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Cork [14]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Queenstown, Cork [5]

Aghada, Cork [4]

Inverell New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Middleton, Cork [3]

Rockhampton Queensland [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Captains Flat New South Wales [2]

Cork, Ireland [2]

Dublin [2]

Kinsale, Cork [2]

Middleton, County Cork [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Queenstown, County Cork [2]

Queenstown, Lancashire, England [2]

Riverdown, County Cork [2]

Tracton, Cork [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Whitegate, Cork [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Angaston South Australia [1]

Ballyfoyle, Cork [1]

Ballygarvan, Cork [1]

Balvoon, Cork [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Black Rock [1]

Blackall Queensland [1]

Bottgar, Cork [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Burnley England [1]

Cape Colony [1]

Carrigaline, Cork [1]

Carrigtwohill, Cork [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Cross Street, Middle Parish, Cork [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dowlais, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Emerald Queensland [1]

Fraserburgh [1]

Fulham, Middlesex [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Granfeen, Cork [1]

Groomsport, Down [1]

Haddon Victoria [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kerrisdale Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [114]

Gunner [15]

Driver [12]

Sapper [10]

Serjeant [9]

Corporal 2nd [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Stoker [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Trimmer [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Seaman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Corporal [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Engineman [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

ALIAS Deck Hand [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Bombardier [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Drum Major [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Seaman (Leading Boatman) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mate [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Labourer [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [22]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [21]

Royal Engineers [19]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Irish Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Leinster Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Irish Guards [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

London Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

1st Leinster Regiment [1]

1st Rhodesia Regiment [1]

2nd Leinster Regiment [1]

3rd Labour Battalion [1]

4th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

6th Leinster Regiment [1]

7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

7th Leinster Regiment [1]

7th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

7th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Australian Infantry Brigade [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Service

British Army [186]

Royal Navy [76]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Last name first letter

A [391]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [350]

Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Australia [2]

Ireland [2]

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People [392] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cork [14] Melbourne Victoria [9] Queenstown, Cork [5] Aghada, Cork [4] Inverell New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Middleton, Cork [3] Rockhampton Queensland [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Captains Flat New South Wales [2] Cork, Ireland [2] Dublin [2] Kinsale, Cork [2] Middleton, County Cork [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Queenstown, County Cork [2] Queenstown, Lancashire, England [2] Riverdown, County Cork [2] Tracton, Cork [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Whitegate, Cork [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Angaston South Australia [1] Ballyfoyle, Cork [1] Ballygarvan, Cork [1] Balvoon, Cork [1] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Black Rock [1] Blackall Queensland [1] Bottgar, Cork [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Burnley England [1] Cape Colony [1] Carrigaline, Cork [1] Carrigtwohill, Cork [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Cross Street, Middle Parish, Cork [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dowlais, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Emerald Queensland [1] Fraserburgh [1] Fulham, Middlesex [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Granfeen, Cork [1] Groomsport, Down [1] Haddon Victoria [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kerrisdale Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [114] Gunner [15] Driver [12] Sapper [10] Serjeant [9] Corporal 2nd [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Stoker [6] Lieutenant [5] Trimmer [5] Lance Corporal [4] Seaman [4] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Corporal [2] Deck Hand [2] Engineman [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Major [2] ALIAS Deck Hand [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Blacksmith [1] Bombardier [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Company Serjeant Major/Acting Serjeant Major [1] Drum Major [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Seaman (Leading Boatman) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mate [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Labourer [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [22] Royal Munster Fusiliers [21] Royal Engineers [19] Royal Field Artillery [18] Labour Corps [17] Royal Irish Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [11] Leinster Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Irish Guards [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Welsh Regiment [3] London Regiment [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 1st Leinster Regiment [1] 1st Rhodesia Regiment [1] 2nd Leinster Regiment [1] 3rd Labour Battalion [1] 4th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] 6th Leinster Regiment [1] 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 7th Leinster Regiment [1] 7th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 7th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Australian Infantry [1] Australian Infantry Brigade [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Service

British Army [186] Royal Navy [76] Australian Imperial Force [57] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Last name first letter

A [391] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [350] Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [3] Australia [2] Ireland [2]

John Ahern

British Army 26 Private Leinster Regiment

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Maurice Ahern

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Michael Ahern

British Army 22380 Private Welsh Regiment

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William Ahern

British Army 6045 Private Coldstream Guards

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Thomas Ahern

British Army L/41983 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William R Ahern

British Army GS/62152 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Ahern

British Army 14718 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

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Michael Ahern

British Army 2084 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 45306 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 15001 Private Leinster Regiment

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Michael Ahern

British Army 1957 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 290328 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

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D Ahern

British Army 50207 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 205154 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 7251639 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Patrick Ahern

British Army 547524 Private Labour Corps

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Frederick Ahern

British Army 52192 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army 52192 Corporal 2nd Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Joseph Ahern

British Army 356679 Corporal 2nd Kings Labour Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Charles S Ahern

British Army 54891 Driver Royal Field Artillery 4th Brigade

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William Ahern

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P Ahern

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Hugh Joseph Ahern

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/484

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Michael Lewis Ahern

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/669

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Leonard John Ahern

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25778

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William Jeremiah Ahern

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 36273

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