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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]

Bernard Joseph Reid

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 7/2673 Lance Corporal Leinster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9th Battalion.

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Walter Reid

Born 1882

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3055074 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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David Wilkie Reid

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77368

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77368 Private Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion (British Columbia Regiment)

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John Stewart Gilchrist Reid

Born 1887

Died 1919

Royal Navy 01769 Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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Albert Charles Reid

Born 1895

Died 1978

Royal Navy M6779

Royal Navy CM6779 Chief Ord Art 1st

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John Reid

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 2778 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Cyril Reid

Born 1897

British Army 4841 Private British West Indies Regiment

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James Donald Mcrae Reid

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70484

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1015676 Private Canadian Infantry 231st Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps General List

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Wilford Reid

Born 1895

Died 1920

Other Empire Force 10838 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 14219 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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Kenneth Reid

Born 1892

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 14th Battalion

British Army Private Inns of Court OTC

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 17th Battalion

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George Reid

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 34355 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 34355 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 1918 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th, 2nd Battalion

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Edward Harington Reid

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment

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James Reid

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army S/8545 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Bn.

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James Reid

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 372142 Private London Regiment

British Army 372142 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4600 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Archibald Reid

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6675 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 6675 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Guy Patrick Spencer Reid

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Eric Bruce Reid

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment

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John Reid

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 52 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Jeremiah Reid

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 325136 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/8th Battalion.

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Robert Mabin Reid

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 7429 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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