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Carlisle, Cumberland [6]

Gateshead, Durham [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Foster Victoria [3]

Grafton New South Wales [3]

Manchester England [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Annan Scotland [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Basingstoke England [2]

Bowness, Cumberland [2]

Bradford [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Carlisle England [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [2]

Cumberland [2]

Daylesford Victoria [2]

Dumfries Scotland [2]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Lucknow New South Wales [2]

Marlborough, Wiltshire [2]

North Melbourne Victoria [2]

Toronto [2]

West Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Alloe, Clackmannanshire [1]

Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Annan, Dumfriesshire [1]

Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Arnan, Scotland [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Ballaneigh Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bega New South Wales [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Bodalla New South Wales [1]

Bramfield New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [790]

Gunner [82]

Corporal [57]

Serjeant [56]

Driver [53]

Sapper [47]

Lieutenant [31]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Captain [26]

Lance Corporal [26]

Pioneer [16]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Major [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Sergeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant/Warrant Officer [2]

Nurse [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lt [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Farrier Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Aviator Cadet [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain/Warrant Officer [1]

Chaplain [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [102]

Labour Corps [101]

Royal Engineers [90]

Royal Field Artillery [86]

Army Service Corps [78]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [56]

Northumberland Fusiliers [55]

Liverpool Regiment [48]

Royal Garrison Artillery [43]

Royal Army Medical Corps [39]

Highland Light Infantry [35]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

Royal Scots [26]

Canadian Infantry [18]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Division [17]

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Scottish Rifles [16]

London Regiment [15]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [14]

West Riding Regiment [14]

Gordon Highlanders [13]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

British West Indies Regiment [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Highlanders [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Hussars [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Service

British Army [1185]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [170]

Australian Imperial Force [91]

Royal Navy [88]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

I [1651]

B [22]

D [1]

F [1]

G [1]

M [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1642]

Merchant Navy [33]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

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Carlisle, Cumberland [6] Gateshead, Durham [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Foster Victoria [3] Grafton New South Wales [3] Manchester England [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Annan Scotland [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Basingstoke England [2] Bowness, Cumberland [2] Bradford [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Carlisle England [2] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [2] Cumberland [2] Daylesford Victoria [2] Dumfries Scotland [2] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [2] Footscray Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Lucknow New South Wales [2] Marlborough, Wiltshire [2] North Melbourne Victoria [2] Toronto [2] West Hartlepool, Durham [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Alloe, Clackmannanshire [1] Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Annan, Dumfriesshire [1] Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Arnan, Scotland [1] Ayrshire [1] Ballaneigh Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bega New South Wales [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham [1] Blyth, Northumberland [1] Bodalla New South Wales [1] Bramfield New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [790] Gunner [82] Corporal [57] Serjeant [56] Driver [53] Sapper [47] Lieutenant [31] Second Lieutenant [30] Captain [26] Lance Corporal [26] Pioneer [16] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Major [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Sergeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant/Warrant Officer [2] Nurse [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lt [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Farrier Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Aviator Cadet [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain/Warrant Officer [1] Chaplain [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [102] Labour Corps [101] Royal Engineers [90] Royal Field Artillery [86] Army Service Corps [78] King's Own Scottish Borderers [56] Northumberland Fusiliers [55] Liverpool Regiment [48] Royal Garrison Artillery [43] Royal Army Medical Corps [39] Highland Light Infantry [35] Machine Gun Corps [31] Durham Light Infantry [30] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] Royal Scots [26] Canadian Infantry [18] Manchester Regiment [18] Royal Scots Fusiliers [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Division [17] East Lancashire Regiment [16] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Scottish Rifles [16] London Regiment [15] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [14] West Riding Regiment [14] Gordon Highlanders [13] Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] British West Indies Regiment [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Cameron Highlanders [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Seaforth Highlanders [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Highlanders [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Tank Corps [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Essex Regiment [6] Hussars [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Service

British Army [1185] Canadian Expeditionary Force [170] Australian Imperial Force [91] Royal Navy [88] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

I [1651] B [22] D [1] F [1] G [1] M [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1642] Merchant Navy [33] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Canada [2] Australia [1]

Lewis Irving

Born 1891

British Army 5889 Private West India Regiment

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Samuel Irving

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401199

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William Irving

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168482

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Henry Irving

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30451

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Robert Irving

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66207

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Alexander Irving

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army 1590 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders

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Archibald Denys Irving

Died 1918

British Army 45641 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 82nd Brigade

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John Irving

Died 1918

British Army S/13199 Private The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)

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Henry Irving

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 24028 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert Irving

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 854 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/5th Battalion

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Thomas Irving

Died 1916

British Army 12828 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Richard Irving

Died 1916

British Army 2044 Acting Company Serjeant Major Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 2nd Lt King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/5 Btn

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George Edward Irving

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44637

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James Irving

Born 1897

British Army 12237 Private British West Indies Regiment

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William Robert Irving

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406160

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John Edward Irving

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 140101

Canadian Expeditionary Force 140101 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Irving

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 5526 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Irving

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 306953 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Foster Irving

Died 1915

British Army 927 Private Manchester Regiment

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Joseph Irving

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1434 Private Border Regiment

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