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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Londonderry (Derry) [9]

Donegal [8]

Londonderry [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Footscray Victoria [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Cork [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Newtown New South Wales [3]

Richmond Victoria [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Drogheda, Louth [2]

Dublin [2]

Dublin, Dublin [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Dungog New South Wales [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glebe New South Wales [2]

Jika Jika Victoria [2]

London England [2]

Maitland New South Wales [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Moe Victoria [2]

Nathalia Victoria [2]

Pakenham Victoria [2]

Prahran Victoria [2]

Valetta, Malta [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aralluen New South Wales [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Auckland [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Balbriggan, Dublin [1]

Ballena, Mayo [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barmecrama [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Beulah Villa, Wimbledon, London [1]

Beverly Western Australia [1]

Bingara New South Wales [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Rank

Private [848]

Gunner [54]

Serjeant [49]

Lance Corporal [41]

Sapper [40]

Driver [36]

Corporal [34]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Pioneer [14]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Captain [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Bombardier [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Guardsman [4]

Stoker [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Sister [3]

Strapper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Forewoman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trimmer [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Artillery Clerk [1]

Bombardier /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Corporal /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [118]

Labour Corps [107]

Royal Engineers [82]

Royal Irish Regiment [70]

Royal Irish Rifles [68]

Royal Field Artillery [66]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [65]

Army Service Corps [51]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [46]

Royal Garrison Artillery [34]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [34]

Irish Guards [33]

Manchester Regiment [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Leinster Regiment [31]

Connaught Rangers [28]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

South Lancashire Regiment [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Scottish Rifles [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [12]

Royal Scots [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Border Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Service

British Army [1145]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [176]

Australian Imperial Force [150]

Royal Navy [103]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Last name first letter

D [1700]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1650]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [12] Londonderry (Derry) [9] Donegal [8] Londonderry [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Melbourne Victoria [5] Footscray Victoria [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Cork [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Newtown New South Wales [3] Richmond Victoria [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Drogheda, Louth [2] Dublin [2] Dublin, Dublin [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Dungog New South Wales [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glebe New South Wales [2] Jika Jika Victoria [2] London England [2] Maitland New South Wales [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Moe Victoria [2] Nathalia Victoria [2] Pakenham Victoria [2] Prahran Victoria [2] Valetta, Malta [2] Westminster, London [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aralluen New South Wales [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Auckland [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Balbriggan, Dublin [1] Ballena, Mayo [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barmecrama [1] Belfast, Down [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Beulah Villa, Wimbledon, London [1] Beverly Western Australia [1] Bingara New South Wales [1] Birmingham England [1]

Rank

Private [848] Gunner [54] Serjeant [49] Lance Corporal [41] Sapper [40] Driver [36] Corporal [34] Second Lieutenant [15] Lieutenant [14] Pioneer [14] Acting Serjeant [11] Captain [10] Acting Corporal [9] Bombardier [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Rifleman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Guardsman [4] Stoker [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Sister [3] Strapper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Forewoman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trimmer [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Artillery Clerk [1] Bombardier /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier Acting Serjeant Major [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Corporal /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [118] Labour Corps [107] Royal Engineers [82] Royal Irish Regiment [70] Royal Irish Rifles [68] Royal Field Artillery [66] Royal Irish Fusiliers [65] Army Service Corps [51] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [46] Royal Garrison Artillery [34] Royal Munster Fusiliers [34] Irish Guards [33] Manchester Regiment [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Leinster Regiment [31] Connaught Rangers [28] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Liverpool Regiment [21] Royal Fusiliers [19] London Regiment [16] Royal Defence Corps [16] Highland Light Infantry [15] Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] South Lancashire Regiment [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] Canadian Infantry [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Scottish Rifles [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [12] Royal Scots [12] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Border Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Cameron Highlanders [5]

Service

British Army [1145] Canadian Expeditionary Force [176] Australian Imperial Force [150] Royal Navy [103] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Last name first letter

D [1700] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1650] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Ireland [1]

Terence O'cahir Doherty

Born 1897

Died 1971

British Army PS/272 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters

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James Doherty

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army 3166 Serjeant Royal Scots 3rd Bn

British Army 35754 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Mary Agnes Doherty

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Civil Hospital Reserve General Hospital

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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Archie Eades Doherty

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3718 Private 15th Brigade 60th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3718 Lance Corporal 15th Brigade 60th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3718 Corporal 15th Brigade 60th Battalion

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Thomas Doherty

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164161

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Hugh Doherty

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296081

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Melbourne Roy Stevens Doherty

Born 1890

Died 1966

Australian Imperial Force 856

Australian Imperial Force 856 Private 10th Infantry Brigade 37th Infantry Battalion

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James Doherty

Died 1914

British Army 8932 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Archibald Hugh Doherty

Born 1886

Died 1955

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223932

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Hugh Doherty

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8734

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Francis Leo Doherty

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6867

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Thomas Doherty

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 4069 Manchester Regiment

British Army 276434 Private Manchester Regiment

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James Doherty

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275515

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Hugh Doherty

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307926

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Michael Doherty

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135087

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James Doherty

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 7217 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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John Doherty

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 5426 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 252230 Private Manchester Regiment

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Neil Doherty

Died 1915

British Army 4454 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Joseph Doherty

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 20263 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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John Doherty

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 197551 Leading Seaman HMS Goliath

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