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Melbourne Victoria [6]

Belfast [4]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Orange New South Wales [4]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Cooma New South Wales [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Ipswich Queensland [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Wollongong New South Wales [3]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Braidwood New South Wales [2]

Braunton, Devon, England [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Dungog New South Wales [2]

Durham [2]

Galway [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Gisborne Victoria [2]

Ilfracombe, Devon [2]

Ilfracombe, Devon, England [2]

Limerick [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Olveston Gloucestershire [2]

Parramatta New South Wales [2]

Penguin Tasmania [2]

Ready, Armagh [2]

Roma Queensland [2]

Terowie South Australia [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Antrim [1]

Aramac Queensland [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1]

Artemesia Township, Grey County, Ontario [1]

Auburn England [1]

Ballina, Mayo [1]

Bally Bay [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bishop Auckland England [1]

Blackall Queensland [1]

Blackheath New South Wales [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Rank

Private [504]

Serjeant [58]

Gunner [53]

Corporal [50]

Lieutenant [37]

Captain [35]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Sapper [30]

Driver [29]

Lance Corporal [29]

Major [15]

Acting Corporal [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [5]

Colonel [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sister [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Colonel /Temporary Surgeon General [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Worker [3]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Lieutenant and Assistant Commissary [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Reverend [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Acting Senior Chaplain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [62]

Royal Engineers [59]

Army Service Corps [50]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [48]

Labour Corps [47]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [40]

Royal Irish Rifles [38]

Northumberland Fusiliers [36]

Royal Garrison Artillery [34]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Canadian Infantry [23]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

London Regiment [16]

Border Regiment [13]

Royal Defence Corps [13]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

North Irish Horse [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Royal Irish Regiment [6]

Scottish Rifles [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Connaught Rangers [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Dragoon Guards [5]

Irish Guards [5]

Service

British Army [860]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [284]

Australian Imperial Force [142]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55]

Royal Navy [54]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [40]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

I [1478]

C [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1452]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [6] Belfast [4] Coonabarabran New South Wales [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Orange New South Wales [4] Carlton Victoria [3] Cooma New South Wales [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Ipswich Queensland [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Wollongong New South Wales [3] Belfast, Antrim [2] Braidwood New South Wales [2] Braunton, Devon, England [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Dungog New South Wales [2] Durham [2] Galway [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Gisborne Victoria [2] Ilfracombe, Devon [2] Ilfracombe, Devon, England [2] Limerick [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Olveston Gloucestershire [2] Parramatta New South Wales [2] Penguin Tasmania [2] Ready, Armagh [2] Roma Queensland [2] Terowie South Australia [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Antrim [1] Aramac Queensland [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1] Artemesia Township, Grey County, Ontario [1] Auburn England [1] Ballina, Mayo [1] Bally Bay [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bishop Auckland England [1] Blackall Queensland [1] Blackheath New South Wales [1] Bloomsbury, London [1]

Rank

Private [504] Serjeant [58] Gunner [53] Corporal [50] Lieutenant [37] Captain [35] Second Lieutenant [35] Sapper [30] Driver [29] Lance Corporal [29] Major [15] Acting Corporal [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Pioneer [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Bombardier [5] Colonel [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Nursing Sister [4] Rifleman [4] Sister [4] Staff Nurse [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Colonel /Temporary Surgeon General [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Worker [3] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Lieutenant and Assistant Commissary [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Reverend [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Acting Senior Chaplain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Canteener [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [62] Royal Engineers [59] Army Service Corps [50] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [48] Labour Corps [47] Royal Irish Fusiliers [40] Royal Irish Rifles [38] Northumberland Fusiliers [36] Royal Garrison Artillery [34] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Durham Light Infantry [26] Canadian Infantry [23] Liverpool Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [20] London Regiment [16] Border Regiment [13] Royal Defence Corps [13] Devonshire Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] East Lancashire Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Munster Fusiliers [10] Essex Regiment [9] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Army Veterinary Corps [7] North Irish Horse [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Royal Irish Regiment [6] Scottish Rifles [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Connaught Rangers [5] Corps of Hussars [5] Dragoon Guards [5] Irish Guards [5]

Service

British Army [860] Canadian Expeditionary Force [284] Australian Imperial Force [142] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55] Royal Navy [54] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [40] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

I [1478] C [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1452] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Canada [2] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

Samuel Irwin

Born 1885

British Army 64219 Private Royal Engineers 121st Field Company RE,

British Army 64219 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Royal Engineers 121 Field Coy RE

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Herbert John Irwin

Born 1890

Died 1960

British Army 910 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Marines

British Army Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

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James Herbert Irwin

Born 1894

Died 1973

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3037220

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3037220 Private 1st Central Ontario Regiment 1st Depot Battalion

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James Carter Irwin

Born 1897

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475895 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Canadian Expeditionary Force Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

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William Thomas Irwin

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 29440 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 29440 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th Battalion

British Army 29440 Corporal Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 10th (Reserve) Battalion

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Thomas Young Irwin

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 32507 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Charles Patrick Michael Irwin

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant The Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 3rd Battalion attached to 7th Battalion

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William Charles Irwin

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 323764 Private London Regiment

British Army 323764 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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John Irwin

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2606 Acting Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 2606 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 1st/6th Battalion

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Matthew Irwin

Born 1893

British Army 1802 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240218 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Robert Irwin

Died 1916

British Army 9214 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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James Irwin

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264356

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Harlow Irwin

Born 1898

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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Robert Irwin

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21864

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Hector Edward Irwin

Born 1896

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5692

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Joseph Irwin

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70646

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Herbert Quintus Irwin

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

British Army Captain Connaught Rangers

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Horace Charles Irwin

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2394 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas Whitmore Crommelin Irwin

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Richard Nynian Irwin

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 9th Battalion

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