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New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Estancia Loma Verde [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Kingsford, Cheshire [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Newburgh, Fife [1]

North Higham, Norfolk [1]

Nottingham England [1]

Roxburgh [1]

Roxburghshire [1]

Surrey Hills Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [78]

Gunner [10]

Corporal [7]

Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Driver [3]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Midshipman [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant Piper [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Scottish Rifles [9]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Hussars [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Essex Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Scots Guards [2]

4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Attached London Regiment/Scottish Rifles [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment serving with a Service Battalion of the South Wales Borderers [1]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1]

Royal Highlanders Depot [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [114]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Royal Navy [6]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [139]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

United States [1]

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People [142] Stories Communities

Place of birth

New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Estancia Loma Verde [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Kingsford, Cheshire [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Newburgh, Fife [1] North Higham, Norfolk [1] Nottingham England [1] Roxburgh [1] Roxburghshire [1] Surrey Hills Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [78] Gunner [10] Corporal [7] Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [5] Driver [3] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Midshipman [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Corporal [1] Nursing Sister [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant Piper [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [12] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Field Artillery [9] Scottish Rifles [9] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] Labour Corps [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Machine Gun Corps [5] Cameron Highlanders [4] Hussars [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Essex Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Scots Guards [2] 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Attached London Regiment/Scottish Rifles [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment serving with a Service Battalion of the South Wales Borderers [1] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1] Royal Highlanders Depot [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [114] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Royal Navy [6] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [142]

Contribution

Military Service [139] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3] United States [1]

James William Sword

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 205139 Private Norfolk Regiment

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P Sword

Died 1918

British Army 32974 Corporal Essex Regiment

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William Sword

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 18257 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Joseph Sword

Australian Imperial Force 8285

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John Cuthill Sword

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15829

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Robert Stevenson Sword

Australian Imperial Force 893

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Edgar Henry Sword

Australian Imperial Force 238

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Oswald James Sword

Australian Imperial Force 3135

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James Sword

Died 1914

British Army 7170 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Robert Sword

Born 1889

Died 1918

Other Empire Force 3958397 Private United States Army 52nd Company, 13th Battalion

Other Empire Force 3958397 Private United States Army Signal Corps

Other Empire Force 3958397 Corporal United States Army Signal Corps

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Jack Jarrold Sword

Born 1887

Royal Navy M20817

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David Frederick Sword

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 636656

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Joseph Sword

Born 1878

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2250587

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Margaret Sword

Born 1890

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Martha Sword

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6943

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David Sword

Born 1880

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James Sword

Born 1883

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George Allison Sword

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2045078

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Jean Elizabeth Sword

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Stephen Alfred Sword

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 40501

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