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Cork [1873]

Queenstown, Cork [284]

Cork, Cork [163]

Aghada, Cork [157]

Cork, Ireland [136]

Kinsale, Cork [126]

Skibbereen, Cork [125]

Clonakilty, Cork [90]

Youghal, Cork [83]

Cloyne, Cork [72]

Bandon, Cork [67]

Fermoy, Cork [57]

Midleton, Cork [56]

Middleton, Cork [50]

Myross, Cork [44]

Crosshaven, Cork [43]

Monkstown, Cork [41]

Bantry, Cork [38]

Mallow, Cork [35]

Whitegate, Cork [35]

Dunmanway, Cork [34]

Macroom, Cork [34]

Carrigaline, Cork [31]

Douglas, Cork [29]

Schull, Cork [26]

Rosscarbery, Cork [25]

Ballincollig, Cork [21]

North Cork [21]

Castlehaven, Cork [18]

Tracton, Cork [18]

Baltimore, Cork [17]

Cork City [17]

County Cork [17]

Ballymacoda, Cork [16]

Co. Cork [16]

Glandore, Cork [16]

Queenstown, County Cork [16]

Ballycotton, Cork [15]

Blarney, Cork [15]

Cape Clear, Cork [15]

South Cork [15]

Blackrock, Cork [14]

Castletown, Cork [14]

Kinsale, County Cork [14]

Union Hall, Cork [14]

Ballineen, Cork [13]

Cork city [13]

Killeagh, Cork [13]

Youghal, County Cork [13]

Kanturk, Cork [11]

Rank

Private [203]

Able Seaman [175]

Stoker 1st Class [134]

Captain [89]

Lieutenant [68]

Seaman [57]

Ordinary Seaman [56]

Second Lieutenant [52]

Leading Seaman [45]

Boy 1st Class [43]

Major [42]

Petty Officer [40]

Stoker 2nd Class [38]

Stoker Petty Officer [38]

Leading Stoker [37]

Corporal [29]

Gunner [26]

Lance Corporal [26]

Serjeant [26]

Boy 2nd Class [25]

Lieutenant Colonel [24]

Stoker [21]

Chief Stoker [14]

Chief Petty Officer [12]

Deck Hand [12]

Sapper [11]

Trimmer [9]

Petty Officer 1st Class [8]

Shipwright 1st Class [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Driver [7]

Sergeant [6]

Shipwright 2nd Class [6]

Surgeon [6]

3rd Writer [5]

Carpenter's Crew [5]

Colonel [5]

Commander [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Lt. [5]

Petty Officer Stoker [5]

Rifleman [5]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [5]

2nd Writer [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Reverend [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Chief Stoker [3]

Acting Major [3]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [103]

Royal Army Medical Corps [64]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [60]

Royal Naval Division [46]

HMS LION [42]

HMS TIGER [41]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [30]

Royal Irish Regiment [28]

HMS Vivid [27]

South Wales Borderers [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

HMS Monmouth [25]

HMS THUNDERER [23]

HMS Erin [22]

Royal Engineers [22]

HMS Ajax [21]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [19]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [19]

HMS BELLEROPHON [18]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [18]

HMS DEFENCE [18]

Leinster Regiment [18]

HMS Indefatigable [16]

Irish Guards [15]

HMS Defence [13]

HMS VALIANT [12]

HMS Vivid II [12]

HMS Goliath [11]

HMS Vivid I [11]

HMS Agincourt [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

HMS Hindustan [9]

HMS IRON DUKE [9]

Indian Medical Service [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Labour Corps [9]

London Regiment [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

HMS BENBOW [8]

HMS Tiger [8]

HMS WARSPITE [8]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [7]

Connaught Rangers [6]

HMS Black Prince [6]

HMS NESSUS [6]

HMS New Zealand [6]

Service

Royal Navy [3759]

British Army [514]

Australian Imperial Force [363]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Other Empire Force [12]

Indian Army [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [698]

C [671]

O [547]

H [478]

D [469]

B [418]

S [387]

F [272]

W [238]

L [222]

K [209]

R [198]

G [170]

A [135]

T [107]

P [99]

J [65]

N [64]

E [43]

Q [30]

V [12]

Y [7]

U [5]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [4493]

Merchant Navy [817]

Country

United Kingdom [145]

Ireland [100]

India [10]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

France [2]

Malta [2]

South Africa [2]

Germany [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Jersey [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Cork [1873] Queenstown, Cork [284] Cork, Cork [163] Aghada, Cork [157] Cork, Ireland [136] Kinsale, Cork [126] Skibbereen, Cork [125] Clonakilty, Cork [90] Youghal, Cork [83] Cloyne, Cork [72] Bandon, Cork [67] Fermoy, Cork [57] Midleton, Cork [56] Middleton, Cork [50] Myross, Cork [44] Crosshaven, Cork [43] Monkstown, Cork [41] Bantry, Cork [38] Mallow, Cork [35] Whitegate, Cork [35] Dunmanway, Cork [34] Macroom, Cork [34] Carrigaline, Cork [31] Douglas, Cork [29] Schull, Cork [26] Rosscarbery, Cork [25] Ballincollig, Cork [21] North Cork [21] Castlehaven, Cork [18] Tracton, Cork [18] Baltimore, Cork [17] Cork City [17] County Cork [17] Ballymacoda, Cork [16] Co. Cork [16] Glandore, Cork [16] Queenstown, County Cork [16] Ballycotton, Cork [15] Blarney, Cork [15] Cape Clear, Cork [15] South Cork [15] Blackrock, Cork [14] Castletown, Cork [14] Kinsale, County Cork [14] Union Hall, Cork [14] Ballineen, Cork [13] Cork city [13] Killeagh, Cork [13] Youghal, County Cork [13] Kanturk, Cork [11]

Rank

Private [203] Able Seaman [175] Stoker 1st Class [134] Captain [89] Lieutenant [68] Seaman [57] Ordinary Seaman [56] Second Lieutenant [52] Leading Seaman [45] Boy 1st Class [43] Major [42] Petty Officer [40] Stoker 2nd Class [38] Stoker Petty Officer [38] Leading Stoker [37] Corporal [29] Gunner [26] Lance Corporal [26] Serjeant [26] Boy 2nd Class [25] Lieutenant Colonel [24] Stoker [21] Chief Stoker [14] Chief Petty Officer [12] Deck Hand [12] Sapper [11] Trimmer [9] Petty Officer 1st Class [8] Shipwright 1st Class [8] Temporary Captain [8] Driver [7] Sergeant [6] Shipwright 2nd Class [6] Surgeon [6] 3rd Writer [5] Carpenter's Crew [5] Colonel [5] Commander [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Lt. [5] Petty Officer Stoker [5] Rifleman [5] Ship's Steward's Assistant [5] 2nd Writer [4] Brigadier General [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Reverend [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Chief Stoker [3] Acting Major [3]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [103] Royal Army Medical Corps [64] Royal Munster Fusiliers [60] Royal Naval Division [46] HMS LION [42] HMS TIGER [41] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [30] Royal Irish Regiment [28] HMS Vivid [27] South Wales Borderers [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] HMS Monmouth [25] HMS THUNDERER [23] HMS Erin [22] Royal Engineers [22] HMS Ajax [21] Royal Field Artillery [21] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [19] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [19] HMS BELLEROPHON [18] HMS COLLINGWOOD [18] HMS DEFENCE [18] Leinster Regiment [18] HMS Indefatigable [16] Irish Guards [15] HMS Defence [13] HMS VALIANT [12] HMS Vivid II [12] HMS Goliath [11] HMS Vivid I [11] HMS Agincourt [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] HMS Hindustan [9] HMS IRON DUKE [9] Indian Medical Service [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Labour Corps [9] London Regiment [9] Army Service Corps [8] HMS BENBOW [8] HMS Tiger [8] HMS WARSPITE [8] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [7] Connaught Rangers [6] HMS Black Prince [6] HMS NESSUS [6] HMS New Zealand [6]

Service

Royal Navy [3759] British Army [514] Australian Imperial Force [363] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Other Empire Force [12] Indian Army [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [698] C [671] O [547] H [478] D [469] B [418] S [387] F [272] W [238] L [222] K [209] R [198] G [170] A [135] T [107] P [99] J [65] N [64] E [43] Q [30] V [12] Y [7] U [5] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [4493] Merchant Navy [817]

Country

United Kingdom [145] Ireland [100] India [10] Australia [2] Canada [2] France [2] Malta [2] South Africa [2] Germany [1] Hong Kong [1] Jersey [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

John Lucey

Born 1894

Died 1962

British Army 9896 Private Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

British Army 9896 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

British Army 9896 Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Andrew Joseph Forrest

Born 1894

Died 1944

Australian Imperial Force 2151 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Denis Cambridge

Born 1895

Died 1952

British Army 6763 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6763 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6763 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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John Joseph O'donoghue

Born 1884

Died 1975

British Army 13176 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 34 Siege Battery

British Army 13176 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 34 Siege Battery

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Edward Charles Ellis

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment attached Royal Munster Fusiliers 11th Battalion attached 1st Battalion

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John James Fitzgerald

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 5917 Private (Boy) Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5917 Drummer Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5917 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles James Comerford

Born 1892

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1166 Sergeant Royal Flying Corps 57th Squadron

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William Martin

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 20757 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Dominick Murphy

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 98199 Sapper Royal Engineers 144th Army Troops Company

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Robert Forrest

Born 1897

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4426 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Matthew Patrick Marmion

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army L/8045 Sergeant Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army L/8045 Sergeant Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army L/8045 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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John Foley

Born 1882

Died 1952

British Army 6612 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 6612 Private Royal Irish Regiment 18th Battalion

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James Arthur Pollock

Born 1865

Died 1922

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Australian Mining Corps

British Army 2nd Army Mining School, Proven, Poperinghe

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James Sydney Johnston

Born 1885

Died 1951

Australian Imperial Force 6278 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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George Deane Bateman, O.b.e.

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lt. Col. Medical Branch

Royal Navy Surgeon-Commander

Royal Navy Surgeon Naval Medical Service

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Frederick William Cook

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master Yorkshire Regiment 4th battalion east Battalion

British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2791 Colour Sergeant East Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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George Willoughby Hemans

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Major 29th Lancers

British Army Cheshire Regt

Indian Army Major 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)

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Maurice David Reardon

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army 3/7639 Private Devonshire Regiment Depot

British Army 3/7639 Private Devonshire Regiment Special Reserve

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Matthew Walsh

Born 1878

Died 1953

British Army 4824 Serjeant Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 4/7922 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment

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Samuel George Keller

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 23446 Private Manchester Regiment 11th Battalion

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