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Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland [5]

Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [2]

Ayr [2]

parish of Sorn, Scotland [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Castle Martyr, Cork [1]

Cumnock, Scotland [1]

Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Darvel, Ayrshire [1]

Denny, Stirlingshire [1]

Dreghorn, Ayrshire [1]

Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Durrisdeer,Dumfries. [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Galston, ayrshire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Holybourne, Hampshire [1]

Hutcheson, Lanarkshire [1]

Killearn, Argyllshire [1]

Kilwinning, Ayrshire. [1]

Kirkstall, Leeds [1]

Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

London [1]

Lugar, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Lugar, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Mochrum [1]

New Cumnock [1]

Newmilns, Ayrshire [1]

Radcliffe, Northumberland [1]

Saltcoats, Ayrshire [1]

Saltcoats, Scotland [1]

Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Sorn parish, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Stevenston, Ayrshire [1]

Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [693]

Corporal [113]

Serjeant [103]

Lance Corporal [73]

Second Lieutenant [73]

Lieutenant [48]

Sapper [33]

Captain [32]

Major [12]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Trooper [8]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Gunner [6]

Staff Serjeant Major [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2nd Lance Corporal [1]

Acing Serjeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Aide de Camp [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal (Acting Serjeant) [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corproal [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

L/Cpl. [1]

L/cpl. [1]

Lance Corproral [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Unit

Ayrshire Yeomanry [935]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [421]

Corps of Hussars [110]

Royal Engineers [102]

Highland Light Infantry [44]

1/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [42]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Labour Corps [26]

Royal Air Force [15]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [14]

Imperial Camel Corps [13]

Royal Scots [13]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Highlanders [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [10]

2/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Military Mounted Police [3]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

2nd Life Guards [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Ayrshire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps [2]

Ayrshire Yeomanry attached Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry Attached 52nd Machine Gun Battalion [2]

Life Guards [2]

Lothian and Border Horse [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Staff [2]

Service

British Army [1001]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Last name first letter

M [189]

S [92]

B [80]

C [76]

W [73]

H [69]

G [49]

A [45]

R [44]

D [43]

L [39]

K [36]

P [35]

F [34]

T [30]

J [20]

N [16]

Y [9]

E [6]

V [6]

O [5]

I [2]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [990]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland [5] Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [2] Ayr [2] parish of Sorn, Scotland [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Ayrshire [1] Castle Martyr, Cork [1] Cumnock, Scotland [1] Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Darvel, Ayrshire [1] Denny, Stirlingshire [1] Dreghorn, Ayrshire [1] Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Durrisdeer,Dumfries. [1] Edinburgh [1] Galston, ayrshire [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Holybourne, Hampshire [1] Hutcheson, Lanarkshire [1] Killearn, Argyllshire [1] Kilwinning, Ayrshire. [1] Kirkstall, Leeds [1] Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] London [1] Lugar, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Lugar, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Mochrum [1] New Cumnock [1] Newmilns, Ayrshire [1] Radcliffe, Northumberland [1] Saltcoats, Ayrshire [1] Saltcoats, Scotland [1] Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Sorn parish, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Stevenston, Ayrshire [1] Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [693] Corporal [113] Serjeant [103] Lance Corporal [73] Second Lieutenant [73] Lieutenant [48] Sapper [33] Captain [32] Major [12] Lance Serjeant [10] Trooper [8] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Gunner [6] Staff Serjeant Major [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Corporal [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Captain [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2nd Lance Corporal [1] Acing Serjeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Aide de Camp [1] Bandmaster [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal (Acting Serjeant) [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corproal [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Flying Officer [1] L/Cpl. [1] L/cpl. [1] Lance Corproral [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Unit

Ayrshire Yeomanry [935] Royal Scots Fusiliers [421] Corps of Hussars [110] Royal Engineers [102] Highland Light Infantry [44] 1/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [42] Machine Gun Corps [29] Labour Corps [26] Royal Air Force [15] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [14] Imperial Camel Corps [13] Royal Scots [13] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Highlanders [11] Seaforth Highlanders [10] 2/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Scottish Rifles [8] Gordon Highlanders [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] 1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Military Mounted Police [3] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] 2nd Life Guards [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Ayrshire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps [2] Ayrshire Yeomanry attached Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Lanarkshire Yeomanry Attached 52nd Machine Gun Battalion [2] Life Guards [2] Lothian and Border Horse [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Military Foot Police [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Staff [2]

Service

British Army [1001] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Last name first letter

M [189] S [92] B [80] C [76] W [73] H [69] G [49] A [45] R [44] D [43] L [39] K [36] P [35] F [34] T [30] J [20] N [16] Y [9] E [6] V [6] O [5] I [2] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [990]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Canada [1]

Robert Adamson

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 40982 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Ayrshire Yeomanry 3rd Battalion

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James Logan Mackie

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Ayrshire Yeomanry

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James Gordon Mcintyre

Born 1896

Died 1983

British Army Acting Captain Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Ayrshire Yeomanry

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Clarence Ivor Alastair Dubs

Born 1892

Died 1943

British Army Lieutenant Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Ayrshire Yeomanry

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Harry Berry Laney

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1280 Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers)

British Army 200550 Corporal (Acting Serjeant) Ayrshire Yeomanry 2nd/1st Battalion

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Andrew Mckerrow

Born 1887

British Army 1391 Lance Corporal Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army 1391 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army 1391 Trooper Ayrshire Yeomanry

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John Mcewan

Died 1915

British Army 1836 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

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Nathan Mclean

Born 1885

Died 1958

British Army 200288 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

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John Briggs

Born 1861

Died 1917

British Army 200002 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Ayrshire Yeomanry 2nd/1st

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William Sloan

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army 1581 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

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Rowallan

Born 1895

British Army Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Ayrshire Yeomanry

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John Fisher

Born 1891

Died 1979

British Army 1881 Private Royal Scots

British Army 1881 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army 292362 Private Royal Highlanders

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Thomas Mckerrow

Born 1880

Died 1951

British Army 637 Serjeant Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army 295004 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 637 L/cpl. Ayrshire Yeomanry

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John James Bell

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army Major Ayrshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Major Ayrshire Yeomanry

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Robert Edward Angus

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Ayrshire Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Ayrshire Yeomanry

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Charles Halbert

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2230 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

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William George Lind Martin

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1973 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

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Norman Shairp

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Captain Ayrshire Yeomanry

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Gaven Hamilton

Died 1915

British Army 1641 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

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Henry Knox

Died 1915

British Army 1747 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

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