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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]

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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]

Denis Mcleese

Born 1902

British Army 7007381 Rifleman Royal Ulster Rifles

Royal Navy SB 2082 Signal Boy Royal Naval Reserve

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Ambrose Keating

Born 1874

British Army WR/338825 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 1358SD Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Hugh Mayne

Born 1900

British Army 22485 Private Royal Irish Rifles

Royal Navy 8110/TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

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Robert Meak

Born 1896

British Army 6405669 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

Royal Navy 7680TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

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Thomas William Ahern

Born 1884

Royal Navy A 8398 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

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James Hill

Born 1876

Royal Navy S 8515 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 8515 S Stoker RNR Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Dublin

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James Reid

Born 1884

Royal Navy B 2504 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Po./2504/B Seaman Royal Naval Division Collingwood Battalion

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William Mcateer

Born 1873

Royal Navy RFR/B/1814 Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport

Royal Navy 279811 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion

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Thomas Nesbitt

Born 1856

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander (Retired) Royal Naval Reserve

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James Watson

Born 1896

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George Aicken

Born 1902

Royal Navy SBD 1811 Deck Boy Royal Naval Reserve

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William Mckibbin

Born 1877

Royal Navy A 8612 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

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Thomas Mcconnell

Born 1876

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Excellent

Royal Navy Gunner HMS Forte

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James Joseph Mccready

Born 1893

Royal Navy A 5132 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Po/5132/A Seaman Royal Naval Division Collingwood Battalion

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James Mcalister Holmes

Born 1880

Royal Navy Staff Surgeon HMS Castor

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