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Sydney New South Wales [48]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [35]

Melbourne Victoria [28]

Glasgow Scotland [17]

Brisbane Queensland [16]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [16]

Liverpool, Lancashire [13]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [12]

Newcastle New South Wales [12]

Bendigo Victoria [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

London, Middlesex, England [10]

Ballarat Victoria [9]

Dunedin [9]

Edinburgh [9]

London England [9]

Warrnambool Victoria [9]

Edinburgh Scotland [8]

Aberdeen [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Armidale New South Wales [6]

Charlton Victoria [6]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [6]

Hamilton Victoria [6]

Maryborough Queensland [6]

Bairnsdale Victoria [5]

Dublin [5]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [5]

Glen Innes New South Wales [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Aberdeenshire [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Creswick Victoria [4]

Dalby Queensland [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Hay New South Wales [4]

Invergordon Scotland [4]

Inverness [4]

Maryborough Victoria [4]

North Melbourne Victoria [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Porchester, Hampshire [4]

Richmond Victoria [4]

Araluen New South Wales [3]

Ballarat, Victoria [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Belfast [3]

Booligal New South Wales [3]

Colac Victoria [3]

Rank

Private [3622]

Serjeant [341]

Gunner [329]

Corporal [307]

Driver [268]

Second Lieutenant [206]

Sapper [189]

Lance Corporal [180]

Lieutenant [175]

Captain [113]

Acting Corporal [63]

Major [56]

Acting Serjeant [54]

Pioneer [51]

Bombardier [40]

Company Serjeant Major [28]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [28]

Lance Serjeant [27]

Nursing Sister [23]

Staff Serjeant [20]

Lieutenant Colonel [19]

Staff Nurse [19]

Sergeant [14]

Able Seaman [13]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Sister [13]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [12]

Rifleman [12]

Temporary Captain [12]

Corporal 2nd [10]

Trooper [10]

Worker [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Deck Hand [7]

Lance Bombardier [7]

Reverend [7]

Seaman [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal 2nd [5]

Matron [5]

Nurse [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Volunteer [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [476]

Royal Engineers [404]

Royal Field Artillery [389]

Labour Corps [383]

Army Service Corps [349]

Gordon Highlanders [280]

Highland Light Infantry [240]

Royal Scots [239]

Royal Highlanders [231]

Cameron Highlanders [229]

Royal Army Medical Corps [221]

Royal Garrison Artillery [201]

Machine Gun Corps [172]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [168]

London Regiment [134]

Scottish Rifles [133]

Canadian Infantry [110]

Northumberland Fusiliers [105]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [96]

Royal Naval Division [92]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [77]

Royal Fusiliers [77]

Durham Light Infantry [76]

Royal Army Service Corps [68]

Lovat's Scouts [65]

Scots Guards [58]

Liverpool Regiment [54]

Manchester Regiment [53]

Royal Irish Rifles [50]

West Yorkshire Regiment [44]

Tank Corps [42]

Rifle Brigade [40]

Middlesex Regiment [39]

Royal Air Force [38]

Royal Flying Corps [38]

Lincolnshire Regiment [37]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [35]

Army Ordnance Corps [31]

West Riding Regiment [30]

Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [28]

North Staffordshire Regiment [27]

Royal Defence Corps [27]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

Royal Horse Artillery [25]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25]

Scottish Horse [25]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [25]

Service

British Army [5717]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1278]

Australian Imperial Force [707]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [435]

Royal Navy [427]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [221]

Other Empire Force [17]

South African Services [10]

Indian Army [6]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

R [9075]

C [8]

D [5]

F [4]

L [4]

G [2]

M [2]

T [2]

A [1]

B [1]

H [1]

N [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8840]

Merchant Navy [206]

Conscientious Objector [20]

Country

United Kingdom [166]

Canada [7]

Australia [2]

New Zealand [2]

Barbados [1]

Guernsey [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [48] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [35] Melbourne Victoria [28] Glasgow Scotland [17] Brisbane Queensland [16] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [16] Liverpool, Lancashire [13] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [12] Newcastle New South Wales [12] Bendigo Victoria [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] London, Middlesex, England [10] Ballarat Victoria [9] Dunedin [9] Edinburgh [9] London England [9] Warrnambool Victoria [9] Edinburgh Scotland [8] Aberdeen [7] Manchester, Lancashire [7] Armidale New South Wales [6] Charlton Victoria [6] Edinburgh, Midlothian [6] Hamilton Victoria [6] Maryborough Queensland [6] Bairnsdale Victoria [5] Dublin [5] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [5] Glen Innes New South Wales [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Aberdeenshire [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Creswick Victoria [4] Dalby Queensland [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Hay New South Wales [4] Invergordon Scotland [4] Inverness [4] Maryborough Victoria [4] North Melbourne Victoria [4] Poplar, London [4] Porchester, Hampshire [4] Richmond Victoria [4] Araluen New South Wales [3] Ballarat, Victoria [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Battersea, London [3] Belfast [3] Booligal New South Wales [3] Colac Victoria [3]

Rank

Private [3622] Serjeant [341] Gunner [329] Corporal [307] Driver [268] Second Lieutenant [206] Sapper [189] Lance Corporal [180] Lieutenant [175] Captain [113] Acting Corporal [63] Major [56] Acting Serjeant [54] Pioneer [51] Bombardier [40] Company Serjeant Major [28] Warrant Officer Class 2 [28] Lance Serjeant [27] Nursing Sister [23] Staff Serjeant [20] Lieutenant Colonel [19] Staff Nurse [19] Sergeant [14] Able Seaman [13] Ordinary Seaman [13] Sister [13] Acting Bombardier [12] Colour Serjeant [12] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [12] Rifleman [12] Temporary Captain [12] Corporal 2nd [10] Trooper [10] Worker [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Deck Hand [7] Lance Bombardier [7] Reverend [7] Seaman [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal 2nd [5] Matron [5] Nurse [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Volunteer [5] Acting Captain [4]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [476] Royal Engineers [404] Royal Field Artillery [389] Labour Corps [383] Army Service Corps [349] Gordon Highlanders [280] Highland Light Infantry [240] Royal Scots [239] Royal Highlanders [231] Cameron Highlanders [229] Royal Army Medical Corps [221] Royal Garrison Artillery [201] Machine Gun Corps [172] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [168] London Regiment [134] Scottish Rifles [133] Canadian Infantry [110] Northumberland Fusiliers [105] Royal Scots Fusiliers [96] Royal Naval Division [92] King's Own Scottish Borderers [77] Royal Fusiliers [77] Durham Light Infantry [76] Royal Army Service Corps [68] Lovat's Scouts [65] Scots Guards [58] Liverpool Regiment [54] Manchester Regiment [53] Royal Irish Rifles [50] West Yorkshire Regiment [44] Tank Corps [42] Rifle Brigade [40] Middlesex Regiment [39] Royal Air Force [38] Royal Flying Corps [38] Lincolnshire Regiment [37] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [35] Army Ordnance Corps [31] West Riding Regiment [30] Yorkshire Regiment [30] Royal Irish Fusiliers [28] North Staffordshire Regiment [27] Royal Defence Corps [27] Canadian Army Medical Corps [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] Royal Horse Artillery [25] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25] Scottish Horse [25] Voluntary Aid Detachment [25]

Service

British Army [5717] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1278] Australian Imperial Force [707] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [435] Royal Navy [427] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [221] Other Empire Force [17] South African Services [10] Indian Army [6] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

R [9075] C [8] D [5] F [4] L [4] G [2] M [2] T [2] A [1] B [1] H [1] N [1] V [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8840] Merchant Navy [206] Conscientious Objector [20]

Country

United Kingdom [166] Canada [7] Australia [2] New Zealand [2] Barbados [1] Guernsey [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1] South Africa [1]

Elsie Gertrude Ross

Born 1882

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Matron Military Hospital for Returned Sick Soldiers College Street Toronto

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Percy Thomas Ross

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 2038 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 2038 Sergeant London Regiment 23rd (County of London) Battalion

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Hugh Alexander Ross

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Captain (temporary Major) Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army Major (acting Lieutenant Colonel) West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Major (acting Lieutenant Colonel) Gordon Highlanders

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William Ross

Born 1883

British Army 262391 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/29260 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Ross

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 13455 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Donald Jack Ross

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202398

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Raymond Glenara Ross

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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William Robert Ross

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2766 Private Royal Scots

British Army 356550 Private Highland Light Infantry 21st Battalion

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George Adam Russell Ross

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 15th Battalion

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Alexander Ross

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 4738 Guardsman Scots Guards

British Army 4738 Private Scots Guards 1st Battalion

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John Ross

Born 1889

Died 1967

British Army 23534 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 23534 Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant Royal Engineers

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Walter Scott Ross

Born 1897

Died 1920

British Army 19571 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

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Wilhelmina Ross

Born 1887

Died 1953

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Arthur William Ross

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 315488 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Wessex (Hampshire) Heavy Battery

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James Ross

Died 1915

British Army 3/6192 Private Cameron Highlanders 2nd Battalion.

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John Ross

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 347 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 240025 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 347 sergeant

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John Cassells Ross

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2852 Private Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 298489 Private Royal Engineers

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Robert Ross

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2961 Acting Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 7174 Acting Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 308027 Acting Serjeant West Riding Regiment

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Robert Philip Ross

Born 1892

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402660

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Duncan Ross

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1584 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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