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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Port Adelaide South Australia [3]

Williamstown Victoria [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

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Private [143]

Gunner [12]

Corporal [11]

Driver [10]

Serjeant [9]

Sapper [7]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Fireman [1]

Lance Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

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Royal Dublin Fusiliers [20]

Labour Corps [19]

Royal Engineers [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Irish Rifles [14]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Africa Unattached List [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East African Mounted Rifles [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1st Guards [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [207]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [267]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Port Adelaide South Australia [3] Williamstown Victoria [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Queenstown South Australia [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Armagawon Lynn, Louth [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Belfast [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bolton Lancs [1] Brandon Queensland [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carrickmacross, Monaghan [1] Dublin [1] Dublin, Dublin [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Glenwhony, Ireland [1] Goodwood South Australia [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Liverpool [1] Richmond, Yorkshire [1] Shepparton Victoria [1] Shronell, Tipperary [1] Tynemouth [1] Widnes, Prescot, Lancashire [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [143] Gunner [12] Corporal [11] Driver [10] Serjeant [9] Sapper [7] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [2] Pioneer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Fireman [1] Lance Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [20] Labour Corps [19] Royal Engineers [15] Army Service Corps [14] Royal Irish Rifles [14] Liverpool Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Gordon Highlanders [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Irish Fusiliers [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Africa Unattached List [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Leinster Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Scottish Rifles [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East African Mounted Rifles [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1st Guards [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [207] Australian Imperial Force [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [280] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [267] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Albert Edward Hoey

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260016

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John Roxburgh Hoey

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65305

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Peter Hoey

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6852 Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Hoey

Died 1917

British Army 270122 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 228375 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 228375 Private London Regiment

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Bertram Hazard Hoey

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 709062

Canadian Expeditionary Force 709062 Private Canadian Infantry

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Cyril Joseph Hoey

Born 1900

Died 1917

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Robert Hoey

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 243512 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 120609 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 361050 Private Royal Engineers

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John Edward Hoey

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 142479

Canadian Expeditionary Force 142479 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Hoey

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 22498 Private Highland Light Infantry

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George Hoey

Died 1917

British Army 11519 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 11509 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 11509 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Hoey

Died 1918

British Army 17976 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Hoey

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 37166 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 37166 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Hoey

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 29127 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 29127 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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William Hoey

Died 1916

British Army 22863 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Edward Hoey

Died 1917

British Army S/20850 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Edward Hoey

Died 1914

British Army 6680 Serjeant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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John Hoey

Died 1916

British Army 17618 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Edward Hoey

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 7980 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Bernard Hoey

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army S/8892 Private Gordon Highlanders

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James P. Hoey

Died 1915

British Army 13423 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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