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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Edinburgh [4]

Angaston South Australia [3]

Kerang Victoria [3]

Marykirk, Kinkardineshire [3]

Shetland, Scotland [3]

St Kilda Victoria [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Glasgow [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Govan, Lanarkshire [2]

Lara Victoria [2]

Largo, Fifeshire [2]

Longforgan Perthshire [2]

Macorna Victoria [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Arbroath [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Auburn New South Wales [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Bealiba Victoria [1]

Bega New South Wales [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey, England [1]

Brechin, Forfarshire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Burntisland Scotland [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Capledrae, Auchterderran, Fifeshire [1]

Dalsay, Lanark [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Duddingston, Midlothian [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Euroa Victoria [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Hunslet Leeds [1]

Invercargill [1]

Rank

Private [169]

Serjeant [29]

Gunner [28]

Sapper [21]

Corporal [20]

Driver [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Captain [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [6]

Bombardier [4]

Sister [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Seaman [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Commissary/Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engineer Ledgerkeeper and Storeman/Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Greaser Fireman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Major [1]

Matron [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trimmer Cook [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [31]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Gordon Highlanders [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Royal Highlanders [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Royal Scots [19]

Army Service Corps [17]

Highland Light Infantry [14]

Cameron Highlanders [10]

Labour Corps [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Scottish Rifles [10]

Seaforth Highlanders [10]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Otago Infantry Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Labour Corps [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Glasgow Yeomanry [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [321]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [52]

Australian Imperial Force [51]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Royal Navy [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [491]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Edinburgh [4] Angaston South Australia [3] Kerang Victoria [3] Marykirk, Kinkardineshire [3] Shetland, Scotland [3] St Kilda Victoria [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Glasgow [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Govan, Lanarkshire [2] Lara Victoria [2] Largo, Fifeshire [2] Longforgan Perthshire [2] Macorna Victoria [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Aberdeen [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Arbroath [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Auburn New South Wales [1] Ayrshire [1] Bealiba Victoria [1] Bega New South Wales [1] Bermondsey, Surrey, England [1] Brechin, Forfarshire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Burntisland Scotland [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire [1] Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Capledrae, Auchterderran, Fifeshire [1] Dalsay, Lanark [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Duddingston, Midlothian [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Euroa Victoria [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Fulham, London [1] Fulham, London, Middlesex [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Hunslet Leeds [1] Invercargill [1]

Rank

Private [169] Serjeant [29] Gunner [28] Sapper [21] Corporal [20] Driver [15] Lieutenant [13] Lance Corporal [12] Captain [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [6] Bombardier [4] Sister [4] Temporary Captain [4] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Nursing Sister [2] Seaman [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Chauffeur [1] Chief Engineer [1] Commissary/Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Engineer Ledgerkeeper and Storeman/Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Greaser Fireman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Major [1] Matron [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trimmer Cook [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [31] Royal Field Artillery [28] Gordon Highlanders [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Royal Highlanders [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Royal Scots [19] Army Service Corps [17] Highland Light Infantry [14] Cameron Highlanders [10] Labour Corps [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Scottish Rifles [10] Seaforth Highlanders [10] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Canadian Infantry [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Scots Guards [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Otago Infantry Regiment [3] Royal Marine Labour Corps [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Glasgow Yeomanry [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Tank Corps [2] Territorial Force Nursing Service [2] The Queen's Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [321] Canadian Expeditionary Force [52] Australian Imperial Force [51] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Royal Navy [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [520]

Contribution

Military Service [491] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8] New Zealand [1]

James Smail Wishart

Born 1892

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 27636 Lance Corporal Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Archibald Robert Wishart

Born 1897

Died 1941

British Army L/25071 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/25071 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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John Waddie Wishart

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 8394 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Bishop Wishart

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238342

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Robert William Wishart

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75466

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James Wishart

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288536

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Robert Wishart

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 24767 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Wishart

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 2557 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 290656 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 290656 Lance Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Alexander Wishart

Born 1859

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Chief Engineer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Chief Engineer Mercantile Marine - SS 'Taplow' (London)

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James Wishart

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101535

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Frederick Wishart

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 110514

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Alexander Wishart

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309379

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James Wishart

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11659

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William Wishart

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 93103 Private Tank Corps 7th Battalion

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John Watson Wishart

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2902/7 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 2902/7 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 2902 Corporal Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion

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Robert Morgan Wishart

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260492

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John Alexander Wishart

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269213

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John Wishart

Died 1915

British Army 1496 Private Royal Scots

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William Wishart

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119884

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James Wishart

Died 1918

British Army 306323 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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