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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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Place of birth

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]

Richard Pattison Paterson

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252882

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Alexander Gardiner Paterson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20784

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Duncan Paterson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262122

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John Paterson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70637

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John Somerville Paterson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169595

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Andrew Paterson

Born 1892

British Army 1425 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1425 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 3/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1425 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Andrew Paterson

Born 1882

Died 1920

British Army 6043 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 28517 Lance Corporal Royal Scots

British Army 28517 Serjeant Royal Scots

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Alex James Paterson

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285622

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George Paterson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198034

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Thomas Paterson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302684

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Edward John Paterson

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27501

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Peter Paterson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105209

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George Paterson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280203

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John Paterson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115596

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William Waddel Paterson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299113

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George Paterson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280956

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Thomas Paterson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89207

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John Houston Paterson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111242

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William Walker Paterson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407391

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John Morgan Paterson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29202

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