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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Widnes, Lancashire [5]

Castlemaine Victoria [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

St Andrews, Fife [3]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [2]

Cropthorne, Worcester [2]

Dundee Scotland [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Godalming, Surrey [2]

Homebush New South Wales [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [2]

Paramatta New South Wales [2]

Port Broughton South Australia [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

St. Monans, Fifeshire [2]

Swindon England [2]

Ulladulla New South Wales [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

17 Malone Park, Belfast [1]

Abbotsbury, Dorset [1]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Arkholme England [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Aston,Birmingham.Warwickshire. [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Balwyn Victoria [1]

Bandy Bay Tasmania [1]

Banstead, Surrey [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bashall Eaves, Yorkshire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [827]

Gunner [87]

Driver [71]

Serjeant [61]

Sapper [53]

Corporal [49]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lieutenant [36]

Lance Corporal [35]

Captain [23]

Acting Corporal [17]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Pioneer [11]

Rifleman [8]

Bombardier [7]

Major [7]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2]

Midshipman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Corporal [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [120]

Army Service Corps [100]

Royal Field Artillery [99]

Labour Corps [88]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

Royal Army Medical Corps [51]

Gloucestershire Regiment [34]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Royal Highlanders [30]

London Regiment [27]

Devonshire Regiment [23]

Royal Scots [23]

Highland Light Infantry [22]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Hampshire Regiment [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

Worcestershire Regiment [19]

Gordon Highlanders [18]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Border Regiment [16]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

East Surrey Regiment [14]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

West Riding Regiment [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [10]

Scottish Rifles [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Australian Infantry [9]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [9]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1246]

Royal Navy [117]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [112]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98]

Australian Imperial Force [85]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

I [1734]

D [5]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1676]

Merchant Navy [37]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Jersey [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Widnes, Lancashire [5] Castlemaine Victoria [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] St Andrews, Fife [3] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Clitheroe, Lancashire [2] Cropthorne, Worcester [2] Dundee Scotland [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Godalming, Surrey [2] Homebush New South Wales [2] Horsham Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2] Lambeth, London [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Muswellbrook New South Wales [2] Paramatta New South Wales [2] Port Broughton South Australia [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] St. Monans, Fifeshire [2] Swindon England [2] Ulladulla New South Wales [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] 17 Malone Park, Belfast [1] Abbotsbury, Dorset [1] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Arkholme England [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Aston,Birmingham.Warwickshire. [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Balwyn Victoria [1] Bandy Bay Tasmania [1] Banstead, Surrey [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bashall Eaves, Yorkshire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [827] Gunner [87] Driver [71] Serjeant [61] Sapper [53] Corporal [49] Second Lieutenant [42] Lieutenant [36] Lance Corporal [35] Captain [23] Acting Corporal [17] Acting Serjeant [12] Pioneer [11] Rifleman [8] Bombardier [7] Major [7] Colour Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Transport Serjeant [3] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2] Midshipman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] Worker [2] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant Corporal [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [120] Army Service Corps [100] Royal Field Artillery [99] Labour Corps [88] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] Royal Army Medical Corps [51] Gloucestershire Regiment [34] Machine Gun Corps [32] Royal Highlanders [30] London Regiment [27] Devonshire Regiment [23] Royal Scots [23] Highland Light Infantry [22] Liverpool Regiment [22] Manchester Regiment [21] Hampshire Regiment [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] Rifle Brigade [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] Worcestershire Regiment [19] Gordon Highlanders [18] Royal Fusiliers [18] Border Regiment [16] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] East Surrey Regiment [14] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Irish Rifles [13] South Lancashire Regiment [13] East Lancashire Regiment [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] West Riding Regiment [12] Canadian Infantry [11] Cheshire Regiment [11] Seaforth Highlanders [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] Royal Scots Fusiliers [10] Scottish Rifles [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] Australian Infantry [9] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [9] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9] Norfolk Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1246] Royal Navy [117] Canadian Expeditionary Force [112] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98] Australian Imperial Force [85] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

I [1734] D [5] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1676] Merchant Navy [37] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Jersey [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

John Thomas Craig Ireland

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Joseph Knowles Ireland

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Arthur Ireland

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 5970 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion

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Isaac Ireland

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 7901 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 7901 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 7901 Sergeant The Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Ireland

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 4864 Private Dragoon Guards 4th Battalion

British Army 308882 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 308882 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Department

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Edwin Archibald Ireland

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 17958 Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 17958 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Royal Field Artillery 22nd Batt

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James Ireland

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army SE/7659 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/7659 Corporal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/7659 Corporal Royal Army Veterinary Corps No. 1 Veterinary Hospital

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Gerald Blakeney De Courcy-Ireland, M.v.o.

Born 1895

Died 1986

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

British Army Temporary Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

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Henry Arthur Ireland

Died 1915

British Army 10794 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10794 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Balfour Ireland

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th Battalion

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Albert Ireland

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Samuel Ireland

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 42252 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion.

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William Sinclair Ireland

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 137031 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 43236 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Richard Matthew Ireland

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 245232 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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Thomas Stanley Ireland

Born 1895

Died 1943

British Army 104235 Driver Royal Engineers

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Archibald Simeon Ireland

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30755

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Cyril Ireland

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3891 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Thomas Barry Ireland

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy Acting Boatswain HMS Monmouth

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Ralph Ireland

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Terrible

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Leviathan

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Ocean

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Edward Horace Lionel Ireland

Born 1893

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5604 Private Australian Infantry

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