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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [13]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [8]

Dublin [6]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Waterford [4]

Wicklow [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bunbury Western Australia [2]

Clunes Victoria [2]

Dublin, Dublin [2]

Galway [2]

Kingstown, Cumberland, England [2]

Port Adelaide South Australia [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Springsure Queensland [2]

Tongala Victoria [2]

Trentham Victoria [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

West Maitland New South Wales [2]

Wexford [2]

Wirrabara South Australia [2]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Arklow, County Wicklow [1]

Athlone, Co Roscommon, [1]

Aughrim, Co. Wicklow [1]

Ballycarew, Wexford [1]

Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bannow, Wexford [1]

Barnard Castle, County Durham [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Blackley, Lancashire [1]

Bodangora New South Wales [1]

Bondi New South Wales [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlow Queensland [1]

Clontarf, County Dublin [1]

Cork [1]

County Carlow [1]

Dalkey, Dublin [1]

Dundrum, Dublin [1]

Dunsany, Meath [1]

Enniscorthy [1]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1]

Ferns, County Wexford [1]

Rank

Private [565]

Gunner [58]

Corporal [42]

Driver [32]

Sapper [29]

Serjeant [26]

Lance Corporal [24]

Captain [15]

Pioneer [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [4]

Guardsman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major General /Temporary Lieutenant General [4]

Rifleman [4]

Major [3]

Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Temporary Lieutenant General [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Assistant Forewoman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain (4th Class) The Reverend [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal/ Acting Serjeant [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant. [1]

Labourer [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Unit

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [114]

Labour Corps [84]

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Royal Irish Regiment [57]

Royal Engineers [53]

Army Service Corps [44]

Leinster Regiment [38]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [35]

Royal Irish Rifles [34]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Connaught Rangers [27]

Irish Guards [23]

Liverpool Regiment [23]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

London Regiment [11]

Hussars [10]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Staff [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [809]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

Royal Navy [56]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [50]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

K [1079]

D [3]

C [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1023]

Merchant Navy [55]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [13] Dublin, Suffolk, England [8] Dublin [6] Sydney New South Wales [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Waterford [4] Wicklow [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bunbury Western Australia [2] Clunes Victoria [2] Dublin, Dublin [2] Galway [2] Kingstown, Cumberland, England [2] Port Adelaide South Australia [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Springsure Queensland [2] Tongala Victoria [2] Trentham Victoria [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] West Maitland New South Wales [2] Wexford [2] Wirrabara South Australia [2] Albany Western Australia [1] Arklow, County Wicklow [1] Athlone, Co Roscommon, [1] Aughrim, Co. Wicklow [1] Ballycarew, Wexford [1] Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bannow, Wexford [1] Barnard Castle, County Durham [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Blackley, Lancashire [1] Bodangora New South Wales [1] Bondi New South Wales [1] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1] Brixton, London [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlow Queensland [1] Clontarf, County Dublin [1] Cork [1] County Carlow [1] Dalkey, Dublin [1] Dundrum, Dublin [1] Dunsany, Meath [1] Enniscorthy [1] Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1] Ferns, County Wexford [1]

Rank

Private [565] Gunner [58] Corporal [42] Driver [32] Sapper [29] Serjeant [26] Lance Corporal [24] Captain [15] Pioneer [14] Lieutenant [13] Second Lieutenant [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [4] Guardsman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major General /Temporary Lieutenant General [4] Rifleman [4] Major [3] Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Brigadier General [2] Temporary Lieutenant General [2] Worker [2] Acting Assistant Forewoman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain (4th Class) The Reverend [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal/ Acting Serjeant [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Flight Lieutenant. [1] Labourer [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1]

Unit

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [114] Labour Corps [84] Royal Field Artillery [59] Royal Irish Regiment [57] Royal Engineers [53] Army Service Corps [44] Leinster Regiment [38] Royal Irish Fusiliers [35] Royal Irish Rifles [34] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Connaught Rangers [27] Irish Guards [23] Liverpool Regiment [23] Royal Munster Fusiliers [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Army Service Corps [12] London Regiment [11] Hussars [10] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Corps of Hussars [7] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Army Cyclist Corps [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] Essex Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Staff [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [809] Australian Imperial Force [57] Royal Navy [56] Canadian Expeditionary Force [50] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

K [1079] D [3] C [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1023] Merchant Navy [55] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] New Zealand [1]

Charles Kavanagh

Born 1877

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 14279 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Richard Kavanagh

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 1757 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 11th Battalion

British Army 1757 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1st/1st West Lancashire Brigade

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Joseph Herbert Kavanagh

Born 1897

Died 1974

British Army 19954 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 50078 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 19954 Private East Yorkshire

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Patrick Kavanagh

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3086 Private 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Walter James Kavanagh

Born 1872

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4220

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Thomas Kavanagh

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 3489 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 3489 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Kavanagh

Born 1892

Died 1917

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British Army 7325 Private Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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Patrick Kavanagh

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 10329 Private Irish Guards

British Army 10329 Lance Corporal Irish Guards

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Joseph Kavanagh

Died 1918

British Army 7861 Private Acting Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 51780 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Francis Kavanagh

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 4249 Private Connaught Rangers

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John William Kavanagh

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 84448 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Lieutenant. Royal Flying Corps.

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Thomas Kavanagh

Born 1866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302806

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John Kavanagh

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295188

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Eugene Kavanagh

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 139487 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 3/1396 Private Leinster Regiment

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James Kavanagh

Died 1914

British Army 1454 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Bernard Kavanagh

Born 1864

Died 1917

British Army Reverend Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Chaplain (4th Class) The Reverend Army Chaplain's Department

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Edward Kavanagh

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87313

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Michael Kavanagh

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48154

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Thomas Edwin Kavanagh

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196294

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John Kavanagh

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199146

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