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Edinburgh [22]

Maidstone, Kent [5]

London [4]

Auchterarder Perthshire [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Berwick-On-Tweed [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Scotland [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Govan, Lanarkshire [2]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2]

Hawick [2]

Leith, Midlothian [2]

auchterarder perthshire [2]

253 Leith Walk, Leith [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdour, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdour, Fife [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Antrim [1]

Arlington [1]

Ash, Surrey [1]

Ashbourne Cottage, Carluke, Lanarkshire [1]

Astley Bridge Bolton Lancashire [1]

Athelstaneford [1]

Avonbridge, Linlithgowshire [1]

Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ballyclare, Co. Antrim [1]

Barrow Hill, Derbyshire [1]

Barrowford, Lancashire [1]

Basra [1]

Bathgate, Scotland [1]

Bedford, St Paul [1]

Bellfield, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland [1]

Bessingham, Norfolk [1]

Bethal Green Essex London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bradford [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Bromley-by-Bow, Poplar [1]

Buckhaven, Fife [1]

Burgh by Sands, Cumberland [1]

Cahir, Tipperary [1]

Cambridge [1]

Rank

Private [3215]

Second Lieutenant [424]

Lieutenant [209]

Lance Corporal [195]

Serjeant [182]

Corporal [162]

Captain [143]

Sapper [52]

Major [47]

Acting Corporal [37]

Lieutenant Colonel [26]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Lance Serjeant [22]

Pioneer [21]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Colour Serjeant [13]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Sergeant [8]

2nd Lieutenant [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Drummer [6]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [6]

Rifleman [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Temporary Major [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Driver [5]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Major [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Captain and Adjutant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Gunner [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Corporal [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Scots [2277]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1002]

Royal Scots Regiment [329]

Labour Corps [289]

Royal Engineers [220]

London Regiment [189]

North Staffordshire Regiment [187]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [166]

The Queen's Regiment [156]

Highland Light Infantry [142]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [140]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [127]

Middlesex Regiment [126]

West Yorkshire Regiment [120]

Gloucestershire Regiment [113]

Yorkshire Regiment [112]

York and Lancaster Regiment [111]

Liverpool Regiment [101]

West Riding Regiment [99]

Essex Regiment [94]

Cheshire Regiment [89]

East Yorkshire Regiment [84]

Suffolk Regiment [83]

Lincolnshire Regiment [82]

Manchester Regiment [80]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [79]

East Surrey Regiment [77]

Border Regiment [74]

Worcestershire Regiment [73]

Royal Sussex Regiment [72]

Scottish Rifles [66]

Machine Gun Corps [64]

Scots Guards [64]

East Kent Regiment [63]

Leicestershire Regiment [63]

East Lancashire Regiment [57]

Hampshire Regiment [56]

Bedfordshire Regiment [55]

Royal Fusiliers [51]

South Staffordshire Regiment [49]

Norfolk Regiment [47]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [45]

Seaforth Highlanders [45]

Dorsetshire Regiment [41]

Army Service Corps [39]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [38]

Northamptonshire Regiment [38]

Royal West Kent Regiment [37]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [35]

Welsh Regiment [35]

Service

British Army [3926]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Indian Army [4]

Royal Navy [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [419]

B [414]

S [343]

H [333]

W [281]

C [276]

D [193]

R [190]

G [186]

T [176]

A [169]

P [166]

F [153]

L [152]

J [111]

K [109]

E [77]

N [59]

O [41]

I [21]

Y [21]

V [17]

Q [10]

U [9]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3918]

Country

United Kingdom [109]

India [4]

Ireland [3]

Canada [2]

South Africa [2]

United States [2]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Jersey [1]

Malaysia [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

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Place of birth

Edinburgh [22] Maidstone, Kent [5] London [4] Auchterarder Perthshire [2] Barking, Essex [2] Berwick-On-Tweed [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bolton Lancashire [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Glasgow, Scotland [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Govan, Lanarkshire [2] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2] Hawick [2] Leith, Midlothian [2] auchterarder perthshire [2] 253 Leith Walk, Leith [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdour, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdour, Fife [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Antrim [1] Arlington [1] Ash, Surrey [1] Ashbourne Cottage, Carluke, Lanarkshire [1] Astley Bridge Bolton Lancashire [1] Athelstaneford [1] Avonbridge, Linlithgowshire [1] Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ballyclare, Co. Antrim [1] Barrow Hill, Derbyshire [1] Barrowford, Lancashire [1] Basra [1] Bathgate, Scotland [1] Bedford, St Paul [1] Bellfield, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland [1] Bessingham, Norfolk [1] Bethal Green Essex London [1] Birmingham [1] Bradford [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Bromley-by-Bow, Poplar [1] Buckhaven, Fife [1] Burgh by Sands, Cumberland [1] Cahir, Tipperary [1] Cambridge [1]

Rank

Private [3215] Second Lieutenant [424] Lieutenant [209] Lance Corporal [195] Serjeant [182] Corporal [162] Captain [143] Sapper [52] Major [47] Acting Corporal [37] Lieutenant Colonel [26] Acting Serjeant [25] Lance Serjeant [22] Pioneer [21] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Colour Serjeant [13] Company Serjeant Major [10] Sergeant [8] 2nd Lieutenant [7] Acting Captain [6] Drummer [6] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [6] Rifleman [6] Temporary Captain [6] Temporary Major [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Driver [5] Private Lance Corporal [5] Acting Major [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Captain and Adjutant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Gunner [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Corporal [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Serjeant Major [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Lieutenant [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Scots [2277] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1002] Royal Scots Regiment [329] Labour Corps [289] Royal Engineers [220] London Regiment [189] North Staffordshire Regiment [187] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [166] The Queen's Regiment [156] Highland Light Infantry [142] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [140] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [127] Middlesex Regiment [126] West Yorkshire Regiment [120] Gloucestershire Regiment [113] Yorkshire Regiment [112] York and Lancaster Regiment [111] Liverpool Regiment [101] West Riding Regiment [99] Essex Regiment [94] Cheshire Regiment [89] East Yorkshire Regiment [84] Suffolk Regiment [83] Lincolnshire Regiment [82] Manchester Regiment [80] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [79] East Surrey Regiment [77] Border Regiment [74] Worcestershire Regiment [73] Royal Sussex Regiment [72] Scottish Rifles [66] Machine Gun Corps [64] Scots Guards [64] East Kent Regiment [63] Leicestershire Regiment [63] East Lancashire Regiment [57] Hampshire Regiment [56] Bedfordshire Regiment [55] Royal Fusiliers [51] South Staffordshire Regiment [49] Norfolk Regiment [47] Royal Lancaster Regiment [45] Seaforth Highlanders [45] Dorsetshire Regiment [41] Army Service Corps [39] King's Own Scottish Borderers [38] Northamptonshire Regiment [38] Royal West Kent Regiment [37] Royal Berkshire Regiment [35] Welsh Regiment [35]

Service

British Army [3926] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Indian Army [4] Royal Navy [3] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [419] B [414] S [343] H [333] W [281] C [276] D [193] R [190] G [186] T [176] A [169] P [166] F [153] L [152] J [111] K [109] E [77] N [59] O [41] I [21] Y [21] V [17] Q [10] U [9] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3918]

Country

United Kingdom [109] India [4] Ireland [3] Canada [2] South Africa [2] United States [2] France [1] Germany [1] Jersey [1] Malaysia [1] Sierra Leone [1]

Thomas Todrick W.s.

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 8th Battalion

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John Allan

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 20178 Private Royal Scots Lothian Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army 20178 Private Royal Scots 11th Battalion

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William Drysdale

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots attached Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Scots attached Leicestershire Regiment

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Charles Augustus Matts

Born 1879

Died 1956

British Army WR263260 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 3909 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 12498 Private Scots Guards 8th (Reserve) Battalion

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Robert Archibald

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 18791 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 16th Battalion

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Roland Edward Elcock

Born 1899

British Army 271410 Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) Royal Scots 11th Battalion

British Army 3239 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 3239 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Bertie Edwin Johnson Or Johnston

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 5514 Private Royal Scots

British Army 26548 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 9571 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Rev. Gavin Lang Pagan Ma Bd

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 18153 Royal Scots Regiment 15th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Scots 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh City)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh City)

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Richard Neville Strutt

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 11555 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 12th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

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Francis Joseph Mercy

Born 1870

Died 1919

British Army 1145 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 66436 Serjeant Royal Scots

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Victor Charles Eddington

Born 1897

Died 1974

British Army 43087 Private Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Regiment

British Army 43087 Private Royal Scots 9th Battalion

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George Masterman Thompson

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots attached West African Field Force Gold Coast Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots

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James Sholto Elliot Bowhill

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 351996 Private Royal Scots Lothian Regiment 9th Battalion

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Paul Frederick Horton

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 351992 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Robert Dunsire

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 18274 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 13th Battalion

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Charles E Hope

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 29529 Private Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

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George Grieve Swan

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Royal Scots 15th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 4th Battalion attached to 22nd Battalion

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George Wilson Crabtree

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 20583 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 12th Battalion

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Robert Wyse

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 26131 Private Royal Scots Regiment 11 Battalion

British Army 26131 Private Royal Scots Regiment

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James Graham Mylne

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2/8th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2/8th Battalion attached to 1/4th Battalion

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