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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]

William Higgins

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3320 Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 4th, 2nd Battalion

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Charles Percy Sheppard

Born 1893

Died 1964

Royal Navy Temp Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Walter Campbell, K

Born 1864

Died 1936

British Army Major General Staff

British Army Major General DQMG Egyptian Expeditionary Force

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Robert Mcevoy

Born 1890

Died 1957

British Army 33816 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 556559 Private London Regiment

British Army 26186 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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James Henry Moore

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3849 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Taggart

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 116525 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry Mcclarty

Born 1872

Died 1921

Royal Navy 112185 Able Seaman

British Army 8240 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 15116 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Stephen Burrows

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 13887 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 13887 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS Thunderer

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Charles Cassidy

Born 1856

Died 1916

British Army 3/7820 Company Serjeant Major Somerset Light Infantry

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William Henry Reid

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 14/18678 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 18678 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 14th Battalion

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William Stephenson

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 14/19849 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 19849 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 14th Battalion

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David Holmes

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 19/167 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 167 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion

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Robert Costello

Died 1918

British Army 5/5717 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 5717 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Robert Ferris

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1436 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 1436 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

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John Miller Pirrie Hamilton

Born 1887

Died 1952

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Corps of Royal Engineers

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Robert Airth Richardson

Born 1864

Died 1936

British Army Major Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Brevet Lieutenant 3rd Corps British Expeditionary Force

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Edmund Finn

Born 1880

Died 1914

Royal Navy B 4154 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4154B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark

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John Bell

Born 1882

British Army 23879 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 12th Brigade

British Army 23879 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 12th Brigade

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Arthur Gordon Smyrell

Born 1894

Died 1970

Australian Imperial Force 21285 Driver 9th Field Artillery Brigade 36th Battery

Australian Imperial Force 21285 Bombadier 8th Field Artillery Brigade

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William John Johnston

Died 1914

British Army 5798 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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