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Bearsden,Dumbartonshire. [1]

Bearsden,Dunbartonshire. [1]

Brechin, Scotland [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Galashiels Scotland [1]

Glasgow [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Kelvin,Glasgow. [1]

New Kilpatrick,Dunbartonshire,Scotland. [1]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Whitehaven, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [42]

Captain [10]

Gunner [7]

Lieutenant [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Canteener [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Luietenant [1]

Major [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [12]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Marine Labour Corps [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

57th Division [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Attached Royal Garrison Artillery/ Royal Field Artillery [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

French Red Cross [1]

General Staff [1]

Glasgow Yeomanry [1]

Highland Light Infantry/ Commands and Staff [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery/Staff [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Highlanders Depot [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South African Infantry [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

Staff [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

The Royal Scots [1]

U S Army [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Young Men's Christian Association [1]

Young Mens Christian Association [1]

Service

British Army [78]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [99]

H [2]

Contribution

Military Service [101]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Bearsden,Dumbartonshire. [1] Bearsden,Dunbartonshire. [1] Brechin, Scotland [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Colac Victoria [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Galashiels Scotland [1] Glasgow [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire [1] Kelvin,Glasgow. [1] New Kilpatrick,Dunbartonshire,Scotland. [1] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Whitehaven, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [42] Captain [10] Gunner [7] Lieutenant [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Canteener [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Driver [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Luietenant [1] Major [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [12] Highland Light Infantry [9] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Cameron Highlanders [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Labour Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Scottish Rifles [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Marine Labour Corps [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 57th Division [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Attached Royal Garrison Artillery/ Royal Field Artillery [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Connaught Rangers [1] French Red Cross [1] General Staff [1] Glasgow Yeomanry [1] Highland Light Infantry/ Commands and Staff [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery/Staff [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Highlanders Depot [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Scottish Horse [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South African Infantry [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] Staff [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] The Royal Scots [1] U S Army [1] Welsh Regiment [1] Young Men's Christian Association [1] Young Mens Christian Association [1]

Service

British Army [78] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [99] H [2]

Contribution

Military Service [101]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Harold Whitson

Born 1901

Died 1918

British Army 50028 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 58180 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Robert Whitson

Born 1892

British Army 2069 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240302 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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John Frederick Moir Whitson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76036

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Margaret Shiress Whitson

Born 1866

Died 1937

Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society

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Harold White Whitson

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Wilfred Robert Whitson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry

British Army Major Highland Light Infantry

British Army Major Suffolk Regiment 1st Battalion

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Robert Gardner Whitson

Died 1918

British Army 107437 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Whitson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181390

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John Imrie Whitson

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181704

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John Whitson

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 291642 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 291642 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Benjamin Whitson

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 20820 Private South Wales Borderers

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Robert Whitson

Australian Imperial Force

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Alexander Douglas Whitson

Australian Imperial Force 5251

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William Douglas Whitson

Australian Imperial Force 2018

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Robert Whitson

Australian Imperial Force 1774

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Gilbert Carrick Whitson

Born 1891

Died 1925

British Army Luietenant Royal Field Artillery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain

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Ralph Alexander Whitson

Born 1882

Died 1949

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Henry Whitson

Born 1893

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/1830 Auckland Infantry Battalion

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Ernest James Whitson

Born 1885

Died 1952

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 1/9th Battalion

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Eric Cecil Hill Whitson

British Army Captain Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Scots

British Army Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel King's Own Scottish Borderers

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