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Edinburgh [3]

Jarrow, Durham [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Malton England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Bellshill, Lanarkshire [1]

Birchip Victoria [1]

Bothwell, Lanarkshire [1]

Coldstream, Berwickshire [1]

Crieff, Perthshire [1]

Crook, Durham [1]

Crook, Durham, England [1]

Dumfrieshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dunedin [1]

Echunga South Australia [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Euchunga South Australia [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Forest Mill, Clackmannanshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Hexham England [1]

Hull, South Yorkshire, [1]

Jarrow, Durham, England [1]

Kells, Cumberland, England [1]

Kent [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England [1]

Lancaster England [1]

Langham Scotland [1]

Leeds [1]

Lismore New South Wales [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Maryborough Victoria [1]

Merkinch Scotland [1]

Musselburgh Edinburgh [1]

Mylor South Australia [1]

Narrandera New South Wales [1]

Ollaberry, Shetland [1]

Palmerston [1]

Penicuik, Midlothian [1]

Preston Victoria [1]

Roslyn, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [267]

Corporal [27]

Gunner [25]

Sapper [19]

Driver [16]

Serjeant [16]

Captain [15]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Temporary Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Commandant [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Doctor [1]

Filter Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pioneer [1]

Piper [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [50]

Royal Engineers [38]

Labour Corps [26]

Army Service Corps [25]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Gordon Highlanders [21]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Scottish Rifles [19]

Highland Light Infantry [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Seaforth Highlanders [16]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [14]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [12]

Cameron Highlanders [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Highlanders [9]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Scots Guards [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

Army Service Corps Transport [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Indian Army [2]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Punjabis [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [435]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [59]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Royal Navy [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [604]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

New Zealand [3]

Canada [1]

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Edinburgh [3] Jarrow, Durham [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Malton England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Bellshill, Lanarkshire [1] Birchip Victoria [1] Bothwell, Lanarkshire [1] Coldstream, Berwickshire [1] Crieff, Perthshire [1] Crook, Durham [1] Crook, Durham, England [1] Dumfrieshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dunedin [1] Echunga South Australia [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Euchunga South Australia [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Forest Mill, Clackmannanshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Hexham England [1] Hull, South Yorkshire, [1] Jarrow, Durham, England [1] Kells, Cumberland, England [1] Kent [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England [1] Lancaster England [1] Langham Scotland [1] Leeds [1] Lismore New South Wales [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Merkinch Scotland [1] Musselburgh Edinburgh [1] Mylor South Australia [1] Narrandera New South Wales [1] Ollaberry, Shetland [1] Palmerston [1] Penicuik, Midlothian [1] Preston Victoria [1] Roslyn, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [267] Corporal [27] Gunner [25] Sapper [19] Driver [16] Serjeant [16] Captain [15] Second Lieutenant [15] Lieutenant [13] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Sister [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Fitter Staff Serjeant [2] Major [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Bugler [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Temporary Major [1] Colonel [1] Commandant [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Doctor [1] Filter Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pioneer [1] Piper [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [50] Royal Engineers [38] Labour Corps [26] Army Service Corps [25] Royal Field Artillery [22] Gordon Highlanders [21] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Scottish Rifles [19] Highland Light Infantry [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Seaforth Highlanders [16] King's Own Scottish Borderers [14] Royal Scots Fusiliers [12] Cameron Highlanders [11] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Highlanders [9] Canadian Infantry [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Scots Guards [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] Army Service Corps Transport [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Indian Army [2] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Military Foot Police [2] Punjabis [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [435] Canadian Expeditionary Force [59] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Australian Imperial Force [29] Royal Navy [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [604] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10] New Zealand [3] Canada [1]

James Porteous

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army S/10487 Private Cameron Highlanders

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William Edward Porteous

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 11573 Bugler Highland Light Infantry

British Army 11573 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Thomas Williamson Porteous

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2657 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 330416 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Tank Corps

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William Scotland Porteous

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 17543 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Thomas Porteous

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 136717 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harry Morton Porteous

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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Francis James Porteous

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 27256 Private Durham Light Infantry

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William B Porteous

Died 1915

British Army 2225 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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David Porteous

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 33460 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Andrew Porteous

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 375372 Private Royal Scots

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William Anderson Porteous

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173242

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Gavin Ralstan Porteous

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 117850

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William Robert Porteous

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70781

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Leonard George Porteous

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103712

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William Thomas Porteous

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy L 17 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 17/L Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section)

Royal Navy 17/L Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HM Yacht Goissa

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Charles Fletcher Porteous

Australian Imperial Force 6127

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William Porteous

Born 1888

British Army 1145 Private London Regiment Territorial

British Army 1145 Piper London Regiment 14th battalion lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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John Robert Porteous

Australian Imperial Force

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Alexander Young Porteous

Australian Imperial Force 13566

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William Jabez Porteous

Australian Imperial Force 28795

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