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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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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]

Andrew Melville

Died 1917

British Army S/8792 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Arthur Melville

Died 1915

British Army 9307 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John James Melville

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 39972 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Harry Taylor Melville

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2376 Lance Corporal Royal Scots

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Ernest Melville

Died 1916

British Army G/2104 Private East Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

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Edward Melville

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 13436 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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George Murray Melville

Born 1899

Died 1962

British Army 38565 Private Scottish Rifles

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George Melville

Died 1918

British Army 345881 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 18260 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 345881 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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John M Melville

Died 1917

British Army 2613 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 345411 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 345411 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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Robert Melville

Died 1915

British Army S/7502 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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James Melville

Died 1915

British Army S/5045 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/5045 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Peter Forbes Melville

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1255 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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George Melville

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2368 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 290551 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 290551 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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James Melville

Died 1915

British Army 9718 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 9718 Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 9718 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frederick E Melville

Died 1916

British Army 12885 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 12885 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Melville

Died 1918

British Army 240827 Private Border Regiment

British Army 143244 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Melville

Died 1917

British Army S/13697 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Joseph Thomson Melville

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1945 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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John J Melville

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1015579

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1015579 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Hugh Melville

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 766267

Canadian Expeditionary Force 766267 Private Canadian Infantry

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