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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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Place of birth

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]

Thomas Walsh

Born 1891

Died 1941

British Army 10440 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 10440 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 10440 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Jeremiah Martin

Born 1876

Died 1957

British Army 5209 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Sgt Royal Munster Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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William Stopford Sarsfield

Born 1868

Died 1914

British Army Major Connaught Rangers

British Army Captain Connaught Rangers 1st

British Army Major Connaught Rangers 2nd

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William Ahern

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy 345701 Blacksmith HMS Indefatigable

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Edward Gentleman Bannister

Born 1893

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force 111th Squadron

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Patrick Murphy

Born 1884

British Army 3/11580 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 11580 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Mccauliffe

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 13044 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 4995 Private Leinster Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 33879 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Garrison Battalion

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Edward George Dunscombe Masters Phillips

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 6th Battalion

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Maurice John Penrose-Fitzgerald

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 7th Battalion

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Patrick Geary

Born 1874

British Army Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 13306 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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James Owen Moody

Born 1886

Died 1940

British Army R4186 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Daniel Stokes

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 11928 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 41st Company

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William Henry Moore

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 85069 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 269th Siege Bty.

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Alexander Paterson

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 12206 Guardsman Scots Guards 2nd Battalion

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Benjamin Thomas Eastaway

Born 1854

Died 1917

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Cornelius Daly

Born 1879

Died 1921

British Army 9292 Private Irish Guards

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Phillip O'connell

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 3/11034 Company Serjeant Major Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 3/11034 Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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George James Bruce

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Captain General List

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Thomas Mahoney

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army WR/312679 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Thomas Burke

Born 1873

British Army 3790 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 3790 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 3790 Private Leinster Regiment

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