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Cunnamulla Queensland [3]

Brecon, Breconshire [2]

Maindample Victoria [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Ryde, Hampshire [2]

Sutton, Surrey [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Acton [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Bagnalstown, Carlow [1]

Ballyhale, Thomastown, County Kilkenny [1]

Bede, Sussex, England [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Cootamundra New South Wales [1]

East Greenwich, London [1]

Emerson, Manitoba [1]

Enderby Vicarage, Blaby, Leicestershire [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Ferrybank, Waterford [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [1]

Ford, Sussex [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Gundagai New South Wales [1]

Hellingley, Sussex [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Kent [1]

Kent England [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Limehouse, Middlesex [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Liss, Hampshire [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [1]

Mansfield Victoria [1]

Marrickville New South Wales [1]

Mount Egerton Victoria [1]

North Kensington, London [1]

North Kensington, Middlesex [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Quebec [1]

Rathdown, Dublin [1]

Rotherhithe, Kent [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Rutherglen Victoria [1]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [1]

Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Southwark, London [1]

St John's, Waterford [1]

Rank

Private [119]

Gunner [15]

Sapper [13]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Driver [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Corporal [6]

Captain [4]

Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Medical Orderly [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Quarter Master Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Doctor [1]

Drummer [1]

Gunner Territorial Force [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Second [1]

Major [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Musician [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain and Commanding Officer [1]

Temporary Major and Commanding Officer [1]

Temporary Surgeon Probationer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [20]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Labour Corps [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Royal Irish Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

London Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Indian Ordnance Department [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

39th Central Indian Horse [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Scots Guards [2]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

64th Pioneers [1]

8th Machine Gun Corps [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Australian Voluntary Hospital [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Garrison Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry/Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [201]

Royal Navy [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [304]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [297]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [305] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cunnamulla Queensland [3] Brecon, Breconshire [2] Maindample Victoria [2] Poplar, London [2] Ryde, Hampshire [2] Sutton, Surrey [2] Tottenham, London [2] Acton [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Bagnalstown, Carlow [1] Ballyhale, Thomastown, County Kilkenny [1] Bede, Sussex, England [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birmingham England [1] Cootamundra New South Wales [1] East Greenwich, London [1] Emerson, Manitoba [1] Enderby Vicarage, Blaby, Leicestershire [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Ferrybank, Waterford [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [1] Ford, Sussex [1] Greenwich, London [1] Gundagai New South Wales [1] Hellingley, Sussex [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Kent [1] Kent England [1] Lambeth, London [1] Limehouse, Middlesex [1] Lincolnshire [1] Liss, Hampshire [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Mansfield Victoria [1] Marrickville New South Wales [1] Mount Egerton Victoria [1] North Kensington, London [1] North Kensington, Middlesex [1] Peckham, London [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Quebec [1] Rathdown, Dublin [1] Rotherhithe, Kent [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Rutherglen Victoria [1] Ryde, Isle of Wight [1] Southsea, Hampshire [1] Southwark, London [1] St John's, Waterford [1]

Rank

Private [119] Gunner [15] Sapper [13] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Driver [8] Lance Corporal [7] Corporal [6] Captain [4] Serjeant [4] Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Medical Orderly [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain Quarter Master Temporary Major [1] Captain and Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Doctor [1] Drummer [1] Gunner Territorial Force [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Second [1] Major [1] Munitions Worker [1] Musician [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Sub Conductor [1] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain and Commanding Officer [1] Temporary Major and Commanding Officer [1] Temporary Surgeon Probationer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [20] Royal Field Artillery [18] Labour Corps [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Royal Irish Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] London Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Indian Ordnance Department [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] 39th Central Indian Horse [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Kent Cyclist Battalion [2] Kent Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 64th Pioneers [1] 8th Machine Gun Corps [1] 9th Lancers [1] Australian Voluntary Hospital [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Garrison Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry/Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [201] Royal Navy [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Australian Imperial Force [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [304] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [297] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Canada [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1]

William Aylward

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 6186 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Reserve)

British Army 6186 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Aylward

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army 6463 Warrant Officer Class 1 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Regimental Sergeant Major Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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William George Aylward

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206171

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James Alfred Aylward

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75951

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Henry George Aylward

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40727

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Harry Aylward

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 422840

Canadian Expeditionary Force 422840 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Valentine Aylward

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy 1430 Musician Royal Marines Band HMS Monmouth

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Bertie Rueben Aylward

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56788

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William George Aylward

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41142

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Sydney Ernest Aylward

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223519

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George Ernest James Aylward

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222886

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Philip Aylward

Born 1889

British Army 9303 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Richard Nunn Aylward

Born 1883

Died 1974

British Army 1934 Corporal Signals Company Royal Engineering 3rd Lahore Division

British Army Captain and Major Signals Company Royal Engineering 3rd Lahore Division

British Army Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Henry Thomas Aylward

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 9113 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 9113 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Harry George Aylward

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 8065 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Aylward

Died 1915

British Army 2010 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 2010 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Joseph Aylward

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 4697 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Albert Aylward

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 1746 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 1746 Private London Regiment

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Alfred George Aylward

Died 1917

British Army 39252 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 39252 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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David Aylward

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155978

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