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Sydney New South Wales [11]

London England [8]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Bantry, Cork [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Cork [4]

Stratford, Essex [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Dublin [3]

Erith, Kent [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Athlone [2]

Castletown Bere, Cork [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Clonakilty, Cork [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Elphin [2]

Essex [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Kennington, London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Loughton, Essex [2]

Loxton South Australia [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Rotherhithe, London [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Weybridge, Surrey [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Athlone, Meath [1]

Ballina New South Wales [1]

Bantry [1]

Barry, Glamorgan [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Beer Island, Ireland [1]

Bere Island, Cork [1]

Berehaven, Cork [1]

Bermondsey England [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Blundellsands, Lancashire [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Boyle [1]

Rank

Private [815]

Gunner [83]

Driver [75]

Corporal [66]

Serjeant [56]

Sapper [53]

Lance Corporal [25]

Lieutenant [23]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Acting Corporal [18]

Pioneer [16]

Captain [15]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Bombardier [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Rifleman [7]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Corporal of Horse [2]

Davadar [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Seaman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [117]

Labour Corps [113]

Royal Engineers [97]

Royal Field Artillery [93]

London Regiment [70]

Essex Regiment [51]

Royal Garrison Artillery [50]

Machine Gun Corps [43]

Royal Fusiliers [43]

Middlesex Regiment [38]

Royal Army Medical Corps [37]

The Queen's Regiment [28]

Rifle Brigade [27]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

East Surrey Regiment [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Welsh Regiment [18]

Yorkshire Regiment [18]

South Wales Borderers [17]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Border Regiment [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Royal Irish Regiment [11]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Connaught Rangers [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Grenadier Guards [8]

Irish Guards [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Service

British Army [1252]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [167]

Royal Navy [139]

Australian Imperial Force [106]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [1818]

G [2]

C [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1783]

Merchant Navy [29]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Australia [2]

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Sydney New South Wales [11] London England [8] Adelaide South Australia [7] Melbourne Victoria [6] Bantry, Cork [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Cork [4] Stratford, Essex [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Dublin [3] Erith, Kent [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Athlone [2] Castletown Bere, Cork [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Clonakilty, Cork [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Elphin [2] Essex [2] Hackney, London [2] Kennington, London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Loughton, Essex [2] Loxton South Australia [2] Poplar, London [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Rotherhithe, London [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Weybridge, Surrey [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Athlone, Meath [1] Ballina New South Wales [1] Bantry [1] Barry, Glamorgan [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Beer Island, Ireland [1] Bere Island, Cork [1] Berehaven, Cork [1] Bermondsey England [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Blundellsands, Lancashire [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Boyle [1]

Rank

Private [815] Gunner [83] Driver [75] Corporal [66] Serjeant [56] Sapper [53] Lance Corporal [25] Lieutenant [23] Second Lieutenant [19] Acting Corporal [18] Pioneer [16] Captain [15] Acting Serjeant [12] Bombardier [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Rifleman [7] Acting Bombardier [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Worker [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Corporal of Horse [2] Davadar [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Seaman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [117] Labour Corps [113] Royal Engineers [97] Royal Field Artillery [93] London Regiment [70] Essex Regiment [51] Royal Garrison Artillery [50] Machine Gun Corps [43] Royal Fusiliers [43] Middlesex Regiment [38] Royal Army Medical Corps [37] The Queen's Regiment [28] Rifle Brigade [27] Durham Light Infantry [24] Liverpool Regiment [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] East Surrey Regiment [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Manchester Regiment [21] Welsh Regiment [18] Yorkshire Regiment [18] South Wales Borderers [17] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Border Regiment [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Worcestershire Regiment [13] East Kent Regiment [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] Army Veterinary Corps [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Royal Irish Regiment [11] Royal Munster Fusiliers [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Connaught Rangers [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] West Riding Regiment [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Grenadier Guards [8] Irish Guards [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7]

Service

British Army [1252] Canadian Expeditionary Force [167] Royal Navy [139] Australian Imperial Force [106] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [1818] G [2] C [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1783] Merchant Navy [29] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Australia [2]

Edward G Harrington

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 423060 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

British Army 423060 Private London Regiment

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Arthur Harrington

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 34192 Private Essex Regiment

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Charles Stanley Lawrence Harrington

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

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Thomas Martin Harrington

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 46538 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 38th Brigade

British Army 46538 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 38th Brigade

British Army 46538 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Tom Harrington

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 17288 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 17288 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 13th (Service) Battalion (Forest of Dean)(Pioneers)

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William Harrington

Died 1917

British Army 11598 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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John Harrington

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3637 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 241381 Fusilier Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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Michael Walter Harrington

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 7698 Trumpeter 19th Hussars

British Army 7698 Private 19th Hussars

British Army 7698 Trumpeter 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

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Walter Harrington

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19805

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William Dayer Harrington

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47064

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Thomas Harrington

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34704

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Ernest William Harrington

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250771

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Wayne Francis Harrington

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 268123

Canadian Expeditionary Force 268123 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Harrington

Born 1889

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 703595

Canadian Expeditionary Force 703595 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Harrington

Born 1879

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 110225

Canadian Expeditionary Force 110225 Lance Corporal Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

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Fred Harrington

Born 1883

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132227

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132227 Private Canadian Infantry

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Archibald Harrington

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 223287

Canadian Expeditionary Force 223287 Private Canadian Infantry

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Wilfred Victor Harrington

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228739

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Stephen Harrington

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232926

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William Harrington

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236332

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