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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]

George Galloway

British Army 1621 Private 1/5th Royal Highlanders

British Army 6366 Private 1/4th Royal Highlanders

British Army 6272 Private 1/4th Royal Highlanders

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Alexander Black

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4476 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 4476 Private 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Alexander Bogue

Died 1916

British Army 4052 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 4052 Private 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Clark

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 4094 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 4094 Private 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Peter Crawford

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3855 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 3855 Private 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Patrick Crossan

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 4635 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 4635 Private 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Harry Walker

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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James Chalmers

Died 1916

British Army 4266 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 4266 Private 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Andrew Fisher

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 4004 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 4004 Private 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Glover

Died 1916

British Army 3818 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 3818 Private 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Linton Andrews

Born 1886

Died 1972

British Army 2186 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 200253 Colour Sergeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Brown

British Army S/17374 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Royal Highlanders

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F J G Goodman

British Army 201661 Private 4th Royal Highlanders

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David Jas Anderson

British Army 201476 Private 4th Royal Highlanders

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J Black

British Army 202502 Private 4th Royal Highlanders

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William Adams

British Army 200342 Private Royal Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Andrew Hare

British Army 5020 Private Royal Highlanders 4th Battalion

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James Fyfe

British Army 203447 Private 4th Royal Highlanders

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Thomas Clarke

British Army 4529 Private Royal Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Thomas Badger

British Army 5594 Private Royal Highlanders 4th Battalion

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