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Alloa, Clackmannanshire [2]

Avoca Tasmania [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Amphitheatre Victoria [1]

Braybrook Victoria [1]

Cambusnethan Scotland [1]

Elgin, Scotland [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Hazlemere England [1]

Paris [1]

Scotland [1]

Slannen Scotland [1]

Wishaw Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [74]

Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant [6]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Reverend [1]

Serjeant /Acting Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Gunner [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Scots [6]

Scottish Rifles [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [2]

London Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Depot Middlesex Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Glasgow Yeomanry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Hannibal [1]

Hussars [1]

Labour Corps Agricultural Company ex Manchester Regiment [1]

Lovat Scouts [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Provost Staff Corps [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Order of Saint John [1]

Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Service

British Army [113]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Royal Navy [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [144]

M [3]

L [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [146]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

Australia [2]

United Kingdom [2]

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Place of birth

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [2] Avoca Tasmania [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Amphitheatre Victoria [1] Braybrook Victoria [1] Cambusnethan Scotland [1] Elgin, Scotland [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Hazlemere England [1] Paris [1] Scotland [1] Slannen Scotland [1] Wishaw Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [74] Serjeant [9] Lieutenant [6] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Chaplain [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Rear Admiral [1] Reverend [1] Serjeant /Acting Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Serjeant Gunner [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10] Gordon Highlanders [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Scots [6] Scottish Rifles [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] Cameron Highlanders [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Highland Light Infantry [4] Labour Corps [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Army Service Corps [3] Canadian Infantry Battalion [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Highland Cyclist Battalion [2] London Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Depot Middlesex Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] French Red Cross [1] Glasgow Yeomanry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Hannibal [1] Hussars [1] Labour Corps Agricultural Company ex Manchester Regiment [1] Lovat Scouts [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Provost Staff Corps [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Order of Saint John [1] Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Service

British Army [113] Australian Imperial Force [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Royal Navy [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [144] M [3] L [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [146] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

Australia [2] United Kingdom [2]

Peter Hutchinson Wardlaw

Born 1888

Died 1941

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 10626 Battery Quarter Master Sergeant Royal Field Artillery A/58 Brigade

British Army 10626 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery A/58 Brigade

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Alexander 'alick' Gillespie Wardlaw

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy Clyde Z/8170 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Clyde Z/8170 Ordinary Telegraphist Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Paxton."

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John Wardlaw

Died 1979

Australian Imperial Force 7562

Australian Imperial Force 7562 Private 9th infantry battalion

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Charles Wardlaw

Born 1893

British Army 25400 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Robert Wardlaw

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 17738 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 17738 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

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John Wardlaw

Died 1915

British Army 22919 Private Royal Scots

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John Wardlaw

Died 1916

British Army 901 Highland Cyclist Battalion

British Army 43013 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Walter Roy Stewart Wardlaw

Died 1916

British Army 14994 Private Grenadier Guards

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Henry Wardlaw

Died 1914

British Army 11655 Private Royal Scots

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Jack Wardlaw

Died 1916

British Army G/3126 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/3126 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Robert Wardlaw

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army S/8535 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/8535 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Alexander Wardlaw

Australian Imperial Force 608

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Peter Wardlaw

Australian Imperial Force 2444

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James Wardlaw

Died 1918

British Army 306365 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Wardlaw

Died 1916

British Army 49976 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Wardlaw

Died 1916

British Army S/6270 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Thomas Wardlaw

Died 1918

British Army 31746 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Robert Wardlaw

Died 1915

British Army 9548 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 9548 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Thomas Wardlaw

Died 1915

British Army 3123 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Alfred Penrose Mark Wardlaw

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Sussex Regiment

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