart, Renfrewshire [1]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Christchurch [1]

Clough, County Down [1]

Cudgellico New South Wales [1]

Devonport England [1]

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Dundry Somerset [1]

Dunedin [1]

Duodend, Fifeshire [1]

Durham England [1]

East Malvern Victoria [1]

Edinburgh South Australia [1]

Essex England [1]

Rank

Private [331]

Gunner [46]

Driver [40]

Serjeant [33]

Lieutenant [27]

Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Sapper [24]

Lance Corporal [22]

Captain [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Colonel [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Orderly [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major, then Second Lieutenant, [1]

Driver and Wheeler [1]

Fireman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Mechanist Corporal [1]

Midshipman [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [46]

Army Service Corps [44]

Royal Engineers [42]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Highlanders [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [29]

Royal Scots [29]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Seaforth Highlanders [20]

Cameron Highlanders [18]

Highland Light Infantry [18]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [17]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Gordon Highlanders [15]

London Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Scottish Rifles [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Border Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Training Reserve Battalion [4]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Dragoons [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

Indian Army [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Cavalry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [573]

Australian Imperial Force [80]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

Royal Navy [44]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [849]

L [7]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [813]

Merchant Navy [31]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Australia [2]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Adelaide South Australia [6] Carlton Victoria [4] Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Blayney New South Wales [2] Dundee Scotland [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Gourock, Renfrewshire [2] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2] Liverpool England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Mortlake Victoria [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] St. Andrews, Fifeshire [2] Windsor New South Wales [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Apolonarious South Australia [1] Ardwick, Lancashire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Bengal [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bulla Bulla Victoria [1] Camperdown New South Wales [1] Carrickfergus, Antrim [1] Cathcart, Renfrewshire [1] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1] Christchurch [1] Clough, County Down [1] Cudgellico New South Wales [1] Devonport England [1] Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Dundry Somerset [1] Dunedin [1] Duodend, Fifeshire [1] Durham England [1] East Malvern Victoria [1] Edinburgh South Australia [1] Essex England [1]

Rank

Private [331] Gunner [46] Driver [40] Serjeant [33] Lieutenant [27] Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [26] Sapper [24] Lance Corporal [22] Captain [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Colonel [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Deck Hand [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Orderly [2] Rifleman [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Sergeant Major, then Second Lieutenant, [1] Driver and Wheeler [1] Fireman [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Honorary Major [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Mechanist Corporal [1] Midshipman [1] Munitions Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [46] Army Service Corps [44] Royal Engineers [42] Labour Corps [40] Royal Highlanders [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [29] Royal Scots [29] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Seaforth Highlanders [20] Cameron Highlanders [18] Highland Light Infantry [18] King's Own Scottish Borderers [17] Machine Gun Corps [17] Gordon Highlanders [15] London Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Scottish Rifles [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] Durham Light Infantry [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Border Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Scots Guards [4] Tank Corps [4] Training Reserve Battalion [4] Corps of Dragoons [3] Dragoon Guards [3] Dragoons [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] Indian Army [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society [2] Cavalry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [573] Australian Imperial Force [80] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] Royal Navy [44] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [849] L [7] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [813] Merchant Navy [31] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Australia [2] New Zealand [1]

Hamilton Melville

Born 1895

Died 1946

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/3006 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Andrew Melville

Born 1897

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 227 Driver Australian Infantry 24th Bn.

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William Gordon Melville

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 10834 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10834 Private Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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David Melville

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30166

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Harry George Melville

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Colonel Indian Army Indian Medical Service

British Army Colonel Indian Medical Service

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James Alexander Melville

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111219

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William Ruthven Melville

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166388

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John Samuel Melville

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189396

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Charles Melville

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277053

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Thomas William Melville

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192564

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William James Melville

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194865

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Albert Melville

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100922

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William Melville

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167181

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Charles Potter Melville

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army T4/064325 Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army T4/064325 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Robert William Melville

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/24679 Private Royal Highlanders

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William Woodfall Melville

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Robert Love Melville

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 57634 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Melville

Died 1916

British Army S/6450 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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William Melville

Died 1915

British Army 1830 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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James Elliot Balfour Melville

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Attached Royal Highlanders

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