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Clare South Australia [288]

Clare [101]

Clare, Suffolk [55]

Kilrush, Clare [53]

County Clare [31]

Kilkee, Clare [27]

Ennis, Clare [22]

Ennis, County Clare [10]

Clare New South Wales [5]

Killaloe, Clare [5]

Ballyvaughan, Clare [4]

Carrigaholt, Clare [4]

Ennistymon, Clare [4]

Lahinch, Clare [4]

Bally Clare [3]

Carrigaholt, County Clare [3]

Clare England [3]

Coonagh, County Clare [3]

Hundon, Clare, Suffolk [3]

Kilballyowen, Clare [3]

Kilrush, County Clare [3]

Carrigsholt, Clare [2]

Clare, Ireland [2]

Co Clare [2]

Doonbeg, County Clare [2]

Ennis, Co. Clare [2]

Kelrush, Clare [2]

Kilfarboy, Clare [2]

Killrush, Clare [2]

Liscannon, Clare [2]

Milltown Malbay, Clare [2]

Scariff, Clare [2]

Stoke by Clare, Suffolk [2]

Trough, Clare [2]

Ardhemms, Clare [1]

Bally Clare, Antrim [1]

Bally Valley, Killaloe, County Clare [1]

Bally Vaughan, Clare [1]

Ballyfinane, Clare [1]

Ballyraughn, Clare [1]

Ballyvaugham, Clare [1]

Ballyvaughan, County Clare [1]

Ballywangham, Clare [1]

Broadford Co Clare, [1]

C G S Liscannor, Clare [1]

Caher, Feakle, County Clare [1]

Caherogan, Miltown Malbay, County Clare [1]

Caherrush, County Clare [1]

Carrigaholt, Co Clare [1]

Carrigalholt, Clare [1]

Rank

Private [25]

Able Seaman [13]

Seaman [9]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Major [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Corporal [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Gunner [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trimmer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lt. [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Surgeon [1]

Balloon Commander [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brigadier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Ensign [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Junior Chaplain [1]

L/C [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [11]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Irish Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [4]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

Irish Guards [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [3]

Connaught Rangers [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

13th Balloon company [1]

16th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIF [1]

16th Division Artillery [1]

32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

9th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Army [1]

Auxiliary Territorial Service [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Clare Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Connaught Rangers att'd Indian Ordnance Dept [1]

Dublin City Royal Field Reserve Artillery (Special Reserve) [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Essex regiment [1]

Financial Advisory Staff [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [1]

French Foreign Legion [1]

General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, H.Q. 7th Division [1]

H. M. Paddle Minesweeper "Erins Isle" [1]

H.M.S. "Natal." [1]

HM Submarine E10 [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [399]

Royal Navy [257]

British Army [65]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Other Empire Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [117]

B [79]

C [78]

S [60]

O [50]

R [47]

H [41]

D [40]

P [40]

G [39]

K [38]

W [32]

F [27]

T [21]

L [17]

E [13]

J [13]

A [12]

N [11]

Q [6]

V [5]

I [3]

U [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [725]

Merchant Navy [45]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Ireland [11]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Hong Kong [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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People [792] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Clare South Australia [288] Clare [101] Clare, Suffolk [55] Kilrush, Clare [53] County Clare [31] Kilkee, Clare [27] Ennis, Clare [22] Ennis, County Clare [10] Clare New South Wales [5] Killaloe, Clare [5] Ballyvaughan, Clare [4] Carrigaholt, Clare [4] Ennistymon, Clare [4] Lahinch, Clare [4] Bally Clare [3] Carrigaholt, County Clare [3] Clare England [3] Coonagh, County Clare [3] Hundon, Clare, Suffolk [3] Kilballyowen, Clare [3] Kilrush, County Clare [3] Carrigsholt, Clare [2] Clare, Ireland [2] Co Clare [2] Doonbeg, County Clare [2] Ennis, Co. Clare [2] Kelrush, Clare [2] Kilfarboy, Clare [2] Killrush, Clare [2] Liscannon, Clare [2] Milltown Malbay, Clare [2] Scariff, Clare [2] Stoke by Clare, Suffolk [2] Trough, Clare [2] Ardhemms, Clare [1] Bally Clare, Antrim [1] Bally Valley, Killaloe, County Clare [1] Bally Vaughan, Clare [1] Ballyfinane, Clare [1] Ballyraughn, Clare [1] Ballyvaugham, Clare [1] Ballyvaughan, County Clare [1] Ballywangham, Clare [1] Broadford Co Clare, [1] C G S Liscannor, Clare [1] Caher, Feakle, County Clare [1] Caherogan, Miltown Malbay, County Clare [1] Caherrush, County Clare [1] Carrigaholt, Co Clare [1] Carrigalholt, Clare [1]

Rank

Private [25] Able Seaman [13] Seaman [9] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Major [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Corporal [5] Leading Seaman [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [4] Gunner [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Petty Officer [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Corporal [2] Leading Stoker [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trimmer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lt. [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Assistant Surgeon [1] Balloon Commander [1] Bombardier [1] Brigadier [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Chaplain 4th Class [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Ensign [1] Flight Cadet [1] Junior Chaplain [1] L/C [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [11] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Irish Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Munster Fusiliers [4] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] HMS Monmouth [3] Irish Guards [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [3] Connaught Rangers [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] Leinster Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 13th Balloon company [1] 16th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIF [1] 16th Division Artillery [1] 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 9th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Army [1] Auxiliary Territorial Service [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Clare Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Connaught Rangers att'd Indian Ordnance Dept [1] Dublin City Royal Field Reserve Artillery (Special Reserve) [1] Essex Regiment [1] Essex regiment [1] Financial Advisory Staff [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [1] French Foreign Legion [1] General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, H.Q. 7th Division [1] H. M. Paddle Minesweeper "Erins Isle" [1] H.M.S. "Natal." [1] HM Submarine E10 [1] HMS BULWARK [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [399] Royal Navy [257] British Army [65] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Other Empire Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [117] B [79] C [78] S [60] O [50] R [47] H [41] D [40] P [40] G [39] K [38] W [32] F [27] T [21] L [17] E [13] J [13] A [12] N [11] Q [6] V [5] I [3] U [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [725] Merchant Navy [45]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Ireland [11] Australia [1] Canada [1] Germany [1] Hong Kong [1] India [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

William Henry Lear

Australian Imperial Force 9028

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William Frederick Cullinan

Born 1876

Royal Navy Paymaster Rear Admiral

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Arthur Morton Barthelson

Australian Imperial Force 3115

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James Burns

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 226313 Able Seaman HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Joseph Convy

Born 1882

Royal Navy 305979

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Thomas Henry Ashe

Born 1885

Royal Navy 346793

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Frederick James Avery

Born 1885

Royal Navy 362151

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Frederick Bowers

Born 1890

Royal Navy J685

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Edmond O'shea

Born 1897

Royal Navy J29281

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Michael Hayes

Born 1884

Royal Navy 2299 B Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy B 2299 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

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Eunan O'kane

Born 1900

Royal Navy L11853

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Reginald James Mason

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS120630

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Ernest Alexander Chaplin

Born 1864

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Harriet Eleanor Baxter

Born 1893

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Sarah Cecilia O'leary

Born 1897

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Thomas Power

Born 1888

Royal Navy A 5342 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5342A Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

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Bridget Stokes

Born 1898

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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John Cunneen

Born 1889

Royal Navy A Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy A 5286 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5286 Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

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Michael Hurley

Born 1874

Royal Navy 350294

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Thomas Clancy

Born 1891

Royal Navy F9944

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