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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [32]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [32]

Sydney New South Wales [22]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [20]

Glasgow Scotland [17]

Melbourne Victoria [15]

Hobart Tasmania [11]

Belfast, Antrim [10]

Geelong Victoria [9]

Glasgow [9]

Brisbane Queensland [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Edinburgh Scotland [7]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [7]

London England [7]

Aberdeen Scotland [6]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [6]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Ararat Victoria [6]

Ayr, Ayrshire [6]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [6]

Dunedin [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [6]

Belfast [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Semaphore South Australia [5]

South Shields, Durham, England [5]

Tenterfield New South Wales [5]

Aberdeen [4]

Ayrshire [4]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Brunswick New South Wales [4]

Carlton Victoria [4]

Deniliquin New South Wales [4]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

North Melbourne Victoria [4]

Wangaratta Victoria [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Aberdeenshire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Cargo New South Wales [3]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [3]

Gundaroo New South Wales [3]

Selkirk, Selkirkshire [3]

Auckland [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3740]

Gunner [362]

Corporal [336]

Serjeant [305]

Driver [232]

Sapper [221]

Second Lieutenant [208]

Lance Corporal [172]

Lieutenant [167]

Captain [133]

Acting Corporal [69]

Acting Serjeant [50]

Pioneer [41]

Major [36]

Bombardier [32]

Rifleman [23]

Staff Nurse [19]

Lance Serjeant [17]

Able Seaman [16]

Sergeant [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Worker [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Staff Serjeant [13]

Deck Hand [12]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Temporary Captain [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Nurse [9]

Nursing Sister [9]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [9]

Sister [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Major [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Guardsman [6]

Reverend [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Seaman [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Orderly [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [451]

Labour Corps [419]

Royal Field Artillery [398]

Army Service Corps [337]

Gordon Highlanders [329]

Highland Light Infantry [271]

Royal Scots [268]

Royal Highlanders [241]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [230]

Royal Garrison Artillery [229]

Seaforth Highlanders [199]

Royal Army Medical Corps [195]

Scottish Rifles [189]

Machine Gun Corps [167]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [163]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [130]

British West Indies Regiment [129]

Royal Irish Rifles [122]

Cameron Highlanders [121]

London Regiment [118]

Canadian Infantry [113]

Royal Naval Division [83]

Royal Fusiliers [76]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [73]

Liverpool Regiment [66]

Northumberland Fusiliers [66]

Durham Light Infantry [63]

Scots Guards [59]

Royal Army Service Corps [58]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [55]

Lancashire Fusiliers [50]

Manchester Regiment [44]

Middlesex Regiment [43]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [40]

Tank Corps [37]

Army Ordnance Corps [35]

Royal Air Force [35]

Royal Defence Corps [33]

Rifle Brigade [31]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [29]

Royal Irish Regiment [28]

Royal Naval Reserve [28]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [28]

Training Reserve Battalion [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25]

Scottish Horse [25]

East Lancashire Regiment [24]

South Lancashire Regiment [24]

Service

British Army [5763]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1145]

Australian Imperial Force [582]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [435]

Royal Navy [430]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [217]

Other Empire Force [24]

South African Services [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [8829]

F [3]

H [3]

W [3]

B [2]

C [1]

D [1]

M [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8577]

Merchant Navy [205]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [145]

Canada [4]

Jamaica [1]

Malaysia [1]

New Zealand [1]

Singapore [1]

Spain [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [32] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [32] Sydney New South Wales [22] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [20] Glasgow Scotland [17] Melbourne Victoria [15] Hobart Tasmania [11] Belfast, Antrim [10] Geelong Victoria [9] Glasgow [9] Brisbane Queensland [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Edinburgh Scotland [7] Edinburgh, Midlothian [7] London England [7] Aberdeen Scotland [6] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [6] Adelaide South Australia [6] Ararat Victoria [6] Ayr, Ayrshire [6] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [6] Dunedin [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Paisley, Renfrewshire [6] Belfast [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Semaphore South Australia [5] South Shields, Durham, England [5] Tenterfield New South Wales [5] Aberdeen [4] Ayrshire [4] Ballarat Victoria [4] Brunswick New South Wales [4] Carlton Victoria [4] Deniliquin New South Wales [4] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] North Melbourne Victoria [4] Wangaratta Victoria [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Aberdeenshire [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Cargo New South Wales [3] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [3] Gundaroo New South Wales [3] Selkirk, Selkirkshire [3] Auckland [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Beechworth Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3740] Gunner [362] Corporal [336] Serjeant [305] Driver [232] Sapper [221] Second Lieutenant [208] Lance Corporal [172] Lieutenant [167] Captain [133] Acting Corporal [69] Acting Serjeant [50] Pioneer [41] Major [36] Bombardier [32] Rifleman [23] Staff Nurse [19] Lance Serjeant [17] Able Seaman [16] Sergeant [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Worker [14] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Staff Serjeant [13] Deck Hand [12] Colour Serjeant [11] Acting Bombardier [10] Company Serjeant Major [10] Temporary Captain [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Nurse [9] Nursing Sister [9] Private Acting Lance Corporal [9] Sister [9] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Acting Captain [6] Acting Lance Corporal [6] Acting Major [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Guardsman [6] Reverend [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Seaman [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Orderly [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [451] Labour Corps [419] Royal Field Artillery [398] Army Service Corps [337] Gordon Highlanders [329] Highland Light Infantry [271] Royal Scots [268] Royal Highlanders [241] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [230] Royal Garrison Artillery [229] Seaforth Highlanders [199] Royal Army Medical Corps [195] Scottish Rifles [189] Machine Gun Corps [167] Royal Scots Fusiliers [163] King's Own Scottish Borderers [130] British West Indies Regiment [129] Royal Irish Rifles [122] Cameron Highlanders [121] London Regiment [118] Canadian Infantry [113] Royal Naval Division [83] Royal Fusiliers [76] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [73] Liverpool Regiment [66] Northumberland Fusiliers [66] Durham Light Infantry [63] Scots Guards [59] Royal Army Service Corps [58] Royal Irish Fusiliers [55] Lancashire Fusiliers [50] Manchester Regiment [44] Middlesex Regiment [43] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [40] Tank Corps [37] Army Ordnance Corps [35] Royal Air Force [35] Royal Defence Corps [33] Rifle Brigade [31] Cheshire Regiment [30] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [29] Royal Irish Regiment [28] Royal Naval Reserve [28] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [28] Training Reserve Battalion [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25] Scottish Horse [25] East Lancashire Regiment [24] South Lancashire Regiment [24]

Service

British Army [5763] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1145] Australian Imperial Force [582] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [435] Royal Navy [430] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [217] Other Empire Force [24] South African Services [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [8829] F [3] H [3] W [3] B [2] C [1] D [1] M [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8577] Merchant Navy [205] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [145] Canada [4] Jamaica [1] Malaysia [1] New Zealand [1] Singapore [1] Spain [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

William Reid

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 116031 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 116031 Sergeant Royal Garrison Artillery 260th Seige Battery

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Oswald Austin Reid

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army Lieutenant Kings Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Acting Major Kings Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain 2nd Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment attached 6th Bn North Lancashire Regiment

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Alfred Reid

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 862 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) No.4 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 862 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

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Allan Reid

Born 1895

Died 1939

British Army 8750 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 400050 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army Royal Engineers

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Fergus Hamilton Reid

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Reid

Born 1884

British Army 91236 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Gordon Alexander Reid

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Stk/508 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Stuart Reid

Born 1893

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1003 Lieutenant Otago Infantry Battalion

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James Reid

Born 1872

Died 1921

British Army MS/2072 Private Army Service Corps

British Army MS/2072 Private Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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William Henry Reid

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 14/18678 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 18678 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 14th Battalion

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George Leslie Reid

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Harold Wilson Reid

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1417 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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William Reid

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 40355 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 40355 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 40355 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 7th Field Company

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Louis Reid

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army 476 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Robert Hislop Reid

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 3 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 10 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 17 Battalion

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Harry Reid

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army S/12891 Private Seaforth Highlanders 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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William Reid

Died 1915

British Army 2670 Private Royal Highlanders 1st Battalion

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Maurice Leslie Reid

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3256 Private Australian Infantry 32nd Battalion

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George Henry Reid

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army S/10006 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 11th Battalion

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Arthur Reid

Died 1918

British Army 375723 Private London Regiment

British Army 375723 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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