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Sydney New South Wales [22]

Shetland, Scotland [20]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [14]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [13]

Glasgow Scotland [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

South Shields, Durham [6]

Toodyay Western Australia [6]

Bunbury Western Australia [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

London England [5]

Malvern Victoria [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Port Lincoln South Australia [4]

Port Melbourne Victoria [4]

South Shields, Durham, England [4]

Alberton South Australia [3]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [3]

Caithness, Scotland [3]

Clare South Australia [3]

Dorrigo New South Wales [3]

Glasgow [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [3]

Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Lubeck Victoria [3]

Manly New South Wales [3]

Mathoura New South Wales [3]

Myponga South Australia [3]

Orkney, Scotland [3]

Thurso Scotland [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Argyllshire [2]

Barraba New South Wales [2]

Blairgowrie, Perthshire [2]

Boort Victoria [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Castletown, Caithness, Scotland [2]

Cobar New South Wales [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Coolamon New South Wales [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Rank

Private [1517]

Gunner [149]

Serjeant [134]

Corporal [127]

Sapper [96]

Second Lieutenant [83]

Lance Corporal [79]

Driver [75]

Lieutenant [64]

Captain [36]

Acting Corporal [30]

Major [16]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Pioneer [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Sister [10]

Bombardier [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Rifleman [8]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Colonel [5]

Nursing Sister [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Worker [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Nurse [4]

Sergeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Acting Gunner [3]

Acting Major [3]

Drummer [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Admiral [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Battery Serjeant Major Acting Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [183]

Labour Corps [164]

Seaforth Highlanders [164]

Army Service Corps [142]

Royal Scots [132]

Royal Field Artillery [131]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [123]

Royal Garrison Artillery [112]

Highland Light Infantry [102]

Royal Highlanders [94]

Gordon Highlanders [92]

Royal Army Medical Corps [89]

Machine Gun Corps [76]

Cameron Highlanders [69]

Scottish Rifles [65]

Northumberland Fusiliers [53]

Canadian Infantry [51]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [49]

London Regiment [45]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [44]

Durham Light Infantry [41]

Royal Fusiliers [39]

Royal Naval Division [35]

Royal Irish Rifles [25]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [20]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Defence Corps [18]

Rifle Brigade [17]

British West Indies Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal Flying Corps [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Royal Air Force [12]

Scots Guards [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11]

Border Regiment [11]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Training Reserve Battalion [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Coldstream Guards [9]

Service

British Army [2302]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [448]

Australian Imperial Force [309]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [201]

Royal Navy [192]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [119]

Other Empire Force [8]

South African Services [4]

Last name first letter

S [3742]

H [4]

A [2]

W [2]

B [1]

C [1]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3582]

Merchant Navy [150]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

New Zealand [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [22] Shetland, Scotland [20] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [14] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [13] Glasgow Scotland [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] South Shields, Durham [6] Toodyay Western Australia [6] Bunbury Western Australia [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] London England [5] Malvern Victoria [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Port Lincoln South Australia [4] Port Melbourne Victoria [4] South Shields, Durham, England [4] Alberton South Australia [3] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [3] Caithness, Scotland [3] Clare South Australia [3] Dorrigo New South Wales [3] Glasgow [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire [3] Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Lubeck Victoria [3] Manly New South Wales [3] Mathoura New South Wales [3] Myponga South Australia [3] Orkney, Scotland [3] Thurso Scotland [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Argyllshire [2] Barraba New South Wales [2] Blairgowrie, Perthshire [2] Boort Victoria [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Castletown, Caithness, Scotland [2] Cobar New South Wales [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Coolamon New South Wales [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [2] Edinburgh [2]

Rank

Private [1517] Gunner [149] Serjeant [134] Corporal [127] Sapper [96] Second Lieutenant [83] Lance Corporal [79] Driver [75] Lieutenant [64] Captain [36] Acting Corporal [30] Major [16] Acting Serjeant [15] Pioneer [11] Able Seaman [10] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Sister [10] Bombardier [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Rifleman [8] Colour Serjeant [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Colonel [5] Nursing Sister [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Worker [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Nurse [4] Sergeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Acting Gunner [3] Acting Major [3] Drummer [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Admiral [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Battery Serjeant Major Acting Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [183] Labour Corps [164] Seaforth Highlanders [164] Army Service Corps [142] Royal Scots [132] Royal Field Artillery [131] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [123] Royal Garrison Artillery [112] Highland Light Infantry [102] Royal Highlanders [94] Gordon Highlanders [92] Royal Army Medical Corps [89] Machine Gun Corps [76] Cameron Highlanders [69] Scottish Rifles [65] Northumberland Fusiliers [53] Canadian Infantry [51] King's Own Scottish Borderers [49] London Regiment [45] Royal Scots Fusiliers [44] Durham Light Infantry [41] Royal Fusiliers [39] Royal Naval Division [35] Royal Irish Rifles [25] Liverpool Regiment [24] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [22] Army Ordnance Corps [20] Manchester Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [20] Royal Defence Corps [18] Rifle Brigade [17] British West Indies Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal Flying Corps [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Royal Air Force [12] Scots Guards [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11] Border Regiment [11] East Kent Regiment [11] Royal Irish Fusiliers [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] Training Reserve Battalion [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Coldstream Guards [9]

Service

British Army [2302] Canadian Expeditionary Force [448] Australian Imperial Force [309] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [201] Royal Navy [192] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [119] Other Empire Force [8] South African Services [4]

Last name first letter

S [3742] H [4] A [2] W [2] B [1] C [1] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3582] Merchant Navy [150] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [60] New Zealand [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1]

Jeanne Spiers Sinclair

Born 1881

Died 1968

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/88 Sister NZ Army Nursing Service Corps

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John Sinclair

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army S/29546 Private The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 6th Bn

British Army S/29546 Private The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

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Duncan Sinclair

Born 1899

Died 1920

British Army 45527 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Archibald Mcvicar Sinclair

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 271726 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class

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Walter Morrison Sinclair

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 42877 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42877 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Cecil Stanley Sinclair

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army R32759 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army R32759 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Sinclair

Died 1917

British Army 45623 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 45623 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery

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James Sinclair

Born 1893

Died 1918

Other Empire Force 11960 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 12563 Private British West Indies Regiment 9th Battalion

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Harold Lumley Sinclair

Born 1888

British Army 1st Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13809 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13809 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Hope Sinclair

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 13467 Private Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Samuel Sinclair

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 13961 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 13961 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 13961 Signaller The Scottish Rifles (The Cameronians) 10th Battalion

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William Kenneth Sinclair

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 5290 Private London Regiment

British Army 5290 Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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William Sinclair

Born 1892

Died 1950

British Army 242273 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 141134 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Ewen George Sinclair-Maclagan

Born 1868

Died 1948

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Major-General 4th Division

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George Edward Sinclair

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198964

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Mary Amelia St Clair Sinclair

Born 1863

Died 1946

British Army Commissariat British Red Cross Society/Dr Hector Munro's Unit

British Army Sister French Red Cross

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Charles Sinclair

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 175 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 175 Corporal Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Robert Sinclair

British Army 6915 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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James Sinclair

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303551

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Colin Duncan Sinclair

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 476021

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Canadian Expeditionary Force Attached to the Royal Flying Corps No 1 Training Depot Station, Stamford Aerodrome

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