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Belfast [14]

Dublin [6]

County Down [3]

Antrim [2]

County Antrim [2]

28 Howland Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1]

Alloway, Ayrshire [1]

Armagh [1]

Ballyclare, County Antrim [1]

Ballygarvey, County Antrim [1]

Ballykennedy, Ahoghill, Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Ballymena [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Ballymena, Co Antrim [1]

Ballymena, Co. Antrim [1]

Ballymena, County Antrim, [1]

Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, Ireland [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Bellingham, Northumberland [1]

Bletchington Park, Oxford [1]

Buenos Aires [1]

Caernarvon, Wales [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Carabeg,Cloughmills,Antrim. [1]

Carnkirk, Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim [1]

Castlewellan [1]

Ceylon [1]

Chaffpool, Co. Sligo [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cloughmills,Co Antrim. [1]

Cloughwater, Craigywarren, Kirkinriola, County Antrim [1]

Co. Cavan [1]

Coleraine N Ireland [1]

County Tyrone [1]

Craignageeragh, Ahoghill, Co Antrim [1]

Derry, Londonderry [1]

Doneraile, Co. Cork [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland [1]

Dunmoyle County Tyrone [1]

Fermanagh [1]

Geneva [1]

Halstead, Essex [1]

Holywood, County Down [1]

Killarney [1]

Rank

Private [161]

Second Lieutenant [154]

Lieutenant [110]

Captain [90]

Major [26]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Corporal [18]

Lance Corporal [18]

Serjeant [14]

Rifleman [10]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [8]

Temporary Captain [7]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Commander [3]

Gunner [3]

Reverend [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Sapper [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Major [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Engineer Lieutenant for Temporary Service [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [165]

North Irish Horse [56]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Corps of Hussars [15]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Irish Regiment [13]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [12]

Royal Engineers [11]

Irish Guards [8]

Connaught Rangers [7]

Royal Highlanders [7]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Indian Army [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Leinster Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

General List [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [2]

11th Royal Irish Rifles [2]

12th Royal Irish Rifles [2]

8th Hussars [2]

9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Baluchis [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

Indian Medical Service [2]

Irish Rifles [2]

Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Officer Training Corps [2]

Service

British Army [462]

Royal Navy [21]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [97]

A [54]

H [40]

S [39]

C [38]

W [38]

B [27]

R [22]

G [21]

L [21]

T [21]

D [19]

K [15]

P [14]

F [11]

O [10]

N [8]

J [6]

E [4]

V [4]

Y [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [510]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

Ireland [22]

United Kingdom [21]

India [2]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Belfast [14] Dublin [6] County Down [3] Antrim [2] County Antrim [2] 28 Howland Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1] Alloway, Ayrshire [1] Armagh [1] Ballyclare, County Antrim [1] Ballygarvey, County Antrim [1] Ballykennedy, Ahoghill, Ballymena, Antrim [1] Ballymena [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Ballymena, Co Antrim [1] Ballymena, Co. Antrim [1] Ballymena, County Antrim, [1] Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, Ireland [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Bellingham, Northumberland [1] Bletchington Park, Oxford [1] Buenos Aires [1] Caernarvon, Wales [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Carabeg,Cloughmills,Antrim. [1] Carnkirk, Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim [1] Castlewellan [1] Ceylon [1] Chaffpool, Co. Sligo [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cloughmills,Co Antrim. [1] Cloughwater, Craigywarren, Kirkinriola, County Antrim [1] Co. Cavan [1] Coleraine N Ireland [1] County Tyrone [1] Craignageeragh, Ahoghill, Co Antrim [1] Derry, Londonderry [1] Doneraile, Co. Cork [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland [1] Dunmoyle County Tyrone [1] Fermanagh [1] Geneva [1] Halstead, Essex [1] Holywood, County Down [1] Killarney [1]

Rank

Private [161] Second Lieutenant [154] Lieutenant [110] Captain [90] Major [26] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Corporal [18] Lance Corporal [18] Serjeant [14] Rifleman [10] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Temporary Second Lieutenant [8] Temporary Captain [7] Lieutenant Commander [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Commander [3] Gunner [3] Reverend [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Sub Lieutenant [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Sapper [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Major [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Engineer Lieutenant for Temporary Service [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [165] North Irish Horse [56] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34] Royal Irish Fusiliers [26] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Corps of Hussars [15] Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Irish Regiment [13] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [12] Royal Engineers [11] Irish Guards [8] Connaught Rangers [7] Royal Highlanders [7] Highland Light Infantry [6] Indian Army [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Munster Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Leinster Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Scots [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] General List [3] Labour Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [2] 11th Royal Irish Rifles [2] 12th Royal Irish Rifles [2] 8th Hussars [2] 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Baluchis [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] Indian Medical Service [2] Irish Rifles [2] Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Officer Training Corps [2]

Service

British Army [462] Royal Navy [21] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [97] A [54] H [40] S [39] C [38] W [38] B [27] R [22] G [21] L [21] T [21] D [19] K [15] P [14] F [11] O [10] N [8] J [6] E [4] V [4] Y [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [510] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

Ireland [22] United Kingdom [21] India [2] South Africa [1]

Albert Stewart Anderson

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Hazlett Samuel Allison

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 7th

British Army Major Royal Irish Rifles 7th Battalion

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Adam Clarke Capper

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Royal Irish Rifles 7th Battalion

South African Services Transport Train of the South African Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 20th

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Charles Magee Thompson

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy M16998 Carpenter's Crew HMS "Vanguard"

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Thomas Watters Patton

Born 1887

Died 1923

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers 5th Battalion and combined 7th and 8th Battalions

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Irvine Johnston Smyth

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1964 Private Royal Highlanders 6th Black Watch

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 5th Batn

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Alfred Squire Taylor

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alexander William Abercrombie

Born 1865

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Connaught Rangers 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Connaught Rangers

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James Downing

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion attached 6th Battalion

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Robert Maxwell Maccabe

Born 1883

Died 1915

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

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army Queen's University Officer Training Corps

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Robert James Pullin

Born 1886

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 41014 New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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William Hatchell Boyd

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Thomas Lamont Mcfall

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 12/24513 Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Walter Dorling Smiles

Born 1883

Died 1953

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Motor Machine Gun Corps

Royal Navy Commander Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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William Maurice (pat) Armstrong

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Captain 10th Hussars

British Army Captain 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

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Arthur Denman Deane

Died 1916

British Army 28280 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

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William Carlisle Hill

Died 1917

British Army 2678 Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Cecil Frederick Kelso Ewart

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 11th Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Captain 11th Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles

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Reginald Henry Neill

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 11th Battalion

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Mervyn Kebble Anderson

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

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