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Camberwara New South Wales [1]

Cathcart, Renfrewshire [1]

Devonport Devon [1]

Enfield, London [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Guthrie, Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Kelso [1]

Lancashire [1]

Littlehampton Victoria [1]

Macarthur Victoria [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1]

Pyntroth, South Wales [1]

Smeaton Victoria [1]

Talbot Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Gunner [5]

Driver [3]

Sapper [3]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

El Yug [1]

Lieutenant (A/Captain) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel / Wing Commander [1]

Pioneer [1]

Piper [1]

Rating [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Egyptian Labour Corps [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Militia [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps ex Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Medical Corps Egyptian Army [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

New Zealand Army Unit [1]

Otago Mounted Rifles [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Wellington Mounted Rifles [1]

Women's Royal Naval Service [1]

Service

British Army [53]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Royal Navy [4]

Last name first letter

R [88]

A [1]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [86]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

New Zealand [1]

United Kingdom [1]

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People [90] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Camberwara New South Wales [1] Cathcart, Renfrewshire [1] Devonport Devon [1] Enfield, London [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Guthrie, Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Kelso [1] Lancashire [1] Littlehampton Victoria [1] Macarthur Victoria [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1] Pyntroth, South Wales [1] Smeaton Victoria [1] Talbot Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [37] Gunner [5] Driver [3] Sapper [3] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] El Yug [1] Lieutenant (A/Captain) [1] Lieutenant Colonel / Wing Commander [1] Pioneer [1] Piper [1] Rating [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Egyptian Labour Corps [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Labour Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Scots [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Militia [1] Essex Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps ex Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Medical Corps Egyptian Army [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] New Zealand Army Unit [1] Otago Mounted Rifles [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [1] Scots Guards [1] Scottish Rifles [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] Wellington Mounted Rifles [1] Women's Royal Naval Service [1]

Service

British Army [53] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Australian Imperial Force [5] Royal Navy [4]

Last name first letter

R [88] A [1] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [86] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

New Zealand [1] United Kingdom [1]

Charles Risk

Born 1889

Died 1923

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/197 Trooper Otago Mounted Rifles Main Body

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Gladys Risk

Born 1898

Royal Navy G505 Rating Women's Royal Naval Service Crystal Palace

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James Risk

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141630

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William Risk

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 10244 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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William Gordon Risk

Australian Imperial Force 201

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Walter Risk

Died 1918

British Army 16293 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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George Risk

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army S/7495 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Alfred Risk

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 40381 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 40381 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Risk

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177723

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John Risk

Died 1916

British Army S/12999 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Humphrey Risk

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 11881 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 11881 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Alexander Risk

Died 1915

British Army S/2499 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Ralph Risk

Born 1891

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders Special Reserve

British Army Lieutenant (A/Captain) Gordon Highlanders Special Reserve

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders

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Joseph Thompson Risk

Australian Imperial Force 3233

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William Risk

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287680

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Robert Risk

Died 1917

British Army 6021 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 303220 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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William Risk

Born 1888

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/600 Wellington Mounted Rifles

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Archibald Risk

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army S/9497 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army S/9497 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Richard H. Risk

Born 1859

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 375

Canadian Expeditionary Force 375 Private Canadian Militia

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John Risk

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army S/7497 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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