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Glasgow, Lanark [3]

Bothwell, Lanarkshire [2]

Glasgow [2]

Wanlockhead, Scotland [2]

Anstruther, Fife [1]

Belfast [1]

Bombay [1]

Bothwell, Lanark [1]

Brampton, Cumberland [1]

Carnworth, Lancarkshire [1]

Clackmannan [1]

Cummertrees [1]

E. Whitburn, Linlithgow [1]

Ecclesfechan [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Grantham, Lincs [1]

Kirkcudbright, Ayrshire [1]

Lanark [1]

Larkhall, Lanark [1]

Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Linnville, Lanarkshire [1]

Lossiemouth, Morayshire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Mullingar [1]

Musselburgh, Midlothian [1]

Old Monkland, Lanark [1]

Pittsburgh [1]

Rutherglen, Lanark [1]

Shotts, Lanark [1]

St.George,Edinburgh. [1]

Takeley [1]

Tundergarth, Dumfries [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

glasgow, [1]

Rank

Private [660]

Second Lieutenant [91]

Serjeant [77]

Corporal [67]

Lieutenant [52]

Lance Corporal [48]

Captain [37]

Sapper [26]

Major [17]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Gunner [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Pioneer [4]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Driver [3]

Saddler Serjeant [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant Corporal [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2nd lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Acting Farrier Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Gunner [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Farrier / Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [881]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [327]

Royal Engineers [96]

Corps of Hussars [37]

Highland Light Infantry [33]

Scottish Rifles [32]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [28]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Labour Corps [23]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [19]

Imperial Camel Corps [18]

1/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Scots [13]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [7]

Lothian and Border Horse [7]

2/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry [6]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Lanarkshire Glasgow Yeomanry [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Labour Corps ex Lanarkshire Yeomanry [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3]

Hussars [3]

Lancashire Hussars [3]

Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Household Battalion [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry Attached 52nd Machine Gun Battalion [2]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry attached Scottish Rifles [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

Service

British Army [938]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [146]

B [94]

S [86]

W [69]

H [64]

C [62]

F [50]

R [44]

D [41]

P [41]

G [38]

L [35]

J [34]

T [32]

A [27]

K [21]

I [11]

O [11]

N [10]

E [9]

Y [7]

V [3]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [927]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanark [3] Bothwell, Lanarkshire [2] Glasgow [2] Wanlockhead, Scotland [2] Anstruther, Fife [1] Belfast [1] Bombay [1] Bothwell, Lanark [1] Brampton, Cumberland [1] Carnworth, Lancarkshire [1] Clackmannan [1] Cummertrees [1] E. Whitburn, Linlithgow [1] Ecclesfechan [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Grantham, Lincs [1] Kirkcudbright, Ayrshire [1] Lanark [1] Larkhall, Lanark [1] Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Linnville, Lanarkshire [1] Lossiemouth, Morayshire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Mullingar [1] Musselburgh, Midlothian [1] Old Monkland, Lanark [1] Pittsburgh [1] Rutherglen, Lanark [1] Shotts, Lanark [1] St.George,Edinburgh. [1] Takeley [1] Tundergarth, Dumfries [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1] glasgow, [1]

Rank

Private [660] Second Lieutenant [91] Serjeant [77] Corporal [67] Lieutenant [52] Lance Corporal [48] Captain [37] Sapper [26] Major [17] Acting Serjeant [13] Gunner [7] Acting Corporal [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Pioneer [4] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Driver [3] Saddler Serjeant [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant Corporal [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2nd lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captain and Adjutant [1] Acting Farrier Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain and Gunner [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Farrier / Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [881] Royal Scots Fusiliers [327] Royal Engineers [96] Corps of Hussars [37] Highland Light Infantry [33] Scottish Rifles [32] King's Own Scottish Borderers [28] Royal Field Artillery [26] Machine Gun Corps [25] Labour Corps [23] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [19] Imperial Camel Corps [18] 1/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Scots [13] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] Ayrshire Yeomanry [7] Lothian and Border Horse [7] 2/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry [6] Gordon Highlanders [6] Lanarkshire Glasgow Yeomanry [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Tank Corps [6] Training Reserve Battalion [5] Cameron Highlanders [4] Labour Corps ex Lanarkshire Yeomanry [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3] Hussars [3] Lancashire Hussars [3] Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Lancers [2] County of London Yeomanry [2] Household Battalion [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lanarkshire Yeomanry Attached 52nd Machine Gun Battalion [2] Lanarkshire Yeomanry attached Scottish Rifles [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Scottish Horse [2]

Service

British Army [938] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [146] B [94] S [86] W [69] H [64] C [62] F [50] R [44] D [41] P [41] G [38] L [35] J [34] T [32] A [27] K [21] I [11] O [11] N [10] E [9] Y [7] V [3] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [927]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

George Haig

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 685 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army Farrier / Shoeing Smith Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 685 Farrier / Shoeing Smith Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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Clarendon Hyde Creswell

Born 1858

Died 1918

British Army Captain and Gunner Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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Robert Logan Johnston

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 504 Lance Corporal Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 504 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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James Wilson

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 1167 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 1167 Acting Serjeant Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 1167 Serjeant Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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Gavin Semple

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 584 Private Acting Corporal Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 584 Acting Corporal Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 584 Corporal Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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James Golder

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1100 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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James Greenshields Greenshields Leadbetter

Born 1891

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Lanarkshire Yeomanry 1st Battalion

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Alan Murdoch

Died 1942

British Army Second Lieutenant Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel The Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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William Maitland Tower

Born 1869

Died 1943

British Army Major Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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Henry John Joseph Lawrence Monteith

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army Major Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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William Anderson

Born 1870

Died 1920

British Army 719 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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John Walker

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 940 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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William Clint Muir

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 995 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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James King

Born 1897

Died 1920

British Army 985 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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Ernest John Wright Tocher

Born 1899

British Army 8699 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion

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Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home

Born 1873

Died 1951

British Army Honorary Colonel Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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Donald Fisher Jackson

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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William Robertson

Died 1918

British Army 35006 Sergeant Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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Ronald Martland Dinwiddie

British Army Lieutenant Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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Albert Cole

Born 1882

British Army 1200 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 35134 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

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