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Cork [11]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Dublin [8]

Bendigo Victoria [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Devonport Tasmania [4]

Kew Victoria [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Bridgwater, Somerset [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Hertford [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3]

Aberavon, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Bungendore New South Wales [2]

Carrigtwohill, Cork [2]

Dimboola Victoria [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Hamilton Victoria [2]

Hillgrove New South Wales [2]

Ilfracombe, Devon [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Limeburners Creek New South Wales [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mile End, London, Middlesex [2]

Port Melbourne Victoria [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Raymond Terrace New South Wales [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Temora New South Wales [2]

Tenterfield New South Wales [2]

Tooradin Victoria [2]

Waterford [2]

Westbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Adaminaby New South Wales [1]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Askeaton, Co. Limerick [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Ballycullane, Kerry [1]

Ballyhea, Charleville, Cork [1]

Bandon, Cork [1]

Rank

Private [810]

Driver [67]

Gunner [61]

Corporal [52]

Serjeant [50]

Sapper [45]

Lance Corporal [27]

Lieutenant [21]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Captain [17]

Pioneer [16]

Acting Corporal [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [8]

Major [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Rifleman [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Assistant Matron [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sister [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Trimmer [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chaplain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Mate [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain and Quartermaster [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [102]

Royal Engineers [97]

Royal Field Artillery [86]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [69]

Army Service Corps [68]

Royal Army Medical Corps [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [42]

Royal Irish Regiment [42]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [38]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Leinster Regiment [26]

London Regiment [25]

Connaught Rangers [24]

Royal Scots [24]

Liverpool Regiment [23]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Cheshire Regiment [20]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [16]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [16]

Royal Irish Rifles [16]

Welsh Regiment [16]

Irish Guards [15]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

South Lancashire Regiment [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Scottish Rifles [12]

South Wales Borderers [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [10]

Border Regiment [9]

East Kent Regiment [9]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1185]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [206]

Australian Imperial Force [149]

Royal Navy [114]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [45]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [1804]

G [1]

S [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1756]

Merchant Navy [41]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Ireland [2]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

India [1]

Malaysia [1]

Turkey [1]

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Cork [11] Sydney New South Wales [9] Dublin [8] Bendigo Victoria [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Brisbane Queensland [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Devonport Tasmania [4] Kew Victoria [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Bridgwater, Somerset [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Hertford [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3] Aberavon, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Bungendore New South Wales [2] Carrigtwohill, Cork [2] Dimboola Victoria [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Hamilton Victoria [2] Hillgrove New South Wales [2] Ilfracombe, Devon [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Limeburners Creek New South Wales [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mile End, London, Middlesex [2] Port Melbourne Victoria [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Raymond Terrace New South Wales [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Temora New South Wales [2] Tenterfield New South Wales [2] Tooradin Victoria [2] Waterford [2] Westbury, Gloucestershire [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Adaminaby New South Wales [1] Aghada, Cork [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Askeaton, Co. Limerick [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Ballycullane, Kerry [1] Ballyhea, Charleville, Cork [1] Bandon, Cork [1]

Rank

Private [810] Driver [67] Gunner [61] Corporal [52] Serjeant [50] Sapper [45] Lance Corporal [27] Lieutenant [21] Second Lieutenant [18] Captain [17] Pioneer [16] Acting Corporal [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Bombardier [8] Major [7] Able Seaman [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Rifleman [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Captain [2] Assistant Matron [2] Commander [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Sister [2] Sub Conductor [2] Trimmer [2] Trooper [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chaplain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Mate [1] Acting Sister [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Bugler [1] Captain and Quartermaster [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [102] Royal Engineers [97] Royal Field Artillery [86] Royal Munster Fusiliers [69] Army Service Corps [68] Royal Army Medical Corps [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [42] Royal Irish Regiment [42] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [38] Machine Gun Corps [29] Leinster Regiment [26] London Regiment [25] Connaught Rangers [24] Royal Scots [24] Liverpool Regiment [23] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Cheshire Regiment [20] Royal Defence Corps [20] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Manchester Regiment [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [16] Royal Irish Fusiliers [16] Royal Irish Rifles [16] Welsh Regiment [16] Irish Guards [15] King's Own Scottish Borderers [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] South Lancashire Regiment [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Scottish Rifles [12] South Wales Borderers [12] Canadian Infantry [11] Devonshire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Royal Highlanders [10] Royal Scots Fusiliers [10] Border Regiment [9] East Kent Regiment [9] Highland Light Infantry [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1185] Canadian Expeditionary Force [206] Australian Imperial Force [149] Royal Navy [114] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [45] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [1804] G [1] S [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1756] Merchant Navy [41] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Ireland [2] South Africa [2] Australia [1] China [1] India [1] Malaysia [1] Turkey [1]

Frederick Thomas Foley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37469

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William Foley

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286920

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John Foley

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 22016 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8 Battalion

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John Henry Foley

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 717 Corporal Australian Army Veterinary Corps 3rd Mobile Vet. Sect.

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Timothy Foley

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143388

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John Foley

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 11165 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 3/11165 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Joseph Foley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308308

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James Foley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289712

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Frederick E Foley

Died 1918

British Army S/4/094 (incomplete) Private Army Service Corps

British Army 33913 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Geoffrey Robert Foley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 10926 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

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Daniel Foley

Died 1917

British Army 23646 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Francis Yarde Foley

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

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Joseph Foley

Died 1917

British Army 18579 Private Manchester Regiment

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Wilson Foley

Died 1917

British Army 3426 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 41171 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Maurice Foley

Died 1914

British Army L/7685 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army L/7685 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Gerald Robert Edward Foley

Born 1886

Died 1982

British Army Major Royal Irish Regiment

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James Benedict Foley

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 50946

Canadian Expeditionary Force 50946 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship)

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John Foley

Born 1862

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine: SS Armenian

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Henry John Foley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44633

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Michael Foley

Born 1873

Died 1915

Royal Navy ST 1470 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1470/ST Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Zaria."

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