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Aberdeen [8]

Glasgow [4]

Aberdeenshire Scotland [2]

Crieff Perthshire Scotland [2]

Dundee [2]

Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [2]

Elgin Morayshire Scotland [2]

Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Inverurie Aberdeenshire Scotland [2]

Perth [2]

Rothes, Scotland [2]

St. Nicholas, Aberdeen [2]

20 Kelvingrove Street, Kelvin, Glasgow [1]

Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberfeldy, Perthshire [1]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Altrinchham [1]

Anstruther, Fife [1]

Appin, Argyllshire [1]

Arbirlot, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Auchindowny, Co. Londonderry [1]

Auchterarder Perthshire [1]

Auchterlies, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aultbea, Ross-shire [1]

Avoch, Ross-shire [1]

Ayr [1]

Bala, Merionethshire, Wales [1]

Ballater Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

Balquhidder Perthshire Scotland [1]

Banffshire Scotland [1]

Bargrennan, Wigtownshire [1]

Barton, Yorkshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bedford [1]

Beith Ayrshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackford Perth [1]

Blackford Perthshire [1]

Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland [1]

Blair Atholl [1]

Blair Atholl Perthshire Scotland [1]

Bloxham Oxfordshire England [1]

Bootle Lancashire England [1]

Brackley, Northamptonshire [1]

Broughty Ferry Forfar SCOTLAND [1]

Buckie, Banffshire [1]

Burghead, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [3127]

Second Lieutenant [315]

Serjeant [311]

Lance Corporal [255]

Corporal [248]

Lieutenant [195]

Captain [148]

Acting Corporal [61]

Sapper [61]

Acting Serjeant [57]

Major [51]

Trooper [43]

Lance Serjeant [30]

Gunner [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [23]

Shoeing Smith [22]

Pioneer [21]

Acting Lance Corporal [20]

Lieutenant Colonel [19]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [19]

Company Serjeant Major [17]

Private Acting Corporal [17]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [16]

Staff Serjeant Major [16]

Driver [14]

Acting Captain [9]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Squadron Serjeant Major [9]

Trumpeter [9]

Farrier Serjeant [8]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Private Acting Serjeant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Farrier Corporal [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Captain /Temporary Major [5]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [5]

Cook [5]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Major [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Reverend [4]

Saddler [4]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Unit

Scottish Horse [3649]

Royal Highlanders [1909]

Cameron Highlanders [234]

Royal Engineers [216]

Labour Corps [129]

Machine Gun Corps [127]

2nd Scottish Horse [109]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [95]

1st Scottish Horse [91]

3rd Scottish Horse [91]

Army Service Corps [88]

Scottish Horse Yeomanry [87]

Corps of Hussars [84]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [62]

Royal Air Force [53]

Seaforth Highlanders [51]

Royal Field Artillery [43]

Imperial Camel Corps [41]

Gordon Highlanders [40]

1/1st Scottish Horse [36]

Military Mounted Police [36]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [33]

Royal Scots [33]

1/2nd Scottish Horse [29]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25]

Scottish Rifles [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

1/3rd Scottish Horse [21]

Lothian and Border Horse [21]

Royal Flying Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Scottish Horse Scouts [14]

Highland Light Infantry [12]

Black Watch [11]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Corps of Dragoons [10]

King Edward's Horse [10]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [10]

Machine Gun Corps Infantry [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Indian Army [8]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8]

London Regiment [7]

Military Foot Police [7]

Royal Artillery Transport [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [4284]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Royal Navy [8]

Indian Army [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [853]

S [393]

C [344]

B [307]

R [270]

H [266]

G [249]

W [233]

D [210]

F [199]

L [178]

A [136]

P [125]

T [124]

K [101]

J [66]

N [62]

E [46]

I [39]

O [38]

V [19]

Y [14]

Q [8]

U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [4259]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Australia [1]

Turkey [1]

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Aberdeen [8] Glasgow [4] Aberdeenshire Scotland [2] Crieff Perthshire Scotland [2] Dundee [2] Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [2] Elgin Morayshire Scotland [2] Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Inverurie Aberdeenshire Scotland [2] Perth [2] Rothes, Scotland [2] St. Nicholas, Aberdeen [2] 20 Kelvingrove Street, Kelvin, Glasgow [1] Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberfeldy, Perthshire [1] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Altrinchham [1] Anstruther, Fife [1] Appin, Argyllshire [1] Arbirlot, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Auchindowny, Co. Londonderry [1] Auchterarder Perthshire [1] Auchterlies, Aberdeenshire [1] Aultbea, Ross-shire [1] Avoch, Ross-shire [1] Ayr [1] Bala, Merionethshire, Wales [1] Ballater Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] Balquhidder Perthshire Scotland [1] Banffshire Scotland [1] Bargrennan, Wigtownshire [1] Barton, Yorkshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bedford [1] Beith Ayrshire [1] Birmingham [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackford Perth [1] Blackford Perthshire [1] Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland [1] Blair Atholl [1] Blair Atholl Perthshire Scotland [1] Bloxham Oxfordshire England [1] Bootle Lancashire England [1] Brackley, Northamptonshire [1] Broughty Ferry Forfar SCOTLAND [1] Buckie, Banffshire [1] Burghead, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [3127] Second Lieutenant [315] Serjeant [311] Lance Corporal [255] Corporal [248] Lieutenant [195] Captain [148] Acting Corporal [61] Sapper [61] Acting Serjeant [57] Major [51] Trooper [43] Lance Serjeant [30] Gunner [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [23] Shoeing Smith [22] Pioneer [21] Acting Lance Corporal [20] Lieutenant Colonel [19] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [19] Company Serjeant Major [17] Private Acting Corporal [17] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [16] Staff Serjeant Major [16] Driver [14] Acting Captain [9] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Squadron Serjeant Major [9] Trumpeter [9] Farrier Serjeant [8] Corporal 2nd [7] Private Acting Serjeant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Farrier Corporal [6] Temporary Captain [6] Able Seaman [5] Captain /Temporary Major [5] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [5] Cook [5] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Acting Major [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Reverend [4] Saddler [4] Shoeing Smith Corporal [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Brigadier General [3]

Unit

Scottish Horse [3649] Royal Highlanders [1909] Cameron Highlanders [234] Royal Engineers [216] Labour Corps [129] Machine Gun Corps [127] 2nd Scottish Horse [109] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [95] 1st Scottish Horse [91] 3rd Scottish Horse [91] Army Service Corps [88] Scottish Horse Yeomanry [87] Corps of Hussars [84] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [62] Royal Air Force [53] Seaforth Highlanders [51] Royal Field Artillery [43] Imperial Camel Corps [41] Gordon Highlanders [40] 1/1st Scottish Horse [36] Military Mounted Police [36] King's Own Scottish Borderers [33] Royal Scots [33] 1/2nd Scottish Horse [29] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25] Scottish Rifles [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] 1/3rd Scottish Horse [21] Lothian and Border Horse [21] Royal Flying Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Scottish Horse Scouts [14] Highland Light Infantry [12] Black Watch [11] East Surrey Regiment [11] Tank Corps [11] Corps of Dragoons [10] King Edward's Horse [10] Royal Scots Fusiliers [10] Machine Gun Corps Infantry [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Indian Army [8] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [8] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8] London Regiment [7] Military Foot Police [7] Royal Artillery Transport [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [4284] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Royal Navy [8] Indian Army [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [853] S [393] C [344] B [307] R [270] H [266] G [249] W [233] D [210] F [199] L [178] A [136] P [125] T [124] K [101] J [66] N [62] E [46] I [39] O [38] V [19] Y [14] Q [8] U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [4259]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Australia [1] Turkey [1]

Alexander Reid

Born 1894

British Army 2166 Acting Corporal Scottish Horse

British Army 2166 Serjeant Scottish Horse

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James Alexander Murray

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 5890 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 5890 Trumpeter Scottish Horse

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David Dewar

Born 1879

British Army 507 Serjeant Scottish Horse

British Army 507 Private Scottish Horse

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James Stewart

Born 1886

British Army 3607 Acting Serjeant Scottish Horse

British Army 3607 Serjeant Scottish Horse

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Henry Jackson Butchart

Born 1882

Died 1971

British Army Captain Scottish Horse

British Army Major Scottish Horse

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Vaughan Stachouse Apedaile

Born 1883

Died 1934

British Army 151131 Serjeant Scottish Horse

British Army 343 Serjeant Scottish Horse

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John George Stewart-Murray

Born 1871

Died 1942

British Army Colonel Scottish Horse

British Army Brigadier General Scottish Horse

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Charles Taylor

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 1055 Trooper Scottish Horse

British Army 1055 Private Scottish Horse

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William Donald

Born 1890

British Army 4300 Private Scottish Horse

British Army Trooper King Edward's Horse 1st Battalion

British Army 152167 Private Scottish Horse

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Thomas Callum

Born 1882

British Army 3703 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 438709 Private Labour Corps

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Alexander Currie Goudie

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 4192 Private Scottish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles

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David S Simpson

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 826 Private Scottish Horse 2/3rd

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John Sprott

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 3909 Private Scottish Horse 1st/1st Battalion

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Ford Stafford Jopling

Born 1886

Died 1940

British Army Honorary Second Lieutenant Scottish Horse

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Alan Wilson Murphy

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 4943 Serjeant Scottish Horse

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Peter Anton

Born 1894

British Army 3690 Private Scottish Horse

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James Gordon

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 337 Trumpeter Scottish Horse

British Army 337 Private Scottish Horse

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Arnott David Chalmers

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 96 Lance Corporal Scottish Horse

British Army 96 Private Scottish Horse

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Angus Shaw

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 415 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 415 Serjeant Scottish Horse

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George Shearer

Born 1892

British Army 5801 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 152591 Private Scottish Horse

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