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Albert Park Victoria [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

65 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Accrington England [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Burwood New South Wales [1]

Capella Queensland [1]

Derby [1]

Floors Castle, Kelso,Roxburghshire, Scotland [1]

Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Greenock, Lanarkshire [1]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [1]

Kingston England [1]

Langside, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Leeds England [1]

Lexton Victoria [1]

Lind Street, Walton, Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Maryborough Victoria [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Moira Victoria [1]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [1]

North Sydney New South Wales [1]

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Thurso Scotland [1]

Troon,Ayrshire,Scotland. [1]

Warracknabeal Victoria [1]

West Kirkby [1]

Rank

Private [73]

Lieutenant [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Gunner [9]

Captain [8]

Corporal [8]

Driver [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Major [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 5th Class [1]

Lieutenant Quartermaster [1]

Midshipman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [10]

Royal Scots [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Army Service Corps [6]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

38th Dogras [1]

38th Horse [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cape Colony [1]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1]

Central Indian Horse [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dogras [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine C3 [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Indus [1]

HMS Tenedos [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry attached Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps Royal Engineers Company [1]

Service

British Army [135]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Royal Navy [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

R [203]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [193]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Albert Park Victoria [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] 65 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [1] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Accrington England [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ayrshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Burwood New South Wales [1] Capella Queensland [1] Derby [1] Floors Castle, Kelso,Roxburghshire, Scotland [1] Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Greenock, Lanarkshire [1] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [1] Kingston England [1] Langside, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Leeds England [1] Lexton Victoria [1] Lind Street, Walton, Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Moira Victoria [1] North Shields, Northumberland, England [1] North Sydney New South Wales [1] Pietermaritzburg, South Africa [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Thurso Scotland [1] Troon,Ayrshire,Scotland. [1] Warracknabeal Victoria [1] West Kirkby [1]

Rank

Private [73] Lieutenant [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Gunner [9] Captain [8] Corporal [8] Driver [8] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Major [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy Artificer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Electrical Artificer 5th Class [1] Lieutenant Quartermaster [1] Midshipman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [14] Royal Field Artillery [12] Royal Scots Fusiliers [10] Royal Scots [9] Labour Corps [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Army Service Corps [6] Highland Light Infantry [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] London Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Gordon Highlanders [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 38th Dogras [1] 38th Horse [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Ayrshire Yeomanry [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cape Colony [1] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1] Central Indian Horse [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dogras [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] General List [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine C3 [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Indus [1] HMS Tenedos [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry attached Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps Royal Engineers Company [1]

Service

British Army [135] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Royal Navy [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

R [203] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [193] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Alan Cameron Roxburgh

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Albert Edward Roxburgh

Born 1902

Died 1918

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William Roxburgh

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 277136 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 260087 Private Gordon Highlanders 5th Battalion.

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William Fletcher Roxburgh

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2993 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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John Fergusson Roxburgh

Born 1889

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant General List

British Army Captain General List

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Robert Roxburgh

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Oliphant Thomson Roxburgh

British Army 6652 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 5th Battalion

British Army 200242 Acting Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Charles Roxburgh

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 326270 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Melville Roxburgh

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188360

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William Henry Roxburgh

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 171703

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Albert Roxburgh

Australian Imperial Force 2700

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James Roxburgh

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 15216 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 15216 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Frank Roxburgh

Died 1915

British Army 16218 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Roxburgh

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293396

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Robert H Roxburgh

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 40725 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Hewitt Roxburgh

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps

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William Roxburgh

Australian Imperial Force 3513

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John Wood Roxburgh

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Roy Lennox Roxburgh

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251754

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James Roxburgh

Died 1915

British Army 7673 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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