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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Glasgow Scotland [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Belfast, Down [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Hamilton Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Wollongong New South Wales [3]

Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Bombala New South Wales [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [2]

Dunedin [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Jamestown South Australia [2]

Laura South Australia [2]

Molesworth Victoria [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Pyramid Hill Victoria [2]

Warrandyte Victoria [2]

8 South Dean Place, Mount Florida, Renfrewshire [1]

8 South Dean Place, Mount Florida, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Armagh [1]

Ayr [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ballymaccarett, Down [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Barnhill, Ayrshire [1]

Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Barrhill, Ayrshire [1]

Beulah Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Black Rock [1]

Black’s Point, Reefton, South Island [1]

Bromley England [1]

Bunbury Western Australia [1]

Bungarby New South Wales [1]

Busby, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Castleknock [1]

Castleknock, Dublin [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cooma New South Wales [1]

Dalry, Ayrshire [1]

Douglas, Lanarkshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Down [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Eltham Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [444]

Gunner [41]

Serjeant [27]

Corporal [26]

Driver [24]

Captain [15]

Lieutenant [15]

Sapper [14]

Lance Corporal [13]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [4]

Sister [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Assistant Forewoman Clerk [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Dri [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner /Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [41]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Irish Rifles [38]

Highland Light Infantry [37]

Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Garrison Artillery [34]

Royal Engineers [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23]

Scottish Rifles [23]

Royal Scots [22]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [19]

Seaforth Highlanders [19]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Highlanders [17]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [15]

Cameron Highlanders [14]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Border Regiment [11]

London Regiment [11]

Gordon Highlanders [10]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

North Irish Horse [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Australian Infantry Battalion [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Service

British Army [629]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [107]

Australian Imperial Force [58]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

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Contribution

Military Service [908]

Merchant Navy [29]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Glasgow Scotland [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Belfast, Antrim [3] Belfast, Down [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Hamilton Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Wollongong New South Wales [3] Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Bombala New South Wales [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [2] Dunedin [2] Edinburgh [2] Jamestown South Australia [2] Laura South Australia [2] Molesworth Victoria [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Pyramid Hill Victoria [2] Warrandyte Victoria [2] 8 South Dean Place, Mount Florida, Renfrewshire [1] 8 South Dean Place, Mount Florida, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Armagh [1] Ayr [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ballymaccarett, Down [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Barnhill, Ayrshire [1] Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Barrhill, Ayrshire [1] Beulah Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Black Rock [1] Black’s Point, Reefton, South Island [1] Bromley England [1] Bunbury Western Australia [1] Bungarby New South Wales [1] Busby, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Castleknock [1] Castleknock, Dublin [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cooma New South Wales [1] Dalry, Ayrshire [1] Douglas, Lanarkshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Down [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Eltham Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [444] Gunner [41] Serjeant [27] Corporal [26] Driver [24] Captain [15] Lieutenant [15] Sapper [14] Lance Corporal [13] Second Lieutenant [13] Pioneer [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [4] Sister [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Captain [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Brevet Colonel [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Assistant Forewoman Clerk [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bugler [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Dri [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner /Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [42] Royal Scots Fusiliers [41] Labour Corps [40] Royal Irish Rifles [38] Highland Light Infantry [37] Army Service Corps [36] Royal Garrison Artillery [34] Royal Engineers [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23] Scottish Rifles [23] Royal Scots [22] Royal Irish Fusiliers [19] Seaforth Highlanders [19] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Highlanders [17] King's Own Scottish Borderers [15] Cameron Highlanders [14] Liverpool Regiment [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Border Regiment [11] London Regiment [11] Gordon Highlanders [10] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10] Canadian Infantry [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] East Lancashire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Military Foot Police [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Ayrshire Yeomanry [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] North Irish Horse [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Australian Infantry Battalion [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Service

British Army [629] Canadian Expeditionary Force [107] Australian Imperial Force [58] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Last name first letter

S [941]

Contribution

Military Service [908] Merchant Navy [29] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Canada [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Mason Sloan

Died 1918

British Army 46698 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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George Evans Sloan

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196240

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Robert Sloan

Born 1895

British Army 7311 Private Scottish Rifles 1/5th Battalion

British Army 7311 Acting Sergeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 7311 Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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William Sloan

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75437

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William James Sloan

Born 1890

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/225 Lance Corporal New Zealand Medical Corps

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William Sloan

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army 1581 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

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J Sloan

Died 1916

British Army 3563 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 3563 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Donald Sloan

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army S/9311 Private Royal Highlanders

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Thomas Sloan

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266397

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Samuel Sloan

British Army 6408 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200103 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Sergeant Class P(T) TF Reserve

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Robert Sloan

Died 1916

British Army 22914 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Sloan

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 12181 Private Border Regiment

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William Sloan

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 8205 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 240931 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Irvine Sloan

Died 1917

British Army 2280 Private Manchester Regiment

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Leonard H Sloan

Died 1916

British Army 24/1277 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Sloan

Died 1917

British Army 2791 Private Border Regiment

British Army 28001 Private Border Regiment

British Army 28001 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

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Thomas Sloan

Died 1916

British Army 13536 Private Scots Guards

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Peter Sloan

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 32113 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 32113 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Sloan

Died 1917

British Army 37503 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 5202 Private Labour Corps

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James Sloan

Died 1917

British Army 26742 Private Highland Light Infantry

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