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Dundee [4]

St Andrews, Fife [3]

Auchterderran, Fifeshire [1]

Ballingry, Fife [1]

Bombay [1]

Chelsea Longon [1]

Cupar [1]

Dunfermline, Fife [1]

Dysart, Fife, Scotland [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Mid Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

New Wortley, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [174]

Second Lieutenant [47]

Lance Corporal [20]

Serjeant [16]

Lieutenant [13]

Corporal [11]

Captain [10]

Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Liuetenant [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

4th Royal Highlanders [90]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [37]

Royal Highlanders 4th Battalion [37]

4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [27]

Royal Highlanders [24]

4th Battalion Royal Highlanders [18]

1/4th Royal Highlanders [16]

1/5th Royal Highlanders [9]

4th Royal Scots [9]

Scottish Rifles [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Highlanders 4th Reserve [7]

Royal Highlanders 4th Reserve Battalion [7]

4th Cameron Highlanders [6]

4th Royal Highlanders Territorial Force [6]

7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

7th Royal Highlanders [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

5th Royal Highlanders [3]

9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

2/4th Royal Highlanders [2]

4th (Reserve) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

4th Reserve Royal Highlanders [2]

6th Royal Highlanders [2]

8th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

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

1/4th Reserves [1]

108 Agric. Coy. Labour Corps [1]

10th Cameron Highlanders [1]

11th Welsh Fusiliers [1]

14th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

152nd Punjabis Indian Army [1]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

1st Imperial Light Horse [1]

1st Royal Highlanders [1]

2/119th Infantry [1]

2/4th Cameron Highlanders [1]

2nd Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1]

3/3rd Scottish Horse [1]

Service

British Army [249]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [69]

B [60]

G [44]

A [24]

F [21]

H [12]

D [10]

S [3]

W [2]

E [1]

L [1]

N [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [248]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

South Africa [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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People [249] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dundee [4] St Andrews, Fife [3] Auchterderran, Fifeshire [1] Ballingry, Fife [1] Bombay [1] Chelsea Longon [1] Cupar [1] Dunfermline, Fife [1] Dysart, Fife, Scotland [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Mid Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] New Wortley, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [174] Second Lieutenant [47] Lance Corporal [20] Serjeant [16] Lieutenant [13] Corporal [11] Captain [10] Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Trooper [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Liuetenant [1] Medical Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

4th Royal Highlanders [90] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [37] Royal Highlanders 4th Battalion [37] 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [27] Royal Highlanders [24] 4th Battalion Royal Highlanders [18] 1/4th Royal Highlanders [16] 1/5th Royal Highlanders [9] 4th Royal Scots [9] Scottish Rifles [9] Labour Corps [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Highlanders 4th Reserve [7] Royal Highlanders 4th Reserve Battalion [7] 4th Cameron Highlanders [6] 4th Royal Highlanders Territorial Force [6] 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6] Cameron Highlanders [6] Gordon Highlanders [6] 7th Royal Highlanders [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] 5th Royal Highlanders [3] 9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] 2/4th Royal Highlanders [2] 4th (Reserve) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] 4th Reserve Royal Highlanders [2] 6th Royal Highlanders [2] 8th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/4th Black Watch attached 4/5th Black Watch [1] 1/4th Reserves [1] 108 Agric. Coy. Labour Corps [1] 10th Cameron Highlanders [1] 11th Welsh Fusiliers [1] 14th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 152nd Punjabis Indian Army [1] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 1st Imperial Light Horse [1] 1st Royal Highlanders [1] 2/119th Infantry [1] 2/4th Cameron Highlanders [1] 2nd Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1] 3/3rd Scottish Horse [1]

Service

British Army [249] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [69] B [60] G [44] A [24] F [21] H [12] D [10] S [3] W [2] E [1] L [1] N [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [248]

Country

United Kingdom [10] South Africa [1] Zimbabwe [1]

John Allan

British Army 19606 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 4th General Hospital

British Army 33774 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 2868263 Private Gordon Highlanders

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David William Fyfe

British Army 416 Colour Serjeant 4th Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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James Samuel Yeaman Rogers

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Medical Officer Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Medical Officer 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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D Gilruth

British Army 16819 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/5th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 8th Royal Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Cameron Highlanders

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James Ferrie

British Army 14844 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 12th Battalion

British Army 41844 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 12th Battalion

British Army 4/92 Private 4th Royal Highlanders Territorial Force

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Robert Raynal Brodie

British Army 2247 3/3rd Scottish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Royal Highlanders Royal Garrison Artillery 163th Siege Battery

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Ronald Robert Bruce Bannerman

British Army 2176 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 1/4th seaforth highland Battalion

British Army 2176 Lance Corporal 4th West Riding Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 3/4th royal west Battalion

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Hubert Beeson

British Army 2166 Private 4th Battalion Officers Cadet Highlanders

British Army 26222 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment royal army ord Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment royal army ord Battalion

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Robert Dempster Alexander

British Army Trooper 1st Imperial Light Horse

British Army Trooper 4th South African Highlanders

British Army Private East Surrey Regiment

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