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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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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]

William J Arthur

Born 1896

Died 1965

British Army 12159 Private The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9 Battalion

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William Mckenna

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 9980 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

British Army 201428 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5/6th Battalion

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Michael Hughes

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 16374 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 16374 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 11th Battalion

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John Erskine

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 7064 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 7064 Sergeant Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200476 Sergeant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5/6th Battalion

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William Glover

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 17618 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

British Army 17618 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

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Herbert Harold Adams

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 7238 Serjeant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion

British Army 7238 Acting Serjeant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion

British Army Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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John Southwell Danskin

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 200289 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

British Army 6731 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

British Army 200289 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

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Thomas Boyd

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 200109 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

British Army 6421 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

British Army 200109 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Patrick Robert Hardinge

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Captain Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

British Army Major Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

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John Rogers

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 18914 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 18914 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Charles Shadwell

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 9361 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 11th (Service) Battalion

British Army 9361 Lance Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th (Service) Battalion

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Allan Mills Fenwick

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 7294 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 7294 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Charles Strugnell

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 22036 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 22036 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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John Thomas Morrison

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 18794 Company Serjeant Major Scottish Rifles

British Army 18794 Company Serjeant Major Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Alexander Borland Mcdowall

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6981 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 6981 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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William Mcmillan Beckett

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 235332 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 235332 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

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James Baird

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 795 Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

British Army 795 Lance Serjeant Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 795 Lance Serjeant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

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George Fairfull

Died 1916

British Army 6646 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

British Army 200240 Scottish Rifles

British Army 200240 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Edward Paterson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 200460 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 7041 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200460 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Lewis Francis Atterbury

Born 1883

Died 1951

British Army 8513 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

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