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Belfast, Ireland [94]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [51]

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

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23]

Belfast, Antrim, Ireland [5]

Belfast, Down, Ireland [4]

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 Ireland [1]

Belfast Ireland . [1]

Belfast N Ireland [1]

Belfast N. IRELAND [1]

Belfast Workhouse, Belfast, Ireland [1]

Belfast, Armagh, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, Co Antrim, N Ireland [1]

Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, N Ireland [1]

Belfast, Northen Ireland [1]

Belfast,Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Down Town, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Ligoniel, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Shankhill Belfast Antrim Ireland [1]

Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Rank

Rifleman [61]

Private [33]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Serjeant [9]

Stoker [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [5]

Driver [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Seaman [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trimmer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Grade [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander Surgeon [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Cooper [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Fleet Surgeon [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Interpreter Acting Purchase Officer [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Matron [1]

Principal Matron [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker RNR [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Surgeon [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

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

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [73]

Royal Naval Reserve [15]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [3]

Australian Flying Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Scots [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]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

C M A [1]

Canadian Chaplain Services [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East African Unattached List [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS Fantome [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Nepean [1]

HMS Nomad [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Prince George [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hampsphire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

King Edward's Horse [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [123]

British Army [109]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [55]

B [22]

S [20]

C [15]

W [15]

H [14]

L [13]

R [12]

G [11]

K [11]

A [10]

T [9]

D [7]

F [5]

N [5]

O [4]

J [3]

P [3]

U [2]

E [1]

I [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [218]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Canada [4]

Ireland [4]

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Place of birth

Belfast, Ireland [94] Belfast, Northern Ireland [51] Ballymacarrett, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland [33] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23] Belfast, Antrim, Ireland [5] Belfast, Down, Ireland [4] 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 Ireland [1] Belfast Ireland . [1] Belfast N Ireland [1] Belfast N. IRELAND [1] Belfast Workhouse, Belfast, Ireland [1] Belfast, Armagh, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, Co Antrim, N Ireland [1] Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, N Ireland [1] Belfast, Northen Ireland [1] Belfast,Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Down Town, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Ligoniel, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Shankhill Belfast Antrim Ireland [1] Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Rank

Rifleman [61] Private [33] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [10] Serjeant [9] Stoker [8] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [5] Driver [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Seaman [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Deck Hand [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trimmer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Aircraftman 2nd Grade [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander Surgeon [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Cooper [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Fleet Surgeon [1] Hon Capt [1] Interpreter Acting Purchase Officer [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Matron [1] Principal Matron [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker RNR [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Surgeon [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant (local rank of Captain) [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [73] Royal Naval Reserve [15] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Canadian Infantry [4] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [3] Australian Flying Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Scots [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] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] C M A [1] Canadian Chaplain Services [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East African Unattached List [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS Fantome [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Nepean [1] HMS Nomad [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Prince George [1] HMS Tiger [1] HMS Victory I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hampsphire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] King Edward's Horse [1] King's African Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [123] British Army [109] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [55] B [22] S [20] C [15] W [15] H [14] L [13] R [12] G [11] K [11] A [10] T [9] D [7] F [5] N [5] O [4] J [3] P [3] U [2] E [1] I [1] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [218] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [30] Canada [4] Ireland [4]

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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Abraham Smullen

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 33847 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Thomas Aitchison

Died 1917

British Army 13548 Private Royal Scots

British Army 18391 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 27th Coy

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Thomas Stewart

Born 1886

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 681283

Canadian Expeditionary Force 681283 Private Canadian Infantry

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Adam Clarke Capper

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Royal Irish Rifles 7th Battalion

South African Services Transport Train of the South African Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 20th

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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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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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Harry Magill

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101102

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101102 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Bretherick

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 58339 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 58339 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 17th Signal Coy

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Archibald David Mcafee

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 2158 Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

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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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Ernest C Barnett

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2555 Private Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders )

British Army S/40453 Private Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) 8th Bn

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John Mcneill Paul

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 318978

Canadian Expeditionary Force 318978 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Divisional Ammunition Column

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John Ambrose Keogh

Born 1863

Died 1919

Royal Navy Fleet Surgeon

Royal Navy Surgeon

Royal Navy Commander Surgeon

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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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