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Shandon, Cork [1]

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Townsville Queensland [1]

Vancouver [1]

Walkaway Western Australia [1]

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Private [144]

Gunner [14]

Sapper [12]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [6]

Driver [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

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Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Cook Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

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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]

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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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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]

George Desmond

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300530

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William Desmond

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130514

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John Desmond

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119670

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Victor Desmond

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106503

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Westville Artemas Desmond

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174776

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William Joseph Desmond

Australian Imperial Force 2453

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George Desmond

Died 1916

British Army 448070 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army 448070 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Desmond

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71374

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Richard Desmond

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111692

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Cornelius Desmond

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85323

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Edward Daniel Desmond

Died 1918

British Army 6388 Private London Regiment

British Army 493194 Private London Regiment

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Richard Desmond

Died 1918

British Army G/52877 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Harold Reginald Desmond

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 20826 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James Desmond

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 4370 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John Desmond

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 5731 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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John Edward Desmond

Australian Imperial Force

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Michael Desmond

Australian Imperial Force 408

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John Desmond

Australian Imperial Force 638

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Isaac Desmond

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force # 2 Construction Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 931033 #2 Construction Battalion

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Douglas Desmond

Born 1894

British Army 106491 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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