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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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People [513] Stories Communities

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]

Richard Annesley West

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel Tank Corps/ North Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Colonel North Irish Horse

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David Andrew Cathcart

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 5066 Serjeant Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Cecil John Lyons Allanson

Born 1877

Died 1943

British Army Major 6th Ghurka Rifles 1st Battalion

Indian Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 6th Gurkha Rifles

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George Allgood

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 10th Batn

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James Kenneth Macgregor Greer

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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Arthur Henry Palethorpe

Born 1873

Died 1937

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Alan James Ramsay Anderson

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Worship Booker

Born 1883

British Army 992 Lance Serjeant North Irish Horse

British Army Captain North Irish Horse

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Watson Mcclellan

Born 1897

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 911024

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Humphrey Boyd

Born 1886

British Army H/71014 Squadron Serjeant Major 5th Cyclist Regiment North Irish Horse

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Robert Lancelot Vance

British Army Second Lieutenant Irish Fusiliers

British Army Captain Indian Army

British Army Captain Indian Medical Service

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Caryl Arthur James Annesley

Born 1883

Died 1949

British Army Captain Royal Dragoons

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St John Augustus Cox

Born 1870

Died 1936

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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