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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]

George Melville

Born 1879

British Army 29347 Lance Corporal Imperial Yeomanry

Australian Imperial Force 39 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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John Melville

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281291

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Sidney Melville

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319542

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Peter Melville

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army S/11581 Private Cameron Highlanders

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James Melville

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296589

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Archibald Melville

Born 1887

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Rhenass" (West Hartlepool)

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David Melville

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1406

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George Melville

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36138

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Alfred George Melville

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148525

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William Menzies Melville

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158670

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James H Melville

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159010

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William James Melville

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175072

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Charles Francis Melville

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176583

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Harry Taylor Melville

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2376 Lance Corporal Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders Attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders Attached Royal Flying Corps

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Stanley Edgar Melville

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317989

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Robert Bland Melville

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39184

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John Melville

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86011

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James Alexander Melville

Born 1892

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/413 Company Sergeant Major, then Second Lieutenant, Auckland Infantry Regiment

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Andrew Melville

Died 1914

British Army 25827 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1403074 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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David Melville

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1690 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 1690 Acting Captain Cameron Highlanders

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders

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