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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]

Thomas Flynn

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102016

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Thomas Flynn

Died 1914

British Army 6870 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Flynn

Born 1875

Died 1915

Royal Navy 2052D Seaman HMS Goliath Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2052D Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2052D Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Patrick Flynn

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 6130 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Peter Flynn

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55813

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Samuel Flynn

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143102

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George Flynn

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131080

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Jerry Hope Laurice Wilfrid Flynn

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2779665 Captain RAF 32 Squadron

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2779665 Private Canadian Army Service Corps

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Richard Flynn

Born 1900

Died 1915

British Army 37701 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 37701 Private Welsh Regiment 9th Ballion

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John Meiler Flynn

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9952

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John Flynn

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168069

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Henry Flynn

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130569

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William Flynn

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82031

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John Flynn

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301452

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Patrick Flynn

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295106

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Patrick Flynn

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army 6112 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Christopher Flynn

Died 1917

British Army 10103 Private Irish Guards

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Daniel Flynn

Died 1918

British Army 40123 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Hugh Flynn

Died 1916

British Army 5323 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Harold Augustine Flynn

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1439 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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