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Sydney New South Wales [22]

Cork [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Dalby Queensland [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Lithgow New South Wales [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Parkes New South Wales [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ballina New South Wales [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bootle, Lancashire [2]

Dry Creek South Australia [2]

Dublin [2]

Dundalk, Louth [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Seaforth, Lancashire, England [2]

Skibbereen, Cork [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

Aberdare, Glamorgan [1]

Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Armagh [1]

Auburn New South Wales [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnsdale Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Belfast [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Benton, Cork [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bideford Devon [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Blackwater, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [845]

Driver [77]

Gunner [67]

Corporal [60]

Serjeant [54]

Sapper [50]

Pioneer [23]

Lance Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [12]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Major [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Surgeon 1st Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Commander [1]

Gunner /Acting Serjeant [1]

Honorary Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Honorary Major and Quarter Master [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [117]

Royal Field Artillery [88]

Royal Engineers [83]

Army Service Corps [61]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [43]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

Royal Army Medical Corps [39]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Royal Irish Regiment [35]

Manchester Regiment [34]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Connaught Rangers [32]

Highland Light Infantry [29]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [29]

London Regiment [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [27]

Lancashire Fusiliers [24]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

Durham Light Infantry [21]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21]

Irish Guards [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

Royal Irish Rifles [16]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [16]

South Lancashire Regiment [16]

Welsh Regiment [16]

Scottish Rifles [15]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Scots [14]

Leinster Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

Gordon Highlanders [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Border Regiment [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [1193]

Australian Imperial Force [119]

Royal Navy [86]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [76]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1587]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1545]

Merchant Navy [35]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Canada [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Turkey [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [22] Cork [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Dalby Queensland [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Lithgow New South Wales [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Parkes New South Wales [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ballina New South Wales [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bootle, Lancashire [2] Dry Creek South Australia [2] Dublin [2] Dundalk, Louth [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Seaforth, Lancashire, England [2] Skibbereen, Cork [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] Aberdare, Glamorgan [1] Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Armagh [1] Auburn New South Wales [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnsdale Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Belfast [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Benton, Cork [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bideford Devon [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Blackwater, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [845] Driver [77] Gunner [67] Corporal [60] Serjeant [54] Sapper [50] Pioneer [23] Lance Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [12] Staff Serjeant [8] Bombardier [7] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [4] Rifleman [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Major [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Surgeon 1st Class [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Commander [1] Gunner /Acting Serjeant [1] Honorary Captain and Quarter Master [1] Honorary Major and Quarter Master [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [117] Royal Field Artillery [88] Royal Engineers [83] Army Service Corps [61] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [43] Liverpool Regiment [40] Royal Army Medical Corps [39] Machine Gun Corps [35] Royal Irish Regiment [35] Manchester Regiment [34] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Connaught Rangers [32] Highland Light Infantry [29] Royal Munster Fusiliers [29] London Regiment [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Royal Irish Fusiliers [27] Lancashire Fusiliers [24] Royal Fusiliers [24] Durham Light Infantry [21] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21] Irish Guards [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [20] Cheshire Regiment [18] Rifle Brigade [17] Royal Defence Corps [16] Royal Irish Rifles [16] Royal Scots Fusiliers [16] South Lancashire Regiment [16] Welsh Regiment [16] Scottish Rifles [15] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] Royal Scots [14] Leinster Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] South Wales Borderers [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] East Lancashire Regiment [10] Gordon Highlanders [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [9] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Border Regiment [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [1193] Australian Imperial Force [119] Royal Navy [86] Canadian Expeditionary Force [76] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1587] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1545] Merchant Navy [35] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Canada [1] China [1] France [1] Turkey [1]

Joseph Callaghan

Died 1915

British Army 1932 Private Royal Scots

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Aloysius Alfred Callaghan

Born 1895

Died 1921

British Army 6547 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 426268 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Callaghan

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 3872 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3872 Acting Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3872 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas Callaghan

Died 1917

British Army 7711 Private Irish Guards

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John Callaghan

Died 1917

British Army 11313 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 132019 Private Labour Corps

British Army 11313 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Albert George Callaghan

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 22136 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 282440 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 146452 Private Machine Gun Corps

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James Callaghan

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4822 Private Connaught Rangers

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James Callaghan

Died 1917

British Army 34456 Private Manchester Regiment

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Michael Callaghan

Born 1882

Died 1921

British Army 11938 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Joseph Callaghan

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 2188 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2188 Rifleman South Lancashire Regiment

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Michael Callaghan

Died 1915

British Army 10096 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Leslie Wilfred Callaghan

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

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

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Joseph C Callaghan

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Major Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Major Royal Air Force

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John Callaghan

Died 1915

British Army S/3388 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Robert Callaghan

Died 1917

British Army 8262 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 8262 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Douglas Henry Callaghan

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 131646 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 131646 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Cornelius Callaghan

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7946 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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John Callaghan

Died 1917

British Army 251329 Private Royal Scots

British Army 353033 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John W Callaghan

Died 1918

British Army 2017 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 200274 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Callaghan

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army S/21059 Private Cameron Highlanders

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