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Dublin [2489]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1499]

Dublin, Dublin [274]

Dublin, Ireland [191]

Kingstown, Dublin [152]

Rush, Dublin [53]

Dublin South Australia [40]

Balbriggan, Dublin [37]

North Dublin, Dublin [34]

North Dublin [32]

South Dublin, Dublin [29]

Dalkey, Dublin [24]

Rathmines, Dublin [24]

Blackrock, Dublin [15]

Howth, Dublin [14]

Clontarf, Dublin [13]

Kingston, Dublin [13]

Skerries, Dublin [13]

Donnybrook, Dublin [12]

Ringsend, Dublin [12]

South Dublin [12]

Baldoyle, Dublin [10]

Dundrum, Dublin [10]

Bray, Dublin [9]

Malahide, Dublin [8]

Monkstown, Dublin [8]

Swords, Dublin [7]

County Dublin [6]

Dublin, [6]

Dublin, County Dublin [6]

Rathfarnham, Dublin [6]

Rathgar, Dublin [6]

Saint Thomas, Dublin [6]

Holmpatrick, Dublin [5]

Inchicore, Dublin [5]

Kingstown, County Dublin [5]

Loughlinstown, Dublin [5]

Saint James, Dublin [5]

Sandymount, Dublin [5]

St Andrews, Dublin [5]

Dalkey, County Dublin [4]

Kingstown [now named Dún Laoghaire], County Dublin [4]

Lucan, Dublin [4]

St James, Dublin [4]

Blackrock, Co Dublin [3]

Blackrock, County Dublin [3]

Chapelizod, Dublin [3]

Curragh, Dublin [3]

Dublin City [3]

Dublin, Meath [3]

Rank

Private [349]

Captain [114]

Lieutenant [90]

Second Lieutenant [84]

Major [64]

Able Seaman [57]

Stoker 1st Class [53]

Lance Corporal [52]

Stoker [43]

Corporal [40]

Lieutenant Colonel [39]

Serjeant [36]

Gunner [30]

Ordinary Seaman [23]

Rifleman [21]

Boy 1st Class [15]

Driver [15]

Trimmer [15]

Deck Hand [14]

Sapper [13]

Seaman [13]

Brigadier General [12]

Stoker 2nd Class [11]

Bombardier [7]

Colonel [7]

Commander [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Leading Stoker [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Stoker Petty Officer [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lance Sergeant [5]

Sub Lieutenant [5]

Carpenter's Crew [4]

Chaplain [4]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Fireman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major General [4]

Midshipman [4]

Reverend [4]

Sergeant [4]

Signalman [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

ALIAS Trimmer [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Boy [3]

Unit

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [96]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [83]

Royal Naval Reserve [71]

Royal Irish Regiment [51]

Royal Field Artillery [35]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Engineers [30]

Royal Irish Rifles [29]

London Regiment [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Leinster Regiment [17]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [15]

Connaught Rangers [14]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Royal Air Force [12]

HMS Goliath [11]

Hussars [11]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

HMS BENBOW [9]

HMS TIGER [9]

Irish Guards [9]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable [9]

HMS DEFENCE [8]

HMS VALIANT [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Artillery [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

HMS INDOMITABLE [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [6]

HMS THUNDERER [6]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [6]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [5]

HMS Ajax [5]

HMS BELLEROPHON [5]

HMS Good Hope [5]

Service

Royal Navy [2189]

British Army [788]

Australian Imperial Force [775]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [149]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

Other Empire Force [36]

Indian Army [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [795]

B [600]

C [493]

D [373]

S [361]

H [359]

W [298]

K [289]

F [278]

R [271]

G [235]

L [216]

O [210]

P [193]

T [161]

A [130]

J [90]

N [90]

E [80]

Q [21]

I [19]

V [18]

Y [12]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3790]

Merchant Navy [1653]

Country

Ireland [174]

United Kingdom [167]

India [10]

Canada [5]

Germany [5]

United States [4]

Australia [2]

Malaysia [2]

New Zealand [2]

South Africa [2]

China [1]

France [1]

Jersey [1]

Malta [1]

Nigeria [1]

Turkey [1]

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Dublin [2489] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1499] Dublin, Dublin [274] Dublin, Ireland [191] Kingstown, Dublin [152] Rush, Dublin [53] Dublin South Australia [40] Balbriggan, Dublin [37] North Dublin, Dublin [34] North Dublin [32] South Dublin, Dublin [29] Dalkey, Dublin [24] Rathmines, Dublin [24] Blackrock, Dublin [15] Howth, Dublin [14] Clontarf, Dublin [13] Kingston, Dublin [13] Skerries, Dublin [13] Donnybrook, Dublin [12] Ringsend, Dublin [12] South Dublin [12] Baldoyle, Dublin [10] Dundrum, Dublin [10] Bray, Dublin [9] Malahide, Dublin [8] Monkstown, Dublin [8] Swords, Dublin [7] County Dublin [6] Dublin, [6] Dublin, County Dublin [6] Rathfarnham, Dublin [6] Rathgar, Dublin [6] Saint Thomas, Dublin [6] Holmpatrick, Dublin [5] Inchicore, Dublin [5] Kingstown, County Dublin [5] Loughlinstown, Dublin [5] Saint James, Dublin [5] Sandymount, Dublin [5] St Andrews, Dublin [5] Dalkey, County Dublin [4] Kingstown [now named Dún Laoghaire], County Dublin [4] Lucan, Dublin [4] St James, Dublin [4] Blackrock, Co Dublin [3] Blackrock, County Dublin [3] Chapelizod, Dublin [3] Curragh, Dublin [3] Dublin City [3] Dublin, Meath [3]

Rank

Private [349] Captain [114] Lieutenant [90] Second Lieutenant [84] Major [64] Able Seaman [57] Stoker 1st Class [53] Lance Corporal [52] Stoker [43] Corporal [40] Lieutenant Colonel [39] Serjeant [36] Gunner [30] Ordinary Seaman [23] Rifleman [21] Boy 1st Class [15] Driver [15] Trimmer [15] Deck Hand [14] Sapper [13] Seaman [13] Brigadier General [12] Stoker 2nd Class [11] Bombardier [7] Colonel [7] Commander [7] Leading Seaman [7] Leading Stoker [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Staff Nurse [6] Stoker Petty Officer [6] Acting Captain [5] Acting Corporal [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lance Sergeant [5] Sub Lieutenant [5] Carpenter's Crew [4] Chaplain [4] Company Sergeant Major [4] Fireman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major General [4] Midshipman [4] Reverend [4] Sergeant [4] Signalman [4] Temporary Captain [4] ALIAS Trimmer [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Boy [3]

Unit

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [96] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [83] Royal Naval Reserve [71] Royal Irish Regiment [51] Royal Field Artillery [35] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Army Service Corps [30] Royal Engineers [30] Royal Irish Rifles [29] London Regiment [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Machine Gun Corps [18] Leinster Regiment [17] Royal Irish Fusiliers [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [15] Connaught Rangers [14] Royal Munster Fusiliers [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Royal Air Force [12] HMS Goliath [11] Hussars [11] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] HMS BENBOW [9] HMS TIGER [9] Irish Guards [9] Labour Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable [9] HMS DEFENCE [8] HMS VALIANT [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Artillery [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] South Wales Borderers [8] HMS INDOMITABLE [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [6] HMS THUNDERER [6] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [6] H.M.S. "Formidable." [5] HMS Ajax [5] HMS BELLEROPHON [5] HMS Good Hope [5]

Service

Royal Navy [2189] British Army [788] Australian Imperial Force [775] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [149] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] Other Empire Force [36] Indian Army [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [795] B [600] C [493] D [373] S [361] H [359] W [298] K [289] F [278] R [271] G [235] L [216] O [210] P [193] T [161] A [130] J [90] N [90] E [80] Q [21] I [19] V [18] Y [12] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3790] Merchant Navy [1653]

Country

Ireland [174] United Kingdom [167] India [10] Canada [5] Germany [5] United States [4] Australia [2] Malaysia [2] New Zealand [2] South Africa [2] China [1] France [1] Jersey [1] Malta [1] Nigeria [1] Turkey [1]

Andrew Masterson

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army A/6121 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 6121 Private Royal Irish Rifles 2nd

British Army 6121 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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Garrett Dignam

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 8697 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8697 Private Royal Irish Regiment Depot

British Army 8697 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Purefoy Irwin Samuels

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Irish Rifles 11th Battalion (South Antrim)

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Christopher Whelan

Born 1881

British Army 6817 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 6817 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

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Richmond Hammond Bryan

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 242363 Company Serjeant Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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James Flanagan

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Private Royal Irish Regiment Depot

British Army 6013 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6013 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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St George Eyre Harris, O.b.e.

Born 1877

Died 1945

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Hatchell Boyd

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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William Edward Barrett

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 24025 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 24025 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Batallion

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Robert Humphrey Medlicott Vereker

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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David Lubbock Robinson

Born 1882

Died 1943

British Army 2065 Trooper Canadian Divisional Cavalry

British Army 2065 Trooper Imperial Army

British Army Lieutenant Tank Corps

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John Bateman Beer

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 3306 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 8533 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 554427 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

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Frank Edward Dimmer

Born 1879

Died 1947

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267351 Corporal

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John Donnelly

Born 1887

Died 1938

British Army 4263 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 42638 Private Machine Gun Corps 99 Company

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Arthur Edward Maxwell Head

Born 1876

Died 1921

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Artillery

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Herbert Hood Mccormac

Born 1915

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Temporary Lieutenant The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 5th Battalion,

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Ernest Francis Hume Murray

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 613 Lieutenant Acting Captain Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 613 Company Sergeant Major Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company

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Cornelius Michael Connolly

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K21324 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Centurion, Dolphin, Maidstone

Royal Navy K21324 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Vivid II, Centurion

Royal Navy K21324 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24

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Edward M Boardman

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 25346 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 18285 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 18285 Lance Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st

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John James Fitzwilliam

Born 1900

Died 1977

British Army ES/50261 Private Royal Army Service Corps

Royal Navy J/83455 Boy II HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J/83455 Boy I HMS Powerful

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