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Ballydehob, Co. Cork [5]

Aldershot, Hampsire [1]

Ballydehob [1]

Ballydehob, Co Cork [1]

Ballydehob, Cork [1]

Ballydehob, County Cork [1]

Ballydehob, County a Cork [1]

Ballydeob, Co Cork [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chorlton-cum-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Cirencester [1]

Co Kerry [1]

Co. Kerry [1]

Croydon [1]

Dromara Co.Down Northern Ireland [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Ipswich [1]

Lilington St, Pimlico, London [1]

Little Sampford, Essex [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Queen's Park Estate, Paddington, W London [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Rushden [1]

St Ives, Huntingdonshire [1]

Sussex [1]

Tottenham, Middlesex [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

West Ham [1]

Wooton Rivers, Wiltshire [1]

goldmine [1]

Rank

Private [24]

Captain [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Gunner [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Community [1]

Corporal [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Driver [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Test Story A [1]

Test Story B [1]

Test Story D [1]

Test Story E [1]

Test Story F [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

t [1]

test [1]

Unit

Royal Munster Fusiliers [7]

Army Service Corps [3]

Irish Guards [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

7th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Community [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Fife Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Gordon Highlanders/Royal Flying Corps [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Guards [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Staff [1]

Welsh Guards [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

t [1]

test [1]

Service

British Army [40]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [7]

A [6]

D [6]

C [4]

S [4]

W [4]

E [2]

H [2]

L [2]

T [2]

F [1]

I [1]

M [1]

P [1]

R [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [46]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Ireland [7]

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People [46] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ballydehob, Co. Cork [5] Aldershot, Hampsire [1] Ballydehob [1] Ballydehob, Co Cork [1] Ballydehob, Cork [1] Ballydehob, County Cork [1] Ballydehob, County a Cork [1] Ballydeob, Co Cork [1] Chelsea [1] Chorlton-cum-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Cirencester [1] Co Kerry [1] Co. Kerry [1] Croydon [1] Dromara Co.Down Northern Ireland [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Ipswich [1] Lilington St, Pimlico, London [1] Little Sampford, Essex [1] Portsmouth [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Queen's Park Estate, Paddington, W London [1] Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Rushden [1] St Ives, Huntingdonshire [1] Sussex [1] Tottenham, Middlesex [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] West Ham [1] Wooton Rivers, Wiltshire [1] goldmine [1]

Rank

Private [24] Captain [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Gunner [3] Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Community [1] Corporal [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Driver [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Test Story A [1] Test Story B [1] Test Story D [1] Test Story E [1] Test Story F [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] t [1] test [1]

Unit

Royal Munster Fusiliers [7] Army Service Corps [3] Irish Guards [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] 7th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Community [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Fife Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Gordon Highlanders/Royal Flying Corps [1] HMS Good Hope [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Horse Guards [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Staff [1] Welsh Guards [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] t [1] test [1]

Service

British Army [40] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Navy [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [7] A [6] D [6] C [4] S [4] W [4] E [2] H [2] L [2] T [2] F [1] I [1] M [1] P [1] R [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [46]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Ireland [7]

Robert Smith

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 40348 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Bernard William Vann

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 1800 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Tommy Atkins

Born 1893

Canadian Navy Test Story E

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Tommy Atkins

Born 1897

Died 1964

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William Cecil Tickle

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 13510 Private Essex Regiment

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Edward Connell

Died 1916

British Army 1148 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Vivian Wilson

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 438249

Canadian Expeditionary Force 438249 Private 3rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 438249 Private Canadian Infantry

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Roland Arthur Peake

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 34537 Acting Corporal Liverpool Regiment

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Cecil Walter Toomer

Born 1891

Died 1914

Royal Navy K10181 Stoker 1st Class HMS Good Hope

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Eric Rupert Heaton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 14th, attached 16 Battalion

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Guy Lindsay Cruikshank

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant/Temporary Captain Gordon Highlanders/Royal Flying Corps 3rd

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain 70 Squadron

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Michael Donovan

Died 1918

British Army 7/1120 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Albert Bartholomew Wilson

Died 1916

British Army 1526 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Terriss Norman Cross

Born 1899

British Army 207652 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Tommy Atkins-Smith

Born 1909

Died 1943

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111111 Driver

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army 2506 Test Story A Welsh Guards

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Ifcp - South African Military Labour Bureau

Born 1914

Died 1919

Royal Navy 22222 Test Story F

Other Empire Force Community Community

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Peter Dukelow

Born 1894

British Army 8350 Private Irish Guards

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Frank Mills

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 37551 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Bernadine Barry

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army 100399 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 100399 Royal Field Artillery 14 Bty, 4 Bde RFA

British Army 100399 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John L Edwards

Born 1899

British Army 4198 Private London Regiment

British Army 351602 Private London Regiment

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