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Queenstown, Lancashire, England [4]

Edinburgh [3]

Perth Scotland [3]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Adamstown New South Wales [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Blackpool, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Brechin [1]

Castle Combe, Wiltshire [1]

County Down [1]

Cowdenbeath Scotland [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Dublin [1]

Dundee, Forfar [1]

East Ham, London [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Forfar [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [1]

Kilsyth Scotland [1]

Kingsbarns, Fife [1]

Ladybank Scotland [1]

Lanark, Lanarkshire [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Limerick [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

New Ross, Wexford [1]

Newross, Wexford [1]

Odessa [1]

Patricroft, Lancashire [1]

Perth, Perthshire [1]

Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1]

Port Antonio, Portland, Surrey [1]

Port Melbourne Victoria [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Queenstown, Cork [1]

Rossmore New South Wales [1]

Ryde New South Wales [1]

Salford, Manchester [1]

South Brisbane Queensland [1]

St Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [218]

Driver [20]

Gunner [20]

Captain [16]

Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Serjeant [9]

Sapper [7]

Major [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Engineer [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Royal Highlanders [24]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Royal Scots [16]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Labour Corps [13]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

London Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Gordon Highlanders [8]

Cameron Highlanders [7]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [7]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Leinster Regiment [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Indian Army [2]

Irish Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lancers Fusiliers [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [322]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [64]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Royal Navy [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [462]

Contribution

Military Service [444]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Australia [1]

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People [462] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Queenstown, Lancashire, England [4] Edinburgh [3] Perth Scotland [3] Bourke New South Wales [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Adamstown New South Wales [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Blackpool, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Brechin [1] Castle Combe, Wiltshire [1] County Down [1] Cowdenbeath Scotland [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Dublin [1] Dundee, Forfar [1] East Ham, London [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Emsworth, Hampshire [1] Forfar [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hackney, London [1] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [1] Kilsyth Scotland [1] Kingsbarns, Fife [1] Ladybank Scotland [1] Lanark, Lanarkshire [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Limerick [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] New Ross, Wexford [1] Newross, Wexford [1] Odessa [1] Patricroft, Lancashire [1] Perth, Perthshire [1] Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1] Port Antonio, Portland, Surrey [1] Port Melbourne Victoria [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Queenstown, Cork [1] Rossmore New South Wales [1] Ryde New South Wales [1] Salford, Manchester [1] South Brisbane Queensland [1] St Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [218] Driver [20] Gunner [20] Captain [16] Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [11] Lieutenant [10] Serjeant [9] Sapper [7] Major [5] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pioneer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Second Engineer [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24] Royal Highlanders [24] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Royal Scots [16] Highland Light Infantry [15] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Labour Corps [13] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] London Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Gordon Highlanders [8] Cameron Highlanders [7] Royal Scots Fusiliers [7] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Leinster Regiment [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Munster Fusiliers [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry Battalion [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Indian Army [2] Irish Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lancers Fusiliers [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [322] Canadian Expeditionary Force [64] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Australian Imperial Force [16] Royal Navy [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [462]

Contribution

Military Service [444] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Australia [1]

Bertram Oscar Myles

Born 1875

Died 1949

British Army 814 Gunner Kent regiment No. 2 Coy

British Army 5265 Private London Regiment

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Robert Hartland Stanley Myles

Died 1919

British Army 58573 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William John Myles

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 4/7313 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 7313 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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John Kenneth Myles

Born 1896

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2875

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Alfred Myles

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112868

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John Kennedy Myles

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53826

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John Myles

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41525

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Richard Myles

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191267

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Robert Myles

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 6565 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Albert Myles

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303936

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James Myles

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156302

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William Whitson Myles

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Bn.

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George Guthrie Myles

Born 1889

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Second Engineer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Second Engineer Mercantile Marine, S.S. "English Monarch" (Glasgow)

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William Oliver Austin Myles

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army 17437 Private Manchester Regiment

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Dalton Myles

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 271106

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Charles James Myles

Born 1889

Died 1921

Canadian Expeditionary Force 115081

Canadian Expeditionary Force 115081 Sergeant Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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Harry Jones Myles

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 710128

Canadian Expeditionary Force 710128 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

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James Houston Myles

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 427108

Canadian Expeditionary Force 427108 Private Canadian Infantry

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Joseph H Myles

Died 1917

British Army S/26157 Private Cameron Highlanders

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John Myles

Died 1915

British Army 2187 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 2187 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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