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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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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]

John Arnott Taylor Craig

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Joseph Craig Mccullough

Died 1916

British Army 15241 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 9th Battalion

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Nicholas Mcfarlane

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 26/497 Private Northumberland Fusiliers Depot

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William Sadlier

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1144 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 1144 Private South Irish Horse A Squadron

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John Houston

Born 1884

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 56076

Canadian Expeditionary Force 56076 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Kearney

Born 1881

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443402

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443402 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Nelson

Born 1871

Died 1918

Royal Navy V 466 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 466/V Leading Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Marlow

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William Percival Mulligan

Born 1889

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps No. 2 General Hospital

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Cardiff Military Hospital

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Albert Arthur Winter

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 549 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 549 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Rev Edward Bertram Hooper

Born 1863

Canadian Expeditionary Force - Hon Capt Canadian Chaplain Services

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James Mckeever

Born 1886

Died 1932

British Army 15315 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 15315 Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers

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William J Rice

Died 1916

British Army 1763 Private Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) 7th Battalion

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William James Townsley Leeman

Born 1895

Died 1949

British Army 11674 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 11674 Company Quarter Master Sergeant King's African Rifles

British Army Company Quarter Master Sergeant East African Unattached List

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George Kingcross

Born 1899

Died 1919

Royal Navy TS 7876 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 7876/TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Crescent"

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Joseph Cullen

Died 1916

British Army 4550 Private 2nd Royal Irish Rifles

British Army G13 Private To 2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 1015 Private To 2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

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George Thompson

Born 1894

Died 1960

British Army 9227 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 52156 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Ashley Albert Milne

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 17/2247 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 17/2247 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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Robert William Dick

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 315023

Royal Navy J29193 Aircraftman 2nd Grade Royal Naval Air Service

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Mary Kathleen Barclay

Born 1885

Died 1968

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

British Army Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

British Army Principal Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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Robert Munn

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 708 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 708 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

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