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Newtownards, Down [48]

Newtownards [15]

Newtownards, County Down [7]

Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland [6]

Newtownards, Down, Northern Ireland [2]

Ballygowan or Newtownards [1]

Mountstewart, Newtownards, County Down [1]

Newtownards Co Down [1]

Newtownards North [1]

Newtownards, Co Down [1]

Newtownards, Devon [1]

Newtownards, co Down [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Rifleman [8]

Able Seaman [3]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Ship's Steward Assistant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [10]

119th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Prince of Wales [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Thunderer [1]

HMS Victory [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS LION [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [52]

British Army [20]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

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M [31]

B [8]

C [6]

H [6]

A [5]

K [5]

G [4]

D [3]

W [3]

F [2]

J [2]

P [2]

R [2]

S [2]

E [1]

L [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [81]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Ireland [2]

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People [85] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newtownards, Down [48] Newtownards [15] Newtownards, County Down [7] Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland [6] Newtownards, Down, Northern Ireland [2] Ballygowan or Newtownards [1] Mountstewart, Newtownards, County Down [1] Newtownards Co Down [1] Newtownards North [1] Newtownards, Co Down [1] Newtownards, Devon [1] Newtownards, co Down [1]

Rank

Private [10] Rifleman [8] Able Seaman [3] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Ship's Steward Assistant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [10] 119th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Connaught Rangers [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Prince of Wales [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Thunderer [1] HMS Victory [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS LION [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Scottish Rifles [1] The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [52] British Army [20] Australian Imperial Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [31] B [8] C [6] H [6] A [5] K [5] G [4] D [3] W [3] F [2] J [2] P [2] R [2] S [2] E [1] L [1] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [81] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Ireland [2]

William J Arthur

Born 1896

Died 1965

British Army 12159 Private The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9 Battalion

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Elliott Johnston

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles

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Thomas Blackadder

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 9th Btn.

British Army 19/709 Private Royal Irish Rifles 9 Btn.

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James Burrows Hutchinson

Australian Imperial Force

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Alfred Patton Crooks

Australian Imperial Force

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Alfred Patton Crooks

Australian Imperial Force 2930

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Hugh John Russell

Australian Imperial Force 66318

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Frederick Mccann

Australian Imperial Force 1524

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James Mcconnell

Australian Imperial Force 5155

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Andrew Boal

Australian Imperial Force 1908

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Samuel Grant

Australian Imperial Force 656

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John Kinnaird

Australian Imperial Force 2680

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Benjamin Halsey

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J4100

Royal Navy J.4100. (PO) Leading Seaman HMS Queen Mary

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James Denard Kennedy

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 400352

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Lizzie Hanna

Born 1900

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Robert Mcdowell

Born 1881

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Thomas Harris

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 9590 Private Connaught Rangers

British Army 9590 Lance Corporal Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion

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James Donaldson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 13/18960 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 13 Battalion

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William Ernest Berringer

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy 309949 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy 309949 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy 309949 Stoker 1st Class HMS Goliath

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David J Stratton

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 57842 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers 36th Signal Coy

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