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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Aberdeen [6]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5]

Aberdeenshire [3]

Bathgate Scotland [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Glasgow [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Camperdown Victoria [2]

Coalville Victoria [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Lismore New South Wales [2]

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [2]

Scotland [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Aberdeen, [1]

Alexandra Victoria [1]

Alexandria Victoria [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blantyre, Lanarkshire [1]

Blyton, Lincolnshire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire [1]

Burrowa New South Wales [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Carnoustie, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Cathcart, Renfrewshire [1]

Collessie, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Daylesford Victoria [1]

Dumbarton Scotland [1]

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Dumfries, Dumfrieshire [1]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Dundee [1]

Dundee Scotland [1]

Dundee, Forfar [1]

Rank

Private [559]

Gunner [56]

Driver [55]

Corporal [45]

Serjeant [45]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Lance Corporal [24]

Captain [22]

Lieutenant [22]

Sapper [19]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [9]

Major [9]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Orderly [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant-Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [80]

Gordon Highlanders [79]

Royal Field Artillery [73]

Royal Highlanders [60]

Royal Engineers [55]

Highland Light Infantry [54]

Royal Scots [54]

Army Service Corps [52]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [45]

Scottish Rifles [44]

Seaforth Highlanders [40]

Royal Garrison Artillery [38]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Cameron Highlanders [20]

Canadian Infantry [20]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [19]

Royal Naval Division [16]

London Regiment [15]

Royal Irish Rifles [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Scottish Horse [9]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [4]

Dragoon Guards [4]

Leinster Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

French Red Cross [3]

Hussars [3]

King's Liverpool Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [864]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [148]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77]

Royal Navy [70]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [40]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

R [1300]

H [2]

I [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1257]

Merchant Navy [35]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [47]

Canada [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Aberdeen [6] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5] Aberdeenshire [3] Bathgate Scotland [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Glasgow [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Camperdown Victoria [2] Coalville Victoria [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Lismore New South Wales [2] Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [2] Scotland [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Aberdeen, [1] Alexandra Victoria [1] Alexandria Victoria [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belfast, Down [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blantyre, Lanarkshire [1] Blyton, Lincolnshire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire [1] Burrowa New South Wales [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Carnoustie, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Cathcart, Renfrewshire [1] Collessie, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Dumbarton Scotland [1] Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Dumfries, Dumfrieshire [1] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Dundee [1] Dundee Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfar [1]

Rank

Private [559] Gunner [56] Driver [55] Corporal [45] Serjeant [45] Second Lieutenant [28] Lance Corporal [24] Captain [22] Lieutenant [22] Sapper [19] Acting Serjeant [9] Bombardier [9] Major [9] Company Serjeant Major [7] Acting Corporal [6] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Pioneer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Able Seaman [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Orderly [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant-Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Assistant Sister [1] Civilian [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commissary [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [80] Gordon Highlanders [79] Royal Field Artillery [73] Royal Highlanders [60] Royal Engineers [55] Highland Light Infantry [54] Royal Scots [54] Army Service Corps [52] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [45] Scottish Rifles [44] Seaforth Highlanders [40] Royal Garrison Artillery [38] Royal Scots Fusiliers [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Machine Gun Corps [21] Cameron Highlanders [20] Canadian Infantry [20] King's Own Scottish Borderers [19] Royal Naval Division [16] London Regiment [15] Royal Irish Rifles [13] Army Ordnance Corps [11] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Scottish Horse [9] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] Dragoon Guards [4] Leinster Regiment [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] British West Indies Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] French Red Cross [3] Hussars [3] King's Liverpool Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [864] Canadian Expeditionary Force [148] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77] Royal Navy [70] Australian Imperial Force [57] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [40] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

R [1300] H [2] I [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1257] Merchant Navy [35] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [47] Canada [1]

Andrew Robb

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304152

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James Robb

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295875

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George Robb

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311074

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Robert Simpson Robb

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army S/3254 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Albert Victor Robb

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 3/5746 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders

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Robert Dickson Robb

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/4840 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/4840 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Alexander Stewart Robb

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/21944 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Alexander Robb

Died 1917

British Army 10524 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Alexander Robb

Born 1887

Died 1920

British Army 1190 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 291222 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 291222 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Alexander Robb

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1625 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Alexander M Robb

Died 1916

British Army 17603 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 17603 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Alexander Robb

Died 1916

British Army 10828 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Robb

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 241197 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

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Robert Robb

Died 1915

British Army 2650 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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John Robb

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 170260 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Leonard Ernest Robb

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 898 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 845663 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Alexander Robb

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 27546 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 27546 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Robb

Died 1916

British Army 31715 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Robb

Died 1916

British Army 2931 Private Royal Scots

British Army 34722 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Robb

Died 1915

British Army 9822 Private Cameron Highlanders

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