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Cork [10]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

London [3]

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Kinsale, Cork [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

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Adlington, Lancashire [1]

Aldershot England [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1]

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Claudy, Londonderry (Derry) [1]

Douglas, Cork [1]

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Essex England [1]

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Forbes New South Wales [1]

Fortitude Valley Queensland [1]

Freshwater, Hampshire, England [1]

Glamorganshire Wales [1]

Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Hokitaki [1]

Innishannon, Cork [1]

Killenashdrish, Cork [1]

Leichester England [1]

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Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Nohaval, Cork [1]

Old Ford, London [1]

Saint Finbar's, Cork [1]

Saint Georges in the East, London [1]

Shandon, Cork [1]

St Pancras, North London [1]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Townsville Queensland [1]

Vancouver [1]

Walkaway Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [144]

Gunner [14]

Sapper [12]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [6]

Driver [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Cook Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [21]

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [18]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Leinster Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Irish Guards [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Otago Infantry Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Army Service Corps/Labour Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Field Artillery attached Siege BattalionCorporal [1]

Burma Railway Battalion [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Sqn. [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [206]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [47]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Royal Navy [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

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D [344]

Contribution

Military Service [328]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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Place of birth

Cork [10] Ballarat Victoria [4] London [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [2] Cork, Cork [2] Kinsale, Cork [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Adlington, Lancashire [1] Aldershot England [1] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1] Auckland [1] Bandon [1] Bandon, Cork [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Broke New South Wales [1] Burnley Victoria [1] Chelsea, London [1] Claudy, Londonderry (Derry) [1] Douglas, Cork [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] Durban [1] Essex England [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Fortitude Valley Queensland [1] Freshwater, Hampshire, England [1] Glamorganshire Wales [1] Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Hokitaki [1] Innishannon, Cork [1] Killenashdrish, Cork [1] Leichester England [1] London England [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Nohaval, Cork [1] Old Ford, London [1] Saint Finbar's, Cork [1] Saint Georges in the East, London [1] Shandon, Cork [1] St Pancras, North London [1] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Townsville Queensland [1] Vancouver [1] Walkaway Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [144] Gunner [14] Sapper [12] Corporal [10] Serjeant [6] Driver [5] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Cook Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Trumpeter [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [21] Royal Engineers [18] Royal Munster Fusiliers [18] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Field Artillery [15] London Regiment [13] Royal Defence Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Border Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Leinster Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Irish Guards [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Otago Infantry Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Army Service Corps/Labour Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Field Artillery attached Siege BattalionCorporal [1] Burma Railway Battalion [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Sqn. [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [206] Canadian Expeditionary Force [47] Australian Imperial Force [28] Royal Navy [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

D [344]

Contribution

Military Service [328] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Stanislaus James Desmond

Born 1895

Died 1935

British Army P/9897 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

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Edward George Desmond

Born 1893

Died 1928

British Army 5198 Private London Regiment

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Eugene Desmond

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 374256 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Timothy Desmond

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302628

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Alfred John Desmond

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50394

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Edward Desmond

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 12750 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Daniel Desmond

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88213

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Humphrey Desmond

Born 1870

Died 1918

Royal Navy 137685

Royal Navy 137685 Petty Officer 1st Class M.F.A. "Eleanor."

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William Desmond

Died 1916

British Army 29104 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Jeremiah Desmond

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 9106 Private Scots Guards

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Joseph Desmond

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 17467 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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John Desmond

Born 1884

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 190007

Canadian Expeditionary Force 190007 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edward Desmond

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15601

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15601 Private Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Sqn.

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Daniel Joseph Desmond

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 751655

Canadian Expeditionary Force 751655 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Desmond

Died 1916

British Army 16730 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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William Desmond

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 11508 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 11508 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Michael Desmond

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 7004 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Daniel Desmond

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 14316 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Michael Desmond

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9352 Private Leinster Regiment

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Daniel Desmond

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 5522 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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