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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [13]

Shetland, Scotland [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Thurso, Caithness, Scotland [8]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Walcha New South Wales [7]

Wick Scotland [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Edinburgh Scotland [6]

Kyneton Victoria [6]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [6]

Aberdeen [5]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5]

Edinburgh [5]

Glasgow [5]

Hopeman Morayshire [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Orkney, Scotland [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Caithness Scotland [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Millicent South Australia [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Wick, Caithness-shire [4]

Woodford Victoria [4]

Cellardyke, Fifeshire [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Coolah New South Wales [3]

Dandenong Victoria [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Halkirk Scotland [3]

Kew Victoria [3]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [3]

Brancaster Staithe Norfolk [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Brora, Sutherland, Scotland [2]

Burray, Orkney, Scotland [2]

Caithness, Scotland [2]

Chester, Cheshire [2]

Cobargo New South Wales [2]

East Wemyss, Fifeshire [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Golspie Scotland [2]

Inverness Scotland [2]

Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2]

London [2]

Maclean New South Wales [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [1345]

Gunner [146]

Serjeant [136]

Corporal [117]

Sapper [102]

Driver [84]

Lance Corporal [81]

Second Lieutenant [67]

Lieutenant [60]

Captain [37]

Able Seaman [22]

Major [19]

Acting Corporal [18]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Pioneer [15]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Seaman [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Bombardier [7]

Nurse [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Worker [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Leading Seaman [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [340]

Royal Field Artillery [149]

Labour Corps [140]

Royal Engineers [139]

Gordon Highlanders [128]

Royal Scots [127]

Army Service Corps [108]

Cameron Highlanders [104]

Royal Highlanders [98]

Royal Army Medical Corps [91]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [87]

Highland Light Infantry [84]

Royal Garrison Artillery [80]

Machine Gun Corps [57]

Canadian Infantry [44]

Scottish Rifles [43]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [42]

London Regiment [39]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Royal Naval Division [33]

Lovat's Scouts [31]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [31]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [30]

Scots Guards [25]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

Royal Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Naval Reserve [21]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Scottish Horse [15]

British West Indies Regiment [14]

Tank Corps [14]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Army Cyclist Corps [8]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Corps of Dragoons [8]

Dragoon Guards [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

Training Reserve Battalion [7]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [6]

Service

British Army [2129]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [553]

Australian Imperial Force [250]

Royal Navy [164]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [161]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [144]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [3566]

D [2]

C [1]

L [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3412]

Merchant Navy [132]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

Canada [3]

New Zealand [3]

Guyana [1]

India [1]

United States [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [13] Shetland, Scotland [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Thurso, Caithness, Scotland [8] Melbourne Victoria [7] Walcha New South Wales [7] Wick Scotland [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] Edinburgh Scotland [6] Kyneton Victoria [6] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [6] Aberdeen [5] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5] Edinburgh [5] Glasgow [5] Hopeman Morayshire [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Orkney, Scotland [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Caithness Scotland [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Millicent South Australia [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Wick, Caithness-shire [4] Woodford Victoria [4] Cellardyke, Fifeshire [3] Chelsea, London [3] Coolah New South Wales [3] Dandenong Victoria [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Halkirk Scotland [3] Kew Victoria [3] North Shields, Northumberland, England [3] Brancaster Staithe Norfolk [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Brora, Sutherland, Scotland [2] Burray, Orkney, Scotland [2] Caithness, Scotland [2] Chester, Cheshire [2] Cobargo New South Wales [2] East Wemyss, Fifeshire [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Golspie Scotland [2] Inverness Scotland [2] Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [2] London [2] Maclean New South Wales [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [1345] Gunner [146] Serjeant [136] Corporal [117] Sapper [102] Driver [84] Lance Corporal [81] Second Lieutenant [67] Lieutenant [60] Captain [37] Able Seaman [22] Major [19] Acting Corporal [18] Acting Serjeant [18] Pioneer [15] Company Serjeant Major [10] Lance Serjeant [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Seaman [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Temporary Captain [8] Bombardier [7] Nurse [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Worker [6] Deck Hand [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Staff Nurse [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Nursing Sister [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Sister [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Leading Seaman [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [340] Royal Field Artillery [149] Labour Corps [140] Royal Engineers [139] Gordon Highlanders [128] Royal Scots [127] Army Service Corps [108] Cameron Highlanders [104] Royal Highlanders [98] Royal Army Medical Corps [91] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [87] Highland Light Infantry [84] Royal Garrison Artillery [80] Machine Gun Corps [57] Canadian Infantry [44] Scottish Rifles [43] Royal Scots Fusiliers [42] London Regiment [39] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Royal Naval Division [33] Lovat's Scouts [31] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [31] King's Own Scottish Borderers [30] Scots Guards [25] Royal Fusiliers [24] Royal Army Service Corps [23] Royal Naval Reserve [21] Liverpool Regiment [20] Manchester Regiment [15] Scottish Horse [15] British West Indies Regiment [14] Tank Corps [14] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Yorkshire Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Air Force [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Army Cyclist Corps [8] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8] Cheshire Regiment [8] Corps of Dragoons [8] Dragoon Guards [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry Battalion [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Norfolk Regiment [7] Training Reserve Battalion [7] Ayrshire Yeomanry [6]

Service

British Army [2129] Canadian Expeditionary Force [553] Australian Imperial Force [250] Royal Navy [164] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [161] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [144] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [3566] D [2] C [1] L [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3412] Merchant Navy [132] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [59] Canada [3] New Zealand [3] Guyana [1] India [1] United States [1]

Norman Sutherland

Born 1896

Died 1953

British Army 7400 Private Entrenching Battalion 2nd Entrenching Battalion

British Army 7400 Private Manchester Regiment 25th

British Army 7400 Private Manchester Regiment 25th

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George Sutherland

Born 1882

Died 1918

Other Empire Force 2100 British Guiana Militia

British Army 9210 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 9210 Lance Corporal British West Indies Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion

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George King Sutherland

Born 1888

Died 1919

Royal Navy Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy 320 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy 320 Acting Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Francis Nicoll Sutherland

Born 1891

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2827 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Robert Sutherland

Born 1893

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 34166 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Clair Nelson Sutherland

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 41118 Private New Zealand Machine Gun Corps 1 Company

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Hugh Sutherland

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 207 Lance Corporal Northumberland Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial

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Donald Mclennan Sutherland

Born 1888

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/4036 Otago Infantry Battalion, 2 Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/4036 Private Otago Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Donald Sutherland

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 8793 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Robert Sutherland

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 2801 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 202765 Private Seaforth Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Hugh Angus Sutherland

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2265371 Sapper Divisional Signallers/Signal Training Depot

Royal Navy PI 42961 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Greenwich-Chingford-Vendome

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 42961 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Air Force Vendome (205 TDS, 84 Wing)

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Alexander Sutherland

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 14298 Private Liverpool Regiment 13th

British Army 14298 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Walter Riddle Or Riddell Sutherland

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army S/9923 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 8th Battalion

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William Urquhart Sutherland

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 8260 Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Charles H Sutherland

Born 1889

Died 1956

British Army 270 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

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Thomas Alfred Sutherland

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy 294 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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George B Sutherland

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 10213 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion

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James Sutherland

Died 1914

British Army 9881 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 9881 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

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Robert Ross Sutherland

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 6901 Company Serjeant Major Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion

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Francis Sutherland

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 7522 Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 5040 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 393623 Corporal London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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