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Place of birth

Aberdeen [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Arbroath [1]

Armadale, Linlithgowshire [1]

Bargrennan, Wigtownshire [1]

Beath, FIfe [1]

Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1]

Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire [1]

Craig, Angus, Scotland [1]

Dundee [1]

Dundee, Scotland [1]

Dundee,Scotland [1]

Dunfermline [1]

Dysart, Fife [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Forfar [1]

Galashiels [1]

Haddington [1]

Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire [1]

Leslie, Fifeshire [1]

Lochgelly, Fife [1]

Mixenden, Halifax [1]

Pittenweem, Fife [1]

Pumpherston, Midlothian [1]

Ramoyle, Dunblane [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Toorak Victoria [1]

Townhill, Fifeshire [1]

Whitehills, Sorbie [1]

dundee [1]

Rank

Private [418]

Serjeant [55]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Corporal [37]

Lance Corporal [36]

Lieutenant [15]

Captain [13]

Acting Corporal [10]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Sapper [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Bandsman [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Drummer [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Piper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Brigadier Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Sir [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major [1]

Private (Lance Corporal) [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sapper & Tunneller [1]

Sapper & Tunnellers Mate [1]

Second Lieutenant Captain [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant (Supernumerary) [1]

Supernumerary Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

2nd Royal Highlanders [310]

Royal Highlanders [129]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [102]

2nd Scottish Horse [91]

2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [38]

1/2nd Scottish Horse [24]

Royal Engineers [16]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [10]

Gordon Highlanders [9]

Scottish Rifles [9]

2nd Dragoons [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

Cameron Highlanders [7]

2nd Cameron Highlanders [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

2nd Royal Scots [5]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5]

3rd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Scottish Horse [4]

13th Royal Highlanders [3]

1st Royal Highlanders [3]

2nd Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Army Service Corps [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

31st Trench Mortar Battery [2]

7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

8th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Black Watch [2]

Depot Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Tank Corps [2]

1/9th Battalion Highlanders The Royal Scots [1]

11th Royal Scots [1]

13rd Scottish Horse Royal Highlanders [1]

13th Sikhs [1]

Service

British Army [510]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [138]

C [117]

G [86]

A [49]

F [46]

H [31]

D [25]

M [5]

S [5]

E [2]

W [2]

K [1]

N [1]

O [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [508]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

France [1]

India [1]

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People [510] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Aberdeen [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Arbroath [1] Armadale, Linlithgowshire [1] Bargrennan, Wigtownshire [1] Beath, FIfe [1] Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1] Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire [1] Craig, Angus, Scotland [1] Dundee [1] Dundee, Scotland [1] Dundee,Scotland [1] Dunfermline [1] Dysart, Fife [1] Edinburgh [1] Forfar [1] Galashiels [1] Haddington [1] Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire [1] Leslie, Fifeshire [1] Lochgelly, Fife [1] Mixenden, Halifax [1] Pittenweem, Fife [1] Pumpherston, Midlothian [1] Ramoyle, Dunblane [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Toorak Victoria [1] Townhill, Fifeshire [1] Whitehills, Sorbie [1] dundee [1]

Rank

Private [418] Serjeant [55] Second Lieutenant [39] Corporal [37] Lance Corporal [36] Lieutenant [15] Captain [13] Acting Corporal [10] Acting Serjeant [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Sapper [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Bandsman [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Driver [2] Drummer [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Piper [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Brigadier Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel Sir [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major [1] Private (Lance Corporal) [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sapper & Tunneller [1] Sapper & Tunnellers Mate [1] Second Lieutenant Captain [1] Stoker [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant (Supernumerary) [1] Supernumerary Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

2nd Royal Highlanders [310] Royal Highlanders [129] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [102] 2nd Scottish Horse [91] 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [38] 1/2nd Scottish Horse [24] Royal Engineers [16] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11] Seaforth Highlanders [10] Gordon Highlanders [9] Scottish Rifles [9] 2nd Dragoons [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] Cameron Highlanders [7] 2nd Cameron Highlanders [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] 2nd Royal Scots [5] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5] 3rd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Scots [4] Scottish Horse [4] 13th Royal Highlanders [3] 1st Royal Highlanders [3] 2nd Royal Irish Rifles [3] Army Service Corps [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] 31st Trench Mortar Battery [2] 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] 8th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] 9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Black Watch [2] Depot Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Tank Corps [2] 1/9th Battalion Highlanders The Royal Scots [1] 11th Royal Scots [1] 13rd Scottish Horse Royal Highlanders [1] 13th Sikhs [1]

Service

British Army [510] Australian Imperial Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [138] C [117] G [86] A [49] F [46] H [31] D [25] M [5] S [5] E [2] W [2] K [1] N [1] O [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [508]

Country

United Kingdom [6] France [1] India [1]

John Bayne

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 3/3694 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

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Alexander Gillan

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army 1617 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1617 private 2nd royal highlanders black watch 2nd battalion

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George Buchanan

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 16357 Private 2nd Cameron Highlanders

British Army 16357 Private Cameron Highlanders 8th Battalion

British Army 16357 Private Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion

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George Clark

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 9774 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 9774 Private 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 9774 Corporal 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Daniel O'brien

Died 1918

British Army 1814 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army D/8649 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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David Finlay

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1780 Serjeant 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1780 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Richard Cosh

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 1990 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1990 Private Black Watch 2nd Battalion

British Army 5638 Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Barrie

Died 1917

British Army 2084 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 2084 Serjeant 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 2084 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Haig

Died 1916

British Army S/10496 Lance Corporal 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army S/10496 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army S/10496 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Hugh Clark

Died 1915

British Army 1556 Lance Corporal 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1556 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1556 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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George C. Bullion

Died 1916

British Army 2185 Drummer 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 2185 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 2185 Drummer Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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David Hamilton

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1591 Corporal 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1591 Serjeant 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1591 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Murdoch Gair

Died 1916

British Army 166 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 166 Acting Corporal 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 166 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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John Gordon

Died 1915

British Army 606 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 606 Serjeant 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 606 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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David Galloway

Died 1914

British Army 1797 Drummer 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1797 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1797 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Henry Fairley

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 4888 Private 2nd Scottish Horse

British Army 315610 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 4888 Private Scottish Horse

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James Cook

Died 1915

British Army 1529 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1529 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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John Burnett

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 1320 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1320 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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James Anderson

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 791 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 791 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Battalion.

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David Coulter

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 198 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 198 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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