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Queenstown, Cork [284]

Queenstown, Lancashire, England [174]

Queenstown Queensland [83]

Queenstown South Australia [71]

Queenstown Ireland Queensland [32]

Queenstown [22]

Queenstown, County Cork [16]

Queenstown, Ireland [12]

Queenstown New Zealand Queensland [9]

Queenstown Tas Queensland [5]

Queenstown, Lancashire [3]

Cape Province, Queenstown [2]

Little Islands, via Queenstown, County Cork [2]

Queenstown, Co Cork [2]

Queenstown, Co. Cork [2]

Cobh (Queenstown), Co. Cork [1]

Cobh [aka Queenstown] [1]

East Ferry, Queenstown [1]

Haulbowline Queenstown, Ireland [1]

Haulbowline, Queenstown, Co Cork [1]

New Queenstown South Australia [1]

Queenstown C Colony [1]

Queenstown Central Otago [1]

Queenstown Cork, Ireland [1]

Queenstown NZ Queensland [1]

Queenstown South Africa Queensland [1]

Queenstown, C Province [1]

Queenstown, Cape Colony [1]

Queenstown, Cape Colony. [1]

Queenstown, Cape Town [1]

Queenstown, Cape, South Africa [1]

Queenstown, Cope Province [1]

Queenstown, Queensland [1]

Queenstown, South Australia [1]

Queenstown, Weyford [1]

Saint Coleman Queenstown, Cork [1]

Spike Island, Queenstown, Co Cork [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [13]

Private [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Petty Officer [9]

Stoker Petty Officer [9]

Commander [4]

Trimmer [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Captain [3]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Shipwright 1st Class [3]

Shipwright 2nd Class [3]

Admiral [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Cook's Mate [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Sailmaker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Major [1]

Boy First Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Capain [1]

Captain (Retd) [1]

Captain Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander (retired) [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Doctor [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Gunner's Mate [1]

Gunners' Mate [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant RMLI [1]

Midshipman [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [5]

HMS LION [3]

HMS Revenge [3]

HMS VALIANT [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Centurion [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Tiger [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

12th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [1]

189th Night Flying Squadron [1]

1st Rhodesia Regiment [1]

1st Rhodesian Regiment [1]

27th Battalion [1]

28th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [1]

2nd Rhodesian Regiment [1]

2nd South African Infantry [1]

Assistant Adjutant General [1]

Attached Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Chaplains Department [1]

Chatham Dockyard [1]

HM Submarine E22 [1]

HM Trawler Sophron [1]

HMS AJAX [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Albemarle [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Bellona [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Canada [1]

Service

Royal Navy [310]

Australian Imperial Force [206]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

British Army [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [90]

M [85]

B [58]

W [57]

D [48]

S [48]

H [47]

F [39]

O [38]

L [33]

G [30]

R [28]

K [27]

T [25]

A [17]

P [17]

N [14]

J [13]

E [12]

Q [6]

V [3]

Y [3]

I [1]

U [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [523]

Merchant Navy [182]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Ireland [4]

New Zealand [4]

Australia [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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Place of birth

Queenstown, Cork [284] Queenstown, Lancashire, England [174] Queenstown Queensland [83] Queenstown South Australia [71] Queenstown Ireland Queensland [32] Queenstown [22] Queenstown, County Cork [16] Queenstown, Ireland [12] Queenstown New Zealand Queensland [9] Queenstown Tas Queensland [5] Queenstown, Lancashire [3] Cape Province, Queenstown [2] Little Islands, via Queenstown, County Cork [2] Queenstown, Co Cork [2] Queenstown, Co. Cork [2] Cobh (Queenstown), Co. Cork [1] Cobh [aka Queenstown] [1] East Ferry, Queenstown [1] Haulbowline Queenstown, Ireland [1] Haulbowline, Queenstown, Co Cork [1] New Queenstown South Australia [1] Queenstown C Colony [1] Queenstown Central Otago [1] Queenstown Cork, Ireland [1] Queenstown NZ Queensland [1] Queenstown South Africa Queensland [1] Queenstown, C Province [1] Queenstown, Cape Colony [1] Queenstown, Cape Colony. [1] Queenstown, Cape Town [1] Queenstown, Cape, South Africa [1] Queenstown, Cope Province [1] Queenstown, Queensland [1] Queenstown, South Australia [1] Queenstown, Weyford [1] Saint Coleman Queenstown, Cork [1] Spike Island, Queenstown, Co Cork [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [13] Private [13] Lieutenant [11] Stoker 1st Class [11] Petty Officer [9] Stoker Petty Officer [9] Commander [4] Trimmer [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Captain [3] Corporal [3] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Shipwright 1st Class [3] Shipwright 2nd Class [3] Admiral [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Cook's Mate [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Sailmaker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Major [1] Boy First Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Capain [1] Captain (Retd) [1] Captain Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Writer [1] Colonel [1] Commander (retired) [1] Cook's Mate [1] Doctor [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Gunner's Mate [1] Gunners' Mate [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant RMLI [1] Midshipman [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [7] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [5] HMS LION [3] HMS Revenge [3] HMS VALIANT [3] HMS Vivid [3] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Centurion [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Tiger [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 12th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [1] 189th Night Flying Squadron [1] 1st Rhodesia Regiment [1] 1st Rhodesian Regiment [1] 27th Battalion [1] 28th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [1] 2nd Rhodesian Regiment [1] 2nd South African Infantry [1] Assistant Adjutant General [1] Attached Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Chaplains Department [1] Chatham Dockyard [1] HM Submarine E22 [1] HM Trawler Sophron [1] HMS AJAX [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Albemarle [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Bellona [1] HMS Britannia [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Canada [1]

Service

Royal Navy [310] Australian Imperial Force [206] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] British Army [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [90] M [85] B [58] W [57] D [48] S [48] H [47] F [39] O [38] L [33] G [30] R [28] K [27] T [25] A [17] P [17] N [14] J [13] E [12] Q [6] V [3] Y [3] I [1] U [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [523] Merchant Navy [182]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Ireland [4] New Zealand [4] Australia [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Thomas George

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6/4610 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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Walter Michael Mackenzie

Born 1889

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/80 Lieutenant Otago Infantry Battalion

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Stewart George Dewar

Born 1886

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/31 Lance Corporal Otago Mounted Rifles NZ Pioneer Battalion

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Gilbert Young Congreve

Born 1896

Died 1973

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 21983 Private Otago Infantry Battalion

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Stratford Edward St Leger

Born 1868

Died 1935

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Assistant Adjutant General

British Army Colonel Assistant Adjutant General

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

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Harold Guthridge Lovell

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176561

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James Gustave Schmolle

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 189th Night Flying Squadron

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George Melville

Born 1879

British Army 29347 Lance Corporal Imperial Yeomanry

Australian Imperial Force 39 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Saville George Sunderland

Born 1889

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 711 Private Australian Infantry 24th Battalion

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Edward Fairfoul

Born 1878

Died 1920

Royal Navy 175031

Royal Navy 175031 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS. PEMBROKE

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John James Mccreedy

Born 1865

Died 1918

Royal Navy 116166 (RFR Dev A951) Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Louvain

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Peter Stack

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 178633 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Frederick Oswald Baldry

Born 1882

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4950 Private 48th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Norman Galbraith Silk

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Gordon Thomas Spencer

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 254025

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Richard Albert Henry James Sturgeon

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155587

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Arthur Gammie

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182188

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Robert Golborne Lamplough

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176558

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John Bruce Struthers

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178212

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Mollie Josephine Mason

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Chatham Dockyard

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