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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]

Michael Ahern

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 53068 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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John Patrick Ahern

Died 1915

British Army 1811 Lance Corporal London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army 1811 Private London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army 1811 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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John Ahern

Died 1916

British Army G/4943 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Joseph Walter Ahern

Born 1897

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 445339

Canadian Expeditionary Force 445339 Private Canadian Infantry

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Patrick Ahern

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 5888 Private Irish Guards

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Patrick Ahern

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309092

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William Ahern

Born 1870

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/2140 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Reginald James Ahern

Born 1895

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/1884 Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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John Patrick Ahern

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/785 Otago Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/785A Trooper Otago Mounted Rifles

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David Ahern

Born 1878

Died 1952

British Army Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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Eugene Ahern

Australian Imperial Force 4653

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James Ahern

Australian Imperial Force 5786

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Sydney Albert Ahern

Australian Imperial Force 4427

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Phillip Patrick Ahern

Australian Imperial Force 2815

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John [patrick] Ahern

Australian Imperial Force 196

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Patrick Joseph Ahern

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant General 6th Leinster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Leinster Regiment

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Albert Patrick Ahern

Australian Imperial Force 7636

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Clement Ahern

Australian Imperial Force 15302

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William Patrick Ahern

Australian Imperial Force 21544

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Francis Daniel Ahern

Australian Imperial Force 2382

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