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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]

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]

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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]

Charles Rushforth

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 20967 Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Valentine Douglas French

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Shropshire Light Infantry 5th

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Thomas Madden

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 6731 Private Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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John Dockery

Australian Imperial Force 2935

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Bernard James Fallon

Australian Imperial Force 1836

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Patrick Ward

Australian Imperial Force 3932

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Hubert Sharkey

Australian Imperial Force 1453

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Edward Lennon

Australian Imperial Force 2595

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William Brennan

Born 1883

British Army 200038 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 1247 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Patrick Stritch

Born 1886

British Army 10984 Private Irish Guards

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James Carlos

Australian Imperial Force 3753

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James Flanagan

Australian Imperial Force 1499

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William John Hamilton

Australian Imperial Force 931

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Reginald Stafford Healy

Australian Imperial Force

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Harry Joseph Hughes

Australian Imperial Force 4315

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William [wilson Alfred Gordon] Mcgovern

Australian Imperial Force 1873

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Michael Joseph Mcmanus

Australian Imperial Force 780

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Albert Flanagan

Born 1894

Royal Navy J67652

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Patrick Charles Mitchell

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1268 Private South Irish Horse

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Michael John O'connor

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 4253 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 1st Battalion

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