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Melbourne Victoria [3]

Beechwood New South Wales [2]

Glasgow [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Newry [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Burnie Tasmania [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Eulo Queensland [1]

Forth Tasmania [1]

Galway [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Hull [1]

Knutsford [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Mount Gambier South Australia [1]

Omagh, Tyrone [1]

Parkhead, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Port Adelaide South Australia [1]

Seaforth, Lancashire, England [1]

Tubbermore, Londonderry [1]

Tullamore, Kings [1]

Waratah Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [103]

Serjeant [10]

Driver [7]

Sapper [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Gunner RMA [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Master [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Pipe Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [12]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [11]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Irish Rifles [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Royal Irish Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [4]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Inland Waterways and Docks Royal Engineers [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

11th Battalion Royal Scots [1]

12th Royal Scots [1]

13th Royal Scots [1]

1st Royal Irish Regiment [1]

2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

51st Trench Mortar Battery [1]

6th/ Royal Irish Regiment [1]

8th Royal Scots [1]

9/7th Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H.M.S. "Erin." [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Irish Guards [1]

Service

British Army [144]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Royal Navy [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

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C [195]

Contribution

Military Service [191]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [3] Beechwood New South Wales [2] Glasgow [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Newry [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Burnie Tasmania [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Eulo Queensland [1] Forth Tasmania [1] Galway [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Hull [1] Knutsford [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Mount Gambier South Australia [1] Omagh, Tyrone [1] Parkhead, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Port Adelaide South Australia [1] Seaforth, Lancashire, England [1] Tubbermore, Londonderry [1] Tullamore, Kings [1] Waratah Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [103] Serjeant [10] Driver [7] Sapper [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Gunner RMA [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Master [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Pipe Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [15] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [12] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [11] Royal Field Artillery [11] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Irish Rifles [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [6] Royal Irish Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Munster Fusiliers [4] Leinster Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Scots [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Inland Waterways and Docks Royal Engineers [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 11th Battalion Royal Scots [1] 12th Royal Scots [1] 13th Royal Scots [1] 1st Royal Irish Regiment [1] 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 51st Trench Mortar Battery [1] 6th/ Royal Irish Regiment [1] 8th Royal Scots [1] 9/7th Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. "Erin." [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Irish Guards [1]

Service

British Army [144] Australian Imperial Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Royal Navy [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [195]

Contribution

Military Service [191] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

John Colgan

Born 1879

Died 1951

British Army 70260 Private Labour Corps

British Army 42669 Private The Queen's Regiment

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William James Ethelbert Colgan

Born 1889

Died 1939

Other Empire Force Master S.S. Darino (Liverpool) Merchant Navy

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James Colgan

Born 1892

British Army S/3190 Private Royal Highlanders 8th. Bn.

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E Colgan

Born 1866

Died 1918

British Army 280927 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 12th Anti-Aircraft Company

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Matthew Colgan

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 139045

Canadian Expeditionary Force 139045 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Colgan

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300860

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Patrick Colgan

Died 1916

British Army 17097 Private Highland Light Infantry 10th highland Battalion

British Army 17097 Private Highland Light Infantry 10th (Service) Battalion

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Leonard J Colgan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269608

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Thomas Mccallum Colgan

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 18439 Private 13th Royal Scots

British Army 18439 Private Royal Scots

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James Colgan

Died 1917

British Army 11796 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 11796 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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James Colgan

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy 297513

Royal Navy 297513 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. "Erin."

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Owen F Colgan

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292197

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John Colgan

Died 1918

British Army 2354 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 235778 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 330231 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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Bernard Colgan

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 15784 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Harry Wilfred Colgan

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 153945

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John Colgan

Died 1917

British Army 1987 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 325155 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 325155 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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John Colgan

Australian Imperial Force

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Alexander Colgan

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 20280 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Thomas Colgan

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 10154 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 10154 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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James William Colgan

Born 1878

Died 1950

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 88466

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