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Camden New South Wales [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [3]

Galway [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bletchingley, Surrey [2]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England [2]

Clonakilty, Cork [2]

Cork [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

East Maitland New South Wales [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Kilburn, London [2]

Kinsale, Cork [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Murchison Victoria [2]

Orpington, Kent [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

Waterford [2]

233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Alverstoke, Gosport, Hants [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barraba New South Wales [1]

Barwell, Hinckley, Leicestershire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Bowen Queensland [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Burton, Staffordshire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Calton Victoria [1]

Capporquin [1]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1]

Christchurch, Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Cootharaba Queensland [1]

Couchan Queensland [1]

Croydon, London [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Derby Victoria [1]

Dugardown Queensland [1]

Earls Barton Northamptonshire [1]

Enoggera Queensland [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Forrestville South Australia [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [284]

Sapper [39]

Gunner [31]

Corporal [29]

Driver [29]

Serjeant [26]

Lance Corporal [16]

Captain [10]

Acting Corporal [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Carpenter Foreman [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Major [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/ Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

General Staff Officer Grade 3 [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant acting Captain [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [57]

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Labour Corps [30]

Army Service Corps [29]

Leicestershire Regiment [25]

London Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Irish Rifles [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Connaught Rangers [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [482]

Australian Imperial Force [56]

Royal Navy [50]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [38]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Last name first letter

G [712]

Contribution

Military Service [692]

Merchant Navy [19]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Camden New South Wales [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [3] Galway [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bletchingley, Surrey [2] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England [2] Clonakilty, Cork [2] Cork [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] East Maitland New South Wales [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Kilburn, London [2] Kinsale, Cork [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Murchison Victoria [2] Orpington, Kent [2] Staffordshire [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] Waterford [2] 233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1] Aghada, Cork [1] Alverstoke, Gosport, Hants [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barraba New South Wales [1] Barwell, Hinckley, Leicestershire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Bowen Queensland [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Burton, Staffordshire [1] Calcutta [1] Calton Victoria [1] Capporquin [1] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1] Christchurch, Gosport, Hampshire [1] Colac Victoria [1] Cootharaba Queensland [1] Couchan Queensland [1] Croydon, London [1] Deptford, London [1] Derby Victoria [1] Dugardown Queensland [1] Earls Barton Northamptonshire [1] Enoggera Queensland [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Forrestville South Australia [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [284] Sapper [39] Gunner [31] Corporal [29] Driver [29] Serjeant [26] Lance Corporal [16] Captain [10] Acting Corporal [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Lieutenant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Carpenter Foreman [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Major [2] Worker [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cadet [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/ Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] General Staff Officer Grade 3 [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant acting Captain [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [57] Royal Field Artillery [42] Labour Corps [30] Army Service Corps [29] Leicestershire Regiment [25] London Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] East Surrey Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Irish Rifles [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Royal Munster Fusiliers [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Connaught Rangers [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [482] Australian Imperial Force [56] Royal Navy [50] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [38] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Last name first letter

G [712]

Contribution

Military Service [692] Merchant Navy [19] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Canada [1]

Herbert John Geary

Born 1892

Died 1964

British Army 1885 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 21116 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Arthur William James Geary

Born 1897

Died 1967

British Army 925720 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1700 Driver Royal Field Artillery Territorial 2/1st London Brigade

British Army 1700 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery Territorial 2/1st London Brigade

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Louraine Geary

Born 1898

Died 1954

British Army 203572 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 64649 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 64649 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Roland Alec Geary

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 26775 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Ronald Fitz Maurice Geary

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1st Surrey Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Patrick Geary

Born 1874

British Army Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 13306 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Benjamin Handley Geary

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 4 Battalion (attached 1 Battalion)

British Army Lieutenant 14th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion East Surrey Regt

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Horace Geary

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 8994 Private Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

British Army 8994 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Walter Thomas Geary

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18381

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Charles Herbert Geary

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279981

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John Frederick Danvers Geary

Born 1887

Died 1963

British Army R4/069220 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 42391 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 34478 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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William Geary

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98435

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G W Geary

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185975

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William Baker Geary

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282690

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Joseph Geary

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61940

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Walter James Geary

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93303

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Bertie Leslie Geary

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93369

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William Ernest Geary

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11436

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James Geary

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57043

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Christopher Geary

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53694

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