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Place of birth

49 Montrose Street, Blythswood, Glasgow [1]

Bengeo, Hertfordshire [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Clarilawburn Farm, Near Bowden, Roxburghshire [1]

Cupar [1]

Dunbar, East Lothian [1]

Echt, Aberdeenshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Glasgow [1]

Harwick, Roxburgh [1]

Hawick [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Leslie, Fife [1]

Linlithgow [1]

Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland [1]

Restalrigg, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland [1]

Selkirk [1]

Selkirk, Selkirkshire [1]

Sheffield [1]

St. Cuthbert's, Scotland [1]

Stitchel [1]

Villa Rica [1]

Wark, Glendale District, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [797]

Second Lieutenant [148]

Serjeant [102]

Lieutenant [82]

Corporal [81]

Lance Corporal [54]

Captain [39]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Acting Corporal [14]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Sapper [13]

Major [12]

Trooper [8]

Driver [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Gunner [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Saddler [3]

Saddler Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Serjeant Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Private Corporal [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2 Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

2nd Second Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal Private [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Signaller [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Unit

Lothian and Border Horse [1122]

Royal Scots [162]

Royal Engineers [63]

Labour Corps [30]

Military Mounted Police [27]

Corps of Dragoons [26]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Army Service Corps [16]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [16]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

General Service Dragoons [14]

1st Lothian and Border Horse [13]

Lothians and Border Horse [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Highland Light Infantry [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

Dragoon Guards [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Cameron Highlanders [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Dragoons [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

London Regiment [4]

Lovat's Scouts [4]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cavalry Lothian and Border Horse [3]

Company of Dragoons [3]

County of London Yeomanry [3]

Derby Yeomanry [3]

Indian Army [3]

Reserve Regiment of Dragoons [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Tank Corps [3]

1st Life Guards [2]

2/1st Lothian and Border Horse [2]

2/1st Lothian and Border Horse Transport [2]

3rd Lothian and Border Horse [2]

Service

British Army [1172]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [138]

S [131]

B [92]

C [90]

W [89]

H [88]

D [65]

G [62]

R [59]

T [58]

L [51]

F [46]

P [45]

A [43]

K [26]

E [25]

J [21]

N [15]

I [9]

O [7]

V [5]

Y [5]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1171]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

France [1]

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Place of birth

49 Montrose Street, Blythswood, Glasgow [1] Bengeo, Hertfordshire [1] Chelsea London [1] Clarilawburn Farm, Near Bowden, Roxburghshire [1] Cupar [1] Dunbar, East Lothian [1] Echt, Aberdeenshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Glasgow [1] Harwick, Roxburgh [1] Hawick [1] Lanarkshire [1] Leslie, Fife [1] Linlithgow [1] Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland [1] Restalrigg, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland [1] Selkirk [1] Selkirk, Selkirkshire [1] Sheffield [1] St. Cuthbert's, Scotland [1] Stitchel [1] Villa Rica [1] Wark, Glendale District, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [797] Second Lieutenant [148] Serjeant [102] Lieutenant [82] Corporal [81] Lance Corporal [54] Captain [39] Acting Serjeant [17] Acting Corporal [14] Lance Serjeant [13] Sapper [13] Major [12] Trooper [8] Driver [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Gunner [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Pioneer [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Saddler [3] Saddler Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Serjeant Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Honorary Second Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Private Corporal [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2 Corporal Acting Corporal [1] 2nd Second Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal Private [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Signaller [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1]

Unit

Lothian and Border Horse [1122] Royal Scots [162] Royal Engineers [63] Labour Corps [30] Military Mounted Police [27] Corps of Dragoons [26] Machine Gun Corps [19] Army Service Corps [16] King's Own Scottish Borderers [16] Royal Field Artillery [16] General Service Dragoons [14] 1st Lothian and Border Horse [13] Lothians and Border Horse [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Highland Light Infantry [10] Royal Air Force [10] Dragoon Guards [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Cameron Highlanders [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] Border Regiment [4] Dragoons [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] London Regiment [4] Lovat's Scouts [4] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Scottish Rifles [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cavalry Lothian and Border Horse [3] Company of Dragoons [3] County of London Yeomanry [3] Derby Yeomanry [3] Indian Army [3] Reserve Regiment of Dragoons [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Tank Corps [3] 1st Life Guards [2] 2/1st Lothian and Border Horse [2] 2/1st Lothian and Border Horse Transport [2] 3rd Lothian and Border Horse [2]

Service

British Army [1172] Australian Imperial Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [138] S [131] B [92] C [90] W [89] H [88] D [65] G [62] R [59] T [58] L [51] F [46] P [45] A [43] K [26] E [25] J [21] N [15] I [9] O [7] V [5] Y [5] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1171]

Country

United Kingdom [9] France [1]

William Scott

Born 1888

Died 1969

British Army 120237 Corporal Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120237 Lance Corporal Lothian and Border Horse

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George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning.

Born 1856

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lothian and Border Horse

British Army Colonel Lothian and Border Horse

British Army Brigadier General Lothian and Border Horse

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William Rae

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1598 Private Lothians and Border Horse

British Army 1598 Private Lothian and Border Horse (Territorial) 1/1st Battalion

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George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning

Born 1856

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Brevet Colonel Lothian and Border Horse

British Army Brevet Colonel Lothian and Border Horse

British Army Brigadier General Lothian and Border Horse

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Robert J Skinner

Born 1896

Died 1944

British Army 2757 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120869 Private Lothian and Border Horse

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Charles Frearson Younger

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Lothian and Border Horse

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William Greive

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1680 Private Lothian and Border Horse

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Robert Colin Campbell

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Lothian and Border Horse

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William Dickie Andrew

Died 1918

British Army 1366 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120178 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

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Walter Turnbull

Born 1886

British Army 2785 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120886 Private Lothian and Border Horse

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George Porteus Watson

Died 1917

British Army 1364 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120177 Private Lothian and Border Horse

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James Turnbull

Died 1919

British Army 2384 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120691 Private Lothian and Border Horse

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Archibald Douglas Turnbull

Born 1893

Died 1976

British Army 1226 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120094 Private Lothian and Border Horse

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S R Merrilees

British Army 322 Trumpeter Lothian and Border Horse

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James Lafferty

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2613 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120822 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120822 Private Lothians and Border Horse

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Robert K Spence

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2859 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120911 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120911 Private Lothians and Border Horse

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Thomas Maylin Skirving

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 1465 Acting Corporal Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120215 Acting Corporal Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120215 Lance Serjeant Lothians and Border Horse

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James Manson

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 2216 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120584 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120584 Private Lothians and Border Horse

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Joseph Smart

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2218 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120586 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120586 Private Lothians and Border Horse

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Hubert Charles William Hepburn

British Army Lothian and Border Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Lothian and Border Horse

British Army Lieutenant Border Regiment

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