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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [20]

Melbourne Victoria [18]

Sydney New South Wales [18]

Liverpool, Lancashire [14]

Brisbane Queensland [12]

Manchester, Lancashire [9]

Dublin [8]

London England [8]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Cork [6]

Galway [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Clifden, Galway [5]

Launceston Tasmania [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Karoola Tasmania [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Swindon, Wiltshire [4]

Tipperary [4]

Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

Darwen, Lancashire [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Fremantle Western Australia [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Kinsale, Cork [3]

Liverpool [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Rockhampton Queensland [3]

Waterford [3]

Abbotsford Victoria [2]

Allendale Victoria [2]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Belfast [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bow, London [2]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1936]

Serjeant [135]

Gunner [132]

Corporal [125]

Sapper [121]

Driver [115]

Lance Corporal [68]

Second Lieutenant [61]

Captain [40]

Pioneer [40]

Lieutenant [24]

Acting Corporal [17]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Bombardier [15]

Major [13]

Rifleman [13]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Bandsman [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Major [2]

Seaman [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [249]

Royal Engineers [178]

Royal Field Artillery [157]

Army Service Corps [129]

Manchester Regiment [110]

Royal Irish Regiment [100]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [93]

Royal Garrison Artillery [88]

Liverpool Regiment [84]

Machine Gun Corps [83]

Connaught Rangers [81]

Royal Army Medical Corps [66]

Cheshire Regiment [60]

London Regiment [54]

Northumberland Fusiliers [54]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [54]

Lancashire Fusiliers [53]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [50]

Royal Fusiliers [47]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [47]

South Lancashire Regiment [46]

Leinster Regiment [45]

West Yorkshire Regiment [45]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [43]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

Royal Irish Rifles [39]

Irish Guards [38]

East Lancashire Regiment [35]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Canadian Infantry [27]

Rifle Brigade [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Highland Light Infantry [25]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

Welsh Regiment [25]

Royal Defence Corps [24]

West Riding Regiment [24]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23]

Royal Scots [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

North Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

South Wales Borderers [20]

British West Indies Regiment [19]

South Staffordshire Regiment [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

York and Lancaster Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [2720]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [465]

Australian Imperial Force [293]

Royal Navy [220]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [126]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [47]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [3969]

L [5]

C [1]

M [1]

R [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3862]

Merchant Navy [95]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

Ireland [8]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [20] Melbourne Victoria [18] Sydney New South Wales [18] Liverpool, Lancashire [14] Brisbane Queensland [12] Manchester, Lancashire [9] Dublin [8] London England [8] Ballarat Victoria [6] Cork [6] Galway [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Clifden, Galway [5] Launceston Tasmania [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Karoola Tasmania [4] London, Middlesex [4] Manchester, Lancashire, England [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Swindon, Wiltshire [4] Tipperary [4] Accrington, Lancashire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Charters Towers Queensland [3] Darwen, Lancashire [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Fremantle Western Australia [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Kinsale, Cork [3] Liverpool [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Rockhampton Queensland [3] Waterford [3] Abbotsford Victoria [2] Allendale Victoria [2] Balmain New South Wales [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Belfast [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bow, London [2] Brighton Victoria [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Carlton Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1936] Serjeant [135] Gunner [132] Corporal [125] Sapper [121] Driver [115] Lance Corporal [68] Second Lieutenant [61] Captain [40] Pioneer [40] Lieutenant [24] Acting Corporal [17] Acting Serjeant [15] Bombardier [15] Major [13] Rifleman [13] Company Serjeant Major [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Sergeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Bandsman [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Brevet Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Major [2] Seaman [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [249] Royal Engineers [178] Royal Field Artillery [157] Army Service Corps [129] Manchester Regiment [110] Royal Irish Regiment [100] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [93] Royal Garrison Artillery [88] Liverpool Regiment [84] Machine Gun Corps [83] Connaught Rangers [81] Royal Army Medical Corps [66] Cheshire Regiment [60] London Regiment [54] Northumberland Fusiliers [54] Royal Munster Fusiliers [54] Lancashire Fusiliers [53] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [50] Royal Fusiliers [47] Royal Irish Fusiliers [47] South Lancashire Regiment [46] Leinster Regiment [45] West Yorkshire Regiment [45] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [43] Durham Light Infantry [39] Royal Irish Rifles [39] Irish Guards [38] East Lancashire Regiment [35] Yorkshire Regiment [28] Canadian Infantry [27] Rifle Brigade [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Highland Light Infantry [25] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] Welsh Regiment [25] Royal Defence Corps [24] West Riding Regiment [24] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23] Royal Scots [22] Worcestershire Regiment [22] Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [20] North Staffordshire Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [20] South Wales Borderers [20] British West Indies Regiment [19] South Staffordshire Regiment [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] York and Lancaster Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [2720] Canadian Expeditionary Force [465] Australian Imperial Force [293] Royal Navy [220] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [126] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [47] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [3969] L [5] C [1] M [1] R [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3862] Merchant Navy [95] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [38] Ireland [8] United States [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] Jamaica [1]

John Burke

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Alfred Edward Burke

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Edward Arbuckle Burke

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Florence Charles Burke-Gaffney

Australian Imperial Force

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Alexander Stewart Burke-Murphy

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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A Burke-Kennedy

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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H F Lardner-Burke

British Army Captain South African Infantry

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H D Lardner-Burke

British Army Lieutenant South African Infantry

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I Burke-Savage

British Army 26003 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Imperial Army

British Army Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Georgina Burke-Roche

British Army Temporary Matron Queen Alexandra's Medical Nursing Service India

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H D Lardner-Burke

British Army Lieutenant South African Infantry

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Mary G Burke-Close

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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H F Lardner-Burke

British Army Captain South African Infantry

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Ada M Canning-Burke

British Army Nurse French Red Cross

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Alexander Stewart Burke-Murphy

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Millicent Mary Rowlands (nee Burke)

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Millicent Mary Burke (mrs Rowlands)

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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G Lufford

British Army Temporary Matron Queen Alexandra's Medical Nursing Service India

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