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County Cork [17]

Queenstown, County Cork [16]

Kinsale, County Cork [14]

Youghal, County Cork [13]

Fermoy, County Cork [8]

Bandon, County Cork [7]

Mallow, County Cork [6]

Cork, County Cork [5]

Skibbereen, County Cork [5]

Union Hall, County Cork [5]

Myross, County Cork [4]

Old Head, Kinsale, County Cork [4]

Dunmanway, County Cork [3]

Leap, County Cork [3]

Scilly, Kinsale, County Cork [3]

Ballincollig, County Cork [2]

Bantry, County Cork [2]

Charleville, County Cork [2]

Cloyne, County Cork [2]

Durrus, Bantry, County Cork [2]

Little Islands, via Queenstown, County Cork [2]

Middleton, County Cork [2]

Midleton, County Cork [2]

Mitchelstown, County Cork [2]

Monkstown, County Cork [2]

Riverdown, County Cork [2]

Whitegate, County Cork [2]

Aghada, County Cork [1]

Annakissa House, Killavullen, County Cork [1]

Ballinacura, County Cork [1]

Ballinadee, County Cork [1]

Ballycotton, County Cork [1]

Ballydehob, County Cork [1]

Ballydehob, County a Cork [1]

Ballyhay. County Cork [1]

Ballymasoda, County Cork [1]

Ballymodan, County Cork [1]

Baltimore, County Cork [1]

Bandon. County Cork. [1]

Black Rock, County Cork [1]

Blackrock, County Cork [1]

Blarney, County Cork [1]

Boherbue, County Cork [1]

Brideweir, Aghern, County Cork [1]

Caheragh, Kilbrittain, County Cork [1]

Cahir, County Cork [1]

Carrigaline, County Cork [1]

Carrigeluhir, County Cork [1]

Castledown, County Cork [1]

Castleton, County Cork [1]

Rank

Private [61]

Seaman [40]

Able Seaman [27]

Captain [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Major [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Deck Hand [7]

Gunner [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Serjeant [7]

Corporal [5]

Trimmer [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Sapper [4]

Stoker [4]

Fleet Surgeon [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Acting Leading Seaman [2]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Reverend [2]

Rifleman [2]

Surgeon [2]

2nd Lieutenant Flying Officer [1]

ALIAS Deck Hand [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bishop [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Capitaine [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commander (retired) [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Gunner (T) [1]

Gunner's Mate [1]

Gunners' Mate [1]

Honorary Lieutenant General [1]

L/SGT [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker (Pensioner) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant RMLI [1]

Major General [1]

Midshipman [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [61]

Royal Naval Division [33]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [19]

Royal Irish Regiment [16]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Irish Guards [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Leinster Regiment [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence [2]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Vivid [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [1]

1st Royal Irish Rifles [1]

2nd Royal Irish Regiment [1]

4th Hussars [1]

99th Company Malta Garrison Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

B.Coy.C.1 / C.Coy 37th / C.Coy 36th. [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Ecclesiastical Department [1]

French Foreign Legion [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [115]

Royal Navy [86]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [26]

D [23]

M [22]

B [21]

A [18]

H [18]

O [15]

F [12]

S [10]

L [9]

W [7]

K [6]

R [6]

J [4]

G [3]

N [3]

Q [3]

P [2]

T [2]

E [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [159]

Country

United Kingdom [56]

Ireland [31]

India [4]

Canada [2]

France [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [213] Stories Communities

Place of birth

County Cork [17] Queenstown, County Cork [16] Kinsale, County Cork [14] Youghal, County Cork [13] Fermoy, County Cork [8] Bandon, County Cork [7] Mallow, County Cork [6] Cork, County Cork [5] Skibbereen, County Cork [5] Union Hall, County Cork [5] Myross, County Cork [4] Old Head, Kinsale, County Cork [4] Dunmanway, County Cork [3] Leap, County Cork [3] Scilly, Kinsale, County Cork [3] Ballincollig, County Cork [2] Bantry, County Cork [2] Charleville, County Cork [2] Cloyne, County Cork [2] Durrus, Bantry, County Cork [2] Little Islands, via Queenstown, County Cork [2] Middleton, County Cork [2] Midleton, County Cork [2] Mitchelstown, County Cork [2] Monkstown, County Cork [2] Riverdown, County Cork [2] Whitegate, County Cork [2] Aghada, County Cork [1] Annakissa House, Killavullen, County Cork [1] Ballinacura, County Cork [1] Ballinadee, County Cork [1] Ballycotton, County Cork [1] Ballydehob, County Cork [1] Ballydehob, County a Cork [1] Ballyhay. County Cork [1] Ballymasoda, County Cork [1] Ballymodan, County Cork [1] Baltimore, County Cork [1] Bandon. County Cork. [1] Black Rock, County Cork [1] Blackrock, County Cork [1] Blarney, County Cork [1] Boherbue, County Cork [1] Brideweir, Aghern, County Cork [1] Caheragh, Kilbrittain, County Cork [1] Cahir, County Cork [1] Carrigaline, County Cork [1] Carrigeluhir, County Cork [1] Castledown, County Cork [1] Castleton, County Cork [1]

Rank

Private [61] Seaman [40] Able Seaman [27] Captain [15] Lieutenant [13] Major [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Deck Hand [7] Gunner [7] Lance Corporal [7] Serjeant [7] Corporal [5] Trimmer [5] Leading Seaman [4] Sapper [4] Stoker [4] Fleet Surgeon [3] Leading Stoker [3] Acting Leading Seaman [2] Commander [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Reverend [2] Rifleman [2] Surgeon [2] 2nd Lieutenant Flying Officer [1] ALIAS Deck Hand [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant [1] Bandsman [1] Bishop [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Brevet Major [1] Capitaine [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commander (retired) [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Gunner (T) [1] Gunner's Mate [1] Gunners' Mate [1] Honorary Lieutenant General [1] L/SGT [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker (Pensioner) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant RMLI [1] Major General [1] Midshipman [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [61] Royal Naval Division [33] Royal Munster Fusiliers [19] Royal Irish Regiment [16] South Wales Borderers [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Irish Guards [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [6] Royal Engineers [5] Leinster Regiment [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] London Regiment [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence [2] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Vivid [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [1] 1st Royal Irish Rifles [1] 2nd Royal Irish Regiment [1] 4th Hussars [1] 99th Company Malta Garrison Royal Garrison Artillery [1] B.Coy.C.1 / C.Coy 37th / C.Coy 36th. [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorset Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Ecclesiastical Department [1] French Foreign Legion [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [115] Royal Navy [86] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [26] D [23] M [22] B [21] A [18] H [18] O [15] F [12] S [10] L [9] W [7] K [6] R [6] J [4] G [3] N [3] Q [3] P [2] T [2] E [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [159]

Country

United Kingdom [56] Ireland [31] India [4] Canada [2] France [1] Turkey [1]

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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Edward Corringham Mannock

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major No. 40 Squadron RFC, No. 74 Squadron RAF, No. 85 Squadron RAF

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers attached to Royal Flying Corps

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Timothy Burke

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army S/4/090263 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 33910 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Joseph Byrne

Born 1870

Died 1927

British Army 6134 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 6134 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army private Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd. battalion

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Thomas Hugh Colville Frankland

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Adjutant Headquarters Staff

British Army Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Brevet Major Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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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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Thomas Erskine Kershaw

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 58691 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 19th Heavy Battery

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James Condon

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 1852 Private Cheshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 3541 Private Liverpool Regiment 1st/8th (Irish) Battalion

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Michael Henry Lyons

Born 1878

British Army T4/216117 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 19867 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 19867 Private Dorset Regiment 5th Battalion

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Robert Macgregor Bowen-Colthurst

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Captain Leinster Regiment

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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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John Donovan

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 9471 Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 36330 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick Mortimer

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 9439 Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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George Hawke Hiffernan

Born 1887

Died 1973

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101471

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William Cosgrove

Born 1888

Died 1936

British Army 8980 Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 45347 Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 7042233 Serjeant Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Richard Hutchins

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Munster Fusiliers

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James Morrison

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 38618 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 38618 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Gerald Robert O'sullivan

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Peter Stack

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 178633 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Alger Roy Oram

Born 1891

Died 1966

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

Royal Navy Surgeon Probationer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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