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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Taree New South Wales [3]

Appleton-Roebuck,Tadcaster,Yorkshire. [2]

Calcutta [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Leichhardt New South Wales [2]

Leslie, Fifeshire [2]

Lobethal South Australia [2]

Narrandera New South Wales [2]

Nova Scotia [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Perth, Perthshire [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Alderney, Channel Island [1]

Antwerp [1]

Appleton Vicarage, Bolton Percy, Tadcaster,Yorkshire. [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Belfast [1]

Bessbrook, Co. Armagh [1]

Bingara Victoria [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bradford Victoria [1]

Bridgeton, Lanarkshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Burghead, Morayshire [1]

Caulfield Victoria [1]

Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset [1]

Christchurch [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Cossack Western Australia [1]

Cottesloe Western Australia [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Dunedin [1]

Dungog New South Wales [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

Errol, Perth, Perthshire [1]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Forfar [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Hamilton [1]

Hamilton New South Wales [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [367]

Serjeant [28]

Gunner [26]

Lance Corporal [23]

Driver [21]

Sapper [20]

Corporal [17]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [7]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Sister [4]

Clerk [3]

Colonel [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Trimmer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Captain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Surgeon [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigade [1]

Brigade General [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Brigadier [1]

Bugler [1]

Canteener [1]

Capt. [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Havildar [1]

Honorary Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Master-at-Arms [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [43]

Royal Engineers [40]

Canadian Infantry [35]

Royal Highlanders [34]

Seaforth Highlanders [32]

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Gordon Highlanders [22]

Royal Scots [22]

Scottish Rifles [21]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19]

Royal Irish Rifles [18]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Royal Naval Division [11]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [9]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Cameron Highlanders [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Military Foot Police [6]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

British West Indies Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Young Mens Christian Association [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Canadian Forestry Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Quebec Regiment [2]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [2]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [836]

British Army [499]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53]

Royal Navy [42]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [1485]

L [9]

B [3]

D [3]

F [3]

G [3]

S [2]

J [1]

M [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1491]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Chile [1]

Ghana [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Taree New South Wales [3] Appleton-Roebuck,Tadcaster,Yorkshire. [2] Calcutta [2] Footscray Victoria [2] Leichhardt New South Wales [2] Leslie, Fifeshire [2] Lobethal South Australia [2] Narrandera New South Wales [2] Nova Scotia [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Perth, Perthshire [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Alderney, Channel Island [1] Antwerp [1] Appleton Vicarage, Bolton Percy, Tadcaster,Yorkshire. [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Belfast [1] Bessbrook, Co. Armagh [1] Bingara Victoria [1] Birmingham England [1] Bradford Victoria [1] Bridgeton, Lanarkshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Burghead, Morayshire [1] Caulfield Victoria [1] Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset [1] Christchurch [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Cossack Western Australia [1] Cottesloe Western Australia [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Dunedin [1] Dungog New South Wales [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] Errol, Perth, Perthshire [1] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Forfar [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Hamilton [1] Hamilton New South Wales [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [367] Serjeant [28] Gunner [26] Lance Corporal [23] Driver [21] Sapper [20] Corporal [17] Second Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [7] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Lieutenant [5] Pioneer [5] Sister [4] Clerk [3] Colonel [3] Staff Nurse [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Trimmer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Captain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Sister [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Surgeon [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigade [1] Brigade General [1] Brigade Major [1] Brigadier [1] Bugler [1] Canteener [1] Capt. [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Flight Officer [1] Havildar [1] Honorary Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Master-at-Arms [1] Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [43] Royal Engineers [40] Canadian Infantry [35] Royal Highlanders [34] Seaforth Highlanders [32] Army Service Corps [31] Royal Field Artillery [25] Gordon Highlanders [22] Royal Scots [22] Scottish Rifles [21] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19] Royal Irish Rifles [18] Highland Light Infantry [16] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Scots Fusiliers [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Royal Naval Division [11] King's Own Scottish Borderers [9] London Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Cameron Highlanders [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Military Foot Police [6] Canadian Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Air Force [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] British West Indies Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry Battalion [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Young Mens Christian Association [4] Border Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Canadian Forestry Corps [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Quebec Regiment [2] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [2]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [836] British Army [499] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53] Royal Navy [42] Australian Imperial Force [39] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [1485] L [9] B [3] D [3] F [3] G [3] S [2] J [1] M [1] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1491] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Chile [1] Ghana [1] Sierra Leone [1]

John Archibald Roy

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 32828 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 32828 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 42nd Bde/45th Bty

British Army 32828 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 42nd Brigade

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Adolph Victor Roy

Born 1868

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Infantry 22nd Battalion

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Kenneth James Roy

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment

British Army Capt. Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Alexander Steuart Mcarthur Roy

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 984 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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John Roy

Born 1874

Died 1952

British Army 121813 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 121813 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 121813 Sergeant Royal Engineers

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John William Gascoigne Roy

Born 1863

British Army Brigade Major Swrewsbury Regiment

British Army Major Swrewsbury Regiment

British Army Deputy Assistant Adjutant General War Office

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William Roy

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89396

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Alex Roy

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276950

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William Roy

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126183 Private

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Arthur Roy

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136609

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William Roy

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195310

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James Roy

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1929 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 202382 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 202382 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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John Henry Roy

Born 1888

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1576

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George Roy

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy TS 3173 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy PO/3173(TS) Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve: HMS TRawler Strathmartin

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Thomas Roy

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97963

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Walter Smith Roy

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294495

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Thomas Cranston Roy

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36698

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Indra Lal Roy Dfc

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69487

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69487 40

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Robert K. Roy

Died 1918

British Army 203153 Private Cameron Highlanders

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John Roy

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20365

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20365 Private Canadian Infantry

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