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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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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 Rutherford

Died 1915

British Army 1465 Private Royal Scots

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Thomas Rutherford

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 10010 Private Royal Scots

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Walter Dickson Rutherford

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 7036 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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George Rutherford

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 27142 Private Grenadier Guards

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Thomas William Rutherford

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 17/362 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Alexander Thomas Rutherford

Born 1877

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4527

Australian Imperial Force 4527 Private Australian Army Medical Corps

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Stephen John Rutherford

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217835

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Henry Rutherford

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18138

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Willie Rutherford

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52490

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Noel David Rutherford

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215928

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John Miles Rutherford

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 465928 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 1389 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 465928 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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James Rutherford

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127125

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George Rutherford

Born 1873

Died 1942

British Army Captain Royal Marines

Royal Navy 6461 Captain RMLI

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Robert Hume Rutherford

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/2830 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/2830 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 863/SD Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Edward Alfred Rutherford

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219022

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Thomas George Rutherford

Born 1880

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20878

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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James Rutherford

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army S/5144 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army S/5144 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army S/5144 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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John Allen Rutherford

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas Wood Rutherford

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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William R Rutherford

British Army 6571 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200193 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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