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Glasgow [30]

Barony, Glasgow [15]

Hamilton [15]

Bothwell, Lanark [7]

Blantyre, Lanark [6]

Govan, Glasgow [6]

Edinburgh [5]

Aberdeen [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Dundee [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Cambuslang, Lanark [3]

Hamilton, Lanark [3]

Motherwell [3]

Partick, Glasgow [3]

Anderston, Glasgow [2]

Blantyre [2]

Blantyre,Lanark [2]

Bothwell, Lanarkshire [2]

Brechin [2]

Burnley [2]

Cambusnethan, Lanark [2]

Dublin [2]

Dunfermline [2]

Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2]

Kilmarnock, Ayr [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Motherwell,Lanark [2]

Paisley [2]

118 Eaglesham Street, Govan [1]

13 Maclean Street, Partick, Scotland [1]

16 Trafalgar Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

30 Marlborough street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

34 Overnewton Street, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

60 Victoria Road, Govanhill, Glasgow [1]

63 Maxwell Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1]

Airdrie, Lanark [1]

Alciston [1]

Allerton-By-Water, YorksAllerton-By-Water, Yorkshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Alton [1]

Arbroath [1]

Armadale, Linlithgowshire [1]

Ash, Surrey [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Auchtermuchty, Fife [1]

Avondale, Lamark [1]

Barony, Lanarkshire [1]

Beath, Fifeshire [1]

Rank

Private [5610]

Serjeant [375]

Corporal [360]

Lance Corporal [332]

Second Lieutenant [265]

Captain [150]

Lieutenant [130]

Acting Corporal [62]

Acting Serjeant [56]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [47]

Lance Serjeant [39]

Major [38]

Colour Serjeant [26]

Company Serjeant Major [26]

Sergeant [24]

Sapper [19]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [18]

Lieutenant Colonel [18]

Rifleman [18]

Temporary Captain [15]

Corporal 2nd [14]

Acting Captain [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Bugler [11]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [11]

Private (Rifleman) [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Gunner [9]

Private Lance Corporal [7]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [6]

Company Sergeant Major [6]

Lance Sergeant [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Sergeant [4]

Colour Sergeant [4]

Driver [4]

Honorary Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Captain Adjutant [3]

Captain Quarter Master [3]

Colonel [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Unit

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [6221]

Scottish Rifles [2708]

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [455]

Highland Light Infantry [134]

Labour Corps [97]

Rifle Brigade [69]

Royal Engineers [67]

Royal Scots [65]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [60]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [46]

Cameronians Scottish Rifles [37]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Cameron Highlanders [30]

Gordon Highlanders [30]

Army Cyclist Corps [27]

Seaforth Highlanders [25]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Air Force [18]

Royal Highlanders [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Tank Corps [12]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

King's Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

King's African Rifles [5]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Training Reserve [4]

Service

British Army [6719]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [3]

Royal Navy [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [1310]

C [1086]

G [717]

M [717]

H [457]

F [354]

A [338]

S [305]

D [286]

W [211]

R [188]

L [137]

T [129]

P [121]

K [96]

E [81]

N [60]

J [56]

Y [20]

O [16]

I [13]

V [10]

Q [9]

U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [6658]

Country

United Kingdom [219]

South Africa [5]

Ireland [4]

France [2]

Barbados [1]

India [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow [30] Barony, Glasgow [15] Hamilton [15] Bothwell, Lanark [7] Blantyre, Lanark [6] Govan, Glasgow [6] Edinburgh [5] Aberdeen [4] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Dundee [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Cambuslang, Lanark [3] Hamilton, Lanark [3] Motherwell [3] Partick, Glasgow [3] Anderston, Glasgow [2] Blantyre [2] Blantyre,Lanark [2] Bothwell, Lanarkshire [2] Brechin [2] Burnley [2] Cambusnethan, Lanark [2] Dublin [2] Dunfermline [2] Edinburgh, Scotland [2] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2] Kilmarnock, Ayr [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Motherwell,Lanark [2] Paisley [2] 118 Eaglesham Street, Govan [1] 13 Maclean Street, Partick, Scotland [1] 16 Trafalgar Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] 30 Marlborough street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] 34 Overnewton Street, Glasgow, Scotland [1] 60 Victoria Road, Govanhill, Glasgow [1] 63 Maxwell Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1] Airdrie, Lanark [1] Alciston [1] Allerton-By-Water, YorksAllerton-By-Water, Yorkshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Alton [1] Arbroath [1] Armadale, Linlithgowshire [1] Ash, Surrey [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Auchtermuchty, Fife [1] Avondale, Lamark [1] Barony, Lanarkshire [1] Beath, Fifeshire [1]

Rank

Private [5610] Serjeant [375] Corporal [360] Lance Corporal [332] Second Lieutenant [265] Captain [150] Lieutenant [130] Acting Corporal [62] Acting Serjeant [56] Warrant Officer Class 2 [47] Lance Serjeant [39] Major [38] Colour Serjeant [26] Company Serjeant Major [26] Sergeant [24] Sapper [19] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [18] Lieutenant Colonel [18] Rifleman [18] Temporary Captain [15] Corporal 2nd [14] Acting Captain [13] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Bugler [11] Temporary Second Lieutenant [11] Private (Rifleman) [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Gunner [9] Private Lance Corporal [7] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [6] Company Sergeant Major [6] Lance Sergeant [6] Acting Lance Corporal [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Sergeant [4] Colour Sergeant [4] Driver [4] Honorary Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [4] Temporary Major [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Brigadier General [3] Captain Adjutant [3] Captain Quarter Master [3] Colonel [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Unit

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [6221] Scottish Rifles [2708] The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [455] Highland Light Infantry [134] Labour Corps [97] Rifle Brigade [69] Royal Engineers [67] Royal Scots [65] Royal Scots Fusiliers [60] King's Own Scottish Borderers [46] Cameronians Scottish Rifles [37] Machine Gun Corps [37] Cameron Highlanders [30] Gordon Highlanders [30] Army Cyclist Corps [27] Seaforth Highlanders [25] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] London Regiment [18] Royal Air Force [18] Royal Highlanders [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Middlesex Regiment [13] Tank Corps [12] Royal Defence Corps [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] King's Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Cheshire Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] King's African Rifles [5] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Training Reserve [4]

Service

British Army [6719] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [3] Royal Navy [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [1310] C [1086] G [717] M [717] H [457] F [354] A [338] S [305] D [286] W [211] R [188] L [137] T [129] P [121] K [96] E [81] N [60] J [56] Y [20] O [16] I [13] V [10] Q [9] U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [6658]

Country

United Kingdom [219] South Africa [5] Ireland [4] France [2] Barbados [1] India [1] United States [1]

Frank J Kimbell

British Army 51269 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 4453 Private Army Pay Corps

British Army 7657433 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Pay Corps

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Arthur J Abbott

British Army 59393 Private Royal Scots

British Army 103304 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 35842 Private The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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William Basil Charles Bridge

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 7th and Battalion

British Army Major Lieutenant Colonel Highland Light Infantry

British Army Major Lieutenant Colonel King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harry Green

British Army 7106 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 60711 Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Defence Corps

British Army 54920 Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 18th Battalion

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Arthur J Witham

British Army 347214 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 20934 Rifle Brigade

British Army 29767 Northumberland Regiment

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Albert Varley

British Army 40058 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 15814 Private The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 45760 Private The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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Frederick Greaves

British Army 40353 2776 Private/Lance Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment attached Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Low

British Army 864 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 201616 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 559858 Private Royal Engineers

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Alexander Wlyte Darby

British Army Captain Adjutant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 11th Battalion

British Army Major Labour Corps General List

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Labour Corps General List

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Thomas Mckerracher

British Army 5458 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 15112 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 408761 Private Labour Corps

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Robert Bruce

British Army 4683 Private 8th Royal Scots

British Army 545581 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 15th Battalion

British Army 147944 Private Labour Corps

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Charles R Davis

British Army 5591 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 30205 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/19510 Private Company of Dragoons

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Arthur Belk

British Army 44 Lance Corporal 12th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Bryan

British Army 8242 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

British Army T/40604 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S/22306 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Edward Head

Born 1867

Died 1939

British Army G/5687 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Depot

British Army G/5687 Corporal The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Depot

British Army G/5687 Serjeant The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Depot

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Selwyn Gerald Carr

British Army Lieutenant The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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James H Fraser

British Army 9643 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

British Army 13146 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army S/21565 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Albert E Trinder

British Army 3593 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 201203 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 258112 Private Labour Corps

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Hugh N Johnson

British Army 66422 Private Royal Scots

British Army 91891 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 155065 Private Labour Corps

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Alfred Deeks

British Army 53371 Private Royal Scots

British Army 91887 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 155047 Private Labour Corps

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