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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [50]

Wexford [28]

Liverpool, Lancashire [18]

Dublin [15]

Sydney New South Wales [14]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [12]

Ballarat Victoria [9]

Waterford [9]

Bathurst New South Wales [6]

Forbes New South Wales [6]

Kingstown, Cumberland, England [6]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Parramatta New South Wales [5]

Salford, Lancashire [5]

Tamworth New South Wales [5]

Uralla New South Wales [5]

Wicklow [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4]

Leichhardt New South Wales [4]

Liverpool [4]

Richmond Victoria [4]

Singleton New South Wales [4]

Benalla Victoria [3]

Bray, Wicklow [3]

Carlow [3]

Casterton Victoria [3]

Croydon Queensland [3]

Dubbo New South Wales [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bootle, Lancashire [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Camperdown New South Wales [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Cobar New South Wales [2]

Cork [2]

Darlinghurst New South Wales [2]

Donald Victoria [2]

Dublin, Dublin [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Gawler South Australia [2]

Kingstown, Dublin [2]

Lancashire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Limerick [2]

Rank

Private [1658]

Gunner [173]

Driver [129]

Corporal [111]

Serjeant [110]

Sapper [90]

Lance Corporal [56]

Pioneer [35]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Acting Corporal [20]

Lieutenant [20]

Captain [16]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Bombardier [13]

Rifleman [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Stoker [8]

Staff Nurse [7]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Major [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Boy [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal of Horse [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Drummer [2]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Reverend Temporary Chaplain to the forces 4th Class [2]

Sister [2]

Trimmer [2]

Trooper [2]

AC2 Driver [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [223]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [221]

Royal Field Artillery [190]

Royal Engineers [174]

Royal Garrison Artillery [122]

Royal Irish Regiment [121]

Army Service Corps [119]

Liverpool Regiment [107]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [65]

Machine Gun Corps [61]

Manchester Regiment [57]

Royal Irish Rifles [53]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [53]

Leinster Regiment [50]

Cheshire Regiment [45]

Northumberland Fusiliers [44]

Connaught Rangers [43]

Lancashire Fusiliers [43]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [39]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [38]

Irish Guards [36]

London Regiment [31]

South Lancashire Regiment [31]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Royal Army Service Corps [26]

Scottish Rifles [26]

Canadian Infantry [25]

Highland Light Infantry [25]

Royal Defence Corps [24]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [23]

Army Veterinary Corps [22]

Rifle Brigade [22]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

Royal Naval Division [21]

East Lancashire Regiment [20]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19]

South Wales Borderers [17]

Royal Scots [16]

Welsh Regiment [16]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Artillery [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Service

British Army [2394]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [373]

Australian Imperial Force [311]

Royal Navy [193]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [111]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [39]

South African Services [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

D [3589]

L [1]

M [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3417]

Merchant Navy [161]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Ireland [7]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [50] Wexford [28] Liverpool, Lancashire [18] Dublin [15] Sydney New South Wales [14] Dublin, Suffolk, England [12] Ballarat Victoria [9] Waterford [9] Bathurst New South Wales [6] Forbes New South Wales [6] Kingstown, Cumberland, England [6] Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Parramatta New South Wales [5] Salford, Lancashire [5] Tamworth New South Wales [5] Uralla New South Wales [5] Wicklow [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4] Leichhardt New South Wales [4] Liverpool [4] Richmond Victoria [4] Singleton New South Wales [4] Benalla Victoria [3] Bray, Wicklow [3] Carlow [3] Casterton Victoria [3] Croydon Queensland [3] Dubbo New South Wales [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] London, Middlesex [3] Balmain New South Wales [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bootle, Lancashire [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Camperdown New South Wales [2] Canning Town, London [2] Cobar New South Wales [2] Cork [2] Darlinghurst New South Wales [2] Donald Victoria [2] Dublin, Dublin [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Gawler South Australia [2] Kingstown, Dublin [2] Lancashire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Limerick [2]

Rank

Private [1658] Gunner [173] Driver [129] Corporal [111] Serjeant [110] Sapper [90] Lance Corporal [56] Pioneer [35] Second Lieutenant [25] Acting Corporal [20] Lieutenant [20] Captain [16] Acting Serjeant [13] Bombardier [13] Rifleman [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Staff Serjeant [9] Able Seaman [8] Acting Bombardier [8] Stoker [8] Staff Nurse [7] Company Serjeant Major [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Major [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Brigadier General [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Worker [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Boy [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal of Horse [2] Deck Hand [2] Drummer [2] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Reverend Temporary Chaplain to the forces 4th Class [2] Sister [2] Trimmer [2] Trooper [2] AC2 Driver [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [223] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [221] Royal Field Artillery [190] Royal Engineers [174] Royal Garrison Artillery [122] Royal Irish Regiment [121] Army Service Corps [119] Liverpool Regiment [107] Royal Irish Fusiliers [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [65] Machine Gun Corps [61] Manchester Regiment [57] Royal Irish Rifles [53] Royal Munster Fusiliers [53] Leinster Regiment [50] Cheshire Regiment [45] Northumberland Fusiliers [44] Connaught Rangers [43] Lancashire Fusiliers [43] Royal Fusiliers [42] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [39] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [38] Irish Guards [36] London Regiment [31] South Lancashire Regiment [31] Durham Light Infantry [30] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27] West Yorkshire Regiment [27] Royal Army Service Corps [26] Scottish Rifles [26] Canadian Infantry [25] Highland Light Infantry [25] Royal Defence Corps [24] Royal Scots Fusiliers [23] Army Veterinary Corps [22] Rifle Brigade [22] Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] Royal Naval Division [21] East Lancashire Regiment [20] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19] South Wales Borderers [17] Royal Scots [16] Welsh Regiment [16] King's Own Scottish Borderers [15] Essex Regiment [14] Royal Naval Reserve [14] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Artillery [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Service

British Army [2394] Canadian Expeditionary Force [373] Australian Imperial Force [311] Royal Navy [193] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [111] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [39] South African Services [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

D [3589] L [1] M [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3417] Merchant Navy [161]

Country

United Kingdom [35] Ireland [7] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Stephen Doyle

Born 1884

Died 1956

British Army 1548 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 1548 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Arthur Alleyne Kingsley Conan Doyle

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1145 Driver Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment

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Patrick Doyle

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 5938 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Doyle

Died 1923

British Army 3DG/5020 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/27621 Private 6th Dragoon Gaurds (Carbiners)

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Patrick Doyle

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army SR/4025 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 18th Company

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James Doyle

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 20582 Private Royal Scots

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Edward Percival Doyle

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 1410 Private King Edward's Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 11th Battalion

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Michael Doyle

Died 1919

British Army 315208 Private Cheshire Regiment 23rd Battalion

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Charles Doyle

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 11045 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

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Alfred Doyle

Died 1914

British Army 10535 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Doyle

Died 1916

British Army 20311 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Patrick Doyle

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 3459 Serjeant Leinster Regiment

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John Doyle

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 14857 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Thomas Doyle

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 13632 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Wilfred Joseph Doyle

Died 1917

British Army 3867 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 260281 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frank Bertram Doyle

Born 1897

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4165 Private Australian Infantry

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George Doyle

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166052

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Joseph Doyle

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283116

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William Francis Doyle

British Army 14210 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Patrick Doyle

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169878

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