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Belfast, Antrim [1965]

Belfast [1198]

Belfast, Down [374]

Belfast, Ireland [94]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [51]

Belfast, County Antrim [40]

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

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23]

Belfast, Country Antrim [17]

Belfast Down [9]

Belfast Victoria [8]

Shankill, Belfast [7]

Belfast North [6]

Belfast, Antrim, Ireland [5]

Belfast, Co. Antrim [5]

Belfast, County Down [5]

Belfast, Devon [5]

Belfast, Co Antrim [4]

Belfast, Down, Ireland [4]

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

belfast [4]

Antrim, Belfast [3]

Belfast City [3]

Belfast Northern [3]

Belfast Ulster [3]

Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland [3]

Belfast, Co Down [3]

Ballymacarret, Belfast [2]

Ballymacarrett, Belfast [2]

Belfast Northern Ireland [2]

Belfast, Antrin [2]

Belfast, Armagh [2]

Belfast, Belfast [2]

Belfast, Derbyshire [2]

Castlereagh, Belfast [2]

Shankhill Belfast [2]

Shankhill Belfast, Antrim [2]

17 Malone Park, Belfast [1]

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

29 University Square, Belfast [1]

3 Beersbridge Road, Castlereagh, Belfast [1]

32 Hudson St, Belfast [1]

44 Blythe Street Belfast [1]

Albert Crescent, Belfast [1]

All Saints, Belfast [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]

Ballylesson, Belfast [1]

Rank

Private [252]

Rifleman [95]

Able Seaman [81]

Stoker 1st Class [63]

Lieutenant [52]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Corporal [37]

Captain [34]

Lance Corporal [28]

Stoker [26]

Serjeant [25]

Ordinary Seaman [23]

Boy 1st Class [18]

Gunner [16]

Driver [15]

Trimmer [15]

Sapper [12]

Boy 2nd Class [10]

Leading Seaman [10]

Leading Stoker [9]

Deck Hand [8]

Major [7]

Petty Officer [6]

Seaman [5]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Sub Lieutenant [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Midshipman [3]

Naval Cadet [3]

Nurse [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

ALIAS [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [177]

Royal Naval Reserve [51]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [51]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [41]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Royal Engineers [23]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [20]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Labour Corps [11]

HMS Erin [10]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [9]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

HMS INDOMITABLE [8]

HMS VALIANT [8]

HMS Vanguard [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

HMS Ajax [7]

HMS LION [7]

HMS Monmouth [7]

HMS Goliath [6]

HMS Impregnable [6]

HMS THUNDERER [6]

London Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [6]

HMS BELLEROPHON [5]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [5]

HMS DEFENCE [5]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [5]

HMS INVINCIBLE [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [5]

Tank Corps [5]

HMS Hampshire [4]

Leinster Regiment [4]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

HMS DUBLIN [3]

HMS Indefatigable [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2759]

Australian Imperial Force [628]

British Army [475]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [87]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Other Empire Force [26]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

M [866]

B [338]

C [331]

S [288]

H [261]

W [217]

D [197]

G [182]

L [172]

R [161]

K [156]

T [140]

P [135]

F [125]

A [117]

J [91]

O [63]

N [54]

E [49]

I [21]

Q [15]

V [14]

Y [8]

U [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3866]

Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [121]

Ireland [55]

Canada [7]

India [3]

Australia [2]

Belgium [1]

Serbia [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Belfast, Antrim [1965] Belfast [1198] Belfast, Down [374] Belfast, Ireland [94] Belfast, Northern Ireland [51] Belfast, County Antrim [40] Ballymacarrett, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland [33] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23] Belfast, Country Antrim [17] Belfast Down [9] Belfast Victoria [8] Shankill, Belfast [7] Belfast North [6] Belfast, Antrim, Ireland [5] Belfast, Co. Antrim [5] Belfast, County Down [5] Belfast, Devon [5] Belfast, Co Antrim [4] Belfast, Down, Ireland [4] Shankill, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [4] belfast [4] Antrim, Belfast [3] Belfast City [3] Belfast Northern [3] Belfast Ulster [3] Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland [3] Belfast, Co Down [3] Ballymacarret, Belfast [2] Ballymacarrett, Belfast [2] Belfast Northern Ireland [2] Belfast, Antrin [2] Belfast, Armagh [2] Belfast, Belfast [2] Belfast, Derbyshire [2] Castlereagh, Belfast [2] Shankhill Belfast [2] Shankhill Belfast, Antrim [2] 17 Malone Park, Belfast [1] 27 Charles Street South, Belfast no4, Antrim [1] 29 University Square, Belfast [1] 3 Beersbridge Road, Castlereagh, Belfast [1] 32 Hudson St, Belfast [1] 44 Blythe Street Belfast [1] Albert Crescent, Belfast [1] All Saints, Belfast [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] Ballylesson, Belfast [1]

Rank

Private [252] Rifleman [95] Able Seaman [81] Stoker 1st Class [63] Lieutenant [52] Second Lieutenant [39] Corporal [37] Captain [34] Lance Corporal [28] Stoker [26] Serjeant [25] Ordinary Seaman [23] Boy 1st Class [18] Gunner [16] Driver [15] Trimmer [15] Sapper [12] Boy 2nd Class [10] Leading Seaman [10] Leading Stoker [9] Deck Hand [8] Major [7] Petty Officer [6] Seaman [5] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Sub Lieutenant [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Midshipman [3] Naval Cadet [3] Nurse [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] ALIAS [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Munitions Worker [2] Nursing Sister [2] Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [177] Royal Naval Reserve [51] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [51] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [41] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Royal Engineers [23] Royal Irish Fusiliers [20] Machine Gun Corps [15] Army Service Corps [14] Canadian Infantry [14] Labour Corps [11] HMS Erin [10] HMS INFLEXIBLE [9] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] HMS INDOMITABLE [8] HMS VALIANT [8] HMS Vanguard [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] HMS Ajax [7] HMS LION [7] HMS Monmouth [7] HMS Goliath [6] HMS Impregnable [6] HMS THUNDERER [6] London Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [6] HMS BELLEROPHON [5] HMS COLLINGWOOD [5] HMS DEFENCE [5] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [5] HMS INVINCIBLE [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [5] Tank Corps [5] HMS Hampshire [4] Leinster Regiment [4] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] HMS DUBLIN [3] HMS Indefatigable [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2759] Australian Imperial Force [628] British Army [475] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [87] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Other Empire Force [26] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

M [866] B [338] C [331] S [288] H [261] W [217] D [197] G [182] L [172] R [161] K [156] T [140] P [135] F [125] A [117] J [91] O [63] N [54] E [49] I [21] Q [15] V [14] Y [8] U [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3866] Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [121] Ireland [55] Canada [7] India [3] Australia [2] Belgium [1] Serbia [1] United States [1]

William James Mccormick

Born 1897

Died 1971

British Army T4/045283 Driver Army Service Corps

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Cecil Reginald Crymble

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers - Princess Victoria's 3rd Battalion

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Ernest Henry Hewitt

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Frederick William Girvan

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment

British Army Acting Captain Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Daniel Mulholland

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 69500 Driver Royal Field Artillery 27th

British Army 69500 Driver Royal Field Artillery 27th

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George Horner Gaffikin

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Irish Rifles 9th Battalion

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Alexander Balfour Mcdowell

Born 1892

Died 1973

British Army 14/18273 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army M/377339 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Private Royal Irish Rifles 14th

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Anthony Mcloskey

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army 4/8635 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Depot

British Army 4/8635 Private, Corps Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Depot

British Army 4/1935 Private Arg & Suth Highlrs Depot

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William Clarence Downey

Died 1918

British Army 4773 Private Australian Imperial Force 15th Battalion

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Robert O'donnell

Born 1893

Died 1968

British Army 17204 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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John Francis Doran

Born 1896

Died 1940

British Army F/706 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army F/706 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army 706 Middlesex Regiment 6th Battalion

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Joseph James Wilkinson

Born 1897

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1747 Private 49th Battalion

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Ernest Douey

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 9/4042 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 9th Battalion

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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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Charles Ernest Cooke

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 3 (Reserve) attached 1 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Robert Archer

Died 1917

British Army 14322 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 14322 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 24th Battalion

British Army 24th Battalion

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William Robert Wigley

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 66925 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 12th/13th Battalion

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James Bertram Henry

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 8770 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 5066 Private Leinster Regiment 3rd

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William John Moore

Died 1916

British Army 11946 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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