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Melbourne Victoria [139]

Sydney New South Wales [87]

Adelaide South Australia [53]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [31]

London, Middlesex, England [28]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [25]

Newcastle, Northumberland [24]

Liverpool, Lancashire [23]

Glasgow Scotland [22]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [21]

London England [21]

Newcastle New South Wales [19]

Brisbane Queensland [18]

Gateshead, Durham [17]

Ballarat Victoria [16]

South Shields, Durham, England [14]

Belfast, Antrim [13]

Leeds, Yorkshire [13]

Dundee Scotland [12]

South Shields, Durham [12]

Bendigo Victoria [11]

Durham [11]

Islington, London [11]

Hull, Yorkshire [10]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [9]

Perth Western Australia [9]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [8]

Canterbury, Kent [8]

Carlisle, Cumberland [8]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [8]

Glasgow [8]

Launceston Tasmania [8]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [8]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [7]

Sunderland, Durham [7]

Belfast [6]

Capel Western Australia [6]

Dunedin [6]

Durham England [6]

Hobart Tasmania [6]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [6]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [6]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [5]

Bermondsey, London [5]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [5]

Ipswich, Suffolk [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [5]

Rank

Private [8439]

Gunner [848]

Corporal [709]

Driver [690]

Serjeant [684]

Sapper [484]

Second Lieutenant [419]

Lieutenant [393]

Lance Corporal [375]

Captain [302]

Acting Corporal [155]

Major [115]

Pioneer [110]

Acting Serjeant [103]

Bombardier [75]

Lieutenant Colonel [59]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [52]

Company Serjeant Major [43]

Rifleman [37]

Staff Serjeant [34]

Acting Bombardier [30]

Lance Serjeant [29]

Worker [27]

Able Seaman [25]

Staff Nurse [25]

Guardsman [23]

Colour Serjeant [22]

Ordinary Seaman [22]

Trooper [21]

Acting Captain [20]

Corporal 2nd [20]

Deck Hand [19]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [18]

Private Acting Corporal [18]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [17]

Commander [17]

Nursing Sister [17]

Temporary Captain [16]

Sergeant [14]

Shoeing Smith [14]

Sister [14]

Temporary Lieutenant [13]

Acting Staff Serjeant [12]

Colonel [12]

Nurse [12]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [12]

Acting Colour Serjeant [11]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [10]

Regimental Serjeant Major [10]

Acting Corporal 2nd [9]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [1054]

Royal Engineers [976]

Labour Corps [940]

Army Service Corps [864]

Northumberland Fusiliers [524]

Royal Garrison Artillery [515]

Royal Army Medical Corps [476]

Royal Scots [458]

Machine Gun Corps [413]

London Regiment [362]

Highland Light Infantry [340]

Royal Highlanders [323]

Durham Light Infantry [322]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [294]

Gordon Highlanders [262]

Royal Fusiliers [251]

Scottish Rifles [248]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [246]

Seaforth Highlanders [205]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [196]

West Yorkshire Regiment [184]

Royal Naval Division [170]

Royal Irish Rifles [168]

Cameron Highlanders [166]

Liverpool Regiment [154]

Middlesex Regiment [150]

Manchester Regiment [139]

Canadian Infantry [137]

Rifle Brigade [129]

Yorkshire Regiment [129]

Royal Army Service Corps [128]

East Yorkshire Regiment [126]

Lancashire Fusiliers [124]

Lincolnshire Regiment [123]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [122]

Essex Regiment [119]

Border Regiment [117]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [115]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [108]

Army Ordnance Corps [104]

West Riding Regiment [102]

Royal Defence Corps [94]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [93]

Hampshire Regiment [89]

York and Lancaster Regiment [88]

East Surrey Regiment [87]

Suffolk Regiment [87]

Cheshire Regiment [85]

Scots Guards [79]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [77]

Service

British Army [13307]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1705]

Royal Navy [1201]

Australian Imperial Force [1083]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [958]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [346]

Other Empire Force [21]

Indian Army [11]

South African Services [4]

Last name first letter

S [19058]

M [29]

H [14]

B [9]

C [9]

D [8]

R [8]

F [6]

G [6]

W [4]

L [3]

A [2]

P [2]

Y [2]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [18623]

Merchant Navy [420]

Conscientious Objector [44]

Country

United Kingdom [369]

Canada [12]

Ireland [4]

Australia [3]

Trinidad and Tobago [3]

India [2]

South Africa [2]

United States [2]

Jamaica [1]

New Zealand [1]

Papua New Guinea [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [139] Sydney New South Wales [87] Adelaide South Australia [53] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [31] London, Middlesex, England [28] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [25] Newcastle, Northumberland [24] Liverpool, Lancashire [23] Glasgow Scotland [22] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [21] London England [21] Newcastle New South Wales [19] Brisbane Queensland [18] Gateshead, Durham [17] Ballarat Victoria [16] South Shields, Durham, England [14] Belfast, Antrim [13] Leeds, Yorkshire [13] Dundee Scotland [12] South Shields, Durham [12] Bendigo Victoria [11] Durham [11] Islington, London [11] Hull, Yorkshire [10] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [9] Perth Western Australia [9] Bournemouth, Hampshire [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire [8] Canterbury, Kent [8] Carlisle, Cumberland [8] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [8] Glasgow [8] Launceston Tasmania [8] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [8] Sheffield, Yorkshire [8] Edinburgh, Midlothian [7] Sunderland, Durham [7] Belfast [6] Capel Western Australia [6] Dunedin [6] Durham England [6] Hobart Tasmania [6] North Shields, Northumberland, England [6] Southampton, Hampshire, England [6] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [5] Bermondsey, London [5] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [5] Ipswich, Suffolk [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Paisley, Renfrewshire [5]

Rank

Private [8439] Gunner [848] Corporal [709] Driver [690] Serjeant [684] Sapper [484] Second Lieutenant [419] Lieutenant [393] Lance Corporal [375] Captain [302] Acting Corporal [155] Major [115] Pioneer [110] Acting Serjeant [103] Bombardier [75] Lieutenant Colonel [59] Warrant Officer Class 2 [52] Company Serjeant Major [43] Rifleman [37] Staff Serjeant [34] Acting Bombardier [30] Lance Serjeant [29] Worker [27] Able Seaman [25] Staff Nurse [25] Guardsman [23] Colour Serjeant [22] Ordinary Seaman [22] Trooper [21] Acting Captain [20] Corporal 2nd [20] Deck Hand [19] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [18] Private Acting Corporal [18] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [17] Commander [17] Nursing Sister [17] Temporary Captain [16] Sergeant [14] Shoeing Smith [14] Sister [14] Temporary Lieutenant [13] Acting Staff Serjeant [12] Colonel [12] Nurse [12] Warrant Officer Class 1 [12] Acting Colour Serjeant [11] Private Acting Lance Corporal [10] Regimental Serjeant Major [10] Acting Corporal 2nd [9]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [1054] Royal Engineers [976] Labour Corps [940] Army Service Corps [864] Northumberland Fusiliers [524] Royal Garrison Artillery [515] Royal Army Medical Corps [476] Royal Scots [458] Machine Gun Corps [413] London Regiment [362] Highland Light Infantry [340] Royal Highlanders [323] Durham Light Infantry [322] King's Own Scottish Borderers [294] Gordon Highlanders [262] Royal Fusiliers [251] Scottish Rifles [248] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [246] Seaforth Highlanders [205] Royal Scots Fusiliers [196] West Yorkshire Regiment [184] Royal Naval Division [170] Royal Irish Rifles [168] Cameron Highlanders [166] Liverpool Regiment [154] Middlesex Regiment [150] Manchester Regiment [139] Canadian Infantry [137] Rifle Brigade [129] Yorkshire Regiment [129] Royal Army Service Corps [128] East Yorkshire Regiment [126] Lancashire Fusiliers [124] Lincolnshire Regiment [123] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [122] Essex Regiment [119] Border Regiment [117] King's Royal Rifle Corps [115] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [108] Army Ordnance Corps [104] West Riding Regiment [102] Royal Defence Corps [94] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [93] Hampshire Regiment [89] York and Lancaster Regiment [88] East Surrey Regiment [87] Suffolk Regiment [87] Cheshire Regiment [85] Scots Guards [79] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [77]

Service

British Army [13307] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1705] Royal Navy [1201] Australian Imperial Force [1083] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [958] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [346] Other Empire Force [21] Indian Army [11] South African Services [4]

Last name first letter

S [19058] M [29] H [14] B [9] C [9] D [8] R [8] F [6] G [6] W [4] L [3] A [2] P [2] Y [2] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [18623] Merchant Navy [420] Conscientious Objector [44]

Country

United Kingdom [369] Canada [12] Ireland [4] Australia [3] Trinidad and Tobago [3] India [2] South Africa [2] United States [2] Jamaica [1] New Zealand [1] Papua New Guinea [1]

A H Scott

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Raymond Booth Scott

British Army Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Harry Bradwood Scott

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/2107

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James Scott

British Army 1439 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 20768 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267552 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Scott

British Army 213689 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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W Scott

British Army 1834 Private Border Regiment

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Albert Edward Scott

British Army 97292 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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R D Scott

British Army 460622 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

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George Scott

British Army 8553 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Robert Scott

British Army 245478 Private Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Scott

British Army 6322 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Robert Scott

British Army S/12650 Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Alexander Scott

British Army 10141 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 23731 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

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William Scott

British Army 5370 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 56008 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Charles J Scott

British Army 13560 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Frederick W Scott

British Army 233546 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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John Scott

British Army TR5/41223 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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George Scott

British Army 4115 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 567264 Private Labour Corps

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G G Scott

British Army 1127 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Y Scott

British Army 7151 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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