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Cork [22]

London, Middlesex, England [15]

London England [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [7]

Myross, Cork [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

North Melbourne Victoria [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Queenstown, Cork [5]

Skibbereen, Cork [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Carlton Victoria [4]

Clonakilty, Cork [4]

Fulham [4]

Kinsale, Cork [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Albany Western Australia [3]

Bunbury Western Australia [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Paddington New South Wales [3]

Queenstown, Lancashire, England [3]

Saint Georges in the East, London [3]

Stepney, London [3]

Warrnambool Victoria [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Busselton Western Australia [2]

Cardiff [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Deeford Queensland [2]

Deloraine Tasmania [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Drimoleague, Cork [2]

Dublin [2]

Ennis, Clare [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Karridale Western Australia [2]

Kilkenny, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Kinsale [2]

Lismore New South Wales [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Poplar England [2]

Rank

Private [746]

Gunner [74]

Driver [71]

Corporal [56]

Serjeant [55]

Sapper [50]

Pioneer [24]

Lance Corporal [18]

Acting Corporal [15]

Captain [13]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [7]

Bombardier [6]

Major [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Gunner [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Commander [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

Acting Boatswain [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Drummer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Signalman [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Writer [1]

Acting Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [98]

Royal Engineers [86]

Royal Field Artillery [84]

Army Service Corps [73]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [63]

London Regiment [60]

Royal Garrison Artillery [50]

Welsh Regiment [45]

Royal Irish Regiment [41]

South Wales Borderers [36]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Royal Army Medical Corps [30]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [28]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24]

The Queen's Regiment [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Royal Defence Corps [18]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [18]

Connaught Rangers [16]

Leinster Regiment [16]

Liverpool Regiment [16]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Irish Guards [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

East Surrey Regiment [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [12]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11]

Essex Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Monmouthshire Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Scottish Rifles [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1115]

Royal Navy [196]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [189]

Australian Imperial Force [164]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [68]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [1851]

H [1]

O [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1762]

Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Ireland [5]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Cork [22] London, Middlesex, England [15] London England [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [7] Myross, Cork [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] North Melbourne Victoria [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Queenstown, Cork [5] Skibbereen, Cork [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Carlton Victoria [4] Clonakilty, Cork [4] Fulham [4] Kinsale, Cork [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Albany Western Australia [3] Bunbury Western Australia [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Paddington New South Wales [3] Queenstown, Lancashire, England [3] Saint Georges in the East, London [3] Stepney, London [3] Warrnambool Victoria [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Busselton Western Australia [2] Cardiff [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Deeford Queensland [2] Deloraine Tasmania [2] Dover, Kent [2] Drimoleague, Cork [2] Dublin [2] Ennis, Clare [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Karridale Western Australia [2] Kilkenny, Gloucestershire, England [2] Kinsale [2] Lismore New South Wales [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Poplar England [2]

Rank

Private [746] Gunner [74] Driver [71] Corporal [56] Serjeant [55] Sapper [50] Pioneer [24] Lance Corporal [18] Acting Corporal [15] Captain [13] Second Lieutenant [10] Able Seaman [9] Lieutenant [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Rifleman [7] Bombardier [6] Major [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Worker [4] Acting Gunner [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Commander [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Transport Serjeant [3] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [2] Acting Boatswain [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Drummer [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Nurse [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Signalman [2] Sub Conductor [2] Temporary Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Writer [1] Acting Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [98] Royal Engineers [86] Royal Field Artillery [84] Army Service Corps [73] Royal Munster Fusiliers [63] London Regiment [60] Royal Garrison Artillery [50] Welsh Regiment [45] Royal Irish Regiment [41] South Wales Borderers [36] Royal Fusiliers [34] Royal Army Medical Corps [30] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [28] Middlesex Regiment [26] Machine Gun Corps [24] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24] The Queen's Regiment [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Rifle Brigade [19] Royal Defence Corps [18] Royal Irish Fusiliers [18] Connaught Rangers [16] Leinster Regiment [16] Liverpool Regiment [16] Manchester Regiment [16] Irish Guards [14] Canadian Infantry [13] East Surrey Regiment [13] Royal Irish Rifles [12] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11] Essex Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Monmouthshire Regiment [7] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Scottish Rifles [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1115] Royal Navy [196] Canadian Expeditionary Force [189] Australian Imperial Force [164] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [68] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [1851] H [1] O [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1762] Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Ireland [5] India [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Dennis Donovan

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 6434 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Christopher Donovan

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5085 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Thomas Donovan

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 5928 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 5928 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Christopher Donovan

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 8779 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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James Donovan

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 371949 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4332 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James Donovan

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 1757 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Edmond Joseph Donovan

Born 1897

Died 1960

Royal Navy 14486 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT

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Edward Donovan

Died 1914

British Army 8457 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edgar Claude Donovan

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/1262 Ordinary seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Bn

Royal Navy Z/1262 Acting Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Bn.

Royal Navy Z/1262 Ordinary seaman Royal Naval Division Victory VI CP Depot

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Albert George Donovan

Born 1990

Died 1918

British Army 20251 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Timothy Donovan

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1/1322 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion

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James Donovan

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 78 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 78 Private Manchester regiment 1/10th Battalion

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John Donovan

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 9471 Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 36330 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Donovan

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 531

Australian Imperial Force Private 23 Infantry Battalion

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Daniel Donovan

Born 1877

Died 1917

Royal Navy 7778/S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve HMS Edgar

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Patrick Donovan

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 12263 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 12263 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion

British Army 8980 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Donovan

Born 1896

Died 1946

British Army 15318 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 659454 Private Labour Corps

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Hugh Donovan

Born 1897

Died 1959

Royal Navy Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Andrew Sinclair Donovan

Born 1899

Died 1979

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Commander

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John Patrick Donovan

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275701

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