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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]

Peter Kilpatrick Sinclair

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141048

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Julius Sinclair

Born 1892

British Army 4062 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Thomas Henry Sinclair

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292040

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Ummond Sinclair

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24845

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William Sinclair

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109453

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Algernon Ronald Tollemache Sinclair

Born 1887

Died 1934

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 10th (Service) Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 17th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army Temporary Captain The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 22nd (Labour) Battalion

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Alexander Sinclair

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269357

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James Alexander Sinclair

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77726

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George Alexander Sinclair

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269359

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James Sinclair

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107732

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George Frederick Sinclair

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116723

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Walter Graham Sinclair M M

Born 1891

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2134 Sergeant Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Sidney Harold Sinclair

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army 3714 Private London Regiment

British Army 394407 Private London Regiment

British Army 394407 Lance Corporal London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

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Murney Ephriam Gilbert Grant Sinclair

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 724064

Canadian Expeditionary Force 724064 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Sinclair

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 91231

Canadian Expeditionary Force 91231 Driver Canadian Field Artillery

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Andrew Sinclair

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235871

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Alexander Reid Sinclair

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239868

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Donald Sinclair

Born 1890

Died 1919

Royal Navy Z/6220 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/6220 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Clyde Z/6220 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Suva."

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William Arthur Sinclair

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246937

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David Christi Sinclair

Died 1915

British Army 2177 Private Manchester Regiment

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