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Sassafras Tasmania [6]

Glasgow Scotland [5]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Prahran Victoria [3]

Madras [2]

Addington, Ontario [1]

Airdre, Scotland [1]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Antrim, Antrim [1]

Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Ayrshire [1]

Arundel England [1]

Ayr Scotland [1]

Boggabri New South Wales [1]

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Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Carnoustie, Forfar [1]

Crail, Fifeshire [1]

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Flinton, Ontario [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

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Leslie, Fifeshire [1]

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Perth Scotland [1]

Perth, Perthshire [1]

Pimlico, London [1]

Pittenweem, Fife [1]

Saint George Edinburgh [1]

South Shields [1]

Strabane ON [1]

Wemyss, Fife [1]

West Melbourne Victoria [1]

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Private [149]

Corporal [10]

Gunner [10]

Serjeant [9]

Captain [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Sapper [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Driver [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Major /Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

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Royal Highlanders [18]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Labour Corps [13]

Royal Scots [13]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11]

Gordon Highlanders [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Scots Guards [6]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Labour Corps [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Indian Defence Force [2]

Indian Medical Service [2]

London Regiment [2]

Lothian and Border Horse [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British Honduras Territorial Force [1]

Canadian Forestry Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/British Columbia Regiment [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Cullinan's Horse [1]

Service

British Army [226]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [32]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Royal Navy [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [3]

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Contribution

Military Service [324]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Canada [2]

India [1]

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Sassafras Tasmania [6] Glasgow Scotland [5] Melbourne Victoria [3] Prahran Victoria [3] Madras [2] Addington, Ontario [1] Airdre, Scotland [1] Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Antrim, Antrim [1] Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Ayrshire [1] Arundel England [1] Ayr Scotland [1] Boggabri New South Wales [1] Brixton, London [1] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Carnoustie, Forfar [1] Crail, Fifeshire [1] Dundee [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Dunedin [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Fife [1] Flinton, Ontario [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Greenwich [1] Kilburn, London [1] Kirkhill, Midlothian [1] Lancashire [1] Largo, Fifeshire [1] Leslie, Fifeshire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Londonderry, Ireland [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newport, Fife [1] Old Calabar [1] Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Perth [1] Perth Scotland [1] Perth, Perthshire [1] Pimlico, London [1] Pittenweem, Fife [1] Saint George Edinburgh [1] South Shields [1] Strabane ON [1] Wemyss, Fife [1] West Melbourne Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [149] Corporal [10] Gunner [10] Serjeant [9] Captain [8] Lieutenant [8] Sapper [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Driver [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lance Corporal [5] Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Sister [2] Temporary Major [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brigadier General [1] Chaplain [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Commander [1] Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Medical Officer [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Major /Captain [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [18] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Engineers [16] Highland Light Infantry [15] Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] Royal Field Artillery [14] Labour Corps [13] Royal Scots [13] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11] Gordon Highlanders [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Machine Gun Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Scots Guards [6] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4] Canadian Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Marine Labour Corps [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Indian Defence Force [2] Indian Medical Service [2] London Regiment [2] Lothian and Border Horse [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] British Honduras Territorial Force [1] Canadian Forestry Corps [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/British Columbia Regiment [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Cullinan's Horse [1]

Service

British Army [226] Canadian Expeditionary Force [32] Australian Imperial Force [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Royal Navy [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

P [336]

Contribution

Military Service [324] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Canada [2] India [1]

James Gerrard Peebles

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 4846 Private 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 4846 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 3/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Melville Peebles

Died 1915

British Army 721 Private 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 721 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

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Peter Conacher Peebles

Australian Imperial Force 2032

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Alexander Peebles

Australian Imperial Force 19572

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William Peebles

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162406

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Wilson Peebles

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28152

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Johnston Peebles

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73914

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Samuel Gillfilan Mclaren Peebles

Born 1896

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 81699

Canadian Expeditionary Force 81699 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harold Peebles

Born 1899

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101383

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John Reid Peebles

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Scots

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James G Peebles

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army S/13637 Private Gordon Highlanders

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John Peebles

Died 1917

British Army 54485 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 54485 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Peebles

Died 1920

British Army 26293 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Arthur Stansfield Peebles

Born 1872

British Army Major Suffolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Suffolk Regiment

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Hugh Peebles

Died 1916

British Army 3132 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Adam Peebles

Died 1914

British Army 6768 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas B Peebles

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1337 Highland Cyclist Battalion

British Army 43009 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Stewart W Peebles

Died 1917

British Army 84447 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 84447 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Percy Norman Peebles

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2378 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (The Rangers)

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William Fleming Peebles

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 2340 Private Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps attached Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 2340 Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 113th Battalion

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