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Glasgow [4]

Edinburgh [2]

11 Leven Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1]

12 Queen’s Crescent, Cathcart, Glasgow [1]

53 Mount Street, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Allerton-By-Water, YorksAllerton-By-Water, Yorkshire [1]

Alton [1]

Anworth Manse, Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1]

Ash, Surrey [1]

Barton-upon-Irwell [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bowling, Dumbarton [1]

Bridge of Weir, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire [1]

Bridlington [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Buteshire [1]

Calton, Edinburgh [1]

Cathcart,Lanarkshire. [1]

Commondyke, Auchinleck, Ayrshire [1]

Conlisland, County Tyrone [1]

Cupar, Fifeshire [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Edinburgh Newington, Midlothian. [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Gilbertstown, Bruckless, Co. Donegal [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Govan, Glasgow [1]

Hamilton, Scotland [1]

Hampstead London [1]

Hawick [1]

Kirkcudbright, Scotland [1]

Lanark.Scotland [1]

Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Manchester [1]

Meiktila, British Burma [1]

Milngavie, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Montrose, Angus [1]

Overtown, Lanarkshire [1]

Partick, Glasgow [1]

Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole [1]

St. James [1]

Surrey [1]

Walkerburn, Peebleshire [1]

Wall Vicarage, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Wellington Cottages, Millerhill, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Wick, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [2115]

Second Lieutenant [125]

Corporal [103]

Serjeant [99]

Lance Corporal [96]

Lieutenant [92]

Captain [50]

Sapper [33]

Acting Corporal [26]

Acting Serjeant [21]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Pioneer [13]

Major [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Gunner [6]

Rifleman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Lance Serjeant [4]

Bugler [4]

Driver [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Fusilier [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant and Captain [2]

Private (Lance Corporal) [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Ac [1]

Actin [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Capt [1]

Captain (Temporary Major) [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Scottish Rifles [2152]

Royal Scots [1474]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [835]

Highland Light Infantry [166]

Royal Engineers [131]

Labour Corps [126]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [117]

Seaforth Highlanders [58]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

Royal Irish Rifles [55]

Army Service Corps [37]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

King's African Rifles [32]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [30]

Royal Highlanders [26]

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [25]

Gordon Highlanders [22]

Scots Fusiliers [22]

Scots Guards [21]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

Tank Corps [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Scots Rifles [12]

Cameron Highlanders [11]

Training Reserve Battalion [11]

1st Royal Scots [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Royal Scots attached King's African Rifles [7]

2nd Royal Scots [6]

Royal Scots Rifles [6]

Scottish Rifles attached Royal Scots [6]

Training Reserve [6]

11th Royal Scots [5]

13th Royal Scots [5]

8th Royal Scots [5]

Indian Army [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

12th Royal Scots [4]

9th Royal Scots [4]

Gurkha Rifles [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [2442]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [439]

B [218]

C [203]

S [182]

H [169]

W [157]

G [129]

D [121]

R [118]

L [107]

F [94]

T [86]

A [80]

P [75]

K [64]

J [47]

N [42]

O [34]

E [21]

I [20]

Y [18]

V [8]

Q [5]

U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2440]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow [4] Edinburgh [2] 11 Leven Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow [1] 12 Queen’s Crescent, Cathcart, Glasgow [1] 53 Mount Street, Glasgow, Scotland [1] Allerton-By-Water, YorksAllerton-By-Water, Yorkshire [1] Alton [1] Anworth Manse, Kirkcudbrightshire [1] Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1] Ash, Surrey [1] Barton-upon-Irwell [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bowling, Dumbarton [1] Bridge of Weir, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire [1] Bridlington [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Buteshire [1] Calton, Edinburgh [1] Cathcart,Lanarkshire. [1] Commondyke, Auchinleck, Ayrshire [1] Conlisland, County Tyrone [1] Cupar, Fifeshire [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Edinburgh Newington, Midlothian. [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Gilbertstown, Bruckless, Co. Donegal [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Govan, Glasgow [1] Hamilton, Scotland [1] Hampstead London [1] Hawick [1] Kirkcudbright, Scotland [1] Lanark.Scotland [1] Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Manchester [1] Meiktila, British Burma [1] Milngavie, Glasgow, Scotland [1] Montrose, Angus [1] Overtown, Lanarkshire [1] Partick, Glasgow [1] Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole [1] St. James [1] Surrey [1] Walkerburn, Peebleshire [1] Wall Vicarage, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Wellington Cottages, Millerhill, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Wick, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [2115] Second Lieutenant [125] Corporal [103] Serjeant [99] Lance Corporal [96] Lieutenant [92] Captain [50] Sapper [33] Acting Corporal [26] Acting Serjeant [21] Company Serjeant Major [13] Pioneer [13] Major [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Gunner [6] Rifleman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Captain [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Acting Lance Serjeant [4] Bugler [4] Driver [4] Trooper [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Major [3] Company Sergeant Major [2] Fusilier [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant and Captain [2] Private (Lance Corporal) [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Ac [1] Actin [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Capt [1] Captain (Temporary Major) [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Scottish Rifles [2152] Royal Scots [1474] Royal Scots Fusiliers [835] Highland Light Infantry [166] Royal Engineers [131] Labour Corps [126] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [117] Seaforth Highlanders [58] Machine Gun Corps [56] Royal Irish Rifles [55] Army Service Corps [37] Royal Fusiliers [36] King's African Rifles [32] King's Own Scottish Borderers [30] Royal Highlanders [26] The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [25] Gordon Highlanders [22] Scots Fusiliers [22] Scots Guards [21] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Royal Defence Corps [16] Tank Corps [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Manchester Regiment [13] Scots Rifles [12] Cameron Highlanders [11] Training Reserve Battalion [11] 1st Royal Scots [9] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Royal Scots attached King's African Rifles [7] 2nd Royal Scots [6] Royal Scots Rifles [6] Scottish Rifles attached Royal Scots [6] Training Reserve [6] 11th Royal Scots [5] 13th Royal Scots [5] 8th Royal Scots [5] Indian Army [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] 12th Royal Scots [4] 9th Royal Scots [4] Gurkha Rifles [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [2442] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [439] B [218] C [203] S [182] H [169] W [157] G [129] D [121] R [118] L [107] F [94] T [86] A [80] P [75] K [64] J [47] N [42] O [34] E [21] I [20] Y [18] V [8] Q [5] U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2440]

Country

United Kingdom [28] India [1] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1] Sri Lanka [1]

George Edward Phillips

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army 24915 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 36099 Private Scottish Rifles

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James R L Smith

Born 1895

British Army 6311 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 3rd Battalion

British Army 200064 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Henry Kerr

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2145 Private Royal Scots (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) 1/4th Battalion

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Fred Firth

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 23463 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Bn

British Army 270575 Private Royal Scots

British Army 240941 Private Scottish Rifles 2/6th Bn

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David Cunninghame Woodside

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 7091 Acting Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Isaac Bayley Balfour

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Rifles 14 Battalion, attached 1 Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Bertie Stringer

Died 1918

British Army 42470 Corporal Scottish Rifles

British Army 42470 Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

British Army 15699 Corporal Scots Fusiliers 6th / 7th Battalion

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Walter B Campbell

Died 1917

British Army 41216 Private Scots Rifles

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Thomas Hutcheon

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 6819 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Alexander Ramsay

Born 1896

British Army 7050 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Acting Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers Seconded to Machine Gun Corps

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George Laing

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42196 Private Royal Scots

British Army 35610 Rifleman Scottish Rifles

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Sydney Edward Nash

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 41336 Private Royal Scots

British Army 122757 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery Reserve Brigade

British Army 41336 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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Peter Lees

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 6892 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200387 Private Scottish Rifles 2nd Battalion

British Army 376806 Private Royal Scots 2/10th Battalion

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Henry Clark

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 915 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 271489 Private Royal Scots

British Army 271489 Lance Corporal Royal Scots

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William Mcghee

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 6607 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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David Herbert Mitchell

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 2514 Private Royal Scots (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) 4th Battalion

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William Gow

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 87 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 43754 Private Royal Scots

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Alexander Gray

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 238585 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 23363 Private Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

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Walter Jeal

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant General List attached Royal Scots

Other Empire Force 1942 Lance Corporal Ceylon Planters Rifles Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant General List attd. 15th Bn. Royal Scots

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Frederick Stretch

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 330774 Private Royal Scots

British Army 59694 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 44188 Private Scottish Rifles

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