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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

London England [7]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Poole, Dorset [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Brentford, Middlesex [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Twickenham, Middlesex [3]

Winchester, Hampshire [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bath England [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bedford [2]

Benalla Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Charleville Queensland [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Dublin [2]

Durham England [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Jarrow, Durham [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Mayo [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Port Adelaide South Australia [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

South Molton, Devon [2]

Tumut New South Wales [2]

Wareham, Dorset [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Alsford, Hampshire [1]

Amport, Hampshire [1]

Anderson, near Blandford, Dorset [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Armagh [1]

Avoca Tasmania [1]

Ballycotton, Cork [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Barrengarry New South Wales [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [1129]

Gunner [112]

Corporal [78]

Serjeant [78]

Sapper [73]

Driver [64]

Lance Corporal [45]

Lieutenant [31]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Pioneer [23]

Captain [21]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Acting Corporal [13]

Bombardier [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Rifleman [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Major [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Captain [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Signaller [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Sub Conductor [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

/ Private/ Private/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

3rd Pioneer [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [147]

Royal Engineers [126]

Royal Field Artillery [106]

Royal Garrison Artillery [87]

Army Service Corps [77]

London Regiment [62]

Royal Army Medical Corps [62]

Royal Fusiliers [53]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

Connaught Rangers [32]

Cheshire Regiment [31]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Manchester Regiment [29]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

Hampshire Regiment [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Essex Regiment [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [21]

East Surrey Regiment [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Royal Scots [19]

Royal West Kent Regiment [19]

South Staffordshire Regiment [19]

Canadian Infantry [18]

Lincolnshire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [17]

Irish Guards [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

Leinster Regiment [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

Tank Corps [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Scottish Rifles [13]

Service

British Army [1669]

Royal Navy [167]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [148]

Australian Imperial Force [128]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [106]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [2306]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2251]

Merchant Navy [47]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12] Sydney New South Wales [11] Melbourne Victoria [8] London England [7] Brisbane Queensland [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Poole, Dorset [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Brentford, Middlesex [3] Hackney, London [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Twickenham, Middlesex [3] Winchester, Hampshire [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bath England [2] Battersea, London [2] Bedford [2] Benalla Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Charleville Queensland [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Dublin [2] Durham England [2] Fulham, London [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Jarrow, Durham [2] Lambeth, London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Mayo [2] Peckham, London [2] Port Adelaide South Australia [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] South Molton, Devon [2] Tumut New South Wales [2] Wareham, Dorset [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Alsford, Hampshire [1] Amport, Hampshire [1] Anderson, near Blandford, Dorset [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Armagh [1] Avoca Tasmania [1] Ballycotton, Cork [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Barrengarry New South Wales [1] Bath, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [1129] Gunner [112] Corporal [78] Serjeant [78] Sapper [73] Driver [64] Lance Corporal [45] Lieutenant [31] Second Lieutenant [29] Pioneer [23] Captain [21] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Acting Serjeant [14] Acting Corporal [13] Bombardier [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Rifleman [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Major [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Captain [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Signaller [2] Sister [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Sub Conductor [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] / Private/ Private/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 3rd Pioneer [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [147] Royal Engineers [126] Royal Field Artillery [106] Royal Garrison Artillery [87] Army Service Corps [77] London Regiment [62] Royal Army Medical Corps [62] Royal Fusiliers [53] Machine Gun Corps [44] Durham Light Infantry [39] Connaught Rangers [32] Cheshire Regiment [31] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Manchester Regiment [29] Rifle Brigade [29] Liverpool Regiment [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] Middlesex Regiment [26] Hampshire Regiment [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] Essex Regiment [21] Yorkshire Regiment [21] East Surrey Regiment [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [20] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] Royal Scots [19] Royal West Kent Regiment [19] South Staffordshire Regiment [19] Canadian Infantry [18] Lincolnshire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Division [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [17] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [17] Irish Guards [16] Leicestershire Regiment [16] The Queen's Regiment [16] Leinster Regiment [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Royal Irish Fusiliers [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] Tank Corps [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Border Regiment [13] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [13] Royal Scots Fusiliers [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Scottish Rifles [13]

Service

British Army [1669] Royal Navy [167] Canadian Expeditionary Force [148] Australian Imperial Force [128] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [106] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [2306] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2251] Merchant Navy [47] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Canada [1] India [1]

James Joyce

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Alfred John Joyce

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 136874 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 136874 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Joyce

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 41984 Private Manchester Regiment

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Patrick Joseph Joyce

Died 1915

British Army 3386 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 3386 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.

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John Thomas Joyce

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 37072 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 37072 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Joseph Joyce

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 49421 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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John Ernest Joyce

Died 1917

British Army 30255 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Pierce Charles Joyce

Born 1878

Died 1964

British Army Captain British Liason Office attached Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Major British Liason Office attached Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Arab Army

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William Joseph Joyce

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 16323 Private Dorset Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Joyce

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96761

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Frederick William Joyce

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 58085

Canadian Expeditionary Force 58085 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick William Joyce

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202508

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Albert Gordon Joyce

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130227

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John Joyce

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy 5730A Seaman HMS Goliath Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5730A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5730A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Bertram Joyce

Born 1895

Died 1919

Royal Navy SS117688 Stoker 2nd Class

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Albert Charles Joyce

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230470

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William Libbeus Joyce

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238997

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Ernest Joyce

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239062

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Cyril Gordon Joyce

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 78th Squadron

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William Joyce

Born 1880

Died 1965

Canadian Expeditionary Force 285488

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