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Belfast, Antrim [1965]

Antrim [212]

Ballymena, Antrim [105]

Lisburn, Antrim [87]

Larne, Antrim [78]

Carrickfergus, Antrim [56]

Belfast, County Antrim [40]

County Antrim [33]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23]

Ballyclare, Antrim [22]

Ballymoney, Antrim [21]

Portrush, Antrim [21]

Shankill, County Antrim [20]

Antrim, Ireland [19]

Ballycastle, Antrim [19]

Belfast, Country Antrim [17]

Glenarm, Antrim [15]

Whitehead, Antrim [14]

Shankill, Co. Antrim [13]

Randalstown, Antrim [12]

Shankhill, County Antrim [12]

Antrim, Antrim [11]

Shankhill, Co. Antrim [10]

Whiteabbey, Antrim [9]

Islandmagee, Antrim [8]

Lisburn, County Antrim [8]

Whitehouse, Antrim [8]

Cushendall, Antrim [7]

Doagh, Antrim [7]

Island Magee, Antrim [7]

Ballymoney, County Antrim [6]

Ballymoney,Antrim. [6]

Carnlough, Antrim [6]

Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim [6]

Larne, County Antrim [6]

Belfast, Antrim, Ireland [5]

Belfast, Co. Antrim [5]

Cairncastle, Antrim [5]

Carrick Fergus, Antrim [5]

Lisburn, Co. Antrim [5]

Lurgan, Antrim [5]

Ballyclare, County Antrim [4]

Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [4]

Bushmills, Antrim [4]

Coleraine, Antrim [4]

Magheramorne, Antrim [4]

Shankill, Antrim [4]

Antrim North [3]

Antrim, Belfast [3]

Ballintoy, Antrim [3]

Rank

Private [221]

Able Seaman [86]

Rifleman [79]

Stoker 1st Class [58]

Lieutenant [33]

Lance Corporal [30]

Ordinary Seaman [26]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Captain [22]

Corporal [21]

Boy 1st Class [20]

Gunner [17]

Leading Seaman [16]

Seaman [15]

Sapper [14]

Trimmer [14]

Major [13]

Stoker [13]

Serjeant [12]

Boy 2nd Class [11]

Leading Stoker [10]

Driver [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Petty Officer [8]

Deck Hand [6]

Stoker Petty Officer [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Midshipman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Armourer [2]

Bombardier [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Boy [2]

Doctor [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [2]

Major General [2]

Pioneer [2]

Quartermaster Sergeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [147]

Royal Naval Reserve [50]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [35]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [33]

Royal Engineers [22]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [21]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

HMS Erin [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Irish Regiment [9]

HMS BELLEROPHON [8]

HMS INDOMITABLE [8]

HMS THUNDERER [8]

Labour Corps [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Canadian Infantry [7]

HMS Ajax [7]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [7]

HMS LION [7]

HMS Monmouth [7]

HMS Vanguard [7]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [6]

HMS Impregnable [6]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [6]

Royal Scots [6]

HMS DEFENCE [5]

HMS VALIANT [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Connaught Rangers [4]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [4]

HMS Defence [4]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4]

London Regiment [4]

North Irish Horse [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

HMS DUBLIN [3]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [3]

HMS Falmouth [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2789]

British Army [384]

Australian Imperial Force [83]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [843]

C [309]

B [281]

H [221]

S [207]

W [185]

D [180]

G [156]

L [142]

R [123]

K [120]

A [102]

P [102]

T [102]

F [95]

J [76]

O [57]

N [55]

E [37]

I [19]

Q [15]

Y [14]

V [9]

U [3]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3161]

Merchant Navy [174]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [101]

Ireland [49]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Belfast, Antrim [1965] Antrim [212] Ballymena, Antrim [105] Lisburn, Antrim [87] Larne, Antrim [78] Carrickfergus, Antrim [56] Belfast, County Antrim [40] County Antrim [33] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23] Ballyclare, Antrim [22] Ballymoney, Antrim [21] Portrush, Antrim [21] Shankill, County Antrim [20] Antrim, Ireland [19] Ballycastle, Antrim [19] Belfast, Country Antrim [17] Glenarm, Antrim [15] Whitehead, Antrim [14] Shankill, Co. Antrim [13] Randalstown, Antrim [12] Shankhill, County Antrim [12] Antrim, Antrim [11] Shankhill, Co. Antrim [10] Whiteabbey, Antrim [9] Islandmagee, Antrim [8] Lisburn, County Antrim [8] Whitehouse, Antrim [8] Cushendall, Antrim [7] Doagh, Antrim [7] Island Magee, Antrim [7] Ballymoney, County Antrim [6] Ballymoney,Antrim. [6] Carnlough, Antrim [6] Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim [6] Larne, County Antrim [6] Belfast, Antrim, Ireland [5] Belfast, Co. Antrim [5] Cairncastle, Antrim [5] Carrick Fergus, Antrim [5] Lisburn, Co. Antrim [5] Lurgan, Antrim [5] Ballyclare, County Antrim [4] Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [4] Bushmills, Antrim [4] Coleraine, Antrim [4] Magheramorne, Antrim [4] Shankill, Antrim [4] Antrim North [3] Antrim, Belfast [3] Ballintoy, Antrim [3]

Rank

Private [221] Able Seaman [86] Rifleman [79] Stoker 1st Class [58] Lieutenant [33] Lance Corporal [30] Ordinary Seaman [26] Second Lieutenant [25] Captain [22] Corporal [21] Boy 1st Class [20] Gunner [17] Leading Seaman [16] Seaman [15] Sapper [14] Trimmer [14] Major [13] Stoker [13] Serjeant [12] Boy 2nd Class [11] Leading Stoker [10] Driver [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Petty Officer [8] Deck Hand [6] Stoker Petty Officer [6] Stoker 2nd Class [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Midshipman [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Armourer [2] Bombardier [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Boy [2] Doctor [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Lieutenant (Temporary) [2] Major General [2] Pioneer [2] Quartermaster Sergeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [147] Royal Naval Reserve [50] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [35] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [33] Royal Engineers [22] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [21] Royal Irish Fusiliers [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] HMS Erin [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Irish Regiment [9] HMS BELLEROPHON [8] HMS INDOMITABLE [8] HMS THUNDERER [8] Labour Corps [8] Army Service Corps [7] Canadian Infantry [7] HMS Ajax [7] HMS INFLEXIBLE [7] HMS LION [7] HMS Monmouth [7] HMS Vanguard [7] HMS COLLINGWOOD [6] HMS Impregnable [6] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [6] Royal Scots [6] HMS DEFENCE [5] HMS VALIANT [5] Highland Light Infantry [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Connaught Rangers [4] H.M.S. "Formidable." [4] HMS Defence [4] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4] London Regiment [4] North Irish Horse [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] HMS DUBLIN [3] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [3] HMS Falmouth [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2789] British Army [384] Australian Imperial Force [83] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [843] C [309] B [281] H [221] S [207] W [185] D [180] G [156] L [142] R [123] K [120] A [102] P [102] T [102] F [95] J [76] O [57] N [55] E [37] I [19] Q [15] Y [14] V [9] U [3] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3161] Merchant Navy [174] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [101] Ireland [49] Canada [2] Australia [1] Germany [1] India [1]

John Conrad Pringle

Born 1881

Died 1952

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners

British Army Middlesex Regiment Volunteers

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William Evetts

Born 1869

Died 1951

British Army 673 Warrant Officer Class 2 Army Ordnance Corps

British Army Serjeant Major Ordnance Workshop Calais

British Army Honourary Lieutenant Army Ordnance Corps Ordnance Workshop Calais

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James Lenighan

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 90808 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 90808 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 90808 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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John Stewart Moore Gage

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant The Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Richard Hart Garstin

Born 1886

Died 1942

British Army Major Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport

Other Empire Force Commander Royal Indian Marine

Royal Navy Midshipman

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John Foulis

Born 1897

British Army 572805 Private Labour Corps 17th P.O.W. Company

British Army 11181 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 3rd Battalion

British Army 11181 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 6th Battalion

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William Macdonald

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 200983 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/5th Battalion

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Alexander Thomas Duffy

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy 310731

Royal Navy 310731 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Mary Rose

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Joseph Wilkinson

Born 1872

Australian Imperial Force 3391 Private 42nd Infantry Battalion

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John Graham

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 3983 Private Royal Scots

British Army 201057 Private Royal Scots

British Army 201057 Private Royal Scots Fusilliers 4th Battalion

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George Campbell

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 64211 Driver Royal Engineers 122nd Field Company

British Army 64211 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 122nd FIeld Company

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Robert Maxwell Maccabe

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army Queen's University Officer Training Corps

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James Noble

Born 1883

Died 1960

British Army 36449 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army 12354 Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army 73217 Corporal Labour Corps

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Simpson Montgomery

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 19/112 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 112 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 11/13th Battalion

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John Warnock Bingham

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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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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Alfred William Laurie

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 25313 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Montgomery

Died 1914

British Army 7486 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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David Branniff

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2335 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 2335 Private Leinster 7th

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John Mcclure Dale

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 17456 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 11th Bn.

Other Empire Force Second Mate Merchantile Marine S.S. "Hungerford"

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