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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]

Kenneth Foulkes

Born 1891

Died 1938

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment

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Henry Ernest Cooper

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army 9930 Serjeant Major Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

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Michael Hutchinson

Born 1880

British Army 6466 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 6466 Private Royal Irish Regiment Depot

British Army 6466 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Nolan

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 4747 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Bernard Stephen Rawlinson

Born 1865

Died 1953

British Army Chaplain Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Patrick Fahey

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 5917 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 5917 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Henry Boyce Davidson Mcloughlin

Born 1896

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

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Leonard Davies

Born 1887

British Army 8873 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment

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Henry John Thomas Geddis

Born 1885

Died 1949

British Army 7403 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Claude Harold Sansom

Born 1890

Died 1977

British Army 9725 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Joseph Condon

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7347 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Brennan

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8240 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry Foat

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7067 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Stephen Hogan

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7309 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Joseph Treacy

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 267 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Ion Barry George

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Irish Regiment 18th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Delaney

Born 1894

British Army Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10492 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10492 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Denis J. Cosgrove

Born 1887

Died 1964

British Army 8776 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Fergus George Arthur Forbes

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward James Tobin

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 9186 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

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