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Rockhampton Queensland [4]

Orkney, Scotland [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Cressy Victoria [2]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Glasgow [2]

Hoy, Orkney, Scotland [2]

Maryborough Victoria [2]

New Westminster, British Columbia [2]

Sale Victoria [2]

Thurso, Caithness, Scotland [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Beenleigh Queensland [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bower, Caithness [1]

Brighton England [1]

Caithness, Caithnesshire [1]

Caithness, Scotland [1]

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [1]

Drumlithie, Kincardineshire, Scotland [1]

Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Dunnett, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Grenville Victoria [1]

Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hoy, Orkney [1]

Keithness Scotland [1]

Leith, Midlothian [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Naseby [1]

New Deer, Aberdeenshire [1]

Orkney Islands Scotland [1]

Orkney Islands, Scotland [1]

Parkside South Australia [1]

Pieter Maritsburg [1]

Rotherhithe, Surrey [1]

Stromness, Orkney, Scotland [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Warkworth, Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [145]

Gunner [21]

Serjeant [17]

Captain [16]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Corporal [15]

Driver [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Sapper [5]

Sister [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Assistant Matron [3]

Bombardier [3]

Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Fleet Surgeon [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

4th Class Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Waiter [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Armourer's Crew [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary Service) [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Miss [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant / Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant/ Cadet [1]

Skipper [1]

Temporary Captain/ Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [32]

Gordon Highlanders [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Royal Engineers [19]

Highland Light Infantry [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Royal Highlanders [14]

Royal Scots [14]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Army Service Corps [10]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Labour Corps [9]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Army Unit/Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing ServiceGeneral Hospital [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

26th Cavalry [1]

26th King George's Own Light Cavalry [1]

2nd South African Infantry [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Audit Staff [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Black Watch [1]

Cameronian Scottish Rifles [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [256]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [78]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Royal Navy [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [432]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [412]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Rockhampton Queensland [4] Orkney, Scotland [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Cressy Victoria [2] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Glasgow [2] Hoy, Orkney, Scotland [2] Maryborough Victoria [2] New Westminster, British Columbia [2] Sale Victoria [2] Thurso, Caithness, Scotland [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Beenleigh Queensland [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bower, Caithness [1] Brighton England [1] Caithness, Caithnesshire [1] Caithness, Scotland [1] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [1] Drumlithie, Kincardineshire, Scotland [1] Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland [1] Dunnett, Caithness, Scotland [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Grenville Victoria [1] Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland [1] Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hoy, Orkney [1] Keithness Scotland [1] Leith, Midlothian [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Naseby [1] New Deer, Aberdeenshire [1] Orkney Islands Scotland [1] Orkney Islands, Scotland [1] Parkside South Australia [1] Pieter Maritsburg [1] Rotherhithe, Surrey [1] Stromness, Orkney, Scotland [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Warkworth, Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [145] Gunner [21] Serjeant [17] Captain [16] Second Lieutenant [16] Corporal [15] Driver [9] Lieutenant [9] Acting Serjeant [6] Sapper [5] Sister [5] Lance Corporal [4] Assistant Matron [3] Bombardier [3] Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Fleet Surgeon [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 4th Class Chaplain to the Forces [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Waiter [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant Armourer's Crew [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Commander [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary Service) [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Miss [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant / Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant/ Cadet [1] Skipper [1] Temporary Captain/ Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [32] Gordon Highlanders [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Royal Engineers [19] Highland Light Infantry [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Royal Highlanders [14] Royal Scots [14] Royal Field Artillery [13] Army Service Corps [10] Cameron Highlanders [9] Canadian Infantry [9] Labour Corps [9] Scottish Rifles [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Machine Gun Corps [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Tank Corps [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Army Unit/Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing ServiceGeneral Hospital [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 26th Cavalry [1] 26th King George's Own Light Cavalry [1] 2nd South African Infantry [1] 4th South African Infantry [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Audit Staff [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Black Watch [1] Cameronian Scottish Rifles [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [256] Canadian Expeditionary Force [78] Australian Imperial Force [22] Royal Navy [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [432] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [412] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

William Mowat

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army S/12621 Private Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs) 4th Battalion

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Oliver Alexander Mowat

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army Captain Canadian Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Canadian Artillery 16th Brigade

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Walter Geddis Mowat

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301206

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John Jamieson Mowat

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9859 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 9859 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 9859 Private Cameronian Scottish Rifles 2nd

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Alexander Mowat

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29369 Corporal 16th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29369 Sergeant / Acting Company Sergeant Major 16th Battalion

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William Mowat

Born 1885

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29244 Private 16th Battalion

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Richard Mowat

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99372

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David Mowat

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68925

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Andrew Mowat

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army S/10638 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Alexander Baikie Mowat

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29243

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29243 Private Canadian Infantry

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Benjamin Mowat

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2773 Lance Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 2773 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion

British Army 2773 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders 1/5th Battalion

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John Maclellan Mowat

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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James Mowat

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army Fleet Surgeon Royal Navy

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps 54th (1st/1st East Anglian) Casualty Clearing Station

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William Melvin Mowat

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 368189 Acting Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 368189 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Sinclair Mowat

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 192809

Canadian Expeditionary Force 192809 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alexander Mowat

Born 1876

Died 1917

Royal Navy WSA 1819 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy WSA 1819 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve - HM Drifter Ruby Gem

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George Mowat

Born 1873

Died 1916

South African Services Captain 4th South African Infantry

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Andrew Mowat

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1039 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Charles Davidson Mowat

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army S/10814 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Alexander Mowat

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3729 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 240758 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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