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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]

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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]

R Sword

British Army 203985 Private Cameron Highlanders

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J T Sword

British Army 270008 Serjeant Piper Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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