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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [12]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [11]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [7]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [6]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Belfast [3]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Glasgow [3]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [3]

St Kilda Victoria [3]

Alberton Victoria [2]

Bega New South Wales [2]

Belfast, Down [2]

Carrickfergus, Antrim [2]

Charlton Victoria [2]

Chatswood New South Wales [2]

Cowra New South Wales [2]

Dundee Scotland [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2]

Inglewood Victoria [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Northallerton, Yorkshire [2]

Nyngan New South Wales [2]

Warracknabeal Victoria [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Yarraville Victoria [2]

12 Kylepark, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

3 Prince Albert Street, Oldham [1]

Abernethy, Perthshire [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alsager, Cheshire England [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Arbroath Forfar [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Auchterarder, Perth, Perthshire [1]

Avondale Linlithgow [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Rank

Private [1224]

Corporal [108]

Gunner [108]

Serjeant [87]

Second Lieutenant [84]

Driver [78]

Sapper [62]

Lance Corporal [61]

Lieutenant [51]

Captain [42]

Acting Corporal [18]

Pioneer [13]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Major [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Rifleman [9]

Bombardier [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Sergeant [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Sister [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Commander [3]

Drummer [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Miss [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Orderly [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Reverend [2]

Saddler [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [150]

Royal Engineers [129]

Royal Scots [124]

Royal Field Artillery [123]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [117]

Highland Light Infantry [116]

Labour Corps [106]

Royal Irish Rifles [98]

Army Service Corps [95]

Royal Army Medical Corps [80]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [78]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [75]

Scottish Rifles [75]

Royal Garrison Artillery [67]

Seaforth Highlanders [62]

Machine Gun Corps [61]

Gordon Highlanders [57]

Cameron Highlanders [52]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [31]

London Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [25]

Royal Fusiliers [25]

Canadian Infantry [22]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [22]

Tank Corps [21]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Naval Division [20]

Scots Guards [20]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [18]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Scottish Horse [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Royal Irish Regiment [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

North Irish Horse [6]

Service

British Army [1872]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [223]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142]

Australian Imperial Force [138]

Royal Navy [124]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [72]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [2657]

F [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2569]

Merchant Navy [68]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

New Zealand [3]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [12] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [11] Paisley, Renfrewshire [7] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [6] Glasgow Scotland [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Belfast [3] Belfast, Antrim [3] Edinburgh [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Glasgow [3] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [3] St Kilda Victoria [3] Alberton Victoria [2] Bega New South Wales [2] Belfast, Down [2] Carrickfergus, Antrim [2] Charlton Victoria [2] Chatswood New South Wales [2] Cowra New South Wales [2] Dundee Scotland [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Footscray Victoria [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2] Inglewood Victoria [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Northallerton, Yorkshire [2] Nyngan New South Wales [2] Warracknabeal Victoria [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Yarraville Victoria [2] 12 Kylepark, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] 3 Prince Albert Street, Oldham [1] Abernethy, Perthshire [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alsager, Cheshire England [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Arbroath Forfar [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Auchterarder, Perth, Perthshire [1] Avondale Linlithgow [1] Ayrshire [1]

Rank

Private [1224] Corporal [108] Gunner [108] Serjeant [87] Second Lieutenant [84] Driver [78] Sapper [62] Lance Corporal [61] Lieutenant [51] Captain [42] Acting Corporal [18] Pioneer [13] Acting Serjeant [12] Major [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Rifleman [9] Bombardier [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Sergeant [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Sister [4] Temporary Captain [4] Commander [3] Drummer [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Staff Nurse [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Miss [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Orderly [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Reverend [2] Saddler [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [150] Royal Engineers [129] Royal Scots [124] Royal Field Artillery [123] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [117] Highland Light Infantry [116] Labour Corps [106] Royal Irish Rifles [98] Army Service Corps [95] Royal Army Medical Corps [80] Royal Scots Fusiliers [78] King's Own Scottish Borderers [75] Scottish Rifles [75] Royal Garrison Artillery [67] Seaforth Highlanders [62] Machine Gun Corps [61] Gordon Highlanders [57] Cameron Highlanders [52] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [31] London Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [25] Royal Fusiliers [25] Canadian Infantry [22] Royal Irish Fusiliers [22] Tank Corps [21] Liverpool Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [20] Royal Naval Division [20] Scots Guards [20] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [18] Royal Horse Artillery [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Scottish Horse [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8] Royal Irish Regiment [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8] West Riding Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] North Irish Horse [6]

Service

British Army [1872] Canadian Expeditionary Force [223] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142] Australian Imperial Force [138] Royal Navy [124] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [72] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [2657] F [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2569] Merchant Navy [68] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [41] New Zealand [3] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

Adam Millar

Died 1930

British Army 4619 Serjeant Scots Guards

British Army 19022 Serjeant Scots Guards

British Army Sergt. 1st Scots Guards

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James Scrymgeour Millar

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 39271 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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William John Millar

Born 1890

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/3357 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Millar

Born 1889

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/443 Sergeant Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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John William Millar

Born 1878

Died 1958

Royal Navy 3060 Royal Marines Medical Unit

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Sergeant Biggin Hill Airfield

Royal Navy 3060 Sergeant Royal Naval Division

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Robert Millar

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 30045 Private Royal Scots

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Neil Millar

Born 1881

Died 1942

British Army 301004 Private Royal Scots 2/7 Battalion,

British Army 301004 Private Royal Scots 1/8th Battalion

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Ian Keith Millar

Died 1916

British Army Sth/178 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 10th (Reserve) Battalion

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James Millar

Died 1916

British Army 2945 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 2945 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 2945 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

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John Millar

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 18018 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 4th Battalion

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George Thomas Millar

Died 1918

British Army S/13848 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/13848 Private Royal Engineers

British Army S/13848 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

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Hugh Millar

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23607

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George Millar

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86998

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George Edmund Millar

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266119

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Peter Dewar Millar

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277105

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Alexander Millar

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17458

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Sidney George Millar

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197234

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James Henderson Millar

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72012

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Robert Millar

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266473

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Thomas Millar

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282578

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