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Sydney New South Wales [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Tynemouth, Northumberland [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Eaglehawk Victoria [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Farnborough, Hampshire [2]

Hawick, Roxburghshire [2]

Lithgow New South Wales [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aston,Warwickshire. [1]

Balsall Heath, Birmingham [1]

Bedlington, Northumberland [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Berwickshire [1]

Bewick Folly, Eglingham, Northumberland. [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Boness Linlithgow [1]

Brampton [1]

Burton on Trent [1]

Cambuslang Glasgow [1]

Caulfield Victoria [1]

Coalbridge, Lanarkshire [1]

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Deer Park Victoria [1]

Derry [1]

Durham [1]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Galleshiels Scotland [1]

Grasmere Victoria [1]

Hawick, Scotland [1]

Herbert Ville [1]

Hindmarsh South Australia [1]

Huntley Scotland [1]

Inglewood Victoria [1]

Ipswich [1]

Kentoro Scotland [1]

Knowle Braughton, North Devon [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [308]

Gunner [34]

Serjeant [31]

Captain [25]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Corporal [24]

Lieutenant [24]

Sapper [22]

Driver [20]

Major [18]

Lance Corporal [12]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Gunner Acting Serjeant [1]

Kitchen and Housemaid [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [38]

Royal Engineers [38]

Gordon Highlanders [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Royal Scots [30]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Highland Light Infantry [26]

Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [17]

Royal Highlanders [16]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

Scottish Rifles [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [14]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

London Regiment [10]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [4]

Lothian and Border Horse [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

French Red Cross [3]

Lancers [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Scots Guards [3]

Scottish Horse [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

Service

British Army [531]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [130]

Australian Imperial Force [42]

Royal Navy [41]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [823]

H [5]

B [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [813]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

South Africa [2]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Glasgow Scotland [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Tynemouth, Northumberland [3] Aberdeen [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Eaglehawk Victoria [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Farnborough, Hampshire [2] Hawick, Roxburghshire [2] Lithgow New South Wales [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aston,Warwickshire. [1] Balsall Heath, Birmingham [1] Bedlington, Northumberland [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Berwickshire [1] Bewick Folly, Eglingham, Northumberland. [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Boness Linlithgow [1] Brampton [1] Burton on Trent [1] Cambuslang Glasgow [1] Caulfield Victoria [1] Coalbridge, Lanarkshire [1] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Deer Park Victoria [1] Derry [1] Durham [1] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Galleshiels Scotland [1] Grasmere Victoria [1] Hawick, Scotland [1] Herbert Ville [1] Hindmarsh South Australia [1] Huntley Scotland [1] Inglewood Victoria [1] Ipswich [1] Kentoro Scotland [1] Knowle Braughton, North Devon [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [308] Gunner [34] Serjeant [31] Captain [25] Second Lieutenant [25] Corporal [24] Lieutenant [24] Sapper [22] Driver [20] Major [18] Lance Corporal [12] Acting Corporal [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sergeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Trooper [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Assistant Sister [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Major [1] Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bugler [1] Captain Brevet Major [1] Captain and Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Commander [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Cook [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Gunner Acting Serjeant [1] Kitchen and Housemaid [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [38] Royal Engineers [38] Gordon Highlanders [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Royal Scots [30] Royal Field Artillery [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Highland Light Infantry [26] Army Service Corps [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Machine Gun Corps [20] King's Own Scottish Borderers [17] Royal Highlanders [16] Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] Scottish Rifles [14] Seaforth Highlanders [14] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12] Canadian Infantry [11] Durham Light Infantry [11] London Regiment [10] Cameron Highlanders [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Training Reserve Battalion [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] Lothian and Border Horse [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] French Red Cross [3] Lancers [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Scots Guards [3] Scottish Horse [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

Service

British Army [531] Canadian Expeditionary Force [130] Australian Imperial Force [42] Royal Navy [41] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [823] H [5] B [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [813] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [18] South Africa [2] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Norman Grey Riddell

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 11/15833 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 11/15833 Sergeant Northumberland Fusiliers 11th (Service) Battalion

British Army 11/15833 Colour Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers 11th (Service) Battalion

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Leonard Harper Riddell

Born 1899

Died 1984

Royal Navy Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Navy Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force No 201 Squadron

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David Moore Riddell

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

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Alexander Riddell

Born 1866

Died 1950

Canadian Expeditionary Force Sergeant Canadian Army Medical Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 148095 Private 78th Overseas Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Robert Anderson Riddell

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 5300 Serjeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles 3/5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Joseph Riddell

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 20/629 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Battalion (Tyneside Scottish)

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Douglas Errington Riddell

Born 1892

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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James Foster Riddell

Born 1861

Died 1915

British Army Brigadier General General Staff

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Albert Henry Riddell

Born 1878

Died 1956

British Army 4/2271 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 50792 Private Royal Defence Corps

British Army Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Howard Riddell

Born 1893

Died 1970

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British Army 28131 Corporal Royal Engineers 8th Battalion

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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James Richardson Riddell

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99586

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William Riddell

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Harry Riddell

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 11129 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Alexander Vallance Riddell

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2606 Private Highland Light Infantry

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George Hillyard Riddell

Born 1895

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2085374 Gunner Canadian Artillery

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William George Riddell

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

British Army Acting Captain Norfolk Regiment

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment

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James Allison Riddell

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276060

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Alfred Riddell

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45783

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John Scott Riddell

Born 1892

Died 1960

British Army 2342 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 2342 Trooper Royal Highlanders

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders

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Robert Riddell

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132992

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