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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Armidale New South Wales [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Balnarring Victoria [3]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Londonderry [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Warialda New South Wales [3]

Balaklava South Australia [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Liverpool [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mudgee New South Wales [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Queanbeyan New South Wales [2]

Wellington New South Wales [2]

Westport [2]

Wexford [2]

Yarrawonga Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alderney, Sirk, Channel Islands [1]

Antrim [1]

Ballyroan [1]

Belfast [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Boho Victoria [1]

Borung Victoria [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broadford Victoria [1]

Burslem England [1]

Cambellfield Victoria [1]

Chester, Cheshire, England [1]

Clifden, Galway [1]

Cobra, County Monaghan [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cork [1]

Rank

Private [386]

Gunner [39]

Driver [23]

Serjeant [22]

Corporal [14]

Sapper [14]

Lance Corporal [12]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Captain [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Paymaster Captain [3]

Seaman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fireman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Company Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [61]

Royal Engineers [36]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Army Service Corps [32]

Liverpool Regiment [31]

Lancashire Fusiliers [24]

Cheshire Regiment [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [10]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Royal Irish Regiment [9]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Australian Infantry [3]

Connaught Rangers [3]

Service

British Army [533]

Australian Imperial Force [92]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [71]

Royal Navy [43]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [830]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [788]

Merchant Navy [39]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14] Melbourne Victoria [5] Armidale New South Wales [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Balnarring Victoria [3] Goulburn New South Wales [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Londonderry [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Warialda New South Wales [3] Balaklava South Australia [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Horsham Victoria [2] Kensington, London [2] Liverpool [2] Liverpool England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mudgee New South Wales [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Queanbeyan New South Wales [2] Wellington New South Wales [2] Westport [2] Wexford [2] Yarrawonga Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Alderney, Sirk, Channel Islands [1] Antrim [1] Ballyroan [1] Belfast [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Boho Victoria [1] Borung Victoria [1] Bow, London [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broadford Victoria [1] Burslem England [1] Cambellfield Victoria [1] Chester, Cheshire, England [1] Clifden, Galway [1] Cobra, County Monaghan [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cork [1]

Rank

Private [386] Gunner [39] Driver [23] Serjeant [22] Corporal [14] Sapper [14] Lance Corporal [12] Pioneer [9] Acting Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Captain [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Paymaster Captain [3] Seaman [3] Able Seaman [2] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Nurse [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fireman [1] Guardsman [1] Major [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Company Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [61] Royal Engineers [36] Royal Field Artillery [34] Army Service Corps [32] Liverpool Regiment [31] Lancashire Fusiliers [24] Cheshire Regiment [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] London Regiment [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Machine Gun Corps [16] Manchester Regiment [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [12] South Lancashire Regiment [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Royal Irish Fusiliers [10] Highland Light Infantry [9] Royal Irish Regiment [9] Royal Munster Fusiliers [8] Royal Scots [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Gordon Highlanders [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Scottish Rifles [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Border Regiment [5] Cameron Highlanders [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Highlanders [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Australian Infantry [3] Connaught Rangers [3]

Service

British Army [533] Australian Imperial Force [92] Canadian Expeditionary Force [71] Royal Navy [43] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [830] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [788] Merchant Navy [39] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Francis Kavaney

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 8581 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 41st Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 41st Battalion

British Army Acting Major Royal Field Artillery 41st Battalion

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Joseph Cavanagh

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 2429 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

British Army 2429 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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John Duncan Macaulay Cavanagh

Born 1881

Died 1957

Royal Navy Paymaster Captain

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Bryan George Cavanagh

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army Quarter Master and Lieutenant Territorial Force

British Army Captain and Quarter Master General List attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force 3rd Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards

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George Cavanagh

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34824

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James Cavanagh

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261461

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Charles Edwin Cavanagh

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230404

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John M Cavanagh

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 11031 Acting Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 288398 Acting Corporal Labour Corps

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Thomas Cavanagh

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299569

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Thomas Cavanagh

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407857

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James Joseph Cavanagh

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3/7184 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3/7184 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Michael Cavanagh

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165704

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Mark Cavanagh

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143795

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Andrew Cavanagh

Born 1895

British Army Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200194 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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John James Cavanagh

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92654

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Edward James Cavanagh

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6704

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John Francis Cavanagh

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148303

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William John Cavanagh

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67633

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Felix Cavanagh

Born 1881

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine - SS 'Joseph Chamberlain' (West Hartlepool)

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Joseph Cavanagh

Died 1918

British Army 362003 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 446445 Gunner Royal Engineers Cheshire Field Company

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