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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]

William Irwin

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 13444 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 13444 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Alexander Irwin

Born 1892

British Army L/3229 Corporal Lancers

British Army L/3229 Serjeant Lancers

British Army L/3229 R.S.M 5th Royal Irish Lancers

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Robert Irwin

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5387 Private Royal Scots

British Army 350162 Private Highland Light Infantry 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow)

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William Edmund Irwin

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4493 Acting Corporal London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Alfred Lionel Irwin

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215313

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Robert Valentine Irwin

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Thomas Albert Irwin

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4194

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William Irwin

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 326395 Lance Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 23rd Fire Command

British Army 326395 Acting Lance Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery Clyde RGA (Territorial Force)

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George Roy Irwin

Born 1896

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 2145

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Florence Irwin

Born 1886

Died 1981

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Irwin

Born 1892

Died 1954

British Army S/8656 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

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Herman Julius Irwin

Born 1888

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 158117

Canadian Expeditionary Force 158117 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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Rupert Earl Irwin

Born 1889

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 623039

Canadian Expeditionary Force 623039 Private Canadian Infantry

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Robert Ross Irwin

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 734191

Canadian Expeditionary Force 734191 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Robert James Irwin

Born 1882

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 204413

Canadian Expeditionary Force 204413 Private Canadian Infantry

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Norman Irwin

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 166352

Canadian Expeditionary Force 166352 Corporal Canadian Pioneers

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Robert Irwin

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109144

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109144 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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Sherman Merideth Irwin

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 657811

Canadian Expeditionary Force 657811 Private Canadian Infantry

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Archibald Irwin

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 892606

Canadian Expeditionary Force 892606 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Arthur Irwin

Born 1898

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 640234

Canadian Expeditionary Force 640234 Private Canadian Infantry

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