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Sydney New South Wales [7]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

Dubbo New South Wales [3]

Beenleigh Queensland [2]

Cowdenbeath Scotland [2]

Cupar, Fife [2]

Dundee Scotland [2]

Dunfermline, Fife [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Kowloon Docks [2]

Leith, Midlothian [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Nhill Victoria [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Anstruther Wester, Fife [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ayres Quay, Sunderland, County Durham [1]

Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Billesley, worcestershire [1]

Booval Queensland [1]

Boulder City Western Australia [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Burntisland, Kircaldy [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Cedar Creek Queensland [1]

Chatswood New South Wales [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Drumlithie, Kincardineshire, Scotland [1]

Dunblane, Perthshire [1]

Dundee, Forfar [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Dysart, Fife [1]

Earlston, Roxburghs [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire [1]

Galashiels [1]

Rank

Private [428]

Serjeant [52]

Gunner [44]

Corporal [38]

Driver [31]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Lance Corporal [26]

Sapper [22]

Captain [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Major [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Canteener [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sister [2]

4th Engineer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bearer [1]

Captain /Honorary Major [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Housekeeper [1]

Lady Doctor [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [69]

Royal Scots [58]

Army Service Corps [50]

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Labour Corps [47]

Royal Engineers [47]

Highland Light Infantry [40]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [29]

Scottish Rifles [27]

Gordon Highlanders [26]

Seaforth Highlanders [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Cameron Highlanders [20]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

London Regiment [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Scots Guards [11]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [10]

Scottish Horse [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

Australian Infantry [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King Edward's Horse [2]

Service

British Army [682]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [79]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Royal Navy [41]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [956]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [923]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Canada [1]

Honduras [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [7] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4] Dubbo New South Wales [3] Beenleigh Queensland [2] Cowdenbeath Scotland [2] Cupar, Fife [2] Dundee Scotland [2] Dunfermline, Fife [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Kowloon Docks [2] Leith, Midlothian [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Marylebone, London [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Nhill Victoria [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Anstruther Wester, Fife [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ayres Quay, Sunderland, County Durham [1] Ballarat East Victoria [1] Billesley, worcestershire [1] Booval Queensland [1] Boulder City Western Australia [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire [1] Burntisland, Kircaldy [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Cedar Creek Queensland [1] Chatswood New South Wales [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Drumlithie, Kincardineshire, Scotland [1] Dunblane, Perthshire [1] Dundee, Forfar [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Dysart, Fife [1] Earlston, Roxburghs [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Forfar, Forfarshire [1] Galashiels [1]

Rank

Private [428] Serjeant [52] Gunner [44] Corporal [38] Driver [31] Second Lieutenant [27] Lance Corporal [26] Sapper [22] Captain [15] Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [11] Acting Serjeant [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Major [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Canteener [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Sister [2] 4th Engineer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bearer [1] Captain /Honorary Major [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Housekeeper [1] Lady Doctor [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [69] Royal Scots [58] Army Service Corps [50] Royal Field Artillery [50] Labour Corps [47] Royal Engineers [47] Highland Light Infantry [40] Machine Gun Corps [31] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [29] Scottish Rifles [27] Gordon Highlanders [26] Seaforth Highlanders [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] King's Own Scottish Borderers [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Cameron Highlanders [20] Durham Light Infantry [15] Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] London Regiment [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Royal Naval Division [11] Scots Guards [11] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [10] Scottish Horse [10] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Canadian Infantry [7] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Tank Corps [5] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Highland Cyclist Battalion [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] Australian Infantry [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] Border Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King Edward's Horse [2]

Service

British Army [682] Canadian Expeditionary Force [79] Australian Imperial Force [57] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Royal Navy [41] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [956] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [923] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Canada [1] Honduras [1] United States [1]

Patrick Wilkie

Died 1914

British Army 4401 Private Scots Guards

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John A Wilkie

Died 1918

British Army 271393 Private Royal Scots

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James Wilkie

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 38276 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 565156 Private Labour Corps

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James Wilkie

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army S/16680 Private Cameron Highlanders

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George H Wilkie

Died 1918

British Army RTS-5706 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 62989 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Wilkie

Died 1919

British Army 26644 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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John Wilkie

Died 1918

British Army 107469 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3947 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 107469 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Alexander Wilkie

Died 1917

British Army 33353 Private Royal Scots

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Henry Wilkie

Died 1918

British Army 826 Private Royal Scots

British Army 43707 Private Royal Scots

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David Ewing Wilkie

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 9854 Private Gordon Highlanders

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John Stewart Wilkie

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Highland Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry

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George Prescott Wilkie

Died 1915

British Army 1005 Private London Regiment

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Andrew Wilkie

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army S/40607 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 345866 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 2993 Private Royal Highlanders 2/7th (Fife) Battalion

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William Anderson Wilkie

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1226 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 225972 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Reginald George Wilkie

Died 1918

British Army 9504 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 9504 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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William Wilkie

Died 1916

British Army 3630 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 3630 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Robert Wilkie

Born 1898

Died 1962

British Army 1194 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 5160 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 242202 Private Gordon Highlanders

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William K Wilkie

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 48378 Private Royal Scots

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Rodger Wilkie

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3717 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 7458 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 278913 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Richard G. Wilkie

Died 1917

British Army S/4296 Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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