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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]

Ada Janet Ross

Born 1867

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 1 Canadian General Hospital

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William Frederick Ross

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 81757 Private Canadian Infantry 32nd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 81757 Private Canadian Infantry

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David Ross

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 624682 Private Canadian Infantry 50th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 624682 Private Canadian Infantry 151st Overseas Battalion

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Harold Edward Ross

Born 1896

Died 1995

British Army 8941 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Duncan Ross

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1795 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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James Ross

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111026

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Donald Ross

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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James Ross

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24403

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Hallet Ross

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30590

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John Ross

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261326

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Andrew Ross

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47571

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John Reid Ross

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60062

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Thomas Frank Ross

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37427

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Edward Ellis Ross

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169122

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Leonard F Ross

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46657

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Benjamin Ross

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295779

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John Ross

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167213

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Charles Ross

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194023

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George Milne Ross

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188495

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Peter Ross

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262759

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