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Drogheda, Louth [71]

Drogheda [37]

Drogheda, County Louth [10]

Drogheda, Meath [5]

Drogheda, Co Louth [3]

Drogheda, Co. Louth [3]

Drogheda Meath [2]

Drogheda, Co Meath [2]

Drogheda, Ireland [2]

Mornington, Drogheda [2]

Clogher Head, Drogheda [1]

Clogherhead, Drogheda [1]

Collon, Drogheda, Co Louth [1]

Drogheda, Co. Louth. [1]

Drogheda, County Leith [1]

Drogheda, County Meath, Leinster [1]

Drogheda, Down [1]

Drogheda, Louth, Ireland [1]

Drogheda, Neath [1]

Drogheda, South Ireland [1]

Piltown, Co. Meath, just outside Drogheda, Co. Louth [1]

Saint Peter's Drogheda [1]

Termanfeckin Drogheda [1]

William St, Drogheda, Co Louth [1]

Rank

Private [19]

Seaman [10]

Lance Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Engineman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Matron [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer (Stoker) [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private RIR and Second Lieutenant RIF [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Drummer [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [2]

Army Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Cambrian [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Empress of India [1]

Fermoy Military Hospital [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Cyclops [1]

HMS MARLBOROUGH [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Orvieto [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Royal Oak [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lothians and Border Horse [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

New Zealand [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Alices" [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Monmouth [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Turbulent [1]

Vivid [1]

Vivid II [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [99]

British Army [24]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [30]

C [23]

B [13]

H [13]

S [11]

D [10]

L [9]

K [7]

F [6]

R [6]

O [5]

W [5]

E [4]

P [3]

Q [2]

T [2]

G [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Ireland [5]

Germany [1]

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People [151] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Drogheda, Louth [71] Drogheda [37] Drogheda, County Louth [10] Drogheda, Meath [5] Drogheda, Co Louth [3] Drogheda, Co. Louth [3] Drogheda Meath [2] Drogheda, Co Meath [2] Drogheda, Ireland [2] Mornington, Drogheda [2] Clogher Head, Drogheda [1] Clogherhead, Drogheda [1] Collon, Drogheda, Co Louth [1] Drogheda, Co. Louth. [1] Drogheda, County Leith [1] Drogheda, County Meath, Leinster [1] Drogheda, Down [1] Drogheda, Louth, Ireland [1] Drogheda, Neath [1] Drogheda, South Ireland [1] Piltown, Co. Meath, just outside Drogheda, Co. Louth [1] Saint Peter's Drogheda [1] Termanfeckin Drogheda [1] William St, Drogheda, Co Louth [1]

Rank

Private [19] Seaman [10] Lance Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Deck Hand [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Engineman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Matron [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer (Stoker) [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private RIR and Second Lieutenant RIF [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Drummer [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [12] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Army Service Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [2] Army Nursing Service Reserve [1] Cambrian [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Empress of India [1] Fermoy Military Hospital [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Cyclops [1] HMS MARLBOROUGH [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Orvieto [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Royal Oak [1] Labour Corps [1] Lothians and Border Horse [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] New Zealand [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Alices" [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INVINCIBLE [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Monmouth [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Turbulent [1] Vivid [1] Vivid II [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [99] British Army [24] Australian Imperial Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [30] C [23] B [13] H [13] S [11] D [10] L [9] K [7] F [6] R [6] O [5] W [5] E [4] P [3] Q [2] T [2] G [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Ireland [5] Germany [1]

William Mccabe

Born 1889

British Army 6/10791 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Patrick Coyle

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16428 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Martha Sabina Farley, Rrc

Died 1918

British Army Fermoy Military Hospital

British Army Army Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Army Nursing Service Reserve

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Arthur Duffy

Born 1882

Died 1952

British Army 7450 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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John Waters

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army 5552 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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George Joseph Mccormack

Born 1889

Died 1949

Royal Navy Ply/13941 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 13941 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Frederick Ralph Byrom

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 19375 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 301400 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Mcdonnell

Born 1887

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 14 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Hugh James Watt

Australian Imperial Force

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Henry Scott

Australian Imperial Force 1761

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David Edward Smart

Australian Imperial Force 2313

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Patrick Campbell

Born 1881

British Army 6231 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6231 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6231 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Matthew Aloysius Farrelly

Australian Imperial Force 5300

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Alexander Pentland

Australian Imperial Force

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James Flanagan

Born 1871

Died 1916

British Army 21675 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 21675 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers "A" Coy 9th Btn

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Patrick Corrigan

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army DM2/0965 Private Army Service Corps

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Christopher Joseph Evers

Australian Imperial Force 46

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Patrick Joseph Mckenna

Australian Imperial Force 28793

Australian Imperial Force 85946

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Laurence Culligan

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy B 4790 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4790 B (PO) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark

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James Kelly

Australian Imperial Force 164

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