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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9]

Edinburgh [3]

Galston, Ayrshire [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Shetland, Scotland [3]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Glasgow [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Majorca Victoria [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Tynemouth [2]

11 Dundas Street Grangemouth Stirlingshire [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1]

Ayton, Berwickshire [1]

Balston, Ayr [1]

Basta, Mid Yell [1]

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian) [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bolton [1]

Booroorban New South Wales [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Catford, London [1]

Catrine, Scotland [1]

Crowley, Sussex [1]

Darvil, Ayrshire [1]

Denny, Stirlingshire [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Eampermline Scotland [1]

Edinborough Scotland [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1]

Eyemouth, Scotland [1]

Firth Of Forth Scotland [1]

Galashiels, Selkirkshire [1]

Gladstone Victoria [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Govan, Renfrewshire [1]

Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Haddington, Haddington [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hampstead,London. [1]

Hawthorne, Melbourne [1]

Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire [1]

Kumara [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Limehouse, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [299]

Gunner [43]

Corporal [31]

Serjeant [31]

Lance Corporal [23]

Lieutenant [15]

Driver [14]

Sapper [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Captain [11]

Bombardier [9]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Major [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Piper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Chauffeur (Driver) [1]

Civilian [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Miss [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [60]

Royal Engineers [44]

Highland Light Infantry [42]

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Labour Corps [28]

Royal Highlanders [27]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [27]

Cameron Highlanders [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Scottish Rifles [25]

Army Service Corps [23]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Gordon Highlanders [19]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [18]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [17]

Seaforth Highlanders [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Staff [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment/ Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lothian and Border Horse [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [503]

Royal Navy [47]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

N [685]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [666]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Canada [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9] Edinburgh [3] Galston, Ayrshire [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Shetland, Scotland [3] Devonport, Devon [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Glasgow [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Majorca Victoria [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Tynemouth [2] 11 Dundas Street Grangemouth Stirlingshire [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1] Ayton, Berwickshire [1] Balston, Ayr [1] Basta, Mid Yell [1] Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian) [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bolton [1] Booroorban New South Wales [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Catford, London [1] Catrine, Scotland [1] Crowley, Sussex [1] Darvil, Ayrshire [1] Denny, Stirlingshire [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Eampermline Scotland [1] Edinborough Scotland [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1] Eyemouth, Scotland [1] Firth Of Forth Scotland [1] Galashiels, Selkirkshire [1] Gladstone Victoria [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Govan, Renfrewshire [1] Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, Essex [1] Haddington, Haddington [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hampstead,London. [1] Hawthorne, Melbourne [1] Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire [1] Kumara [1] Limehouse, London [1] Limehouse, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [299] Gunner [43] Corporal [31] Serjeant [31] Lance Corporal [23] Lieutenant [15] Driver [14] Sapper [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Captain [11] Bombardier [9] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Major [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sister [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Piper [2] Sergeant [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Chauffeur [1] Chauffeur (Driver) [1] Civilian [1] Colonel [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Miss [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Pte [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [60] Royal Engineers [44] Highland Light Infantry [42] Royal Field Artillery [41] Labour Corps [28] Royal Highlanders [27] Royal Scots Fusiliers [27] Cameron Highlanders [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Scottish Rifles [25] Army Service Corps [23] Machine Gun Corps [20] Gordon Highlanders [19] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [18] King's Own Scottish Borderers [17] Seaforth Highlanders [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] London Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [8] Liverpool Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Scots Guards [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Staff [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society [2] Corps of Hussars [2] French Red Cross [2] Gloucestershire Regiment/ Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lothian and Border Horse [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [503] Royal Navy [47] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] Australian Imperial Force [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

N [685] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [666] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Canada [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1]

Henry Daniel Nisbet

Born 1867

Died 1954

British Army 3748 Acting Sergeant London Regiment 3rd city of lond Battalion

British Army 3774 Sergeant East Surrey Regiment

British Army 319300 Acting Sergeant Royal Garrison Artillery No 16th Depot

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John Nisbet

Born 1870

Died 1927

Canadian Expeditionary Force 402375

Canadian Expeditionary Force Pte 34th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Pte 21st Battalion

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John Nisbet

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

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Peter Nisbet

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 22/1000 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Charles Tawse Nisbet

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 3046 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3046 Lance Corporal Kings Liverpool ( Liverpool Scottish) 1/10 Battalion

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Thomas Holmes Nisbet Mid

Born 1892

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/767 Lieutenant Otago Infantry Battalion

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Charles Nisbet

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 337 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army 337 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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George Nisbet

Born 1898

Died 1955

British Army

British Army R/277083 Private Army Service Corps

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John W Nisbet

Born 1892

Died 1932

British Army T1558 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 471017 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Cecil Andrew Nisbet

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Temporary Second Lieutenant Infantry Reserve Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Andrew Nisbet

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289865

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Robert Alexander Agnew Nisbet

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95204

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Thomas Nisbet

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94774

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Robert Granger Nisbet

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97106

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John Mcfarlane Nisbet

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192099

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John Nisbet

Born 1899

Died 1976

British Army 132205 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Thomas Henderson Nisbet

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138667

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Elizabeth Veronica Nisbet

Born 1886

Died 1979

Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment Order of Saint John Brigade Hospital

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John George Nisbet

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213562

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Cecil Dunbar Nisbet

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 18874 Private Royal Scots 16th Battalion.

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