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Glasgow [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

(Ceylon) [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Arbroath, Scotland [1]

Aylesbury England [1]

Beath, FIfe [1]

Branksome, Poole, Dorset [1]

Drainie, Lossiemouth, Morayshire [1]

Duffus Morayshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Elgin, Morayshire [1]

Elgin, Scotland [1]

Forgue, Aberdeenshire [1]

Forgue, Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Launceston, Cornwall [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lossiemouth Morayshire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesborough England [1]

Monifieth, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Mount Clear Victoria [1]

New Cross, London [1]

North Shields, Northumberland [1]

Parkville Victoria [1]

Poole, Dorset [1]

Scotland [1]

Semaphore South Australia [1]

Streatham, Surrey [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Wellington England [1]

Willesden, London [1]

Rank

Private [187]

Gunner [21]

Corporal [16]

Serjeant [15]

Driver [13]

Lieutenant [12]

Captain [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Sapper [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lt. Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pioneer [1]

Piper [1]

Reverend [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Sepoy [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Surgeon [1]

Surgeon Rear Admiral [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [40]

Royal Highlanders [23]

Army Service Corps [22]

Seaforth Highlanders [22]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Highland Light Infantry [12]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Scots [8]

British West Indies Regiment [7]

Cameron Highlanders [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Scottish Rifles [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Scottish Horse [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Scottish Churches Huts [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

23rd Sikhs [1]

2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Service

British Army [307]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Royal Navy [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [412]

L [10]

H [1]

K [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [408]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [425] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Glasgow [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] (Ceylon) [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Arbroath, Scotland [1] Aylesbury England [1] Beath, FIfe [1] Branksome, Poole, Dorset [1] Drainie, Lossiemouth, Morayshire [1] Duffus Morayshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Elgin, Morayshire [1] Elgin, Scotland [1] Forgue, Aberdeenshire [1] Forgue, Huntly, Aberdeenshire [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Launceston, Cornwall [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lossiemouth Morayshire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesborough England [1] Monifieth, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Mount Clear Victoria [1] New Cross, London [1] North Shields, Northumberland [1] Parkville Victoria [1] Poole, Dorset [1] Scotland [1] Semaphore South Australia [1] Streatham, Surrey [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Wellington England [1] Willesden, London [1]

Rank

Private [187] Gunner [21] Corporal [16] Serjeant [15] Driver [13] Lieutenant [12] Captain [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [10] Sapper [6] Temporary Captain [6] Acting Corporal [4] Lance Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Forewoman [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lt. Colonel [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pioneer [1] Piper [1] Reverend [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Second Corporal [1] Sepoy [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Surgeon [1] Surgeon Rear Admiral [1] Transport Corporal [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [40] Royal Highlanders [23] Army Service Corps [22] Seaforth Highlanders [22] Royal Field Artillery [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Labour Corps [15] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Highland Light Infantry [12] London Regiment [10] Royal Scots Fusiliers [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Scots [8] British West Indies Regiment [7] Cameron Highlanders [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Scottish Rifles [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Scottish Horse [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Scottish Churches Huts [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2] Tank Corps [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 23rd Sikhs [1] 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry [1] 4th South African Infantry [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Service

British Army [307] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Royal Navy [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [13] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [412] L [10] H [1] K [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [408] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Alexander Shand

Born 1886

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/2496 Private New Zealand Medical Corps

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George Shand

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2351 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Norman Protheroe Shand

Born 1885

Died 1956

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment

British Army Captain Nigeria Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Wilfrid Shand

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 741674 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Henry Tocher Shand

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army S/2833 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/2833 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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David Shand

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army S/3374 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Depot

British Army S/3374 Private 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army S/3374 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Albert William Shand

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66581

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Peter Francis Shand

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281107

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Alexander Tocher Shand

Born 1889

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 421047

Canadian Expeditionary Force 421047 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Roy Shand

Born 1893

British Army 3633 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 241250 Private Highland Light Infantry

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William Shand

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army S/16436 Private Seaforth Highlanders 7th Battalion

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James Shand

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/2809 Royal Naval Division

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Donald Shand

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 420351

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry

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James Shand

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 240316 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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William Alexander Shand

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 7363 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 51348 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Charles Shand

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1218 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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James Douglas Shand

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army S/10733 Private Gordon Highlanders

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John A Shand

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 37772 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Shand

Died 1916

British Army L/8968 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/8968 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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David Shand

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1605 Acting Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 1605 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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