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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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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]

Benjamin Burke

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134495

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Edward Burke

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285018

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John Burke

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306459

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William Burke

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 10686 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 10686 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 10686 Lance Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

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Leo Michael Burke

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 1170 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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William Burke

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 609 Private Australian Infantry

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John Patrick Burke

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 285435 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 60553 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Battalion

2438 Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Martin Burke

Died 1916

British Army 5258 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

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

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Jacob Adolphus Burke

Born 1891

Died 1921

British Army 6281 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Cornelius Joseph Burke

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 6536 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Edward Burke

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army 24011 Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Patrick Burke

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114382

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Allan John Burke

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 410045

Canadian Expeditionary Force 410045 Private (Pte) Eastern Ontario Regiment 38th Battalion Canadian Infrantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 410045 Private Canadian Infantry

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Benjamin Burke

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1079 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry 34th Battalion

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John Burke

British Army 1919 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240260 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 1919 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Reserve Battalion

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John Patrick Burke

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135700

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Michael Thomas Burke

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136028

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Thomas Alexander Burke

Born 1870

Died 1919

Royal Navy 136393

Royal Navy 136393(Dev.) Yeoman of Signals H.M.S. "Vivid."

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Victor Burke

Born 1893

Died 1928

British Army 10490 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 10490 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Sydney William Burke

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207186

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