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Melbourne Victoria [29]

Cork [22]

Sydney New South Wales [21]

Adelaide South Australia [17]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Perth Western Australia [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Devonport, Devon [7]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [7]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Limerick [6]

Queenstown, Cork [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Queenstown, Lancashire, England [4]

Rockhampton Queensland [4]

Aghada, Cork [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Cork, Cork [3]

Waterford [3]

Altrincham, Cheshire [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Barcaldine Queensland [2]

Belfast [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bulahdelah New South Wales [2]

Cardiff Wales [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Carrignavar, Cork [2]

Cloyne, Cork [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Dublin [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Jarrahdale Western Australia [2]

Jindabyne New South Wales [2]

Kinsale, Cork [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

London [2]

London England [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Middleton, Cork [2]

Monkstown, Cork [2]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Port Pirie South Australia [2]

Rank

Private [805]

Gunner [97]

Second Lieutenant [72]

Serjeant [61]

Captain [58]

Driver [58]

Sapper [55]

Corporal 2nd [52]

Lance Corporal [37]

Lieutenant [32]

Pioneer [25]

Corporal [17]

Major [15]

Bombardier [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Able Seaman [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Acting Corporal 2nd [6]

Rifleman [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Commander [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Sister [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Major [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Admiral [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [109]

Labour Corps [106]

Royal Engineers [106]

Army Service Corps [86]

Royal Garrison Artillery [59]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [58]

London Regiment [47]

Royal Army Medical Corps [38]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Royal Irish Regiment [32]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [31]

Welsh Regiment [28]

Royal Army Service Corps [26]

Middlesex Regiment [25]

South Lancashire Regiment [25]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

Leinster Regiment [20]

Royal Irish Rifles [19]

Essex Regiment [18]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Connaught Rangers [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Cheshire Regiment [16]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [16]

South Wales Borderers [15]

Highland Light Infantry [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Irish Guards [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1326]

Australian Imperial Force [229]

Royal Navy [198]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [193]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [2139]

H [3]

M [2]

S [2]

W [2]

D [1]

L [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2060]

Merchant Navy [73]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Ireland [6]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [29] Cork [22] Sydney New South Wales [21] Adelaide South Australia [17] London, Middlesex, England [9] Perth Western Australia [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Devonport, Devon [7] Dublin, Suffolk, England [7] Brisbane Queensland [6] Limerick [6] Queenstown, Cork [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Queenstown, Lancashire, England [4] Rockhampton Queensland [4] Aghada, Cork [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Cork, Cork [3] Waterford [3] Altrincham, Cheshire [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Barcaldine Queensland [2] Belfast [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bulahdelah New South Wales [2] Cardiff Wales [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Carrignavar, Cork [2] Cloyne, Cork [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Dublin [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Holborn, London [2] Jarrahdale Western Australia [2] Jindabyne New South Wales [2] Kinsale, Cork [2] Lambeth, London [2] London [2] London England [2] Mackay Queensland [2] Marylebone, London [2] Middleton, Cork [2] Monkstown, Cork [2] Muswellbrook New South Wales [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Peckham, London [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Port Pirie South Australia [2]

Rank

Private [805] Gunner [97] Second Lieutenant [72] Serjeant [61] Captain [58] Driver [58] Sapper [55] Corporal 2nd [52] Lance Corporal [37] Lieutenant [32] Pioneer [25] Corporal [17] Major [15] Bombardier [12] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Able Seaman [10] Acting Corporal [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Acting Corporal 2nd [6] Rifleman [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Commander [4] Nursing Sister [4] Sister [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Major [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Admiral [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [109] Labour Corps [106] Royal Engineers [106] Army Service Corps [86] Royal Garrison Artillery [59] Royal Munster Fusiliers [58] London Regiment [47] Royal Army Medical Corps [38] Machine Gun Corps [36] Royal Irish Regiment [32] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [31] Welsh Regiment [28] Royal Army Service Corps [26] Middlesex Regiment [25] South Lancashire Regiment [25] Royal Fusiliers [24] Leinster Regiment [20] Royal Irish Rifles [19] Essex Regiment [18] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] Manchester Regiment [18] Connaught Rangers [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Rifle Brigade [17] Royal Naval Division [17] Cheshire Regiment [16] Royal Irish Fusiliers [16] South Wales Borderers [15] Highland Light Infantry [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Canadian Infantry [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Leicestershire Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] The Queen's Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [11] East Surrey Regiment [11] Irish Guards [11] Royal Air Force [11] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Border Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1326] Australian Imperial Force [229] Royal Navy [198] Canadian Expeditionary Force [193] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [2139] H [3] M [2] S [2] W [2] D [1] L [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2060] Merchant Navy [73] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [34] Ireland [6] France [1] South Africa [1]

Michael Barry

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 351473 Sick Berth Steward HMS Vivid

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Henry Joseph Barry

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213984

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Albert Robert Owen Barry

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221834

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John Richard Barry

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224511

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John Henry Barry

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238799

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Charles Barry

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244268

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James Barry

Born 1875

Died 1961

British Army 27232 Corporal 2nd Durham Light Infantry

British Army 263468 Corporal 2nd Labour Corps

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Arthur Claude Lionel Barry

Born 1887

British Army 33500 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 8851 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8851 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Bernadine Barry

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army 100399 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 100399 Royal Field Artillery 14 Bty, 4 Bde RFA

British Army 100399 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Edwin Barry

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy CH/352(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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William Barry

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122804

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William Barry

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129595

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Michael Barry

Died 1917

British Army 5393 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 19357 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 3rd (Reserve) Garrison Battalion

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Harold Barry

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 39407 Private Highland Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Joseph W Barry

Died 1918

British Army WR/350319 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 345265 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/350319 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Donal Mahony Barry

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army Captain Home Hospital Reserve Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps (Home Hospital Reserve)

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Albert Barry

Died 1918

British Army 5102 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 352123 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 352123 Private London Regiment

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Thomas Barry

Born 1891

Died 1921

British Army 010050 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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John Barry

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 351495 Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class HMS Defence

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Frank Russell Barry

Born 1890

Died 1976

British Army 4th Class Chaplain Army Chaplains Department

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