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19 Rossendale Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Avoch, Ross-shire, Scotland [1]

Avon Dassett, Warwickshire [1]

Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire [1]

Bowhill, Dumbarton [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Burghead Morayshire [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cardiff [1]

Castletown, Caithness [1]

Corry, Broadford, Isle of Skye [1]

Creich, Sutherlandshire [1]

Cults, Fife [1]

Dysart, Fife [1]

East Harling Norfolk [1]

Edinkillie [1]

Elgin, Scotland [1]

Elie, Fife [1]

Fort William [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glen Coul, Assynt, Sutherland [1]

Haddington, East Lothian [1]

Harris, Inverness-Shire [1]

Inverness-shire [1]

Jedburgh, Roxburghshire [1]

Kildonnan, Bonar, Ross-Shire [1]

Kilmallie, Inverness-Shire [1]

Kilmonivaig, Inverness -shire [1]

Kilmonivaig, Inverness-Shire [1]

Kilmuir, Skye [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

London [1]

Main Street Bannockburn Stirlingshire [1]

Nairn [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Possilpark Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Quarryford, Garvald [1]

Stanley, Yorkshire [1]

Tongue, Sutherlandshire [1]

Rank

Private [1860]

Lance Corporal [223]

Serjeant [216]

Corporal [165]

Second Lieutenant [130]

Lieutenant [119]

Captain [65]

Sapper [45]

Acting Corporal [20]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Major [20]

Private Acting Corporal [16]

Acting Lance Corporal [14]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Gunner [12]

Trooper [12]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Pioneer [9]

Regimental Serjeant Major [9]

Shoeing Smith [9]

Staff Serjeant Major [9]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Trumpeter [7]

Farrier Serjeant [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Driver [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Squadron Serjeant Major [5]

Private Acting Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Orderly Room Serjeant [2]

Unit

Lovat's Scouts [2340]

Cameron Highlanders [1384]

Seaforth Highlanders [140]

Royal Engineers [117]

Machine Gun Corps [80]

Labour Corps [71]

Gordon Highlanders [68]

1st Lovat's Scouts [59]

Lovat Scouts [55]

2nd Lovat's Scouts [51]

Lovat's Scouts Yeomanry [51]

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [26]

Royal Highlanders [19]

Royal Air Force [15]

Corps of Dragoons [12]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

London Regiment [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

King's African Rifles [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

The Lovat's Scouts [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Scots [6]

1st Lovat Scouts Territorial Force [5]

6th Cameron Highlanders [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

Military Mounted Police [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

1/2nd Lovat's Scouts [4]

10th Cameron Highlanders [4]

2/2nd Lovat's Scouts [4]

County of London Yeomanry [4]

Lothian and Border Horse [4]

1/1st Lovat's Scouts [3]

1st Lovat's Scouts Territorial Force [3]

2/1st Lovat's Scouts [3]

21st Lovat's Scouts [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Service

British Army [2569]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Royal Navy [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1089]

C [211]

S [150]

F [147]

R [134]

B [112]

G [107]

W [86]

H [81]

D [75]

L [52]

A [49]

K [48]

T [46]

P [44]

E [35]

N [30]

J [25]

U [16]

Y [15]

O [9]

V [5]

I [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2568]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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Place of birth

19 Rossendale Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Avoch, Ross-shire, Scotland [1] Avon Dassett, Warwickshire [1] Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire [1] Bowhill, Dumbarton [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Burghead Morayshire [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cardiff [1] Castletown, Caithness [1] Corry, Broadford, Isle of Skye [1] Creich, Sutherlandshire [1] Cults, Fife [1] Dysart, Fife [1] East Harling Norfolk [1] Edinkillie [1] Elgin, Scotland [1] Elie, Fife [1] Fort William [1] Glasgow [1] Glen Coul, Assynt, Sutherland [1] Haddington, East Lothian [1] Harris, Inverness-Shire [1] Inverness-shire [1] Jedburgh, Roxburghshire [1] Kildonnan, Bonar, Ross-Shire [1] Kilmallie, Inverness-Shire [1] Kilmonivaig, Inverness -shire [1] Kilmonivaig, Inverness-Shire [1] Kilmuir, Skye [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] London [1] Main Street Bannockburn Stirlingshire [1] Nairn [1] Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Possilpark Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1] Quarryford, Garvald [1] Stanley, Yorkshire [1] Tongue, Sutherlandshire [1]

Rank

Private [1860] Lance Corporal [223] Serjeant [216] Corporal [165] Second Lieutenant [130] Lieutenant [119] Captain [65] Sapper [45] Acting Corporal [20] Acting Serjeant [20] Major [20] Private Acting Corporal [16] Acting Lance Corporal [14] Company Serjeant Major [12] Gunner [12] Trooper [12] Lance Serjeant [10] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Pioneer [9] Regimental Serjeant Major [9] Shoeing Smith [9] Staff Serjeant Major [9] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Trumpeter [7] Farrier Serjeant [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Driver [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Squadron Serjeant Major [5] Private Acting Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Orderly Room Serjeant [2]

Unit

Lovat's Scouts [2340] Cameron Highlanders [1384] Seaforth Highlanders [140] Royal Engineers [117] Machine Gun Corps [80] Labour Corps [71] Gordon Highlanders [68] 1st Lovat's Scouts [59] Lovat Scouts [55] 2nd Lovat's Scouts [51] Lovat's Scouts Yeomanry [51] Army Service Corps [31] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [26] Royal Highlanders [19] Royal Air Force [15] Corps of Dragoons [12] Highland Light Infantry [11] London Regiment [11] Tank Corps [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Flying Corps [8] Corps of Hussars [7] King's African Rifles [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] The Lovat's Scouts [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Glamorgan Yeomanry [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Scots [6] 1st Lovat Scouts Territorial Force [5] 6th Cameron Highlanders [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [5] Military Foot Police [5] Military Mounted Police [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] Scottish Rifles [5] 1/2nd Lovat's Scouts [4] 10th Cameron Highlanders [4] 2/2nd Lovat's Scouts [4] County of London Yeomanry [4] Lothian and Border Horse [4] 1/1st Lovat's Scouts [3] 1st Lovat's Scouts Territorial Force [3] 2/1st Lovat's Scouts [3] 21st Lovat's Scouts [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Service

British Army [2569] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Royal Navy [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1089] C [211] S [150] F [147] R [134] B [112] G [107] W [86] H [81] D [75] L [52] A [49] K [48] T [46] P [44] E [35] N [30] J [25] U [16] Y [15] O [9] V [5] I [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2568]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Lancelot Bertram Webb

Born 1875

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant Lovat's Scouts

British Army Lieutenant Lovat's Scouts

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Hon. Joseph Pease

Born 1889

Died 1971

British Army Captain Lovat's Scouts

British Army Lieutenant Lovat's Scouts

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Matthew Elliot

Born 1896

Died 1970

British Army 5102 Corporal Lovat's Scouts

British Army 386735 Private Lovat's Scouts

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Alexander Stuart

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 2403 Acting Shoeing Smith Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 2403 Private Lovat's Scouts

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Augustus Charles Baillie

Born 1861

Died 1939

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lovat's Scouts

British Army Brevet Colonel Lovat's Scouts

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Hon. Ian Leslie-Melville

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army Captain Lovat's Scouts Yeomanry

British Army Captain Lovat's Scouts

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William Macdonald

Born 1892

British Army 2324 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army S/43631 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 125056 Private Lovat's Scouts

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John H Denholm

Born 1889

Died 1951

British Army 5626 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 225174 Private Cameron Highlanders

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John Allan

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 6314 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 6314 Private Lovat Scouts

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Benjamin Hogg

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 5689 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 5689 Private Lovat Scouts

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Andrew Bowie Mccrae

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 5142 Corporal Lovat's Scouts

British Army 5142 Corporal Lovat Scouts

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Thomas Joseph Wilfred Weld

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Captain Lovat's Scouts

British Army Captain Lovat Scouts

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Ralph Collins

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army 2235 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 2235 Private Lovat Scouts

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Neil Cameron

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1998 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 1998 Trumpeter Lovat Scouts

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James Tulloch

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1798 Lance Corporal Lovat's Scouts

British Army 1798 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 1798 Lance Corporal Lovat Scouts

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Alexander Paterson

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 3867 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 125402 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 125402 Private Lovat Scouts

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George Grant

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3894 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 125424 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 125424 Private Lovat Scouts

More about George Grant
Charles Morrison Whyte

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2225 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 125077 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 125077 Private Lovat Scouts

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Christie Mair

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 5187 Lance Corporal Lovat's Scouts

British Army 5187 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 5187 Lance Corporal Lovat Scouts

More about Christie Mair
William Fraser

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2277 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 125080 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army 125080 Private Lovat Scouts

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