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Sydney New South Wales [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Dublin [4]

Gawler South Australia [4]

Liverpool England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Albany Western Australia [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bundaberg Queensland [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London England [3]

Stawell Victoria [3]

Toowoomba Queensland [3]

Wangaratta Victoria [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Belfast, Down [2]

Boolburra Queensland [2]

Cork [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Glandore, Cork [2]

Glasgow [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Monmouthshire Wales [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Rochester Victoria [2]

Wealdstone, Middlesex [2]

Wexford [2]

Young New South Wales [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Albany, Western Australia [1]

Ancoats, Manchester [1]

BUTTEVANT, CORK [1]

Ballyroyan, County Louth [1]

Bamaro, Newzealand [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Belfast [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Cheshire [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Corowa New South Wales [1]

Cunnamulla Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [651]

Corporal [54]

Driver [45]

Serjeant [44]

Gunner [39]

Sapper [32]

Lance Corporal [31]

Pioneer [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [8]

Captain [7]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Corporal [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Captain 4th Class [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private/ Private [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [1]

Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [92]

Royal Engineers [57]

Royal Field Artillery [52]

Army Service Corps [45]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [31]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [31]

Royal Irish Rifles [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [29]

Royal Irish Regiment [25]

Liverpool Regiment [23]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [22]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [19]

Connaught Rangers [18]

London Regiment [18]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Cameron Highlanders [14]

Gordon Highlanders [14]

Leinster Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [14]

South Lancashire Regiment [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Highland Light Infantry [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [11]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Royal Scots [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Highlanders [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Tank Corps [7]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Service

British Army [891]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [121]

Australian Imperial Force [107]

Royal Navy [60]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [1272]

S [2]

W [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1240]

Merchant Navy [33]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Ireland [2]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [14] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Dublin [4] Gawler South Australia [4] Liverpool England [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Albany Western Australia [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bundaberg Queensland [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London England [3] Stawell Victoria [3] Toowoomba Queensland [3] Wangaratta Victoria [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Belfast, Down [2] Boolburra Queensland [2] Cork [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Glandore, Cork [2] Glasgow [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] London, Middlesex [2] Monmouthshire Wales [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Rochester Victoria [2] Wealdstone, Middlesex [2] Wexford [2] Young New South Wales [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Albany, Western Australia [1] Ancoats, Manchester [1] BUTTEVANT, CORK [1] Ballyroyan, County Louth [1] Bamaro, Newzealand [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Belfast [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Cheshire [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Corowa New South Wales [1] Cunnamulla Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [651] Corporal [54] Driver [45] Serjeant [44] Gunner [39] Sapper [32] Lance Corporal [31] Pioneer [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [8] Captain [7] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Bombardier [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Corporal [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Captain 4th Class [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private/ Private [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [1] Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [92] Royal Engineers [57] Royal Field Artillery [52] Army Service Corps [45] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [31] Royal Irish Fusiliers [31] Royal Irish Rifles [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [29] Royal Irish Regiment [25] Liverpool Regiment [23] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Royal Scots Fusiliers [22] Machine Gun Corps [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [19] Connaught Rangers [18] London Regiment [18] Manchester Regiment [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Cameron Highlanders [14] Gordon Highlanders [14] Leinster Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Seaforth Highlanders [14] South Lancashire Regiment [14] Yorkshire Regiment [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] Highland Light Infantry [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] Royal Munster Fusiliers [11] Scottish Rifles [11] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10] Cheshire Regiment [10] Welsh Regiment [10] Canadian Infantry [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Royal Scots [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] East Kent Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Highlanders [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Tank Corps [7] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Service

British Army [891] Canadian Expeditionary Force [121] Australian Imperial Force [107] Royal Navy [60] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [1272] S [2] W [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1240] Merchant Navy [33]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Ireland [2] New Zealand [1]

James Gorman

Born 1874

Died 1914

British Army 6668 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6668 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Mary Gorman

Born 1880

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/73 Staff Nurse New Zealand Army Nursing Service

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John Gorman

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 9320 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd manchest Battalion

British Army 9320 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Christopher Gorman

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 177 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Thomas Gorman

Born 1899

British Army 318066 Private Tank Corps

British Army 318066 Private Tank Corps 19th Battalion

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James Gorman

Born 1879

Died 1953

Australian Imperial Force 2219 Driver 3rd Field Artillery Brigade

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Cecil Claude Gorman

Born 1890

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6323 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Joseph Gorman

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army 13345 Acting Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 5421 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 13345 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Montrose Servetus Gorman

Born 1893

Died 1977

Australian Imperial Force 31 Driver 24th Australian Infantry battalion

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Harold James Gorman

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 89455 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 89455 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Victor Norton Gorman

Born 1895

Died 1965

British Army SS/15061 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army SS/10561 Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps

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Peter Gorman

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 4640 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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John Gorman

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39955

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William Gorman

Died 1916

British Army 3/6671 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army 130752 Private Royal Engineers

British Army WR/318317 Private Royal Engineers

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James Gorman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290843

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Reginald John Gorman

Born 1899

Died 1967

British Army 16359 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Terence Gorman

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108219

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Henry Gorman

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286636

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James M Gorman

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306802

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James Gorman

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120051

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