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Sydney New South Wales [30]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [24]

Melbourne Victoria [21]

Brisbane Queensland [9]

Dublin [9]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Wexford [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Queenstown, Cork [4]

Richmond Victoria [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Allendale Victoria [3]

Broken Hill New South Wales [3]

Camperdown Victoria [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Cork [3]

Fremantle Western Australia [3]

Goole, Yorkshire [3]

Maitland New South Wales [3]

Waterford [3]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Araluen New South Wales [2]

Armagh [2]

Ballymena, Antrim [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Boorowa New South Wales [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Carnarvon Western Australia [2]

Coburg Victoria [2]

Cooma New South Wales [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Glen Innes New South Wales [2]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Kingstown, Dublin [2]

Lancefield Victoria [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Malvern Victoria [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1596]

Gunner [132]

Corporal [126]

Driver [114]

Serjeant [93]

Sapper [84]

Lance Corporal [53]

Pioneer [30]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Captain [18]

Acting Corporal [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Bombardier [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Able Seaman [7]

Major [7]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Worker [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Reverend [2]

Seaman [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [227]

Royal Field Artillery [162]

Royal Engineers [161]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [110]

Army Service Corps [106]

Manchester Regiment [81]

Royal Garrison Artillery [64]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [64]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [61]

Royal Army Medical Corps [60]

Royal Irish Regiment [59]

Liverpool Regiment [58]

Cheshire Regiment [57]

Leinster Regiment [47]

Machine Gun Corps [47]

Durham Light Infantry [44]

London Regiment [44]

Connaught Rangers [40]

Royal Irish Rifles [40]

South Lancashire Regiment [40]

Lancashire Fusiliers [38]

West Yorkshire Regiment [38]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [34]

East Lancashire Regiment [33]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Highland Light Infantry [28]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [26]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

Royal Scots [25]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [24]

Irish Guards [23]

Royal Army Service Corps [23]

Welsh Regiment [22]

Scottish Rifles [21]

Canadian Infantry [20]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [20]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Royal Naval Division [19]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Royal Highlanders [17]

West Riding Regiment [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

North Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Seaforth Highlanders [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Border Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2251]

Australian Imperial Force [309]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [288]

Royal Navy [174]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [124]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [3300]

H [2]

A [1]

J [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3186]

Merchant Navy [99]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Ireland [4]

Germany [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [30] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [24] Melbourne Victoria [21] Brisbane Queensland [9] Dublin [9] Ballarat Victoria [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Wexford [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Lambeth, London [4] Queenstown, Cork [4] Richmond Victoria [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Allendale Victoria [3] Broken Hill New South Wales [3] Camperdown Victoria [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Cork [3] Fremantle Western Australia [3] Goole, Yorkshire [3] Maitland New South Wales [3] Waterford [3] Albury New South Wales [2] Araluen New South Wales [2] Armagh [2] Ballymena, Antrim [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Boorowa New South Wales [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Carnarvon Western Australia [2] Coburg Victoria [2] Cooma New South Wales [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Glen Innes New South Wales [2] Goole, Yorkshire, England [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Kingstown, Dublin [2] Lancefield Victoria [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Malvern Victoria [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1596] Gunner [132] Corporal [126] Driver [114] Serjeant [93] Sapper [84] Lance Corporal [53] Pioneer [30] Second Lieutenant [27] Acting Serjeant [19] Captain [18] Acting Corporal [14] Lieutenant [13] Bombardier [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Able Seaman [7] Major [7] Acting Bombardier [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Captain [4] Worker [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Drummer [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Reverend [2] Seaman [2] Serjeant Major [2] Stoker [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [227] Royal Field Artillery [162] Royal Engineers [161] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [110] Army Service Corps [106] Manchester Regiment [81] Royal Garrison Artillery [64] Royal Munster Fusiliers [64] Royal Irish Fusiliers [61] Royal Army Medical Corps [60] Royal Irish Regiment [59] Liverpool Regiment [58] Cheshire Regiment [57] Leinster Regiment [47] Machine Gun Corps [47] Durham Light Infantry [44] London Regiment [44] Connaught Rangers [40] Royal Irish Rifles [40] South Lancashire Regiment [40] Lancashire Fusiliers [38] West Yorkshire Regiment [38] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [34] East Lancashire Regiment [33] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Highland Light Infantry [28] Yorkshire Regiment [28] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [26] Royal Fusiliers [26] Royal Scots [25] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [24] Irish Guards [23] Royal Army Service Corps [23] Welsh Regiment [22] Scottish Rifles [21] Canadian Infantry [20] King's Own Scottish Borderers [20] Middlesex Regiment [20] Royal Defence Corps [19] Royal Naval Division [19] Rifle Brigade [18] Royal Highlanders [17] West Riding Regiment [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] North Staffordshire Regiment [15] Seaforth Highlanders [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Border Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2251] Australian Imperial Force [309] Canadian Expeditionary Force [288] Royal Navy [174] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [124] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [3300] H [2] A [1] J [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3186] Merchant Navy [99] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Ireland [4] Germany [2] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Bernard Donagh Carroll

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1540 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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John William Vincent Carroll

Born 1869

Died 1927

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Brigadier General Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

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John James Carroll

Died 1915

British Army 2039 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion.

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Francis Carroll

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 20732 Private Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Bn

British Army 5/93904 Private Training Bn.

British Army 62683 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bn.

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Richard Carroll

Died 1914

British Army 10641 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Carroll

Died 1914

British Army 9530 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Carroll

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1539 Sapper Royal Engineers 2nd/1st Field Company

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Thomas Carroll

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301604

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John Henry Carroll

Born 1879

Died 1937

British Army 18/996 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Michael Carroll

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 18124 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 18124 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 18124 Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 253rd Siege Bty.

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John Carroll

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292067

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Cornelius Carroll

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7062

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Thomas Carroll

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108858

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John Carroll

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9795

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Thomas Carroll

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45422

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William Hudson Carroll

Born 1884

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 986 Sergeant Australian Infantry 9th Battalion

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William Carroll

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 4227 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 4227 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371877 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Frederick Carroll

Born 1899

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 346098 Pilot Officer RAF Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 346098 Flying Officer RAF Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch)

British Army 18224 Private Connaught Rangers

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Patrick Carroll

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289291

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John William Carroll

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122775

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