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Brisbane Queensland [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Amphitheatre Victoria [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Keith, Aberdeenshire [2]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2]

Lanarkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Northcote Victoria [2]

Port Albert Victoria [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Stoke Newington, London [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Widnes, Lancashire [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Balranald New South Wales [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bearsden, Dunbartonshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn Victoria [1]

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Botany Bay New South Wales [1]

Botany New South Wales [1]

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Bruthen Victoria [1]

Cadder, Lanarkshire [1]

Cambridge England [1]

Carrigaline, Cork [1]

Celbridge, Kildare [1]

Chapel-en-le-Frith, Cheshire [1]

Coldstream, Berwickshire [1]

Coolah New South Wales [1]

Cronberry, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Darnconner, Auchinleck, Scotland [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Dymchurch, Kent [1]

Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

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Private [424]

Gunner [44]

Driver [36]

Corporal [34]

Serjeant [27]

Sapper [25]

Lance Corporal [23]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Lieutenant [12]

Pioneer [11]

Acting Corporal [7]

Captain [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Drummer [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Alias [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Boy [1]

Bugler [1]

Civilian Surgeon [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Strapper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [53]

Royal Engineers [52]

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Royal Scots [42]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [37]

Army Service Corps [36]

Highland Light Infantry [36]

Scottish Rifles [30]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Royal Highlanders [20]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [19]

London Regiment [19]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Gordon Highlanders [15]

Seaforth Highlanders [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Cameron Highlanders [12]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [627]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [107]

Australian Imperial Force [63]

Royal Navy [45]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

N [907]

H [2]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [889]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Canada [1]

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Brisbane Queensland [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Amphitheatre Victoria [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Keith, Aberdeenshire [2] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2] Lanarkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Northcote Victoria [2] Port Albert Victoria [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Stoke Newington, London [2] Westminster, London [2] Widnes, Lancashire [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Balranald New South Wales [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bearsden, Dunbartonshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn Victoria [1] Blantyre, Lanark [1] Botany Bay New South Wales [1] Botany New South Wales [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bruthen Victoria [1] Cadder, Lanarkshire [1] Cambridge England [1] Carrigaline, Cork [1] Celbridge, Kildare [1] Chapel-en-le-Frith, Cheshire [1] Coldstream, Berwickshire [1] Coolah New South Wales [1] Cronberry, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Darnconner, Auchinleck, Scotland [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Dymchurch, Kent [1] Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Gympie Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [424] Gunner [44] Driver [36] Corporal [34] Serjeant [27] Sapper [25] Lance Corporal [23] Second Lieutenant [14] Lieutenant [12] Pioneer [11] Acting Corporal [7] Captain [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [3] Sister [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Drummer [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Alias [1] Bandmaster [1] Boy [1] Bugler [1] Civilian Surgeon [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Pte [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Strapper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [53] Royal Engineers [52] Royal Field Artillery [42] Royal Scots [42] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [37] Army Service Corps [36] Highland Light Infantry [36] Scottish Rifles [30] Royal Scots Fusiliers [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Royal Highlanders [20] King's Own Scottish Borderers [19] London Regiment [19] Machine Gun Corps [17] Gordon Highlanders [15] Seaforth Highlanders [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Cameron Highlanders [12] Royal Naval Division [10] Canadian Infantry [8] Royal Fusiliers [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [627] Canadian Expeditionary Force [107] Australian Imperial Force [63] Royal Navy [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

N [907] H [2] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [889] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Canada [1]

William Mcc Neil

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 5059 Private Highland Light Infantry

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William Kerr Neil

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 545 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Thomas Neil

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 200932 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 200932 Private Scottish Rifles 5/6th Battalion

British Army 425918 Private Royal Engineers 34th Signal Company

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John Neil

Died 1918

British Army 63434 Private Royal Scots 4th Battalion

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Robert Neil

Born 1872

Died 1951

British Army 2270 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 655414 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Francis Neil

Died 1917

British Army 9612 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 9612 Private ALIAS

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James Neil

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 16656 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas James Neil

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 43287 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 43287 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Arthur Neil

Died 1914

British Army 9104 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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Mark Neil

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4537 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 855367 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Neil

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2539 Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army 43433 Corporal Highland Light Infantry

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Robert Neil

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army S/7873 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/7873 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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James Neil

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7047 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry

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Robert Neil

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 33217 Private Royal Scots

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Thomas Neil

Died 1918

British Army 15255 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Robert Neil

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 18417 Driver Royal Engineers

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Thomas Neil

Died 1918

British Army 11300 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 151674 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 151674 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Neil

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 3568 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Horace Neil

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army G/25094 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/18829 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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T Neil

Died 1916

British Army 13963 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 13963 Private Essex Regiment

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