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Place of birth

Trinity Without, Waterford [13]

Dublin [9]

St Patrick's, Waterford [8]

Dungarvan, County Waterford [7]

Cashel, County Tipperary [6]

Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary [5]

Trinity Without, Ballybricken, Waterford [5]

Wexford [5]

Ballybricken, Waterford [4]

Carlow [4]

St Mary's, Enniscorthy, County Wexford [4]

Waterford, County Waterford [4]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Castlecomer, County Kilkenny [3]

Clonmel, County Tipperary [3]

Cork [3]

Nenagh, County Tipperary [3]

New Ross, County Wexford [3]

St. Mary's, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary [3]

Taghmon, County Wexford [3]

Aglish, County Waterford [2]

Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Charleville, County Cork [2]

Christchurch [2]

Duncormick, County Wexford [2]

Enniscorthy, County Wexford [2]

Fermoy, County Cork [2]

Ferns, County Wexford [2]

Gorey, County Wexford [2]

Kilkenny [2]

Kilkenny, County Kilkenny [2]

Kilmore, County Wexford [2]

Leek, Staffordshire [2]

Limerick [2]

Mallow, County Cork [2]

Piercestown, County Wexford [2]

Portlaw, County Waterford [2]

Shoreditch, Middlesex [2]

St Mary's, Clonmel, County Tipperary [2]

St. Andrew's, Dublin [2]

St. Bridget's, Wexford [2]

Thomastown, County Kilkenny [2]

Thurles, County Tipperary [2]

Abbeyleix, Queen's County [1]

Abbeyside, County Waterford [1]

Aberavon, Wales [1]

Acton, London, Middlesex [1]

Affane, Cappoquin, County Waterford [1]

Agra [1]

Ahenure, Callan, Co. Kilkenny [1]

Rank

Private [482]

Lance Corporal [57]

Corporal [32]

Serjeant [30]

Captain [23]

Lieutenant [23]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Major [11]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Drummer [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Major and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Private (Boy) [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Captain [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class Two [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [584]

Royal Irish Rifles [36]

2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [5]

Army Reserve [4]

Connaught Rangers [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Corps of Lancers [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

2nd Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

23rd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [1]

ALIAS [1]

Army Cyclists Corps [1]

Assistant Adjutant General [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Imperial Force (AIF) [1]

HMS Arab (base ship HMS Leander) [1]

HMS Basilisk [1]

HMS Carnarvon [1]

HMS Carysfort [1]

HMS Comus [1]

HMS Concord [1]

HMS Europa [1]

HMS Hood [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Newark (base HMS Ganges) [1]

HMS Newark (base Shikari II) [1]

HMS Taurus [1]

Imperial Yeomanry [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Attached Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps attached Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Irish [1]

Royal Irish Regiment (Section B Reserve) [1]

Royal Irish Regiment (Section D Reserve) [1]

Royal Irish Rifle Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [601]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

C [68]

M [66]

D [52]

B [48]

H [48]

F [44]

R [36]

S [35]

G [33]

K [32]

L [25]

W [24]

O [22]

P [21]

T [18]

A [8]

J [8]

N [8]

E [7]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [601]

Country

United Kingdom [277]

Ireland [165]

Germany [50]

India [34]

Belgium [2]

France [2]

Mauritius [1]

New Zealand [1]

Poland [1]

Switzerland [1]

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People [606] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Trinity Without, Waterford [13] Dublin [9] St Patrick's, Waterford [8] Dungarvan, County Waterford [7] Cashel, County Tipperary [6] Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary [5] Trinity Without, Ballybricken, Waterford [5] Wexford [5] Ballybricken, Waterford [4] Carlow [4] St Mary's, Enniscorthy, County Wexford [4] Waterford, County Waterford [4] Brighton, Sussex [3] Castlecomer, County Kilkenny [3] Clonmel, County Tipperary [3] Cork [3] Nenagh, County Tipperary [3] New Ross, County Wexford [3] St. Mary's, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary [3] Taghmon, County Wexford [3] Aglish, County Waterford [2] Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Charleville, County Cork [2] Christchurch [2] Duncormick, County Wexford [2] Enniscorthy, County Wexford [2] Fermoy, County Cork [2] Ferns, County Wexford [2] Gorey, County Wexford [2] Kilkenny [2] Kilkenny, County Kilkenny [2] Kilmore, County Wexford [2] Leek, Staffordshire [2] Limerick [2] Mallow, County Cork [2] Piercestown, County Wexford [2] Portlaw, County Waterford [2] Shoreditch, Middlesex [2] St Mary's, Clonmel, County Tipperary [2] St. Andrew's, Dublin [2] St. Bridget's, Wexford [2] Thomastown, County Kilkenny [2] Thurles, County Tipperary [2] Abbeyleix, Queen's County [1] Abbeyside, County Waterford [1] Aberavon, Wales [1] Acton, London, Middlesex [1] Affane, Cappoquin, County Waterford [1] Agra [1] Ahenure, Callan, Co. Kilkenny [1]

Rank

Private [482] Lance Corporal [57] Corporal [32] Serjeant [30] Captain [23] Lieutenant [23] Second Lieutenant [19] Major [11] Lance Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [6] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Drummer [5] Acting Corporal [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Private Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Bandsman [1] Boy [1] Brevet Major and Adjutant [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Private (Boy) [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Captain [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class Two [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [584] Royal Irish Rifles [36] 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [5] Army Reserve [4] Connaught Rangers [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Corps of Lancers [3] Leinster Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 2nd Royal Irish Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] 23rd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [1] ALIAS [1] Army Cyclists Corps [1] Assistant Adjutant General [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Imperial Force (AIF) [1] HMS Arab (base ship HMS Leander) [1] HMS Basilisk [1] HMS Carnarvon [1] HMS Carysfort [1] HMS Comus [1] HMS Concord [1] HMS Europa [1] HMS Hood [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Newark (base HMS Ganges) [1] HMS Newark (base Shikari II) [1] HMS Taurus [1] Imperial Yeomanry [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Attached Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps attached Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Irish [1] Royal Irish Regiment (Section B Reserve) [1] Royal Irish Regiment (Section D Reserve) [1] Royal Irish Rifle Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [601] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

C [68] M [66] D [52] B [48] H [48] F [44] R [36] S [35] G [33] K [32] L [25] W [24] O [22] P [21] T [18] A [8] J [8] N [8] E [7] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [601]

Country

United Kingdom [277] Ireland [165] Germany [50] India [34] Belgium [2] France [2] Mauritius [1] New Zealand [1] Poland [1] Switzerland [1]

Stephen Sinnott

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 3094 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 5376 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 6259 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

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Frederic Hornby Lever Rushton

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Power

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6409 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Rochford

Born 1874

Died 1914

British Army 6493 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 6493 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 6493 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Walsh

Born 1891

Died 1941

British Army 10440 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 10440 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 10440 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Lyons

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8534 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8534 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Edward Brunker Anderson

Born 1890

Died 1977

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry George Neill

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6369 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6369 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6369 Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Holden

Born 1892

British Army 10003 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment Depot

British Army 10003 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10003 Private Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Patrick John Ryan

Born 1874

Died 1914

British Army 4834 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Michael Lukeman

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 5940 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 5940 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (BEF)

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James Green

Born 1883

British Army 7085 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7085 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Henry Edwin Daniell

Born 1868

Died 1914

British Army Major 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Denis Lucey

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 9895 Private Royal Irish Rifles Depot (Belfast)

British Army 9895 Private Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

British Army 9895 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Bennett

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 10384 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 10384 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Lacey

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army 6533 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Cox

Born 1883

British Army 8686 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 8686 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8686 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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John Murphy

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 8804 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8804 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8804 Private Royal Irish Regiment Army Reserve

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Garrett Dignam

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 8697 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8697 Private Royal Irish Regiment Depot

British Army 8697 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Michael Kelly

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 5177 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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