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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]

Edwin Michael Donovan

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 354287 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy 354287 RFR/B/3460 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division Nelson Battalion

Royal Navy RFR/B/3460 Stoker 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport

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James Donovan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57407

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Michael Donovan

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 4717 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 4717 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

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Timothy Donovan

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188510

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Henry Donovan

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250619

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Samuel Donovan

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177815

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Edward Donovan

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 2911 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 240714 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Frederick Joseph Donovan

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 114215 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 114215 Driver / Gunner Royal Field Artillery 110th Brigade

British Army 114215 Driver Royal Field Artillery a/110th Brigade

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Daniel Donovan

Died 1916

British Army 13013 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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John Donovan

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army 16610 Serjeant Welsh Regiment 20th Battalion

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James Francis Donovan

Born 1885

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6254

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Joseph Vincent Donovan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54008

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Michael Donovan

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297464

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William Donovan

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263007

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Michael Thomas Donovan

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101019

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Patrick John Donovan

Born 1876

Died 1916

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Lotus"

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William Michael Donovan

Born 1889

Died 1944

British Army 9269 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 9269 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Jeremiah Donovan

Died 1916

British Army 8727 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 33524 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Garrison Battalion

British Army 3/8727 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Eric Theodore George Donovan

Born 1898

Died 1978

British Army 173010 Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Patrick Donovan

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136453

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