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Sydney New South Wales [32]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [22]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [18]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [12]

Glasgow Scotland [11]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Stornoway, Ross-shire, Scotland [9]

Carlton Victoria [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [6]

Glasgow [6]

Port Lincoln South Australia [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

South Shields, Durham, England [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bairnsdale Victoria [4]

Benalla Victoria [4]

Clunes Victoria [4]

Colac Victoria [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Edinburgh [4]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4]

Shetland, Scotland [4]

Aberdeen [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [3]

Beechworth Victoria [3]

Delegate New South Wales [3]

Dundee [3]

Harris, Inverness-Shire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Leeds England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Richmond Victoria [3]

South Melbourne Victoria [3]

Aberdeenshire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Armagh [2]

Ballyclare, Antrim [2]

Banff Scotland [2]

Barvas, Lewis [2]

Barvas, Rossshire [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Berwick upon Tweed [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Blessington Tasmania [2]

Broadstairs, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [2581]

Gunner [247]

Corporal [225]

Serjeant [220]

Driver [172]

Lance Corporal [137]

Sapper [129]

Lieutenant [118]

Second Lieutenant [118]

Captain [69]

Acting Corporal [35]

Pioneer [28]

Bombardier [27]

Seaman [25]

Able Seaman [24]

Deck Hand [19]

Major [18]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Company Serjeant Major [14]

Nursing Sister [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Sergeant [8]

Staff Nurse [8]

Trooper [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Worker [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Captain /Temporary Major [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Drummer [4]

Reverend [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Chaplain 4th Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [275]

Labour Corps [261]

Royal Engineers [255]

Army Service Corps [232]

Gordon Highlanders [221]

Seaforth Highlanders [212]

Highland Light Infantry [193]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [176]

Royal Highlanders [171]

Royal Garrison Artillery [161]

Cameron Highlanders [150]

Royal Scots [143]

Scottish Rifles [136]

Royal Army Medical Corps [133]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [127]

Machine Gun Corps [124]

Canadian Infantry [108]

London Regiment [82]

Royal Naval Division [79]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [73]

Royal Irish Rifles [69]

Northumberland Fusiliers [67]

Royal Naval Reserve [47]

Royal Fusiliers [46]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [44]

Durham Light Infantry [43]

Royal Army Service Corps [43]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [38]

Liverpool Regiment [34]

British West Indies Regiment [31]

Lancashire Fusiliers [29]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Manchester Regiment [27]

Lovat's Scouts [25]

Rifle Brigade [25]

Royal Defence Corps [24]

Scots Guards [24]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Royal Air Force [20]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [19]

Royal Horse Artillery [19]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [19]

Tank Corps [19]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Royal Irish Regiment [17]

West Riding Regiment [17]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Army Cyclist Corps [15]

Service

British Army [3871]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1057]

Australian Imperial Force [381]

Royal Navy [335]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [279]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [146]

Other Empire Force [10]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [6274]

H [2]

C [1]

D [1]

J [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6058]

Merchant Navy [168]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [129]

Canada [4]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [32] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [22] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [18] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [12] Glasgow Scotland [11] Melbourne Victoria [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Stornoway, Ross-shire, Scotland [9] Carlton Victoria [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Ballarat Victoria [7] Brisbane Queensland [6] Edinburgh, Midlothian [6] Glasgow [6] Port Lincoln South Australia [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] South Shields, Durham, England [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bairnsdale Victoria [4] Benalla Victoria [4] Clunes Victoria [4] Colac Victoria [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Edinburgh [4] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4] Shetland, Scotland [4] Aberdeen [3] Aberdeen Scotland [3] Beechworth Victoria [3] Delegate New South Wales [3] Dundee [3] Harris, Inverness-Shire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Leeds England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Richmond Victoria [3] South Melbourne Victoria [3] Aberdeenshire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Armagh [2] Ballyclare, Antrim [2] Banff Scotland [2] Barvas, Lewis [2] Barvas, Rossshire [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Berwick upon Tweed [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Blessington Tasmania [2] Broadstairs, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [2581] Gunner [247] Corporal [225] Serjeant [220] Driver [172] Lance Corporal [137] Sapper [129] Lieutenant [118] Second Lieutenant [118] Captain [69] Acting Corporal [35] Pioneer [28] Bombardier [27] Seaman [25] Able Seaman [24] Deck Hand [19] Major [18] Acting Serjeant [17] Company Serjeant Major [14] Nursing Sister [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Acting Bombardier [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Sergeant [8] Staff Nurse [8] Trooper [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Rifleman [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Worker [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Captain /Temporary Major [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Sergeant Major [4] Drummer [4] Reverend [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Chaplain 4th Class [3] Colonel [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [275] Labour Corps [261] Royal Engineers [255] Army Service Corps [232] Gordon Highlanders [221] Seaforth Highlanders [212] Highland Light Infantry [193] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [176] Royal Highlanders [171] Royal Garrison Artillery [161] Cameron Highlanders [150] Royal Scots [143] Scottish Rifles [136] Royal Army Medical Corps [133] Royal Scots Fusiliers [127] Machine Gun Corps [124] Canadian Infantry [108] London Regiment [82] Royal Naval Division [79] King's Own Scottish Borderers [73] Royal Irish Rifles [69] Northumberland Fusiliers [67] Royal Naval Reserve [47] Royal Fusiliers [46] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [44] Durham Light Infantry [43] Royal Army Service Corps [43] Royal Irish Fusiliers [38] Liverpool Regiment [34] British West Indies Regiment [31] Lancashire Fusiliers [29] Yorkshire Regiment [28] Manchester Regiment [27] Lovat's Scouts [25] Rifle Brigade [25] Royal Defence Corps [24] Scots Guards [24] Cheshire Regiment [23] Royal Air Force [20] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [19] Royal Horse Artillery [19] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [19] Tank Corps [19] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [18] South Lancashire Regiment [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Royal Irish Regiment [17] West Riding Regiment [17] Middlesex Regiment [16] Army Cyclist Corps [15]

Service

British Army [3871] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1057] Australian Imperial Force [381] Royal Navy [335] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [279] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [146] Other Empire Force [10] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [6274] H [2] C [1] D [1] J [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6058] Merchant Navy [168] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [129] Canada [4] Australia [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Ralph Morrison

Born 1894

Died 1956

British Army 7-1233 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion

British Army 315464 Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 7-1233 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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John Thomas Morrison

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 18794 Company Serjeant Major Scottish Rifles

British Army 18794 Company Serjeant Major Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Eric Simpson Morrison

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1102056 Sapper 257th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 129 Squadron

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Alexander Hunter Morrison

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 4670 Private London Regiment

British Army 4670 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372180 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Murdoch Morrison

Born 1872

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 41601 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick John Morrison

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 6804 Private London Regiment

British Army 653277 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Battalion

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John Claud Morrison

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1726 Private Leicestershire Regiment "B" Squadron

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Henry Morrison

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army 7443 Private Hussars

British Army Private (Shoeing Smith) 14th (Kings) Hussars

British Army 7443 Private 14th (Kings) Hussars B Squadron

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James Alexander Morrison

Born 1891

Died 1914

Royal Navy Z/2406 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division 4th Battalion

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Donald Morrison

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4481 Private Australian Infantry 54th Bn.

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James Henderson Morrison

Born 1894

British Army Lieutenant 2/Tank Battalion

British Army 16/236 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 236 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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Frank Morrison

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 2959 Private The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 7th Battalion

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William Morrison

Died 1916

British Army 3/5089 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Samuel Morrison

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 13330 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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John Morrison

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army S5181 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/5181 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

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Cyril Osiris Morrison

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 152735 Second Lieutenant 209th Training Depot Station

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Walter Morrison

Born 1884

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3105720

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Thomas William Morrison

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J20256

Royal Navy J/20256 Boy HMS QUEEN MARY

Royal Navy J/20256 Ordinary Seaman HMS QUEEN MARY

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Joseph Morrison

Born 1892

Died 1920

Other Empire Force 9206 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 16216 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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Ebenezer Key Morrison

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 144734 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 99th Siege Bty.

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