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Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [757]

Holyhead, Anglesey, N Wales [13]

Holyhead Wales [12]

Holyhead, North Wales [7]

Holyhead, Wales [4]

Holyhead, New Wales [2]

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [1]

Rank

Private [5]

Sapper [3]

2nd Steward [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic I [1]

Chief Steward [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fourth Engineer Officer [1]

Greaser [1]

Lamp Trimmer [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Painter [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

V.A.D [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Royal Engineers [3]

RMS Leinster [2]

British Red Cross [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS ENGADINE [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

Hospital Ship Anglia [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1]

Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Leinster" (Dublin) [1]

Merchant Navy (Mercantile Marine) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

RMS "Leinster" [1]

RNVR Mersey - HMS Chester [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [1]

Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Vasco De Gama [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

SS Leinster [1]

SS Siddons [1]

Welch Regiment [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Zaria [1]

Service

Royal Navy [16]

British Army [12]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

J [124]

W [115]

H [90]

R [90]

P [55]

O [48]

G [39]

M [38]

T [38]

E [31]

D [23]

L [22]

B [21]

C [20]

A [14]

S [14]

F [7]

N [4]

V [2]

K [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [757]

Military Service [32]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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People [796] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [757] Holyhead, Anglesey, N Wales [13] Holyhead Wales [12] Holyhead, North Wales [7] Holyhead, Wales [4] Holyhead, New Wales [2] Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [1]

Rank

Private [5] Sapper [3] 2nd Steward [1] Able Seaman [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic I [1] Chief Steward [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Fourth Engineer Officer [1] Greaser [1] Lamp Trimmer [1] Leading Seaman [1] Painter [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] V.A.D [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Royal Engineers [3] RMS Leinster [2] British Red Cross [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS ENGADINE [1] HMS Vivid II [1] Hospital Ship Anglia [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1] Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Leinster" (Dublin) [1] Merchant Navy (Mercantile Marine) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] RMS "Leinster" [1] RNVR Mersey - HMS Chester [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [1] Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Vasco De Gama [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] SS Leinster [1] SS Siddons [1] Welch Regiment [1] Welsh Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Zaria [1]

Service

Royal Navy [16] British Army [12] Australian Imperial Force [11] Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

J [124] W [115] H [90] R [90] P [55] O [48] G [39] M [38] T [38] E [31] D [23] L [22] B [21] C [20] A [14] S [14] F [7] N [4] V [2] K [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [757] Military Service [32]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Hugh Owen Hughes

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army T2106 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 444304 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Richard Roberts

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 6646 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Hugh Jones

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy 4032A Leading Seaman SS Siddons

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Hugh Richard Evans

Australian Imperial Force 3139

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Robert Thomas

Australian Imperial Force 7863

Australian Imperial Force N79903

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Reginald Blennerhassett Pinchin

Australian Imperial Force T7345

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David Haggard

Australian Imperial Force 10807

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Douglas Hughes

Australian Imperial Force 1279

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Reginald Sarsfield

Australian Imperial Force

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John Jones

Australian Imperial Force 4652

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Evan Edwards

Australian Imperial Force 1857A

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Robert Williams

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army S 2806 Private Rifle Brigade 11th Battalion

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Thomas William Roach

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 159714 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Jones

Born 1885

Died 1918

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William Honeybill

Born 1897

Died 1975

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Isaac Pritchard

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2217 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/6th Battalion

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William Joseph French

Born 1886

Royal Navy K353

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Albert Williams

Born 1891

Royal Navy M5728 Painter HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy M5728 Painter 2nd Class HMS Ajax

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Frederick Thomas Jacobs

Born 1887

Royal Navy 345558 Chief Petty Officer Mechanic I HMS ENGADINE

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Hannah Owen

Born 1884

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