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Newcastle New South Wales [5]

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Corporal [12]

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Driver [7]

Pioneer [5]

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Acting Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

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Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Rifleman [1]

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Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wheeler Corporal [1]

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Royal Irish Regiment [58]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [36]

Labour Corps [31]

Irish Guards [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Royal Engineers [20]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [18]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Army Service Corps [11]

Leinster Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Connaught Rangers [8]

Royal Irish Rifles [8]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

South Irish Horse [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Service

British Army [336]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Royal Navy [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

B [472]

O [4]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [462]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Iraq [1]

Ireland [1]

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Newcastle New South Wales [5] Poplar, London [4] Cowra New South Wales [3] Dublin [3] Walhalla Victoria [3] Wexford [3] Arklow, Wicklow [2] Box Hill Victoria [2] Deepwater New South Wales [2] Poplar Middlesex [2] Poplar, Middlesex, England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Arklow, County Wicklow [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bray [1] Brenanah Victoria [1] Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Castle Hill New South Wales [1] Clonmell, Tipperary [1] Cork [1] Courtown, Wexford [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Enniskilling, Mayo [1] Farnthomas, Enniskeane, Co. Cork. [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Fulham, London [1] Fulham, London, Middlesex [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Hardfield Cork, Cork [1] Kensington Victoria [1] Kereen, Cappoquin, County Waterford [1] Kilcock [1] Kilmore, County Wexford [1] Knockbeg, County Waterford [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Long Point ON [1] Macorna Victoria [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesex [1] Millwall, London [1] Oldham, Lancashire, England [1] Parramatta New South Wales [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Poplar, London, Middlesex [1] Poplar, Middlesex [1] Port Macquarie New South Wales [1] Preston, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [248] Gunner [31] Corporal [12] Sapper [12] Lance Corporal [11] Serjeant [10] Driver [7] Pioneer [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [3] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Bombardier [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Rifleman [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant Drummer [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wheeler Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [58] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [36] Labour Corps [31] Irish Guards [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Royal Engineers [20] Royal Irish Fusiliers [18] Royal Field Artillery [16] Army Service Corps [11] Leinster Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Connaught Rangers [8] Royal Irish Rifles [8] London Regiment [7] Royal Munster Fusiliers [7] Machine Gun Corps [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3] Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] South Irish Horse [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2]

Service

British Army [336] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] Australian Imperial Force [30] Royal Navy [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

B [472] O [4] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [462] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Iraq [1] Ireland [1]

Charles Brien

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 10482 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 3/10595 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 10482 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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Owen Brien

Born 1886

Died 1971

British Army 36073 87048 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 146th Battalion

British Army Private

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John Brien

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 6952 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 6952 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Michael Brien

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8178 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Brien

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 9435 Private Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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David Brien

Died 1914

British Army 6615 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Brien

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286182

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Henry Matthias O' Brien

Born 1861

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96210

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Joseph Brien

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276196

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Desmond Cecil Bagge Brien

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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Andrew Brien

Died 1914

British Army 5493 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 5493 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Elijah Brien

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 19504 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 8th bedford Battalion

British Army 19504 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Edward Henry Brien

Born 1887

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446314

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446314 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Brien

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 4530 Private Leinster Regiment

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Alfred John Brien

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 75162 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 12th Company

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Ernest Villiers Napoleon Brien

Born 1879

Canadian Expeditionary Force 678778

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Edward Brien

Born 1882

Died 1945

British Army 32056 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment 14 Infantry Labour Company

British Army 57042 Private Labour Corps 96 Labour Company

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Michael Brien

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 10734 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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John Brien

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191994

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Thomas Joseph Brien

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 5797 Company Serjeant Major Royal Irish Fusiliers

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