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Aberdeen [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Macduff, Banffshire [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Portknockie, Banffshire, Scotland [2]

Portsoy, Banffshire [2]

Roseisle Morayshire [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Banffshire [1]

Bengal [1]

Cairnie, Aberdeenshire [1]

Chryston, Lanarkshire [1]

Cootamundra New South Wales [1]

Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Dundas ON [1]

Dundee [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Echt, Aberdeenshire [1]

Forfarshire Scotland [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Hamilton ON [1]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex, England [1]

Huntley Scotland [1]

Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1]

Kennay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Kurachee, Bombay [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leopard's Vlei [1]

Lossiemouth, Scotland [1]

Macduff, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Manchester England [1]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [1]

Napier [1]

Narrabri New South Wales [1]

Norham, Northumberland [1]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [1]

Plaistow, Essex [1]

Poplar, Middlesex, England [1]

Porthnockie, Banffshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Portsoy Scotland [1]

Sandhaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Slains, Ellon. [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [210]

Gunner [29]

Serjeant [26]

Corporal [22]

Driver [21]

Lieutenant [17]

Captain [16]

Sapper [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lance Corporal [11]

Able Seaman [6]

Major [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Major General [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Engineman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Clinic Nurse [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Mister [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Red Cross Nurse [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Hand [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [91]

Royal Engineers [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Army Service Corps [23]

Labour Corps [23]

Seaforth Highlanders [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Highlanders [18]

Highland Light Infantry [13]

Cameron Highlanders [12]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Royal Scots [10]

Royal Naval Division [9]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Scottish Horse [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Canadian Infantry [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Indian Army [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Mesopotamian Railways [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Dragoons [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Ambala Cavalry Brigade [1]

American Ambulance Corps [1]

Army Education Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Army Schoolmistress [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Service

British Army [379]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [49]

Royal Navy [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

P [525]

Contribution

Military Service [498]

Merchant Navy [22]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [2]

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Aberdeen [2] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Macduff, Banffshire [2] Mackay Queensland [2] Portknockie, Banffshire, Scotland [2] Portsoy, Banffshire [2] Roseisle Morayshire [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Banffshire [1] Bengal [1] Cairnie, Aberdeenshire [1] Chryston, Lanarkshire [1] Cootamundra New South Wales [1] Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Dundas ON [1] Dundee [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Echt, Aberdeenshire [1] Forfarshire Scotland [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Hamilton ON [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] Hornsey, Middlesex, England [1] Huntley Scotland [1] Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1] Kennay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Kurachee, Bombay [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leopard's Vlei [1] Lossiemouth, Scotland [1] Macduff, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Manchester England [1] Muswellbrook New South Wales [1] Napier [1] Narrabri New South Wales [1] Norham, Northumberland [1] Paisley, Renfrewshire [1] Plaistow, Essex [1] Poplar, Middlesex, England [1] Porthnockie, Banffshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Portsoy Scotland [1] Sandhaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Slains, Ellon. [1] Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [210] Gunner [29] Serjeant [26] Corporal [22] Driver [21] Lieutenant [17] Captain [16] Sapper [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Lance Corporal [11] Able Seaman [6] Major [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Acting Corporal [3] Deck Hand [3] Major General [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Engineman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Clinic Nurse [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Mister [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Red Cross Nurse [1] Seaman [1] Second Hand [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [91] Royal Engineers [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Royal Field Artillery [27] Army Service Corps [23] Labour Corps [23] Seaforth Highlanders [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Highlanders [18] Highland Light Infantry [13] Cameron Highlanders [12] Machine Gun Corps [12] Scottish Rifles [11] Royal Scots [10] Royal Naval Division [9] London Regiment [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Scottish Horse [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Canadian Infantry [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] Corps of Dragoons [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Indian Army [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Mesopotamian Railways [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Dragoons [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Ambala Cavalry Brigade [1] American Ambulance Corps [1] Army Education Corps [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Army Schoolmistress [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Australian Engineers [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Service

British Army [379] Canadian Expeditionary Force [49] Royal Navy [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Australian Imperial Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

P [525]

Contribution

Military Service [498] Merchant Navy [22]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [2]

Charles Patrick William Pirie

Born 1859

Died 1933

British Army Major General Indian Army

British Army Major General Ambala Cavalry Brigade

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Harry Pirie

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 5018 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 6918 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 6918 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Vivian Pirie

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294975

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James George Pirie

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177507

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John Waugh Pirie

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317981

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James Pirie

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 79188

Canadian Expeditionary Force 79188 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Henry Pirie

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 742662

Canadian Expeditionary Force 742662 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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John Pirie

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 718562

Canadian Expeditionary Force 718562 Private Canadian Infantry

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Keith Pirie

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 12555 Private Gordon Highlanders 2/6th Battalion.

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William Thomas Pirie

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 273102

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Alexander Pirie

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2279/5 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 240511 Private Gordon Highlanders

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John Pirie

Died 1918

British Army 202061 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 202061 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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George Pirie

Died 1918

British Army S4/218290 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 46624 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Francis Pirie

Died 1917

British Army 6943 Private London Regiment

British Army 283383 Private London Regiment

British Army 283383 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Charles Pirie

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 3989 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 201344 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 201344 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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James Pirie

Died 1918

British Army S/13532 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Frank Pirie

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army S/3992 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Alexander Pirie

Died 1917

British Army S/15351 Acting Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/15351 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

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Charles Pirie

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 891 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Gilbert Alexander Pirie

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4109 Private Cameron Highlanders

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