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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [20]

Cork [15]

London, Middlesex, England [12]

Waterford [12]

Hobart Tasmania [10]

Sydney New South Wales [10]

Dublin [8]

London England [7]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Ipswich Queensland [5]

Richmond Victoria [5]

Warwick Queensland [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Carlton Victoria [4]

Limerick [4]

Midleton, Cork [4]

Port Pirie South Australia [4]

Aghada, Cork [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Balmain New South Wales [3]

Drake New South Wales [3]

Dungog New South Wales [3]

Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Middleton, Cork [3]

Strawberry Western Australia [3]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [3]

Wexford [3]

Auckland [2]

Ballymore, Cork [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Black Rock South Australia [2]

Bowning New South Wales [2]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Castle Forbes Bay Tasmania [2]

Castle Island [2]

Coburg Victoria [2]

Crosshaven, Cork [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Gundagai New South Wales [2]

Kilkenny [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Liverpool [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1062]

Gunner [120]

Serjeant [106]

Corporal [80]

Driver [73]

Lieutenant [63]

Sapper [55]

Captain [53]

Second Lieutenant [51]

Lance Corporal [49]

Major [34]

Acting Corporal [24]

Pioneer [19]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Bombardier [9]

Rifleman [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Commander [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Conductor [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lieutenant-Commander [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Reverend [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Drummer [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [160]

Royal Field Artillery [136]

Royal Engineers [116]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [101]

Royal Irish Regiment [82]

Army Service Corps [75]

Royal Garrison Artillery [74]

Royal Army Medical Corps [54]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [52]

London Regiment [50]

Machine Gun Corps [43]

Liverpool Regiment [36]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [35]

Connaught Rangers [33]

Middlesex Regiment [32]

Royal Irish Rifles [32]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Leinster Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26]

Cheshire Regiment [25]

South Wales Borderers [25]

Manchester Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [22]

Rifle Brigade [22]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [22]

Welsh Regiment [21]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Irish Guards [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [20]

South Lancashire Regiment [20]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

Army Veterinary Corps [16]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Hussars [15]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Essex Regiment [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

North Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Scots [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [1744]

Australian Imperial Force [314]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [259]

Royal Navy [188]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [118]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [81]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [2794]

W [4]

V [3]

P [2]

R [2]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2698]

Merchant Navy [92]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Ireland [4]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

New Zealand [2]

China [1]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [20] Cork [15] London, Middlesex, England [12] Waterford [12] Hobart Tasmania [10] Sydney New South Wales [10] Dublin [8] London England [7] Brisbane Queensland [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Ipswich Queensland [5] Richmond Victoria [5] Warwick Queensland [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Carlton Victoria [4] Limerick [4] Midleton, Cork [4] Port Pirie South Australia [4] Aghada, Cork [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Balmain New South Wales [3] Drake New South Wales [3] Dungog New South Wales [3] Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London, Middlesex [3] Middleton, Cork [3] Strawberry Western Australia [3] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [3] Wexford [3] Auckland [2] Ballymore, Cork [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Black Rock South Australia [2] Bowning New South Wales [2] Bowral New South Wales [2] Castle Forbes Bay Tasmania [2] Castle Island [2] Coburg Victoria [2] Crosshaven, Cork [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Gundagai New South Wales [2] Kilkenny [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Liverpool [2] Liverpool England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1062] Gunner [120] Serjeant [106] Corporal [80] Driver [73] Lieutenant [63] Sapper [55] Captain [53] Second Lieutenant [51] Lance Corporal [49] Major [34] Acting Corporal [24] Pioneer [19] Acting Serjeant [12] Able Seaman [11] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Bombardier [9] Rifleman [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Commander [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Conductor [4] Nursing Sister [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Colonel [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Lieutenant-Commander [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Reverend [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Gunner [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Drummer [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [160] Royal Field Artillery [136] Royal Engineers [116] Royal Munster Fusiliers [101] Royal Irish Regiment [82] Army Service Corps [75] Royal Garrison Artillery [74] Royal Army Medical Corps [54] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [52] London Regiment [50] Machine Gun Corps [43] Liverpool Regiment [36] Royal Irish Fusiliers [35] Connaught Rangers [33] Middlesex Regiment [32] Royal Irish Rifles [32] Royal Fusiliers [31] Leinster Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26] Cheshire Regiment [25] South Wales Borderers [25] Manchester Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [22] Rifle Brigade [22] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [22] Welsh Regiment [21] Durham Light Infantry [20] Irish Guards [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [20] South Lancashire Regiment [20] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Defence Corps [17] Army Veterinary Corps [16] Hampshire Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Hussars [15] The Queen's Regiment [15] Royal Naval Division [14] Border Regiment [13] Devonshire Regiment [13] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Essex Regiment [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] North Staffordshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Scots [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] East Surrey Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [1744] Australian Imperial Force [314] Canadian Expeditionary Force [259] Royal Navy [188] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [118] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [81] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [2794] W [4] V [3] P [2] R [2] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2698] Merchant Navy [92] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Ireland [4] Australia [2] Canada [2] New Zealand [2] China [1] France [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Walter Fitzgerald

Born 1896

Died 1976

British Army Officer Cadet Officer Training Corps Kings College, Taunton

British Army 43522 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st (Garrison) Battalion

British Army 43522 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 1st (Garrison) Battalion

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James Fitzgerald

Born 1891

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 17/56 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John James Fitzgerald

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 5917 Private (Boy) Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5917 Drummer Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5917 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Fitzgerald

Born 1876

Died 1951

British Army 133688 Private Labour Corps

British Army 5968 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 5968 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Edward Bernard Fitzgerald

Born 1882

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 32648 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Oswald Arthur Gerald Fitzgerald.

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 18th (King George's Own) Lancers

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army attached General Staff

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel

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Michael Joseph Fitzgerald

Born 1890

Australian Imperial Force 4647

Australian Imperial Force 4647 Private

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Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 227607 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 227607 Private 1st Canadian Division - 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia)

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Richard Fitzgerald

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army R/387828 Private Army Service Corps Remount Depot (Ormskirk)

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Edward Fitzgerald

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10501 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10501 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10501 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Edward Fitzgerald

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel East Surrey Regiment attached Durham Light Infantry

British Army 15th Bn.

British Army Lt. Col.

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John Martin Fitzgerald

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 295 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Jeremiah Fitzgerald

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J7746 Leading Seaman HMS Lion

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George Maurice Fitzgerald

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 7646 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 5682 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James Stephens Fitzgerald

Born 1879

Died 1927

British Army Major Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment

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Herbert Fitzgerald

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2157 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 330384 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 6th Battalion (Territorial)

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Gerald William Fitzgerald

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 1873 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 6223 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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Thomas David Fitzgerald

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Fitzgerald

Died 1918

British Army 104310 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Maurice Fitzgerald

Born 1900

British Army 4/22977 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 4/22977 Private Training Reserve Battalion 51st Graduate Battalion (Cheshire)

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