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Dublin [6]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

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Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

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Mudgee New South Wales [2]

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Ottowa, Ontario [1]

Ravenswood Queensland [1]

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Wellington [1]

Wyndham Western Australia [1]

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Private [144]

Gunner [15]

Serjeant [14]

Driver [11]

Corporal [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Sapper [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Crane Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Forewoman [1]

Leading Stoker (Pensioner) [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [19]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [19]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Irish Regiment [18]

Royal Engineers [16]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Leinster Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Connaught Rangers [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Scots Guards [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Supply and Transport Corps [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Irish Guards [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

14th Stationary Hospital [1]

1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

1st Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

2nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

4th Hussars [1]

5th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [1]

6th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

7th Hussars [1]

7th Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [212]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Royal Navy [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [325]

Contribution

Military Service [312]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Dublin [6] Brisbane Queensland [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Mudgee New South Wales [2] Yarraville Victoria [2] Bendigo Victoria [1] Braddock USA South Australia [1] Broomville, Carlow [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Colac Victoria [1] Columbia USA South Australia [1] Cork [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Durham, Durham [1] Essendon Victoria [1] Gulgong New South Wales [1] Haggerston, London [1] Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Islington, London [1] Kilmacow, Kilkenny [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Mogeely, County Cork [1] New Ross [1] Ottowa, Ontario [1] Ravenswood Queensland [1] Southport, Lancashire [1] St George Queensland [1] St Lawrence Queensland [1] Wellington [1] Wyndham Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [144] Gunner [15] Serjeant [14] Driver [11] Corporal [7] Lance Corporal [6] Sapper [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Crane Driver [1] Drummer [1] Forewoman [1] Leading Stoker (Pensioner) [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Signal Boy [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [19] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [19] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Irish Regiment [18] Royal Engineers [16] Liverpool Regiment [13] Leinster Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [6] Connaught Rangers [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Scots Guards [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Supply and Transport Corps [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Irish Guards [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 14th Stationary Hospital [1] 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] 2nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 4th Hussars [1] 5th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [1] 6th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 7th Hussars [1] 7th Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [212] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Australian Imperial Force [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Royal Navy [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [325]

Contribution

Military Service [312] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [2] Ireland [1]

Frank Brophy

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86447

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James William Brophy

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277009

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John Bernard Brophy

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 2nd Squadron

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Ambrose Brophy

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289282

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Michael Brophy

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 8113 Private Royal Irish Regiment Depot

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Patrick Brophy

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 21368 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Ernest Gordon Brophy

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 2nd royal west Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Edward Henry Brophy

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 437824

Canadian Expeditionary Force 437824 Private Canadian Infantry

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Joseph Dennis Brophy

Born 1882

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2304464

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2304464 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frank Lawrence Andrew Brophy

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 919023

Canadian Expeditionary Force 919023 Private Canadian Infantry

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Andrew Brophy

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 5037 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Richard Brophy

Died 1916

British Army 4194 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 4194 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Clarence Brophy

Died 1918

British Army 5173 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 851386 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Henry Brophy

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army D/3753 Shoeing Smith Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/3753 Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/3753 Shoeing Smith Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Timothy Brophy

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10363 Private Leinster Regiment

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William Brophy

Died 1916

British Army 9248 Private Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion

British Army 9248 Private Connaught Rangers

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Thomas Joseph Brophy

Died 1918

British Army 3211 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 3211 Corporal Leinster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Leinster Regiment

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James Brophy

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 19737 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Bernard Brophy

Died 1918

British Army 11079 Private Connaught Rangers

British Army 11829 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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William Brophy

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289577

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