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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]

Robert Reid

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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David Alexander Reid

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 82033

Canadian Expeditionary Force 82033 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Alexander Vallane Reid

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284542

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Alexander Sellar Reid

Born 1894

Died 1942

Other Empire Force Chief Engineer Officer M.V. Empire Spring Merchant Navy

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William Mcnab Reid

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army R/8987 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/8987 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Charles Reid

Born 1880

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 608 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Robert Armour Reid

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100983

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Robert Reid

Born 1888

Australian Imperial Force 12943 Lance Sergeant AMC 3rd Sanitory Section

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Frank Reid

Born 1888

Died 1958

Royal Navy M21660

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John Reid

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133377

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Ernest Jay Reid

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 272014

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Robert Reid

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147865

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John Reid

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189208

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Matthew Reid

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260824

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John Alfred William Reid

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46443

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James Reid

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126946

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Robert Clydesdale Reid

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75970

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Richard Gemmell Reid

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291188

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Peter Anderson Reid

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295079

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Thomas Reid

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288958

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