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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Durham England [4]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Blyth, Northumberland [3]

Cockburnspath [3]

Durham [3]

Durham, Durham [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Essendon Victoria [3]

Hawick, Roxburghshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Nhill Victoria [3]

South Shields, Durham, England [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bootle, Lancashire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Kingsbury, Warwickshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Morpeth, Northumberland [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Northumberland England [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire [2]

Young New South Wales [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Allendale Victoria [1]

Alva, Clackmannans [1]

Amble, Northumberland [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Ballygowan [1]

Banyena Victoria [1]

Barkilbury, Middlesex [1]

Barnsbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Bebside, Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackall Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [743]

Gunner [78]

Serjeant [57]

Corporal [55]

Sapper [55]

Driver [52]

Lieutenant [47]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Captain [34]

Lance Corporal [28]

Acting Corporal [11]

Pioneer [9]

Bombardier [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Major [7]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Worker [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colonel [3]

Guardsman [3]

Nurse [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Captain Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [103]

Royal Engineers [95]

Royal Field Artillery [93]

Labour Corps [91]

Army Service Corps [81]

Royal Scots [65]

Royal Army Medical Corps [54]

Durham Light Infantry [50]

Royal Garrison Artillery [44]

Machine Gun Corps [42]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [39]

Royal Highlanders [28]

Scottish Rifles [28]

Highland Light Infantry [24]

Seaforth Highlanders [22]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20]

London Regiment [20]

Canadian Infantry [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Cameron Highlanders [15]

Gordon Highlanders [15]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Tank Corps [13]

Border Regiment [12]

Royal Irish Rifles [12]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Engineers Transport [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Corps of Dragoons [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1199]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [189]

Royal Navy [113]

Australian Imperial Force [80]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [1733]

C [1]

L [1]

M [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1696]

Merchant Navy [35]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Durham England [4] Gateshead, Durham [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Blyth, Northumberland [3] Cockburnspath [3] Durham [3] Durham, Durham [3] Edinburgh [3] Essendon Victoria [3] Hawick, Roxburghshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Nhill Victoria [3] South Shields, Durham, England [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bootle, Lancashire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Kingsbury, Warwickshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Morpeth, Northumberland [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Northumberland England [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire [2] Young New South Wales [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Allendale Victoria [1] Alva, Clackmannans [1] Amble, Northumberland [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Ballygowan [1] Banyena Victoria [1] Barkilbury, Middlesex [1] Barnsbury, London, Middlesex [1] Bebside, Blyth, Northumberland [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackall Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [743] Gunner [78] Serjeant [57] Corporal [55] Sapper [55] Driver [52] Lieutenant [47] Second Lieutenant [45] Captain [34] Lance Corporal [28] Acting Corporal [11] Pioneer [9] Bombardier [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Major [7] Staff Serjeant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Worker [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colonel [3] Guardsman [3] Nurse [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Serjeant Major [2] Sister [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Assistant Matron [1] Captain Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [103] Royal Engineers [95] Royal Field Artillery [93] Labour Corps [91] Army Service Corps [81] Royal Scots [65] Royal Army Medical Corps [54] Durham Light Infantry [50] Royal Garrison Artillery [44] Machine Gun Corps [42] King's Own Scottish Borderers [39] Royal Highlanders [28] Scottish Rifles [28] Highland Light Infantry [24] Seaforth Highlanders [22] Liverpool Regiment [21] Royal Naval Division [21] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20] London Regiment [20] Canadian Infantry [17] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Cameron Highlanders [15] Gordon Highlanders [15] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Tank Corps [13] Border Regiment [12] Royal Irish Rifles [12] Royal Scots Fusiliers [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Army Ordnance Corps [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] West Riding Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Engineers Transport [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Corps of Dragoons [6] Essex Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1199] Canadian Expeditionary Force [189] Royal Navy [113] Australian Imperial Force [80] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [1733] C [1] L [1] M [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1696] Merchant Navy [35] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Canada [1]

Charles Smith Rutherford

Born 1892

Died 1989

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Québec Regiment 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles

Canadian Expeditionary Force 83rd Overseas Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 172458 Sergeant 2nd Quebec Regiment 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles

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Thomas Rutherford

Born 1880

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 5207

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Gilbert Rutherford

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 6924 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Alexander Rutherford

Born 1880

British Army 7114 Lance Corporal Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 2nd Bn

British Army 7114 Corporal Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 2nd Bn

British Army 7114 Lance Serjeant Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 2nd Bn

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Robert Rutherford

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 16669 Private Royal Scots

British Army 16669 Private Royal Scots

British Army 16669 Private Royal Scots 13th Battalion

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John Rutherford

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 20743 Lance Corporal Royal Scots

British Army 20743 Private Royal Scots

British Army 20743 Private Royal Scots 1st / 5th Battalion

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Edmund Pearson Rutherford

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43829

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Thomas Rutherford

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161102

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Tom Peel Rutherford

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122521

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John Willie Rutherford

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190766

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Gilbert Simpson Rutherford

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193788

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Alfred Fletcher Corrie Rutherford

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Captain Border Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Sidney Herbert Rutherford

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 21743 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 36213 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Bn.

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William Rutherford

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266242

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Harry Rutherford

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87768

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William Jameson Rutherford

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78485

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John Henry Rutherford

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291408

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Charles Scorer Rutherford

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148214

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David Rutherford

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166336

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George Rutherford

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 189 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 311625 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 189 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

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