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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [23]

Sydney New South Wales [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Port Melbourne Victoria [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bungendore New South Wales [4]

Glasgow [4]

Albury New South Wales [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Eden New South Wales [3]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

Gundaroo New South Wales [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Surry Hills New South Wales [3]

Wangaratta Victoria [3]

Ararat Victoria [2]

Armagh [2]

Balbriggan, Dublin [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Cairns Queensland [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Caterham, Surrey [2]

Chester [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Cork [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Dublin [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Gateshead, Durham, England [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Limerick [2]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

North Sydney New South Wales [2]

Passage East, Waterford [2]

Skipton Victoria [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1105]

Gunner [74]

Driver [67]

Serjeant [65]

Sapper [54]

Corporal [52]

Lance Corporal [36]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Rifleman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Major [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Worker [2]

ALIAS Pioneer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chief [1]

Commissar [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [165]

Royal Field Artillery [95]

Army Service Corps [77]

Highland Light Infantry [73]

Royal Engineers [71]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [68]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [66]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [57]

Liverpool Regiment [55]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [52]

Royal Garrison Artillery [50]

Royal Scots [48]

Royal Irish Rifles [47]

Durham Light Infantry [44]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

Royal Army Medical Corps [42]

Scottish Rifles [40]

Northumberland Fusiliers [38]

Manchester Regiment [32]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [31]

Royal Irish Regiment [31]

Gordon Highlanders [27]

Lancashire Fusiliers [27]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [26]

Royal Naval Division [24]

Cheshire Regiment [21]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

Royal Highlanders [19]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

Connaught Rangers [18]

Cameron Highlanders [17]

Irish Guards [16]

Seaforth Highlanders [16]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Border Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Defence Corps [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Leinster Regiment [9]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1484]

Australian Imperial Force [173]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [167]

Royal Navy [112]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [2100]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2026]

Merchant Navy [63]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [23] Sydney New South Wales [13] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Port Melbourne Victoria [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bungendore New South Wales [4] Glasgow [4] Albury New South Wales [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Battersea, London [3] Eden New South Wales [3] Goulburn New South Wales [3] Gundaroo New South Wales [3] London, Middlesex [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Surry Hills New South Wales [3] Wangaratta Victoria [3] Ararat Victoria [2] Armagh [2] Balbriggan, Dublin [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Cairns Queensland [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Caterham, Surrey [2] Chester [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Cork [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Dublin [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Gateshead, Durham, England [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Limerick [2] Moonee Ponds Victoria [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] North Sydney New South Wales [2] Passage East, Waterford [2] Skipton Victoria [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1105] Gunner [74] Driver [67] Serjeant [65] Sapper [54] Corporal [52] Lance Corporal [36] Lieutenant [19] Captain [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Pioneer [10] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [6] Rifleman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Major [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Nursing Sister [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Serjeant Major [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Worker [2] ALIAS Pioneer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Bugler [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief [1] Commissar [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [165] Royal Field Artillery [95] Army Service Corps [77] Highland Light Infantry [73] Royal Engineers [71] Royal Irish Fusiliers [68] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [66] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [57] Liverpool Regiment [55] Royal Scots Fusiliers [52] Royal Garrison Artillery [50] Royal Scots [48] Royal Irish Rifles [47] Durham Light Infantry [44] Machine Gun Corps [44] Royal Army Medical Corps [42] Scottish Rifles [40] Northumberland Fusiliers [38] Manchester Regiment [32] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [31] Royal Irish Regiment [31] Gordon Highlanders [27] Lancashire Fusiliers [27] Royal Munster Fusiliers [26] Royal Naval Division [24] Cheshire Regiment [21] Royal Fusiliers [19] Royal Highlanders [19] South Lancashire Regiment [19] Connaught Rangers [18] Cameron Highlanders [17] Irish Guards [16] Seaforth Highlanders [16] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Border Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Yorkshire Regiment [14] Royal Defence Corps [13] Canadian Infantry [12] East Lancashire Regiment [12] King's Own Scottish Borderers [12] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Leinster Regiment [9] London Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1484] Australian Imperial Force [173] Canadian Expeditionary Force [167] Royal Navy [112] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [2100] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2026] Merchant Navy [63] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [42] Ireland [2] Australia [1]

John Francis Donnelly

Born 1885

Died 1962

Australian Imperial Force 204 Staff Sergeant Major Australian Military Forces Instructional Staff

Australian Imperial Force 64 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Master 1st Division of AIF Head Quarters

Australian Imperial Force 64 Lieutenant 1st A.I.F. Division 9th Battalion

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William Donnelly

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 63547 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3445 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Verney Donnelly

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2352 Corporal Manchester Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

British Army 2352 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Edward Donnelly

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3/8826 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 3/8826 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 1st

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John Donnelly

Born 1887

Died 1938

British Army 4263 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 42638 Private Machine Gun Corps 99 Company

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Edward Donnelly

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 303305 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Martin Donnelly

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 4316 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 49484 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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John Donnelly

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 28679 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Stephen Donnelly

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 215569 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 215569 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Richard Donnelly

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army P/3849 Lance Corporal Military Police Corps Military Foot Police

British Army 32576 Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army P/3849 Acting Lance Corporal Corps Of Military Police Foot Branch

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Patrick Donnelly

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268458

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James Donnelly

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 8935 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8935 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Depot

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Henry Donnelly

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111978

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Hugh Edmund Donnelly

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147128

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Joseph James Donnelly

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95877

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Alexander Donnelly

Born 1871

British Army 260800 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR-25758 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Peter Donnelly

Born 1869

Died 1919

British Army 163739 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 24206 Pioneer Royal Irish Fusilliers

British Army 163739 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Thomas Donnelly

Born 1862

Died 1915

British Army 7761 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Thomas Grant Donnelly

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8349

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John Edward Donnelly

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 10190 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army The Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion,

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