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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Barking, Essex [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alton [1]

Antrim [1]

Ash, Surrey [1]

Auchterarder Perthshire [1]

Bishop's Castle, Clun, Shropshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burton upon Trent [1]

Cahir, Tipperary [1]

Caputh Perthshire [1]

Carluke, Lanarkshire. [1]

Cockburnspath [1]

Crichton [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Dundee [1]

Eccles, Kent [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamhire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Godalming, Surrey. [1]

Greenhayes, Manchester [1]

Kilmarnock Ayrshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leith [1]

Liverpool [1]

Logie Pert. Angus [1]

London [1]

Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Musselburgh , Midlothian [1]

Parish of Carnbee, Fife [1]

Portmoak, Kinross [1]

Salford [1]

Trregeles, Dumfrieshire [1]

Wall Vicarage, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Wilton Nr, Daventry Northampton. [1]

Rank

Private [281]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Lieutenant [32]

Serjeant [29]

Lance Corporal [25]

Captain [24]

Corporal [23]

Major [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Pioneer [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sapper [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Apprentice Sch Master Sergeant [1]

Boy / Drummer / Private [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain (Adjutant) [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant OR Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant /Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Fusilier [1]

Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Honorary Major General [1]

Lance - Corporal [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain and Adjt) [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant Honorary Captain [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [156]

Royal Scots [149]

The Royal Scots [145]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [80]

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [25]

Royal Engineers [22]

Labour Corps [18]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

The Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [5]

attached to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

The Gordon Highlanders [4]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3]

Training Reserve [3]

2nd Royal Scots [2]

5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Scots Greys [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

The Royal Scots Greys [2]

1/1st Shropshire Yeomanry [1]

1/9th Battalion Highlanders The Royal Scots [1]

1/9th Battalion The Royal Scots [1]

11th Battalion The Royal Scots [1]

12th Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

17th Royal Scots [1]

18th Division Third Army [1]

1st Foot (The Royal Scots Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [407]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [49]

M [47]

C [41]

B [40]

W [32]

H [27]

D [19]

G [19]

R [19]

P [18]

A [15]

K [12]

E [10]

T [10]

F [9]

L [9]

J [8]

I [6]

N [6]

O [4]

V [3]

U [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [406]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Ireland [2]

South Africa [2]

India [1]

Jersey [1]

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People [407] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4] Barking, Essex [2] Edinburgh [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alton [1] Antrim [1] Ash, Surrey [1] Auchterarder Perthshire [1] Bishop's Castle, Clun, Shropshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burton upon Trent [1] Cahir, Tipperary [1] Caputh Perthshire [1] Carluke, Lanarkshire. [1] Cockburnspath [1] Crichton [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Dundee [1] Eccles, Kent [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamhire [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Godalming, Surrey. [1] Greenhayes, Manchester [1] Kilmarnock Ayrshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leith [1] Liverpool [1] Logie Pert. Angus [1] London [1] Midlothian, Scotland [1] Musselburgh , Midlothian [1] Parish of Carnbee, Fife [1] Portmoak, Kinross [1] Salford [1] Trregeles, Dumfrieshire [1] Wall Vicarage, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Wilton Nr, Daventry Northampton. [1]

Rank

Private [281] Second Lieutenant [38] Lieutenant [32] Serjeant [29] Lance Corporal [25] Captain [24] Corporal [23] Major [6] Acting Corporal [5] Pioneer [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sapper [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Rifleman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Apprentice Sch Master Sergeant [1] Boy / Drummer / Private [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Cadet [1] Captain (Adjutant) [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant OR Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant /Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] First Lieutenant [1] Fusilier [1] Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Honorary Major General [1] Lance - Corporal [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain and Adjt) [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant Honorary Captain [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [156] Royal Scots [149] The Royal Scots [145] Royal Scots Fusiliers [80] The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [25] Royal Engineers [22] Labour Corps [18] Highland Light Infantry [15] The Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] Machine Gun Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [5] attached to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Highlanders [4] The Gordon Highlanders [4] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4] Army Service Corps [3] Essex Regiment [3] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3] Training Reserve [3] 2nd Royal Scots [2] 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2] Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Scots Greys [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] The Royal Scots Greys [2] 1/1st Shropshire Yeomanry [1] 1/9th Battalion Highlanders The Royal Scots [1] 1/9th Battalion The Royal Scots [1] 11th Battalion The Royal Scots [1] 12th Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1] 16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 17th Royal Scots [1] 18th Division Third Army [1] 1st Foot (The Royal Scots Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [407] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [49] M [47] C [41] B [40] W [32] H [27] D [19] G [19] R [19] P [18] A [15] K [12] E [10] T [10] F [9] L [9] J [8] I [6] N [6] O [4] V [3] U [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [406]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Ireland [2] South Africa [2] India [1] Jersey [1]

David Shepherd Boath

Born 1883

Died 1973

British Army 26388 Private The Royal Scots 3rd Battalion (Reserves)

British Army 26388 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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Henry Reynolds

Born 1880

Died 1948

British Army Captain Royal Scots 12th Battalion

British Army Captain The Royal Scots 12th Battalion.

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Richard James Walters

Born 1884

Died 1951

British Army 627 Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army Lance Sergeant Royal Scots

British Army Corporal Royal Scots

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Frederick Barnett

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 23312 Private Royal Scots

British Army 11242 Pte 16th Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 23312 Pte The Royal Scots 3rd Battalion

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James Lightbody

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 14757 Private Royal Scots

British Army 14757 Lance Corporal Royal Scots

British Army 14757 Lance - Corporal The Royal Scots 12th Battalion

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Ernest Tarbox

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 20266 Corporal Royal Scots

British Army 20266 Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army 20266 Seargeant The Royal Scots 12th Battalion.

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Christopher Albert Salmons

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 66539 Corporal Royal Scots

British Army 66539 Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army 66539 Corporal The Royal Scots (Lothian) Regiment 2/10th Battalion

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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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Douglas Braidwood

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 1640 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 182 Private Royal Scots 7th Batallion

British Army 15640 Private The Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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James Duncan Mctavish

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1404 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 1/9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Gordon Highlanders 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Gordon Highlanders 1/7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion

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Adam R Moyes

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 19074 Private Royal Scots

British Army 19074 Lance Corporal The Royal Scots 18th Battalion

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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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James Melling

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 17952 Private Royal Scots

British Army 17952 Private The Royal Scots 15th Battalion.

British Army 17952 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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Christopher Albert Salmons

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 10844 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 10844 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 10844 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Mccrae

Born 1860

Died 1928

British Army Colonel The Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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Frank Morrison

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 2959 Private The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 7th Battalion

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William Shanks

Died 1916

British Army 16324 Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army 16234 Sergeant The Royal Scots 12th Battalion

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William Ness

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 46662 Private Royal Scots

British Army 46662 Private The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 17th

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Archibald Mcfarland

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 11621 Private Scottish Regiment

British Army 11621 Private Royal Scots

British Army 11621 Private The Royal Scots 2nd Battalion ( Regular Army)

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Ernest Mylne

Born 1898

Died 1954

British Army 23383 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 23383 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 13th Battalion

British Army 23383 Private Training Reserve 6th Battalion

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