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Waterford [709]

Waterford, Ireland [41]

Waterford, Waterford [41]

Dungarvan, Waterford [37]

Tramore, Waterford [25]

Ballybricken, Waterford [21]

Passage East, Waterford [18]

Dunmore, Waterford [16]

Lismore, Waterford [16]

Trinity Without, Waterford [16]

Waterford Queensland [12]

Dungarvan, County Waterford [10]

Cappoquin, Waterford [9]

St Patrick's, Waterford [8]

Dungarvon, Waterford [7]

Tallow, Waterford [6]

Ardmore, Waterford [5]

Trinity Without, Ballybricken, Waterford [5]

Ballytruckle, Waterford [4]

Cappagh, Waterford [4]

Killea, Waterford [4]

Stradbally, Waterford [4]

Waterford, County Waterford [4]

Youghal, Waterford [4]

Ballymacaw, Waterford [3]

Bonmahon, Waterford [3]

Checkpoint, Waterford [3]

Clashmore, Waterford [3]

Clonmel, Waterford [3]

Ring, Waterford [3]

Tramore, Co. Waterford [3]

Aglish, County Waterford [2]

Cheekpoint, Waterford [2]

Co. Waterford [2]

County Waterford [2]

Dungarvan, Co Waterford [2]

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford [2]

Dungarven, Waterford [2]

Dunmore East, Waterford [2]

Portlaw, Co Waterford [2]

Portlaw, County Waterford [2]

Portlaw, Waterford [2]

Saint Johns, Waterford [2]

Saint Patrick, Waterford [2]

Stradbally, County Waterford [2]

Tramore, County Waterford [2]

Waterford, Hertfordshire [2]

Waterford, Lancashire [2]

Woodstown, Waterford [2]

"New Town", Waterford [1]

Rank

Private [98]

Able Seaman [27]

Stoker 1st Class [15]

Seaman [12]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Serjeant [9]

Deck Hand [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Captain [5]

Stoker [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Rifleman [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Cooper's Crew [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major General [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Sapper [2]

Signalman [2]

Sister [2]

Trimmer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Flight Commandant [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Cattleman [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cooper [1]

Cooper 2nd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [84]

Royal Naval Reserve [24]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [10]

HMS Goliath [9]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [5]

HMS BELLEROPHON [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

HMS Ajax [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [3]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Black Prince [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Tiger [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Irish Horse [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

13th Rajputs [1]

13th Rajputs (Shekhawati Regiment) [1]

2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment [1]

2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

2nd Central Ontario Regiment [1]

3rd Royal Irish Rifles [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

72nd Punjabis, attached 2nd/112th Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [507]

British Army [153]

Australian Imperial Force [121]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [155]

C [129]

H [102]

S [88]

D [83]

K [83]

F [82]

P [81]

O [76]

W [67]

R [66]

B [64]

G [54]

L [52]

T [22]

E [18]

A [16]

Q [11]

N [7]

V [6]

J [5]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [773]

Merchant Navy [463]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Ireland [45]

Canada [2]

Germany [2]

Hong Kong [1]

India [1]

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People [1269] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Waterford [709] Waterford, Ireland [41] Waterford, Waterford [41] Dungarvan, Waterford [37] Tramore, Waterford [25] Ballybricken, Waterford [21] Passage East, Waterford [18] Dunmore, Waterford [16] Lismore, Waterford [16] Trinity Without, Waterford [16] Waterford Queensland [12] Dungarvan, County Waterford [10] Cappoquin, Waterford [9] St Patrick's, Waterford [8] Dungarvon, Waterford [7] Tallow, Waterford [6] Ardmore, Waterford [5] Trinity Without, Ballybricken, Waterford [5] Ballytruckle, Waterford [4] Cappagh, Waterford [4] Killea, Waterford [4] Stradbally, Waterford [4] Waterford, County Waterford [4] Youghal, Waterford [4] Ballymacaw, Waterford [3] Bonmahon, Waterford [3] Checkpoint, Waterford [3] Clashmore, Waterford [3] Clonmel, Waterford [3] Ring, Waterford [3] Tramore, Co. Waterford [3] Aglish, County Waterford [2] Cheekpoint, Waterford [2] Co. Waterford [2] County Waterford [2] Dungarvan, Co Waterford [2] Dungarvan, Co. Waterford [2] Dungarven, Waterford [2] Dunmore East, Waterford [2] Portlaw, Co Waterford [2] Portlaw, County Waterford [2] Portlaw, Waterford [2] Saint Johns, Waterford [2] Saint Patrick, Waterford [2] Stradbally, County Waterford [2] Tramore, County Waterford [2] Waterford, Hertfordshire [2] Waterford, Lancashire [2] Woodstown, Waterford [2] "New Town", Waterford [1]

Rank

Private [98] Able Seaman [27] Stoker 1st Class [15] Seaman [12] Second Lieutenant [10] Serjeant [9] Deck Hand [7] Lance Corporal [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Lieutenant [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Captain [5] Stoker [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Leading Seaman [4] Petty Officer [4] Rifleman [4] Stoker Petty Officer [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Cooper's Crew [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major General [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Sapper [2] Signalman [2] Sister [2] Trimmer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Blacksmith [1] Cadet [1] Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Flight Commandant [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Cattleman [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cooper [1] Cooper 2nd Class [1] Driver [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [84] Royal Naval Reserve [24] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] Royal Irish Rifles [10] HMS Goliath [9] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [5] HMS BELLEROPHON [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] HMS Ajax [3] Labour Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [3] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Black Prince [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Tiger [2] HMS VALIANT [2] HMS Vivid [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Irish Horse [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 13th Rajputs [1] 13th Rajputs (Shekhawati Regiment) [1] 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment [1] 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1] 2nd Central Ontario Regiment [1] 3rd Royal Irish Rifles [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 72nd Punjabis, attached 2nd/112th Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [507] British Army [153] Australian Imperial Force [121] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [155] C [129] H [102] S [88] D [83] K [83] F [82] P [81] O [76] W [67] R [66] B [64] G [54] L [52] T [22] E [18] A [16] Q [11] N [7] V [6] J [5] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [773] Merchant Navy [463]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Ireland [45] Canada [2] Germany [2] Hong Kong [1] India [1]

Joseph Mccormick

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260252

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Bartholomew Downy

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138067

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Patrick O'donoghue

Born 1883

Died 1925

British Army 18803 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 39510 Gunner Royal Engineers

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Patrick Manning

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2081 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 240646 Private Welsh Regiment 5th Battalion

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Patrick O'brien

Born 1874

British Army 4305 Serjeant South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion

British Army 4305 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 4305 Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edward Power

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246557

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Peter Brennan

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296422

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Andrew Long

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99154

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James Kerry

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405312

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Hubert William Brown

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force

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William Mcgrath

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 6154 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 6154 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Power

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 6061 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 6061 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Patrick Sullivan

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 6831 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Green

Born 1883

British Army 7085 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7085 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Augustine Barrett

Born 1898

Died 1920

Royal Navy K43568 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Eaglet"

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John Mahoney

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292853

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John Power

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 9273 Private Irish Guards

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Albert Birch

Born 1888

Died 1978

British Army 26904 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Peter Batterson

Died 1917

British Army 34261 Private Royal Defence Corps 402nd Protection Coy

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V P M Berry

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184495

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