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Sydney New South Wales [46]

Dublin [43]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [40]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [36]

Liverpool, Lancashire [23]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Brisbane Queensland [8]

Dublin, Dublin [8]

Wexford [8]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [6]

Kingstown, Dublin [6]

Wicklow [6]

Carlton Victoria [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Mount Gambier South Australia [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Fitzroy Victoria [4]

Maryborough Queensland [4]

St Kilda Victoria [4]

Wangaratta Victoria [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bairnsdale Victoria [3]

Carlow [3]

Dalby Queensland [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Nhill Victoria [3]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Trentham Victoria [3]

Annandale New South Wales [2]

Beaudesert Queensland [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Clifton Hill Victoria [2]

Dublin, Ireland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Goroke Victoria [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Kilkenny [2]

Liverpool [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Liverpool New South Wales [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Moss Vale New South Wales [2]

Naas, Kildare [2]

Narrandera New South Wales [2]

North Dublin, Dublin [2]

Ravenswood Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [1880]

Gunner [157]

Driver [121]

Serjeant [115]

Corporal [101]

Sapper [77]

Lance Corporal [75]

Pioneer [51]

Second Lieutenant [49]

Acting Corporal [34]

Captain [25]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [17]

Lieutenant [13]

Bombardier [11]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Rifleman [11]

Able Seaman [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Sister [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Major [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Sister [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Seaman [2]

Stoker [2]

Unit

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [407]

Labour Corps [245]

Royal Engineers [179]

Royal Field Artillery [178]

Royal Irish Regiment [146]

Army Service Corps [126]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [115]

Leinster Regiment [114]

Royal Garrison Artillery [89]

Connaught Rangers [80]

Royal Army Medical Corps [76]

Liverpool Regiment [75]

Irish Guards [70]

Royal Irish Rifles [68]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [63]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [61]

Machine Gun Corps [57]

Manchester Regiment [45]

London Regiment [42]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Northumberland Fusiliers [41]

Lancashire Fusiliers [40]

Cheshire Regiment [39]

South Lancashire Regiment [30]

East Lancashire Regiment [28]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Essex Regiment [20]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Royal Naval Division [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Middlesex Regiment [18]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Royal Defence Corps [18]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [18]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Highland Light Infantry [14]

North Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Royal Scots [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [14]

South Irish Horse [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [12]

Corps of Hussars [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

8th Hussars [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [2679]

Australian Imperial Force [311]

Royal Navy [198]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [129]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [125]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [42]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

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H [1]

M [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3472]

Merchant Navy [157]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Ireland [6]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [46] Dublin [43] Dublin, Suffolk, England [40] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [36] Liverpool, Lancashire [23] Melbourne Victoria [16] Brisbane Queensland [8] Dublin, Dublin [8] Wexford [8] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [6] Kingstown, Dublin [6] Wicklow [6] Carlton Victoria [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Mount Gambier South Australia [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Fitzroy Victoria [4] Maryborough Queensland [4] St Kilda Victoria [4] Wangaratta Victoria [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bairnsdale Victoria [3] Carlow [3] Dalby Queensland [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Nhill Victoria [3] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Trentham Victoria [3] Annandale New South Wales [2] Beaudesert Queensland [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Clifton Hill Victoria [2] Dublin, Ireland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Goroke Victoria [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Kilkenny [2] Liverpool [2] Liverpool England [2] Liverpool New South Wales [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Moss Vale New South Wales [2] Naas, Kildare [2] Narrandera New South Wales [2] North Dublin, Dublin [2] Ravenswood Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [1880] Gunner [157] Driver [121] Serjeant [115] Corporal [101] Sapper [77] Lance Corporal [75] Pioneer [51] Second Lieutenant [49] Acting Corporal [34] Captain [25] Acting Serjeant [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [17] Lieutenant [13] Bombardier [11] Colour Serjeant [11] Rifleman [11] Able Seaman [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Sister [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Major [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Staff Nurse [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Worker [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Sister [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Nursing Sister [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Trooper [3] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Seaman [2] Stoker [2]

Unit

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [407] Labour Corps [245] Royal Engineers [179] Royal Field Artillery [178] Royal Irish Regiment [146] Army Service Corps [126] Royal Irish Fusiliers [115] Leinster Regiment [114] Royal Garrison Artillery [89] Connaught Rangers [80] Royal Army Medical Corps [76] Liverpool Regiment [75] Irish Guards [70] Royal Irish Rifles [68] Royal Munster Fusiliers [63] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [61] Machine Gun Corps [57] Manchester Regiment [45] London Regiment [42] Royal Fusiliers [42] Northumberland Fusiliers [41] Lancashire Fusiliers [40] Cheshire Regiment [39] South Lancashire Regiment [30] East Lancashire Regiment [28] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26] Durham Light Infantry [23] Essex Regiment [20] Hampshire Regiment [20] Royal Naval Division [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Middlesex Regiment [18] Rifle Brigade [18] Royal Defence Corps [18] Royal Lancaster Regiment [18] Yorkshire Regiment [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Highland Light Infantry [14] North Staffordshire Regiment [14] Royal Scots [14] Seaforth Highlanders [14] South Irish Horse [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Worcestershire Regiment [13] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [12] Corps of Hussars [12] Army Veterinary Corps [11] 8th Hussars [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [2679] Australian Imperial Force [311] Royal Navy [198] Canadian Expeditionary Force [129] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [125] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [42] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [3641] H [1] M [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3472] Merchant Navy [157] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Ireland [6] Canada [1] Germany [1]

James William Byrne

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124358

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Charles Joseph Byrne

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41912

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Joseph Byrne

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304057

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Albert John Byrne

Born 1891

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Infantry 10th Battalion

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Daniel Byrne

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136055

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Edward Byrne

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54121

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Lawrence Byrne

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295051

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Thomas Byrne

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294403

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William Edmund Byrne

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204595

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Edward Byrne

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 6707 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Dennis Cyril Byrne

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 5179 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 5179 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Walter Byrne

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 15709 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11th east Battalion

British Army 15709 Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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James William Byrne

Born 1870

Died 1914

Royal Navy Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

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Arthur Byrne

Born 1885

Died 1927

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Edward Byrne

Died 1914

British Army 10896 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Patrick Byrne

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99667

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Charles Byrne

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189021

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Christopher Byrne

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121289

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Wilfred Byrne

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86128

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Lawrence Byrne

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134438

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