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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]

John Reginald Whitsitt

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Victor Harold Robb

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Melbourne Ross

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Johnston Shaw Kirker Hunter

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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John James Park

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 22890 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Ernest William Gayles Hind

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 17882 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Philip Sidney Snell

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Charles Robert Young

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 6483 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Bertram Chiene Letts

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Sinclair Haslett

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Robert Mclaurin

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Bertie Joseph Mccann

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 5325 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Edward Workman

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Thomas Tennant

Born 1889

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 61 Private Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit)

Royal Navy RMA/12115 Gunner RMA HMS Brittania

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Oswald Brooke Webb

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles 11th Battalion

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John Hamilton

Died 1916

British Army 14748 Lance Serjeant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Thomas Acheson Armstrong

Australian Imperial Force

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Gilbert Nagle

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment

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William Mccluggage

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Richard Apjohn Fitzgibbon

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Pioneers

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army 128th Pioneers

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