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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]

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People [3928] Stories Communities

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]

George Wilkinson

British Army 5112 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 28753 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 203317 Private Royal Scots

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A Kennedy

British Army 60434 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army

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Patrick Dowman

British Army 9617 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 11522 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 361328 Private Area Employment Company

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Alexander Ketchen

British Army G/24347 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 33736 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 10/73990 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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John Hughes

British Army 16225 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 142114 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 15782 Private Machine Gun Corps

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A W Winterborne

British Army 459 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 459 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 459 Private Royal Scots

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Hugh N Johnson

British Army 66422 Private Royal Scots

British Army 91891 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 155065 Private Labour Corps

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Alfred Deeks

British Army 53371 Private Royal Scots

British Army 91887 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 155047 Private Labour Corps

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