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Brechin [1]

Brechin, Fofarshire [1]

Chelsea Longon [1]

Coupar Angus, Perthshire [1]

Cowdenbeath, Fife [1]

Dundee [1]

Dundee, Scotland [1]

Fordoun, Kincardineshire [1]

Forfar [1]

Kensington,London [1]

Rank

Private [217]

Serjeant [21]

Lance Corporal [18]

Corporal [13]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Drummer [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Chum [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Piper [1]

Serjeant Piper [1]

Unit

1/5th Royal Highlanders [255]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [22]

Labour Corps [16]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

1/6th Royal Highlanders [13]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Royal Engineers [7]

1/4th Royal Highlanders [6]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Royal Highlanders Territorial Force [5]

1/5th Battalion Royal Highlanders Territorial Force [4]

8th Royal Highlanders [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

14th Royal Highlanders [3]

154th Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

1/7th Royal Highlanders [2]

118th Machine Gun Corps [2]

4/5th Royal Highlanders [2]

6th Royal Highlanders [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

1/4th Black Watch attached 4/5th Black Watch [1]

1/4th Reserves [1]

1/5th Battalion [1]

1/5th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

1/5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

2/3rd Scottish Horse [1]

2/4th Cameron Highlanders [1]

206th Infantry Battalion [1]

4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

4th Royal Highlanders [1]

5th Royal Highlanders [1]

7th Royal Highlanders [1]

Agricultural Company Highland Light Infantry [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Company of Dragoons [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Service

British Army [264]

Last name first letter

B [73]

C [60]

G [55]

F [27]

A [20]

D [15]

H [12]

E [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [264]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [264] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brechin [1] Brechin, Fofarshire [1] Chelsea Longon [1] Coupar Angus, Perthshire [1] Cowdenbeath, Fife [1] Dundee [1] Dundee, Scotland [1] Fordoun, Kincardineshire [1] Forfar [1] Kensington,London [1]

Rank

Private [217] Serjeant [21] Lance Corporal [18] Corporal [13] Second Lieutenant [8] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Drummer [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Corporal [1] Chum [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Medical Officer [1] Piper [1] Serjeant Piper [1]

Unit

1/5th Royal Highlanders [255] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [22] Labour Corps [16] Machine Gun Corps [14] 1/6th Royal Highlanders [13] Royal Highlanders [10] Royal Engineers [7] 1/4th Royal Highlanders [6] Gordon Highlanders [5] Royal Highlanders Territorial Force [5] 1/5th Battalion Royal Highlanders Territorial Force [4] 8th Royal Highlanders [4] Scottish Rifles [4] 14th Royal Highlanders [3] 154th Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] 1/7th Royal Highlanders [2] 118th Machine Gun Corps [2] 4/5th Royal Highlanders [2] 6th Royal Highlanders [2] Army Service Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 1/4th Black Watch attached 4/5th Black Watch [1] 1/4th Reserves [1] 1/5th Battalion [1] 1/5th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 1/5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 2/3rd Scottish Horse [1] 2/4th Cameron Highlanders [1] 206th Infantry Battalion [1] 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 4th Royal Highlanders [1] 5th Royal Highlanders [1] 7th Royal Highlanders [1] Agricultural Company Highland Light Infantry [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Company of Dragoons [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Military Foot Police [1]

Service

British Army [264]

Last name first letter

B [73] C [60] G [55] F [27] A [20] D [15] H [12] E [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [264]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

George Cruickshanks

British Army 1979 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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John Dawson

British Army 711 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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Alfred Aitken

British Army 622 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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Frank Farquharson

British Army 2075 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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William Evans

British Army 1543 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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Frank Gibb

British Army 1320 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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James Guthrie

British Army 1846 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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Victor Glass

British Army 593 Colour Serjeant 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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James Birse

British Army 2463 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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Douglas Bell

British Army 2152 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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Forbes Cooper

British Army 2363 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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Alexander Guthrie

British Army 1448 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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Thomas Davidson

British Army 464 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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James Davidson

British Army 2025 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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John Hagan

British Army 34 Corporal 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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William Gordon

British Army 2246 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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William Bell

British Army 1584 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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James Cargill

British Army 1148 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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Alexander Gibson

British Army 1354 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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Harry Goodall

British Army 776 Serjeant 1/5th Royal Highlanders

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