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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]

Robert Horace Gatward

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 11464 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 11464 Lance Corporal Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion.

British Army Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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George Lawrence Lindsay

Born 1871

Died 1914

Royal Navy 176607 Chief Stoker HMS Good Hope

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Daniel Doyle

Born 1869

Died 1916

Royal Navy 690V Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable

Royal Navy 690V Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

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Joseph Mcgrath

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 8022S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable

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John Walsh

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4399 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Thomas Henry King

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 215033 Able Seaman HMS "Hindustan"

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Henry Mcloughlin

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army PS/1682 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Service Battalion

British Army PS/1682 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Patrick Cuddihy

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy T 2242 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy T 2242 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Tiger

Royal Navy T 2242 acting Leading Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Tiger

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John Phelan

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 10565 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 10565 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick Forsey

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 5612 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Landers

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 3593 Private London Regiment

British Army 3593 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Patrick Doyle

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army SR/4025 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 18th Company

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William Hunt

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 10750 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Flynn

Born 1864

Died 1914

British Army 6524 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Michael Kirby

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6382 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 6382 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Stephen Collins

Born 1898

Died 1914

British Army 6347 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 6347 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Patrick Smith

Born 1876

British Army 5328 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

British Army 5328 Private Royal Irish Regiment Depot

British Army 5328 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion (Home)

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John Mcgrath

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 5925 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 5925 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William O'reilly

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 6320 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 6320 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Lawless

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 6396 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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