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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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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

Died 1918

British Army 906 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Flynn

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 7874 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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John Hoskins Flynn

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 7140 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant General List

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Joseph Archibald Spencer Flynn

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 5531 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 201933 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Flynn

Died 1914

British Army 4184 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 4184 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Carroll Flynn

Born 1888

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307276 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Recruits' Training Wing (Blandford)

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Thomas Joseph Flynn

Born 1890

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4810

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Harold John Flynn

Born 1894

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service

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Annie Flynn

Born 1895

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker

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Michael Flynn

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy 3580C Seaman HMS Goliath Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3580C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3580C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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John Flynn

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS103555 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy SS103555 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS103555 (RFR DEV B3903) Stoker 1st Class HMS Magnificent

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John Augustine Flynn

Born 1884

Australian Imperial Force 6513 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Australian Imperial Force 185 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "A" Company

Australian Imperial Force 6513 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

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Les John Flynn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30349

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Percy Flynn

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 78793 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 78793 2nd Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Thomas Flynn

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 31194 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Flynn

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 8043 Private Royal Scots

British Army 8043 Corporal Royal Scots

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James Flynn

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 65109 Private Welsh Regiment

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William Flynn

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231991

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Francis P Flynn

Died 1917

British Army 17078 Acting Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion.

British Army 17078 Corporal Royal Scots

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Alfred Flynn

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267056

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