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Belfast, Northern Ireland [51]

Ballymacarrett, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland [33]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23]

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

Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland [3]

Belfast Northern Ireland [2]

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

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

Ballymacarett, Belfast, county Down, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, Armagh, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast,Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Down Town, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Ligoniel, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Rank

Rifleman [60]

Private [26]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Stoker [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [4]

Seaman [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Driver [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trimmer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Grade [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Cooper [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Interpreter Acting Purchase Officer [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Matron [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Principal Matron [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker RNR [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant (local rank of Captain) [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [71]

Royal Naval Reserve [13]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [3]

Australian Flying Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

2nd Royal Irish Rifles [1]

8th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Armée française [1]

Attached Karelian Regiment [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

C M A [1]

Canadian Chaplain Services [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East African Unattached List [1]

HMS Fantome [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Nepean [1]

HMS Nomad [1]

HMS Prince George [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hampsphire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

King Edward's Horse [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

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

Naval Forces Naval Armoured Cars [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1]

Queen's University Officer Training Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [100]

Royal Navy [25]

Other Empire Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [32]

B [13]

C [10]

H [8]

S [8]

A [7]

K [7]

R [7]

W [7]

L [6]

G [4]

N [4]

T [4]

D [3]

O [3]

J [2]

E [1]

F [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [107]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Ireland [3]

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People [128] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Belfast, Northern Ireland [51] Ballymacarrett, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland [33] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23] Shankill, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [4] Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland [3] Belfast Northern Ireland [2] Ballinora, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Ballyhackmore, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Ballymacarett, Belfast, county Down, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, Armagh, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast,Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Down Town, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Ligoniel, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Rank

Rifleman [60] Private [26] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Stoker [8] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [4] Seaman [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Driver [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trimmer [2] Able Seaman [1] Aircraftman 2nd Grade [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Cooper [1] Deck Hand [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Hon Capt [1] Interpreter Acting Purchase Officer [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Matron [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Principal Matron [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker RNR [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant (local rank of Captain) [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [71] Royal Naval Reserve [13] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [3] Australian Flying Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] 2nd Royal Irish Rifles [1] 8th Royal Irish Rifles [1] Army Service Corps [1] Armée française [1] Attached Karelian Regiment [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] C M A [1] Canadian Chaplain Services [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East African Unattached List [1] HMS Fantome [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Nepean [1] HMS Nomad [1] HMS Prince George [1] HMS Tiger [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hampsphire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] King Edward's Horse [1] King's African Rifles [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [1] Naval Forces Naval Armoured Cars [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1] Queen's University Officer Training Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [100] Royal Navy [25] Other Empire Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [32] B [13] C [10] H [8] S [8] A [7] K [7] R [7] W [7] L [6] G [4] N [4] T [4] D [3] O [3] J [2] E [1] F [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [107] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Ireland [3]

Ernest Henry Hewitt

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Holt Montgomery Hewitt

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 17872 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Robert Brown

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 1330 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 1313 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

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William Arthur Hewitt

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9 Battalion

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William Matier

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 12474 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Thomas Sillars

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1301 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 1301 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

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Norman Hamilton Herring

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 9325 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 9325 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery 38th 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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Robert Blakeley

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2204 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 293393 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd/10th Battalion

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George Ernest Kidd

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3392 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371263 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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David Moore Riddell

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

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James Noble

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 13364 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Patrick Mulholland

Born 1896

Died 1972

British Army T/33054 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 272225 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Mcguinnity

Born 1890

Died 1915

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William Harper

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3407 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 3407 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William James Coote

Died 1916

British Army 12236 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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William Ervine

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12757 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Hugh Andrews

Died 1916

British Army 1179 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 1179 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

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Albert Wasson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 13821 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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James Whiteside

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 1240 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 1240 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

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