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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]

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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Mary Josephine Carr

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy G4985

Royal Navy Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service

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Christopher George Simmonds

Born 1870

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 9686 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment Depot

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Denis Lucey

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 9895 Private Royal Irish Rifles Depot (Belfast)

British Army 9895 Private Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

British Army 9895 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Henry Lynch

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 4919 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 4919 Company Serjeant Major South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 58764 Company Serjeant Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5th Garrison Battalion

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Patrick Joseph Carroll

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 13983 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 13983 Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 13983 Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9th (Service) Battallion

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Charles Alexander Tipping

Born 1884

Died 1957

Royal Navy F48012 AM2 (Aviation Metalsmith Petty Officer 2nd Class) Royal Naval Air Service RNAS Chingford Essex

Royal Navy F48012 AM2 (Aviation Metalsmith Petty Officer 2nd Class) Royal Naval Air Service RNAS Daedalus (Lee-on-Solent)

Royal Navy F48012 AM2 (Aviation Metalsmith Petty Officer 2nd Class) HMS President 11

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Thomas Boswell

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 883 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Stephen Arthur Grehan

Born 1895

Died 1937

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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William Herbert Roche

Born 1871

Died 1915

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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James Andrew Ronayne

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers 5th Batt

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Bertram Edmund Ward

Born 1863

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Joseph Boake

Born 1885

Died 1929

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 73070

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 73070 Private B.Coy.C.1 / C.Coy 37th / C.Coy 36th. Res Wellington Regiment New Zealand.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2nd Battalion Wellington Regiment

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Thomas Erskine Kershaw

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 58691 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 19th Heavy Battery

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