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Roscommon [66]

Boyle, Roscommon [16]

Athlone, Roscommon [6]

Roscommon, Roscommon [6]

Roscommon, Ireland [4]

Carrick on Shannon, Roscommon [2]

Castlerea, Co Roscommon [2]

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Co. Roscommon [2]

French Park, Roscommon [2]

Aldcarne, Roscommon [1]

Ashbone, Roscommon [1]

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Athlone, Co Roscommon, [1]

Athlone, Roscommon, Ireland [1]

Ballagadereen, Roscommon [1]

Ballinagare, Roscommon [1]

Ballinaheglish, Co Roscommon [1]

Ballingar, Roscommon [1]

Ballinlough, Roscommon [1]

Ballinsloe, Roscommon [1]

Ballyforam, Roscommon [1]

Ballyhaunis, Co. Roscommon [1]

Battersea Roscommon [1]

Billingham, Roscommon [1]

Boyl, Roscommon [1]

Boyle Roscommon [1]

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Castlerea, County Roscommon [1]

Castlerea, Roscommon [1]

Castlesea, Roscommon [1]

Cloonkeen, Castlerea, Co Roscommon [1]

Cootehall, Roscommon [1]

County Roscommon Ireland [1]

Croghan Rectory, County Roscommon [1]

Crowhill Williamstown, Roscommon, Co Galway [1]

Donamon, Roscommon [1]

Drumdoe County Roscommon [1]

Drumsea, Co. Roscommon [1]

Elphill, Roscommon [1]

Elphin, Roscommon [1]

Ewitt, Co Roscommon [1]

French Park, Co. Roscommon [1]

Frenchpark, Roscommon [1]

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Private [19]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [4]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Fireman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Liutenant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Unit

Connaught Rangers [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Irish Guards [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian expeditionary force [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Connacht Rangers [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Liverpool Scottish Regiment [1]

Merchant Navy, SS Boorara [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Canadian Regiment [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

South Irish Horse [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

The Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [82]

British Army [35]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [32]

B [19]

C [19]

F [15]

G [14]

H [11]

D [9]

S [8]

O [7]

R [6]

K [5]

L [4]

W [4]

J [3]

N [3]

I [2]

T [2]

E [1]

P [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [135]

Merchant Navy [26]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Ireland [10]

Malaysia [1]

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People [166] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Roscommon [66] Boyle, Roscommon [16] Athlone, Roscommon [6] Roscommon, Roscommon [6] Roscommon, Ireland [4] Carrick on Shannon, Roscommon [2] Castlerea, Co Roscommon [2] Cloontuskert, Roscommon [2] Co. Roscommon [2] French Park, Roscommon [2] Aldcarne, Roscommon [1] Ashbone, Roscommon [1] Athlone Co. Roscommon [1] Athlone, Co Roscommon, [1] Athlone, Roscommon, Ireland [1] Ballagadereen, Roscommon [1] Ballinagare, Roscommon [1] Ballinaheglish, Co Roscommon [1] Ballingar, Roscommon [1] Ballinlough, Roscommon [1] Ballinsloe, Roscommon [1] Ballyforam, Roscommon [1] Ballyhaunis, Co. Roscommon [1] Battersea Roscommon [1] Billingham, Roscommon [1] Boyl, Roscommon [1] Boyle Roscommon [1] Boyle, Co Roscommon [1] Boyle, County Roscommon [1] Boyle,County Roscommon [1] Bumblin, Roscommon [1] Calry, Roscommon [1] Carracastle, Roscommon [1] Castle Sea, Roscommon [1] Castlerea, County Roscommon [1] Castlerea, Roscommon [1] Castlesea, Roscommon [1] Cloonkeen, Castlerea, Co Roscommon [1] Cootehall, Roscommon [1] County Roscommon Ireland [1] Croghan Rectory, County Roscommon [1] Crowhill Williamstown, Roscommon, Co Galway [1] Donamon, Roscommon [1] Drumdoe County Roscommon [1] Drumsea, Co. Roscommon [1] Elphill, Roscommon [1] Elphin, Roscommon [1] Ewitt, Co Roscommon [1] French Park, Co. Roscommon [1] Frenchpark, Roscommon [1]

Rank

Private [19] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [4] Stoker 1st Class [3] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Fireman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Liutenant [1] Pioneer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1]

Unit

Connaught Rangers [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Irish Guards [3] Royal Engineers [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian expeditionary force [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Connacht Rangers [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Liverpool Scottish Regiment [1] Merchant Navy, SS Boorara [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Canadian Regiment [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] South Irish Horse [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [82] British Army [35] Australian Imperial Force [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [32] B [19] C [19] F [15] G [14] H [11] D [9] S [8] O [7] R [6] K [5] L [4] W [4] J [3] N [3] I [2] T [2] E [1] P [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [135] Merchant Navy [26]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Ireland [10] Malaysia [1]

Edward Fulke French

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 226 Captain Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 296th Brigade

British Army Corporal Royal Engineers

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John Gateley

Born 1856

Died 1915

British Army 13005 Colour Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Michael Shryane

Born 1881

Died 1935

British Army 10275 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 45170 Private Royal Defence Corps

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John Costello

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287780 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Recruits Depot

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287780 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force School of Army Co-operation, Worthy Down

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Martin Donnelly

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 4316 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 49484 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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James Hagan

Died 1917

British Army 42577 Private Manchester Regiment 2/10th Battalion

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John Carroll

Died 1914

British Army 9530 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Grennan

Born 1894

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Fireman Merchant Navy, SS Boorara Mercantile Marine

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Abraham Christopher Carson

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 477159

Canadian Expeditionary Force 477159 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

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Gerald Aloysius Neilan

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant The Northumberland Fusiliers 24th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Howard Or Harward Patrick Curtis O'farrell

Born 1861

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Hampshire Regiment

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Eugene Greene

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73646

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John Vincent Clayton

Australian Imperial Force 366

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James Daly Vernon

Australian Imperial Force 1768

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John O'byrne

Australian Imperial Force 3658

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Patrick Mullen

Australian Imperial Force 7229

Australian Imperial Force 17272

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John Glenn

Australian Imperial Force 4425

Australian Imperial Force 1951

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John Rush

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 18131 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Lawrence Dowd

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 817 Serjeant Connaught Rangers

British Army 817 Quartermaster Serjeant Connaught Rangers

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James Connor Doorly

Australian Imperial Force 3282

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