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Coleraine Victoria [177]

Coleraine, Londonderry [43]

Coleraine [23]

Coleraine, County Derry [6]

Coleraine, Derry [6]

Coleraine, Antrim [4]

Coleraine, Victoria [3]

Aghadowey, Coleraine [1]

COLERAINE NORTHERN IRELAND [1]

Coleraine Victoria [1]

Coleraine N Ireland [1]

Coleraine New South Wales [1]

Coleraine Queen's [1]

Coleraine Tasmania [1]

Coleraine, Co Derry [1]

Coleraine, Co. Londonderry [1]

Coleraine, County Antrim [1]

Coleraine, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Coleraine, County Derry, Northern Ireland [1]

Coleraine, County Londonderry [1]

Coleraine, Derbyshire [1]

Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland [1]

Londonderry Coleraine Co Down Ireland [1]

Londonderry, Coleraine [1]

Milburn Coleraine [1]

Somerset, nr Coleraine, County Londonderry [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal [1]

Engineman [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private RMLI [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Australian Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Australian Veterinary Hospital [1]

British Red Cross Unit attached Serbian Army [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Caledonia [1]

HMS Cumberland [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS Dublin [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS War Knight [1]

North Irish Horse [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: H.M. Drifter Expectation [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Satellite [1]

Royal irish Rifles [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [201]

Royal Navy [55]

British Army [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [54]

C [31]

B [25]

H [23]

R [21]

D [14]

S [14]

W [12]

G [11]

K [11]

J [10]

L [9]

T [9]

F [7]

N [7]

A [6]

P [6]

V [3]

E [2]

I [2]

O [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [277]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Coleraine Victoria [177] Coleraine, Londonderry [43] Coleraine [23] Coleraine, County Derry [6] Coleraine, Derry [6] Coleraine, Antrim [4] Coleraine, Victoria [3] Aghadowey, Coleraine [1] COLERAINE NORTHERN IRELAND [1] Coleraine Victoria [1] Coleraine N Ireland [1] Coleraine New South Wales [1] Coleraine Queen's [1] Coleraine Tasmania [1] Coleraine, Co Derry [1] Coleraine, Co. Londonderry [1] Coleraine, County Antrim [1] Coleraine, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Coleraine, County Derry, Northern Ireland [1] Coleraine, County Londonderry [1] Coleraine, Derbyshire [1] Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland [1] Londonderry Coleraine Co Down Ireland [1] Londonderry, Coleraine [1] Milburn Coleraine [1] Somerset, nr Coleraine, County Londonderry [1]

Rank

Private [15] Second Lieutenant [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Rifleman [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Sister [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Colonel [1] Corporal [1] Engineman [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private RMLI [1] Ship's Cook [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Australian Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Australian Veterinary Hospital [1] British Red Cross Unit attached Serbian Army [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Caledonia [1] HMS Cumberland [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS Dublin [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine - SS War Knight [1] North Irish Horse [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [1] Royal Naval Reserve: H.M. Drifter Expectation [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Satellite [1] Royal irish Rifles [1] Scots Guards [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [201] Royal Navy [55] British Army [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [54] C [31] B [25] H [23] R [21] D [14] S [14] W [12] G [11] K [11] J [10] L [9] T [9] F [7] N [7] A [6] P [6] V [3] E [2] I [2] O [2] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [277]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

John Mcafee

Born 1888

Died 1930

British Army 12/7542 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 12/7542 Rifleman Royal irish Rifles 12th (Service) Battalion

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George Sholto Douglas Carver

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Wilson

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 10890 Private Scots Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 10890 Private Scots Guards 3rd Battalion

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George Matson Nicholas

Born 1887

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force Major Australian Infantry

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Charles Stewart Blair

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 07961 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 47145 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Frank Hagarty

Born 1892

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Ship's Cook Mercantile Marine - SS War Knight

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John Dempsey

Australian Imperial Force 2540

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Edward St John Beers

Australian Imperial Force

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John Carson

Australian Imperial Force 1069

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William James Hunter

Australian Imperial Force 6516

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Alfred Barr Kerr

Australian Imperial Force

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James Smyth Anderson

Australian Imperial Force

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John Henry

Australian Imperial Force

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David George Barr

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army 17233 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 17233 Private Royal Irish Rifles 11th Battalion

British Army 156769 Private Machine Gun Corps

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James Wallace Henry

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 3209 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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James Johnston-Abraham

Born 1876

Died 1963

British Army British Red Cross Unit attached Serbian Army

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frank Thomas Robertson

Born 1879

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 6277 Private Australian Infantry 23rd Battalion

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Cornelius Foley

Born 1896

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 11754 Gunner Australian Field Artillery 3rd Brigade

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Edmond Charles Mclaughlin

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238234 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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Arthur Gerard Cheyne Irvine

Born 1864

Died 1925

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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