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Burghead Morayshire [2]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [1]

Buchan Scotland [1]

Dunbar, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian) [1]

Dundee Scotland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Dunedin [1]

Elgin, Aberdeenshire [1]

Kensington [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Larbert, Stirlingshire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Montrose, Forfarshire [1]

Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Old Harbour [1]

Port Chalmer [1]

Port Royal, Jamaica [1]

Randwick, Gloucestershire [1]

Saint Ninians, Stirling [1]

St Feock, Cornwall, Dorset [1]

Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire [1]

Wirral, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [52]

Serjeant [10]

Gunner [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant [5]

Sapper [5]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Adviser [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lab Assistant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Needle Worker [1]

Nurse [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Surgeon Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [16]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Highlanders [8]

London Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Scots [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Canadian Staff Unit [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

2nd Divisional Troops - 5th Field Company Engineers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

County of London Regiment [1]

Forth Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

French Red Cross [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Lothian and Border Horse [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

North Irish Horse [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [1]

Service

British Army [94]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Royal Navy [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Other Empire Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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N [142]

Contribution

Military Service [135]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Burghead Morayshire [2] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [1] Buchan Scotland [1] Dunbar, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian) [1] Dundee Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Dunedin [1] Elgin, Aberdeenshire [1] Kensington [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Larbert, Stirlingshire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Montrose, Forfarshire [1] Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Old Harbour [1] Port Chalmer [1] Port Royal, Jamaica [1] Randwick, Gloucestershire [1] Saint Ninians, Stirling [1] St Feock, Cornwall, Dorset [1] Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire [1] Wirral, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [52] Serjeant [10] Gunner [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant [5] Sapper [5] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Adviser [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Flying Officer [1] Lab Assistant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Needle Worker [1] Nurse [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Signaller [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Surgeon Captain [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [16] Seaforth Highlanders [13] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Highlanders [8] London Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Scots [6] Royal Engineers [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] Labour Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Canadian Staff Unit [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] 2nd Divisional Troops - 5th Field Company Engineers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Corps of Hussars [1] County of London Regiment [1] Forth Royal Garrison Artillery [1] French Red Cross [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] Highland Cyclist Battalion [1] King's African Rifles [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Lothian and Border Horse [1] Military Mounted Police [1] North Irish Horse [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [1]

Service

British Army [94] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [6] Other Empire Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [142]

Contribution

Military Service [135] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Annie Neish

Born 1886

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Reading War Hospital

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Donald Cecil Granville Neish

Born 1894

Died 1949

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Ronald Irvin Neish

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48936 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 2/10 London Regiment

British Army 48936 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Joseph Neish

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111617

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William Neish

Born 1855

Other Empire Force Adviser Royal Horticultural Society Food Production Campaign

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Robert William Neish

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408974

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Alfred William Neish

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 9764 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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George Neish

Died 1917

British Army 1138 (incomplete) Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 265870 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Alexander Nimmo Neish

Died 1918

British Army 490898 Serjeant London Regiment

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Jane Neish

Born 1855

Died 1932

Other Empire Force Needle Worker British Red Cross Iwerne Minster Hospital Supply Working Party

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Robert Neish

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 9564 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 9564 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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John Neish

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army S/16325 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Robert Ivory Neish

Australian Imperial Force

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Herbert Theodore Louis Neish

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alexander Neish

Died 1917

British Army 99231 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Anderson Neish

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 46348 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Francis John Chiles Neish

Born 1893

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 77 Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

Australian Imperial Force 77 Sapper 2nd Divisional Troops - 5th Field Company Engineers

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Roderick Nicoll Neish

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 70202 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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George Neish

Born 1894

British Army 976 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 45070 Lance Corporal Royal Scots

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David Duncan Neish

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247997

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