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Belfast, County Antrim [40]

County Antrim [33]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23]

Shankill, County Antrim [20]

Shankhill, County Antrim [12]

Lisburn, County Antrim [8]

Ballymoney, County Antrim [7]

Larne, County Antrim [6]

Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [5]

Ballyclare, County Antrim [4]

Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [4]

Shankill, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [4]

Bushmills, County Antrim [3]

Carrickfergus, County Antrim [3]

Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [3]

St Anne's, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [3]

Ballycastle, County Antrim [2]

Ballymena, County Antrim [2]

Ballymena, County Antrim, [2]

County Antrim, Northern Ireland [2]

Grange, County Antrim [2]

Lambeg, County Antrim [2]

Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [2]

Portrush, County Antrim [2]

St Anne's, County Antrim [2]

Ahoghill, Ballymena, County Antrim [1]

Antrim County [1]

Antrim, County Antrim [1]

Antrim, County Down [1]

Ballinderry, County Antrim [1]

Ballinora, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Ballintoy, County Antrim [1]

Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Ballycoan, County Antrim [1]

Ballygarvey, County Antrim [1]

Ballyhackmore, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Ballyhill, County Antrim [1]

Ballymena, County Antrim, Ulster [1]

Belfast, County Antrim - County Down [1]

Belfast, County Antrim Northern [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, 35 Foyle Street [1]

Bow Street, Lisburn, County Antrim. [1]

Broadway, County Antrim [1]

Bush mills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Carlough, County Antrim [1]

Carnearney, County Antrim [1]

Cloughwater, Craigywarren, Kirkinriola, County Antrim [1]

Coleraine, County Antrim [1]

Rank

Private [79]

Rifleman [46]

Lance Corporal [18]

Lieutenant [16]

Corporal [13]

Seaman [12]

Stoker [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Gunner [7]

Sapper [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Driver [5]

Major [5]

Trimmer [5]

Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Sergeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Deck Boy [2]

Doctor [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Major General [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seman [1]

Acting Major [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Grade [1]

Appointed Acting Corporal [1]

Appointed Paid L/Cpl [1]

Appointed unpaid L/Cpl [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant [1]

Brigadier [1]

CORPORAL [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain (acting) [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Chief Medical Officer [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cooper [1]

Corporl [1]

Corporol [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [80]

Royal Naval Reserve [31]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [20]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [11]

Royal Irish Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Australian Flying Corps [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [2]

North Irish Horse [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [2]

Royal Scots [2]

196th Battalion [1]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

1st North Irish Horse [1]

24th Foot [1]

3rd Corps British Expeditionary Force [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

5th Royal Irish Lancers [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

Attached Karelian Regiment [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Committee French Red Cross [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

C M A [1]

Canadian infantry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Corps of Royal Engineers [1]

DQMG Egyptian Expeditionary Force [1]

Service

British Army [164]

Royal Navy [84]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [8]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [63]

C [30]

B [22]

H [18]

G [17]

A [15]

S [13]

K [10]

L [10]

W [10]

D [8]

J [8]

P [8]

R [8]

T [5]

F [4]

N [4]

I [3]

E [2]

O [2]

Q [2]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [191]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [51]

Ireland [7]

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People [264] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Belfast, County Antrim [40] County Antrim [33] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [23] Shankill, County Antrim [20] Shankhill, County Antrim [12] Lisburn, County Antrim [8] Ballymoney, County Antrim [7] Larne, County Antrim [6] Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [5] Ballyclare, County Antrim [4] Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [4] Shankill, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [4] Bushmills, County Antrim [3] Carrickfergus, County Antrim [3] Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [3] St Anne's, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [3] Ballycastle, County Antrim [2] Ballymena, County Antrim [2] Ballymena, County Antrim, [2] County Antrim, Northern Ireland [2] Grange, County Antrim [2] Lambeg, County Antrim [2] Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [2] Portrush, County Antrim [2] St Anne's, County Antrim [2] Ahoghill, Ballymena, County Antrim [1] Antrim County [1] Antrim, County Antrim [1] Antrim, County Down [1] Ballinderry, County Antrim [1] Ballinora, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Ballintoy, County Antrim [1] Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Ballycoan, County Antrim [1] Ballygarvey, County Antrim [1] Ballyhackmore, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Ballyhill, County Antrim [1] Ballymena, County Antrim, Ulster [1] Belfast, County Antrim - County Down [1] Belfast, County Antrim Northern [1] Belfast, County Antrim, 35 Foyle Street [1] Bow Street, Lisburn, County Antrim. [1] Broadway, County Antrim [1] Bush mills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Carlough, County Antrim [1] Carnearney, County Antrim [1] Cloughwater, Craigywarren, Kirkinriola, County Antrim [1] Coleraine, County Antrim [1]

Rank

Private [79] Rifleman [46] Lance Corporal [18] Lieutenant [16] Corporal [13] Seaman [12] Stoker [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Gunner [7] Sapper [7] Able Seaman [6] Driver [5] Major [5] Trimmer [5] Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Petty Officer [3] Sergeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Deck Boy [2] Doctor [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Major General [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seman [1] Acting Major [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Grade [1] Appointed Acting Corporal [1] Appointed Paid L/Cpl [1] Appointed unpaid L/Cpl [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant [1] Brigadier [1] CORPORAL [1] Cadet [1] Captain (acting) [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Chief Medical Officer [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cooper [1] Corporl [1] Corporol [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [80] Royal Naval Reserve [31] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [20] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [11] Royal Irish Regiment [7] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [4] Royal Air Force [4] Army Service Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Australian Flying Corps [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Labour Corps [2] Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [2] North Irish Horse [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [2] Royal Scots [2] 196th Battalion [1] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 1st North Irish Horse [1] 24th Foot [1] 3rd Corps British Expeditionary Force [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 5th Royal Irish Lancers [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] Attached Karelian Regiment [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Committee French Red Cross [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] C M A [1] Canadian infantry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Corps of Royal Engineers [1] DQMG Egyptian Expeditionary Force [1]

Service

British Army [164] Royal Navy [84] Australian Imperial Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [8] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [63] C [30] B [22] H [18] G [17] A [15] S [13] K [10] L [10] W [10] D [8] J [8] P [8] R [8] T [5] F [4] N [4] I [3] E [2] O [2] Q [2] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [191] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [51] Ireland [7]

John Graham

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 3983 Private Royal Scots

British Army 201057 Private Royal Scots

British Army 201057 Private Royal Scots Fusilliers 4th Battalion

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George Campbell

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 64211 Driver Royal Engineers 122nd Field Company

British Army 64211 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 122nd FIeld Company

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William Reynolds

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army 5817 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery 4th Siege Battery

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Baptist Barton Crozier

Born 1878

Died 1957

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 44th Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

British Army Brigadier Royal Artillery Eastern Command

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Robert Evans

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1842 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 71586 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 71586 Private North Irish Horse

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William Higgins

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3320 Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 4th, 2nd Battalion

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Walter Campbell, K

Born 1864

Died 1936

British Army Major General Staff

British Army Major General DQMG Egyptian Expeditionary Force

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James Henry Moore

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3849 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Robert Thompson Mcmullan

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 27192 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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William Gilbert Pirrie

Born 1900

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137285 Private 2nd Class

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137285 Cadet Royal Air Force Spittlegate-49th Wing-189(N) Training School-44 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137285 2nd Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Oswald Brooke Webb

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles 11th Battalion

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Owen Brice Smyth

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain (acting) King's Royal Rifle Corps

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James Noble

Born 1883

Died 1960

British Army 36449 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army 12354 Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army 73217 Corporal Labour Corps

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Peter Donnelly

Born 1869

Died 1919

British Army 163739 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 24206 Pioneer Royal Irish Fusilliers

British Army 163739 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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James Parkhill

Died 1919

British Army 12/864 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 12/864 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 12th Battalion

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John Meeke

Born 1894

Died 1923

British Army 29097 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Joseph Murphy

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 5540 Private Connaught Rangers

British Army 5540 Private Connaught Rangers 3rd Battalion

British Army 5540 Private Connaught Rangers 6th Battalion

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Samuel Meeke

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 28917 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Robert Costello

Died 1918

British Army 5/5717 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 5717 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Robert Ferris

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1436 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 1436 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

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