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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [23]

Sydney New South Wales [13]

Dublin [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire [11]

Galway [8]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Toowoomba Queensland [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Belfast [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Cork [3]

Gympie Queensland [3]

Liverpool England [3]

Ballycotton, Cork [2]

Benalla Victoria [2]

Dargo Victoria [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Greenough Western Australia [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Jarrow, Durham [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Maytown Queensland [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Monaghan [2]

New South Wales New South Wales [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Wexford [2]

Wicklow [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Aldershot [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1]

Amble, Northumberland [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Auckland [1]

Auckland NZ [1]

Augathella Queensland [1]

Ballygowan, Down [1]

Ballymotte, Antrim [1]

Bandon, Cork [1]

Barnawartha Victoria [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [1339]

Gunner [129]

Driver [110]

Corporal [87]

Sapper [69]

Serjeant [68]

Lance Corporal [40]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Pioneer [24]

Acting Corporal [14]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Bombardier [12]

Rifleman [11]

Captain [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Major [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Forewoman [2]

Assistant Nurse [2]

Boy [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Signalman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trained Nurse [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 3 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [175]

Royal Field Artillery [127]

Army Service Corps [122]

Royal Engineers [121]

Liverpool Regiment [84]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [84]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [81]

Manchester Regiment [72]

Royal Garrison Artillery [66]

Connaught Rangers [55]

Royal Army Medical Corps [52]

Machine Gun Corps [49]

Leinster Regiment [47]

Lancashire Fusiliers [46]

Royal Irish Regiment [44]

Northumberland Fusiliers [43]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

Irish Guards [38]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [37]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34]

Royal Irish Rifles [34]

Cheshire Regiment [33]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Welsh Regiment [32]

London Regiment [31]

Highland Light Infantry [29]

East Lancashire Regiment [20]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20]

Rifle Brigade [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Scottish Rifles [20]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

South Wales Borderers [18]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [17]

Royal Highlanders [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Royal Scots [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

West Riding Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Border Regiment [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1896]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [158]

Royal Navy [128]

Australian Imperial Force [116]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [2467]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2376]

Merchant Navy [85]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [23] Sydney New South Wales [13] Dublin [11] Liverpool, Lancashire [11] Galway [8] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Toowoomba Queensland [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] Belfast [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Cork [3] Gympie Queensland [3] Liverpool England [3] Ballycotton, Cork [2] Benalla Victoria [2] Dargo Victoria [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Greenough Western Australia [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Jarrow, Durham [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Maytown Queensland [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Monaghan [2] New South Wales New South Wales [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Wexford [2] Wicklow [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Adelong New South Wales [1] Aghada, Cork [1] Aldershot [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1] Amble, Northumberland [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Auckland [1] Auckland NZ [1] Augathella Queensland [1] Ballygowan, Down [1] Ballymotte, Antrim [1] Bandon, Cork [1] Barnawartha Victoria [1] Bath, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [1339] Gunner [129] Driver [110] Corporal [87] Sapper [69] Serjeant [68] Lance Corporal [40] Second Lieutenant [39] Pioneer [24] Acting Corporal [14] Acting Serjeant [14] Bombardier [12] Rifleman [11] Captain [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Colour Serjeant [7] Lieutenant [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Major [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Forewoman [2] Assistant Nurse [2] Boy [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Signalman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trained Nurse [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 3 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [175] Royal Field Artillery [127] Army Service Corps [122] Royal Engineers [121] Liverpool Regiment [84] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [84] Royal Irish Fusiliers [81] Manchester Regiment [72] Royal Garrison Artillery [66] Connaught Rangers [55] Royal Army Medical Corps [52] Machine Gun Corps [49] Leinster Regiment [47] Lancashire Fusiliers [46] Royal Irish Regiment [44] Northumberland Fusiliers [43] Durham Light Infantry [39] Irish Guards [38] Royal Munster Fusiliers [37] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34] Royal Irish Rifles [34] Cheshire Regiment [33] Royal Fusiliers [32] Welsh Regiment [32] London Regiment [31] Highland Light Infantry [29] East Lancashire Regiment [20] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20] Rifle Brigade [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Scottish Rifles [20] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19] South Lancashire Regiment [19] South Wales Borderers [18] King's Own Scottish Borderers [17] Royal Highlanders [15] Canadian Infantry [14] Royal Scots [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Seaforth Highlanders [13] West Riding Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11] Border Regiment [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1896] Canadian Expeditionary Force [158] Royal Navy [128] Australian Imperial Force [116] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [2467] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2376] Merchant Navy [85]

Country

United Kingdom [28] Ireland [2] Australia [1]

Walter Percy Connolly

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 372029 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4444 Private London Regiment attached to Royal Engineers Postal Section 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4444 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Sidney Chas P Connolly

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 7383 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 13251 Serjeant Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 24967 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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William Thomas Connolly

Born 1897

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3522

Australian Imperial Force 3585A Private Australian Infantry 54 Battalion

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Thomas Connolly

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 3/8662 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 3rd Reserve Battalion

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William Edward Connolly

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10192 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10192 Private Second South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10192 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Cornelius Michael Connolly

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K21324 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Centurion, Dolphin, Maidstone

Royal Navy K21324 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Vivid II, Centurion

Royal Navy K21324 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24

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William F Connolly

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1547 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army King's (Liverpool) Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 1547 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 5th Battalion

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Joseph Connolly

Born 1895

British Army 240996 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1'5th Battalion

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John Newman Connolly

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1852 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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John Connolly

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 7622 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Connolly

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 7672 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 5457 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Connolly

Died 1914

British Army 7755 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Patrick Connolly

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130185

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Hugh Connolly

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 22309 Serjeant 12th Royal Scots

British Army 22309 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 12th Royal Scots

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William Connolly

Died 1915

British Army 2622 Fusiier Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

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Luke Connolly

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 15648 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 14th Battalion

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Joseph Connolly

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army S/25803 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/25803 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Patrick Connolly

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300562

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James Connolly

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85016

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James Connolly

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132216

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