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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17]

Sydney New South Wales [13]

Dublin [9]

Waterford [9]

Brisbane Queensland [8]

Cork [8]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

Aghada, Cork [5]

Allora Queensland [4]

Bairnsdale Victoria [3]

Gympie Queensland [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London England [3]

Roma Queensland [3]

Apsley Victoria [2]

Ballybricken, Waterford [2]

Bantry, Cork [2]

Benalla Victoria [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Bungendore New South Wales [2]

Cootamundra New South Wales [2]

Durham [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Ferguson Western Australia [2]

Finsbury, London [2]

Harwich, Essex [2]

Hay New South Wales [2]

Islington, London [2]

Katamatite Victoria [2]

Kerry [2]

Kessingland, Suffolk [2]

Melrose, Roxburghshire [2]

Passage East, Waterford [2]

Port Macquarie New South Wales [2]

Queenstown, Cork [2]

Queenstown, Lancashire, England [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Tralee [2]

Wicklow, Wicklow [2]

Abbeyside, County Waterford [1]

Aglish, Co Waterford [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Ancoats, Manchester [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Athlone, Westmeath [1]

Rank

Private [1290]

Driver [106]

Gunner [106]

Corporal [96]

Serjeant [86]

Sapper [57]

Lance Corporal [37]

Pioneer [25]

Acting Serjeant [21]

Captain [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Acting Corporal [15]

Lieutenant [15]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Rifleman [7]

Bombardier [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Sister [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Chaplain [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Seaman [2]

Senior Chaplain [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS Trimmer [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [173]

Royal Field Artillery [130]

Army Service Corps [123]

Royal Engineers [116]

Royal Irish Regiment [73]

Royal Garrison Artillery [70]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [58]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [54]

Royal Scots [53]

Machine Gun Corps [52]

Royal Army Medical Corps [50]

Liverpool Regiment [48]

Connaught Rangers [47]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [41]

Leinster Regiment [40]

Northumberland Fusiliers [38]

London Regiment [36]

Manchester Regiment [36]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Highland Light Infantry [33]

Lancashire Fusiliers [32]

Irish Guards [31]

Royal Irish Rifles [29]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [28]

Cheshire Regiment [27]

Welsh Regiment [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25]

East Lancashire Regiment [25]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25]

West Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Royal Defence Corps [24]

Royal Highlanders [24]

Rifle Brigade [23]

South Lancashire Regiment [23]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [22]

Royal Naval Division [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Canadian Infantry [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Scottish Rifles [17]

Border Regiment [15]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [14]

West Riding Regiment [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

Cameron Highlanders [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [1835]

Royal Navy [184]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [182]

Australian Imperial Force [173]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [56]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [2605]

G [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2506]

Merchant Navy [83]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Ireland [3]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

Cuba [1]

New Zealand [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17] Sydney New South Wales [13] Dublin [9] Waterford [9] Brisbane Queensland [8] Cork [8] Adelaide South Australia [7] Aghada, Cork [5] Allora Queensland [4] Bairnsdale Victoria [3] Gympie Queensland [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London England [3] Roma Queensland [3] Apsley Victoria [2] Ballybricken, Waterford [2] Bantry, Cork [2] Benalla Victoria [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Bungendore New South Wales [2] Cootamundra New South Wales [2] Durham [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Ferguson Western Australia [2] Finsbury, London [2] Harwich, Essex [2] Hay New South Wales [2] Islington, London [2] Katamatite Victoria [2] Kerry [2] Kessingland, Suffolk [2] Melrose, Roxburghshire [2] Passage East, Waterford [2] Port Macquarie New South Wales [2] Queenstown, Cork [2] Queenstown, Lancashire, England [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Stepney, London [2] Tralee [2] Wicklow, Wicklow [2] Abbeyside, County Waterford [1] Aglish, Co Waterford [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Ancoats, Manchester [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Athlone, Westmeath [1]

Rank

Private [1290] Driver [106] Gunner [106] Corporal [96] Serjeant [86] Sapper [57] Lance Corporal [37] Pioneer [25] Acting Serjeant [21] Captain [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Acting Corporal [15] Lieutenant [15] Second Lieutenant [14] Rifleman [7] Bombardier [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Sister [4] Staff Nurse [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Chaplain [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Petty Officer [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Seaman [2] Senior Chaplain [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS Trimmer [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [173] Royal Field Artillery [130] Army Service Corps [123] Royal Engineers [116] Royal Irish Regiment [73] Royal Garrison Artillery [70] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [58] Royal Munster Fusiliers [54] Royal Scots [53] Machine Gun Corps [52] Royal Army Medical Corps [50] Liverpool Regiment [48] Connaught Rangers [47] Royal Irish Fusiliers [41] Leinster Regiment [40] Northumberland Fusiliers [38] London Regiment [36] Manchester Regiment [36] Royal Fusiliers [34] Highland Light Infantry [33] Lancashire Fusiliers [32] Irish Guards [31] Royal Irish Rifles [29] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [28] Cheshire Regiment [27] Welsh Regiment [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25] East Lancashire Regiment [25] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25] West Yorkshire Regiment [25] Royal Defence Corps [24] Royal Highlanders [24] Rifle Brigade [23] South Lancashire Regiment [23] Royal Scots Fusiliers [22] Royal Naval Division [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Durham Light Infantry [19] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Canadian Infantry [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Scottish Rifles [17] Border Regiment [15] King's Own Scottish Borderers [14] Seaforth Highlanders [14] West Riding Regiment [14] Worcestershire Regiment [13] Cameron Highlanders [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [1835] Royal Navy [184] Canadian Expeditionary Force [182] Australian Imperial Force [173] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [56] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [2605] G [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2506] Merchant Navy [83] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [30] Ireland [3] Australia [2] Canada [1] Cuba [1] New Zealand [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

John Flynn

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 14849 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

British Army 14849 Private Border Regiment

British Army 14849 Private Border Regiment 7th Battalion

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Michael Joseph Flynn

Born 1882

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 36857 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Flynn

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 60954 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Peter Paul Flynn

Born 1880

British Army 526 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 526 Acting Sergeant British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 526 Acting Company Sergeant Major British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Flynn

Born 1890

British Army 265712 Sapper Welsh Regiment

British Army 456925 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 2051 Private Welsh Regiment 6th Battalion

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Cornelius Joseph Flynn

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 30124 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Peter Flynn

Born 1884

British Army 415555 Private Labour Corps 906th Area Company

British Army 16494 Private Welsh Regiment

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Patrick Flynn

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 371401 Private London Regiment

British Army 3592 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371401 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James Flynn

Died 1915

British Army 1014 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Flynn

Born 1881

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5678

Australian Imperial Force Private 9th Battalion

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James Flynn

Born 1888

British Army TR4/24424 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 24902 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army 47523 Private Welsh Regiment 10th Battalion

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James Flynn

Born 1864

Died 1914

British Army 6524 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Jerry Hope Laurice Wilfred Flynn

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70389 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Patrick Flynn

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army 8495 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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Patrick Edward Flynn

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212439

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John Flynn

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142927

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Arthur Flynn

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167560

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Patrick Flynn

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292840

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David Vincent Flynn

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266320

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Joseph Patrick Flynn

Born 1871

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4814

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