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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]

Samuel Sutherland

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282099

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Charles Sutherland

Died 1916

British Army 3272 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army SPTS/3272 Private Royal Fusiliers - London Regiment 24th Battalion

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Donald Sutherland

Born 1888

British Army 129036 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Peter Sutherland

Born 1885

British Army 2003 Serjeant Scottish Horse

British Army 2003 Warrant Officer Class 2 Scottish Horse

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James Lawrence Cathcart Sutherland

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force 104th Squadron

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Harry Sutherland

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 51098

Canadian Expeditionary Force 51098 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Lisle Ben Sutherland

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3475 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Arthur Dempster Sutherland

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/1279 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/1279 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Battalion

Royal Navy CLYDE Z/1279 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve RN Barracks Devonport

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Daniel Sutherland

Died 1917

British Army 240728 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Henry George Sutherland

Born 1895

British Army 1495, 53004 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Walter Sutherland

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps

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David Sutherland

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Private British West Indies Regiment

Other Empire Force 5949 Private Jamaica War Contingent

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George Sutherland

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92107

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Alexander Sutherland

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106131

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Donald Sutherland

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264860

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William Sutherland

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195811

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George Sutherland

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54505

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James Sutherland

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127252

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Ernest Tamwha Sutherland

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 110890

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William Sutherland

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92233

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