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Ballymena, Antrim [105]

Ballymena [41]

Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [5]

Ballymena, Co Antrim [3]

Ballymena, Co. Antrim [3]

Ballymena, County Antrim [2]

Ballymena, County Antrim, [2]

Ahoghill, Ballymena, County Antrim [1]

Ballykennedy, Ahoghill, Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Ballymena Co Antrim [1]

Ballymena North [1]

Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland [1]

Ballymena, County Antrim, Ulster [1]

Ballymena, Down [1]

Ballymena, Ireland [1]

Ballymena, Waterford [1]

Ballymena,Co.Antrim. [1]

Cullybackey Ballymena, Antrim [1]

ballymena, county antrim [1]

Rank

Private [14]

Lance Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Armourer [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Gunner RMA [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker [1]

Trimmer [1]

Typist [1]

sapper [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Connaught Rangers [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

2nd Dragoons [1]

2nd Light Horse Brigade [1]

34th Infantry. [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS "Vanguard" [1]

HMS Acheron [Acheron Class destroyer] [1]

HMS Brittania [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Cochrane [Warrior Class armoured cruiser] [1]

HMS Pembroke II [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Manitoba Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Lusitania" (Liverpool) [1]

Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Dragoon Guards [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [110]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

British Army [21]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [52]

W [19]

B [16]

C [14]

T [11]

H [10]

D [7]

G [6]

R [6]

S [6]

K [5]

O [5]

F [4]

L [4]

A [3]

P [2]

I [1]

N [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [166]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

Ireland [6]

United Kingdom [5]

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Place of birth

Ballymena, Antrim [105] Ballymena [41] Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [5] Ballymena, Co Antrim [3] Ballymena, Co. Antrim [3] Ballymena, County Antrim [2] Ballymena, County Antrim, [2] Ahoghill, Ballymena, County Antrim [1] Ballykennedy, Ahoghill, Ballymena, Antrim [1] Ballymena Co Antrim [1] Ballymena North [1] Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland [1] Ballymena, County Antrim, Ulster [1] Ballymena, Down [1] Ballymena, Ireland [1] Ballymena, Waterford [1] Ballymena,Co.Antrim. [1] Cullybackey Ballymena, Antrim [1] ballymena, county antrim [1]

Rank

Private [14] Lance Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Armourer [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Gunner RMA [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker [1] Trimmer [1] Typist [1] sapper [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [6] Connaught Rangers [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 2nd Dragoons [1] 2nd Light Horse Brigade [1] 34th Infantry. [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS "Vanguard" [1] HMS Acheron [Acheron Class destroyer] [1] HMS Brittania [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Cochrane [Warrior Class armoured cruiser] [1] HMS Pembroke II [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vindictive [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Manitoba Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Lusitania" (Liverpool) [1] Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Dragoon Guards [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [110] Australian Imperial Force [35] British Army [21] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [52] W [19] B [16] C [14] T [11] H [10] D [7] G [6] R [6] S [6] K [5] O [5] F [4] L [4] A [3] P [2] I [1] N [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [166] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

Ireland [6] United Kingdom [5]

James Gildea

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 64253 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 64253 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 64253 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Hugh Gillen

Born 1899

Died 1970

British Army 202015 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 6th argyll and Battalion

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James Thompson

Born 1893

Died 1972

British Army 1/9803 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Private Royal Irish Rifles 12th Brigade

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John Mcclelland Boyd

Born 1889

Australian Imperial Force 152 Major 2nd Light Horse Brigade 5th Light Horse Regiment

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Sarah Rachel Orr Aka Sadie Hale

Born 1886

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Typist Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Typist Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Lusitania" (Liverpool)

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David Weir

Australian Imperial Force 703

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John Montgomery

Died 1914

British Army 7486 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Robert Thompson

Born 1891

British Army 1/9503 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Charles Magee Thompson

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy M16998 Carpenter's Crew HMS "Vanguard"

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Arthur Holmes

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force A21026 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force A21026 Private Manitoba Regiment 16th Battalion

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Edward John Cochrane

Australian Imperial Force 5071

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Robert John Mccaw

Australian Imperial Force

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William Clinton Mccreight

Australian Imperial Force 18902

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Ernest Mcafee

Australian Imperial Force 5172

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John Walker

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309798

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John Hyndman

Australian Imperial Force 16891

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James Thompson

Australian Imperial Force 1787

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Douglas Edward Davidson

Australian Imperial Force

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William John Brady

Australian Imperial Force 3464

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James Burnside

Australian Imperial Force 1234

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