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Belfast, Antrim [1965]

Belfast, County Antrim [40]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23]

Belfast, Country Antrim [17]

Belfast, Antrim, Ireland [5]

Belfast, Co. Antrim [5]

Belfast, Co Antrim [4]

Shankill, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [4]

Antrim, Belfast [3]

Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland [3]

Shankhill Belfast, Antrim [2]

27 Charles Street South, Belfast no4, Antrim [1]

Ballinora, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Bally Hachamore Belfast, Antrim [1]

Ballyhackmore, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Ballylesson near Belfast, Antrim [1]

Ballynafeigh Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belfast Antrim [1]

Belfast CO Antrim [1]

Belfast, Co Antrim, N Ireland [1]

Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, County Antrim - County Down [1]

Belfast, County Antrim Northern [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, 35 Foyle Street [1]

Belfast, co Antrim [1]

Belmont Belfast, Antrim [1]

City of Belfast, Antrim [1]

Crumlin, Belfast, Co Antrim [1]

Ligoniel,Belfast,Antrim. [1]

Saint Joseph's Belfast, Antrim [1]

Shankhill Belfast Antrim Ireland [1]

Shankill, Belfast, Antrim [1]

Shankill, Belfast, Country Antrim [1]

Shankill, Belfast, County Antrim [1]

Shanklin, Belfast, Antrim [1]

St Marys, Belfast, County Antrim [1]

West Belfast, Antrim [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [72]

Stoker 1st Class [51]

Private [50]

Ordinary Seaman [17]

Boy 1st Class [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Captain [11]

Rifleman [10]

Trimmer [10]

Leading Seaman [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Boy 2nd Class [8]

Corporal [8]

Leading Stoker [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Sapper [6]

Stoker [6]

Seaman [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Gunner [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Driver [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Major [2]

Serjeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Grade [1]

Armourer Serjeant Major [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain (acting) [1]

Carpenter's Mate [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Commander [1]

Cooper [1]

Doctor [1]

Engine Room Artificer (1st Class) [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [26]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [24]

Royal Irish Rifles [20]

HMS Erin [9]

HMS INDOMITABLE [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

HMS Vanguard [7]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [6]

HMS LION [6]

HMS Monmouth [6]

HMS THUNDERER [6]

HMS Ajax [5]

HMS BELLEROPHON [5]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [5]

HMS DEFENCE [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [3]

HMS BOADICEA [3]

HMS CANADA [3]

HMS DUBLIN [3]

HMS Defence [3]

HMS Falmouth [3]

HMS Hampshire [3]

HMS Indefatigable [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [3]

HMS Racoon [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Australian Flying Corps [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Black Prince [2]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Hawke [2]

HMS MAENAD [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2016]

British Army [76]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Other Empire Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [468]

C [185]

B [182]

H [139]

S [129]

D [115]

W [110]

G [89]

L [87]

R [85]

K [84]

P [74]

T [70]

F [62]

A [55]

J [49]

O [33]

N [31]

E [21]

I [11]

Q [6]

V [6]

Y [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2060]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Ireland [11]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Belfast, Antrim [1965] Belfast, County Antrim [40] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23] Belfast, Country Antrim [17] Belfast, Antrim, Ireland [5] Belfast, Co. Antrim [5] Belfast, Co Antrim [4] Shankill, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [4] Antrim, Belfast [3] Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland [3] Shankhill Belfast, Antrim [2] 27 Charles Street South, Belfast no4, Antrim [1] Ballinora, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Bally Hachamore Belfast, Antrim [1] Ballyhackmore, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Ballylesson near Belfast, Antrim [1] Ballynafeigh Belfast, Antrim [1] Belfast Antrim [1] Belfast CO Antrim [1] Belfast, Co Antrim, N Ireland [1] Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, County Antrim - County Down [1] Belfast, County Antrim Northern [1] Belfast, County Antrim, 35 Foyle Street [1] Belfast, co Antrim [1] Belmont Belfast, Antrim [1] City of Belfast, Antrim [1] Crumlin, Belfast, Co Antrim [1] Ligoniel,Belfast,Antrim. [1] Saint Joseph's Belfast, Antrim [1] Shankhill Belfast Antrim Ireland [1] Shankill, Belfast, Antrim [1] Shankill, Belfast, Country Antrim [1] Shankill, Belfast, County Antrim [1] Shanklin, Belfast, Antrim [1] St Marys, Belfast, County Antrim [1] West Belfast, Antrim [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [72] Stoker 1st Class [51] Private [50] Ordinary Seaman [17] Boy 1st Class [15] Lieutenant [13] Captain [11] Rifleman [10] Trimmer [10] Leading Seaman [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Boy 2nd Class [8] Corporal [8] Leading Stoker [8] Lance Corporal [6] Petty Officer [6] Sapper [6] Stoker [6] Seaman [5] Deck Hand [4] Gunner [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Driver [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Major [2] Serjeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Grade [1] Armourer Serjeant Major [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Bombadier [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain (acting) [1] Carpenter's Mate [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Commander [1] Cooper [1] Doctor [1] Engine Room Artificer (1st Class) [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [26] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [24] Royal Irish Rifles [20] HMS Erin [9] HMS INDOMITABLE [8] Royal Engineers [8] HMS Vanguard [7] HMS INFLEXIBLE [6] HMS LION [6] HMS Monmouth [6] HMS THUNDERER [6] HMS Ajax [5] HMS BELLEROPHON [5] HMS COLLINGWOOD [5] HMS DEFENCE [5] HMS Impregnable [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] HMS BOADICEA [3] HMS CANADA [3] HMS DUBLIN [3] HMS Defence [3] HMS Falmouth [3] HMS Hampshire [3] HMS Indefatigable [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS NEW ZEALAND [3] HMS Racoon [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Australian Flying Corps [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Black Prince [2] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Hawke [2] HMS MAENAD [2] HMS TIGER [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2016] British Army [76] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Other Empire Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [468] C [185] B [182] H [139] S [129] D [115] W [110] G [89] L [87] R [85] K [84] P [74] T [70] F [62] A [55] J [49] O [33] N [31] E [21] I [11] Q [6] V [6] Y [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2060] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Ireland [11] Canada [1] India [1]

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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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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Alexander Thomas Duffy

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy 310731

Royal Navy 310731 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Mary Rose

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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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David Branniff

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2335 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 2335 Private Leinster 7th

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James Agnew

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 308866 Leading Stoker HMS Indefatigable

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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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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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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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John Freeburn

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 4218 Serjeant 2nd Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 4218 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Owen Brice Smyth

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain (acting) King's Royal Rifle Corps

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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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Robert Algie

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS40 Able Seaman HMS Hawke

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John Wallace

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 12482 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS BELLEROPHON

Royal Navy PLY/12482 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 12482 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS Cumberland

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Moses T Scott

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292729

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William Elliott

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51250

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Samuel Kingsberry

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3/8460 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2 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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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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Albert Cairns

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS112841

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