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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [33]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [17]

Sydney New South Wales [16]

Glasgow Scotland [13]

Edinburgh [9]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Glasgow [7]

Aberdeen [6]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [5]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Carlton Victoria [5]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [5]

London England [5]

Sale Victoria [5]

South Melbourne Victoria [5]

Aberdeen Scotland [4]

Dalby Queensland [4]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

Parramatta New South Wales [4]

Stirling, Stirlingshire [4]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Chesterfield England [3]

Clare South Australia [3]

Footscray Victoria [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

Lanarkshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

Seymour Victoria [3]

Wellington [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [2]

Anstruther, Fifeshire [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Banffshire [2]

Blackstone Queensland [2]

Bothwell, Lanarkshire [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Darvel, Ayrshire [2]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [2060]

Gunner [199]

Serjeant [188]

Corporal [174]

Sapper [129]

Second Lieutenant [125]

Driver [118]

Lieutenant [114]

Lance Corporal [101]

Captain [76]

Acting Corporal [39]

Major [36]

Acting Serjeant [31]

Pioneer [28]

Bombardier [16]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Deck Hand [11]

Staff Nurse [11]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Sister [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Reverend [7]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Colonel [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Drummer [3]

Engineer Lieutenant [3]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Miss [3]

Piper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [267]

Royal Scots [257]

Highland Light Infantry [249]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [240]

Royal Field Artillery [225]

Gordon Highlanders [207]

Labour Corps [198]

Army Service Corps [181]

Royal Highlanders [171]

Scottish Rifles [156]

Seaforth Highlanders [147]

Cameron Highlanders [141]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [130]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [118]

Royal Army Medical Corps [117]

Royal Garrison Artillery [112]

Machine Gun Corps [98]

London Regiment [56]

Royal Naval Division [41]

Scots Guards [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [35]

Canadian Infantry [33]

Liverpool Regiment [32]

Army Ordnance Corps [28]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [28]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [25]

Tank Corps [21]

Royal Naval Reserve [19]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

Royal Air Force [16]

Royal Flying Corps [15]

Scottish Horse [15]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Border Regiment [12]

Royal Engineers Transport [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Army Cyclist Corps [11]

Dragoons [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Lovat's Scouts [11]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [11]

Dragoon Guards [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Young Men's Christian Association [10]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [3249]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [312]

Australian Imperial Force [254]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [225]

Royal Navy [220]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [113]

Other Empire Force [7]

Indian Army [5]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

P [4501]

O [4]

B [2]

M [2]

G [1]

H [1]

S [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4354]

Merchant Navy [117]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [83]

Australia [2]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [33] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [17] Sydney New South Wales [16] Glasgow Scotland [13] Edinburgh [9] Melbourne Victoria [8] Glasgow [7] Aberdeen [6] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [5] Ballarat Victoria [5] Carlton Victoria [5] Edinburgh, Midlothian [5] London England [5] Sale Victoria [5] South Melbourne Victoria [5] Aberdeen Scotland [4] Dalby Queensland [4] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [4] Parramatta New South Wales [4] Stirling, Stirlingshire [4] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Chesterfield England [3] Clare South Australia [3] Footscray Victoria [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] Lanarkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] Seymour Victoria [3] Wellington [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [2] Anstruther, Fifeshire [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2] Banffshire [2] Blackstone Queensland [2] Bothwell, Lanarkshire [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Camberwell, London [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Darvel, Ayrshire [2] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [2060] Gunner [199] Serjeant [188] Corporal [174] Sapper [129] Second Lieutenant [125] Driver [118] Lieutenant [114] Lance Corporal [101] Captain [76] Acting Corporal [39] Major [36] Acting Serjeant [31] Pioneer [28] Bombardier [16] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Deck Hand [11] Staff Nurse [11] Staff Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Corporal 2nd [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Sister [9] Able Seaman [8] Acting Bombardier [8] Ordinary Seaman [7] Reverend [7] Colour Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Captain [4] Colonel [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Temporary Major [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Drummer [3] Engineer Lieutenant [3] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Miss [3] Piper [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [267] Royal Scots [257] Highland Light Infantry [249] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [240] Royal Field Artillery [225] Gordon Highlanders [207] Labour Corps [198] Army Service Corps [181] Royal Highlanders [171] Scottish Rifles [156] Seaforth Highlanders [147] Cameron Highlanders [141] Royal Scots Fusiliers [130] King's Own Scottish Borderers [118] Royal Army Medical Corps [117] Royal Garrison Artillery [112] Machine Gun Corps [98] London Regiment [56] Royal Naval Division [41] Scots Guards [37] Royal Army Service Corps [35] Canadian Infantry [33] Liverpool Regiment [32] Army Ordnance Corps [28] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [28] Royal Fusiliers [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [25] Tank Corps [21] Royal Naval Reserve [19] Royal Defence Corps [17] Royal Air Force [16] Royal Flying Corps [15] Scottish Horse [15] Manchester Regiment [14] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Border Regiment [12] Royal Engineers Transport [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Army Cyclist Corps [11] Dragoons [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Lovat's Scouts [11] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [11] Dragoon Guards [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Young Men's Christian Association [10] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [3249] Canadian Expeditionary Force [312] Australian Imperial Force [254] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [225] Royal Navy [220] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [113] Other Empire Force [7] Indian Army [5] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

P [4501] O [4] B [2] M [2] G [1] H [1] S [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4354] Merchant Navy [117] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [83] Australia [2] Egypt [1] France [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

William Paterson

Born 1879

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42568 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Paterson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 200460 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 7041 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200460 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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James Cochrane Paterson

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army S/2950 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Wallace Campbell Paterson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 76387 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 76387 Acting Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 173 Tunnelling Company

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William Paterson

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 8789 Acting Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 8789 Corporal Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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James Graham Paterson

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1720 Sergeant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st/10th Battalion

British Army 1720 Serjeant The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)

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Charles James Paterson

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant South Wales Borderers

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers

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James Paterson

Born 1883

British Army 6475 Private Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 6th Bn

British Army 268240 Private Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 6th Bn

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Robert Paterson

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army S/3141 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army S/3141 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army S/3141 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Robert Bryce Paterson

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 26994 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd

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Alexander Paterson

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 12206 Guardsman Scots Guards 2nd Battalion

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Robert Denzil Paterson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 20th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 20th

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William Paterson

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6781 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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William Paterson

Born 1880

British Army 7744 Private Scottish Rifles 2nd Battalion

British Army 55327 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 13th (Garrison) Battalion

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William Paterson

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 1178 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army 1178 Acting Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army 1178 Corporal Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Lamont Livingstone Paterson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

Canadian Expeditionary Force 910208 Private 196 Overseas Battalion

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Otto Dysart Paterson

Born 1876

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Engineer Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Engineer Mercantile Marine - HM Trawler Loch Garry

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James Paterson

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 64787 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 45th Coy

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Hugh Paterson

Born 1898

Died 1914

British Army 1657 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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Andrew Paterson

Died 1917

British Army 1393 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1393 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 290065 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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