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Galway [365]

Clifden, Galway [35]

Galway, Ireland [29]

Galway, Galway [22]

Roundstone, Galway [15]

Ballinasloe, Galway [13]

Tuam, Galway [10]

Claddagh, Galway [8]

Dunmore, Galway [8]

Galway, County Galway [8]

Loughrea, Galway [7]

Clifton, Galway [6]

County Galway [6]

Gort, Galway [6]

Cleggan, Galway [5]

Spiddal, Galway [5]

Co Galway [4]

Headford, Galway [4]

Kilronan, Galway [4]

Ballinsloe, Galway [3]

Ballyconnelly, Galway [3]

Errismore, Galway [3]

Lettermullen, County Galway [3]

Rahoon, Galway [3]

Aran Islands, Galway [2]

Arran, Galway [2]

Athenry, Galway [2]

Boffin, Galway [2]

Clifden, County Galway [2]

Craughwell, Galway [2]

Eyrecourt, Galway [2]

Galway Island [2]

Galway, Co. Galway [2]

Galway, Galway, Ireland [2]

Kilkerrin, Galway [2]

Lettermullen, Galway [2]

Loughrea, Co. Galway [2]

Oughterard, Galway [2]

Saint Nicholas, Galway [2]

Tuam, Co. Galway [2]

Ahascragh, Galway [1]

Aran Isle, Galway [1]

Aran Isles, Galway [1]

Ardrahan, County Galway [1]

Athenby, Galway [1]

Balinasloe, Galway [1]

Ballgar, Galway [1]

Ballinabill, Galway [1]

Ballinafad, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland [1]

Ballinakill, Galway [1]

Rank

Private [47]

Seaman [29]

Able Seaman [23]

Captain [12]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Lieutenant [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Corporal [8]

Gunner [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Boy soldier [1]

Chaplain 4th Class, Reverend Father [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

General [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Lieutenant-General [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [37]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Connaught Rangers [11]

Irish Guards [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10]

HMS TIGER [6]

Royal Irish Regiment [6]

HMS Erin [4]

HMS VALIANT [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Irish Horse [4]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2]

Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS Defence [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

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

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [2]

1/9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

10th (Irish) Division [1]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st Infantry Brigade [1]

2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [1]

32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

4th South African Infantry (Scottish Regiment) [1]

7th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Arab Army [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Liason Office attached Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

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

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cavalry Brigade Field Ambulance [1]

Cavalry Indian Army [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [374]

Australian Imperial Force [122]

British Army [93]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [121]

C [93]

B [75]

K [66]

F [55]

G [44]

O [43]

H [39]

D [31]

L [28]

W [27]

R [24]

T [19]

S [17]

J [16]

P [16]

N [13]

A [7]

Q [5]

I [3]

E [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [573]

Merchant Navy [144]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Ireland [19]

India [3]

Canada [2]

South Africa [1]

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People [745] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Galway [365] Clifden, Galway [35] Galway, Ireland [29] Galway, Galway [22] Roundstone, Galway [15] Ballinasloe, Galway [13] Tuam, Galway [10] Claddagh, Galway [8] Dunmore, Galway [8] Galway, County Galway [8] Loughrea, Galway [7] Clifton, Galway [6] County Galway [6] Gort, Galway [6] Cleggan, Galway [5] Spiddal, Galway [5] Co Galway [4] Headford, Galway [4] Kilronan, Galway [4] Ballinsloe, Galway [3] Ballyconnelly, Galway [3] Errismore, Galway [3] Lettermullen, County Galway [3] Rahoon, Galway [3] Aran Islands, Galway [2] Arran, Galway [2] Athenry, Galway [2] Boffin, Galway [2] Clifden, County Galway [2] Craughwell, Galway [2] Eyrecourt, Galway [2] Galway Island [2] Galway, Co. Galway [2] Galway, Galway, Ireland [2] Kilkerrin, Galway [2] Lettermullen, Galway [2] Loughrea, Co. Galway [2] Oughterard, Galway [2] Saint Nicholas, Galway [2] Tuam, Co. Galway [2] Ahascragh, Galway [1] Aran Isle, Galway [1] Aran Isles, Galway [1] Ardrahan, County Galway [1] Athenby, Galway [1] Balinasloe, Galway [1] Ballgar, Galway [1] Ballinabill, Galway [1] Ballinafad, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland [1] Ballinakill, Galway [1]

Rank

Private [47] Seaman [29] Able Seaman [23] Captain [12] Stoker 1st Class [12] Lieutenant [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Corporal [8] Gunner [6] Lance Corporal [5] Deck Hand [4] Leading Seaman [4] Leading Stoker [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Petty Officer [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Blacksmith [1] Boy soldier [1] Chaplain 4th Class, Reverend Father [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] General [1] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant General [1] Lieutenant-General [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [37] Royal Naval Division [17] Connaught Rangers [11] Irish Guards [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10] HMS TIGER [6] Royal Irish Regiment [6] HMS Erin [4] HMS VALIANT [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Irish Horse [4] Leinster Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2] Army Chaplain's Department [2] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS Defence [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [2] 1/9th Gurkha Rifles [1] 10th (Irish) Division [1] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st Infantry Brigade [1] 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [1] 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 4th South African Infantry (Scottish Regiment) [1] 7th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Arab Army [1] Border Regiment [1] British Liason Office attached Lancashire Fusiliers [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cavalry Brigade Field Ambulance [1] Cavalry Indian Army [1] Cheshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [374] Australian Imperial Force [122] British Army [93] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [121] C [93] B [75] K [66] F [55] G [44] O [43] H [39] D [31] L [28] W [27] R [24] T [19] S [17] J [16] P [16] N [13] A [7] Q [5] I [3] E [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [573] Merchant Navy [144]

Country

United Kingdom [35] Ireland [19] India [3] Canada [2] South Africa [1]

James Alphonse Brady

Born 1883

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5340 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Joseph Phelan

Born 1878

Died 1959

British Army 4883 Drummer Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 4883 Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 4883 Lance Sergeant Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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John Glynn

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 14/1252 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Arthur Sydney Lennox Hay

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 1854 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265490 Lance-Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Pat Cunniff

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 203830 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 260200 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Abraham Percy Huggard

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446831

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446831 Private Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion, Toronto Regiment

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John Red Gwynn

Born 1866

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

Other Empire Force Chaplain 4th Class, Reverend Father Army Chaplain's Department attached. 1st Battalion, Irish Guards

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Martin Joseph Mcdonnell

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 7937 Corporal Lance Serjeant Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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John Naghten

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1070

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Conrad Fulke Thomond O'brien Ffrench

Born 1893

Died 1963

British Army Captain 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Armar Edward Acton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army The Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Daniel Purden

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 373

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Martin Mchugh

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86404

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John Joseph Griffin

Born 1884

Died 1921

Royal Navy Acting Gunner

Royal Navy Gunner HMS Colleen

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William Hastings De Warrenne Waller

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain 16 Squadron

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Michael Kelly

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51607

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Sydney Henry Persse

Born 1897

Died 1945

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Cavalry Indian Army

British Army Captain Cavalry Indian Army

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Joseph Laffey

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 67473 Sapper Royal Engineers royal engineers, 151st Company

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William Hurley

Born 1873

Died 1959

British Army 7927 Serjeant Connaught Rangers

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Thomas Jones

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287258

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