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Sydney New South Wales [8]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [4]

Wellington New South Wales [4]

Cork [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Richmond Tasmania [3]

Allendale Victoria [2]

Armagh [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Donegal [2]

Dublin [2]

Eulo Queensland [2]

Flemington Victoria [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Waterford [2]

Amey, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland [1]

Annalong [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ballylena, Down [1]

Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales [1]

Bantry, Cork [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Bega New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Belgooley, Cork [1]

Belgooly, Cork [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Brewarrina New South Wales [1]

Brighton Tasmania [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Campania Tasmania [1]

Campbelltown Tasmania [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carrigtwohill, Cork [1]

Chester England [1]

Cloughmills, Antrim [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cootamundra New South Wales [1]

Cumberland New South Wales [1]

Cushendeen, Antrim [1]

Darlington New South Wales [1]

Donegal, Co. Donegal [1]

Douglas, Cork [1]

Douglas, Isle of Man, England [1]

Edinburgh, [1]

Rank

Private [322]

Gunner [36]

Driver [25]

Serjeant [21]

Corporal [19]

Sapper [14]

Lance Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Captain [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Rifleman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

2nd Armourer's Crew [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver Shoeing Smith [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lance Serjeant Serjeant [1]

Leading Boatswain [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Sapper Acting Corporal [1]

Seaman [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant/Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [45]

Labour Corps [42]

Royal Irish Rifles [28]

Royal Engineers [27]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [23]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [23]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Connaught Rangers [17]

Royal Irish Regiment [16]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Leinster Regiment [14]

London Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Irish Guards [9]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [8]

Scottish Rifles [7]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Hussars [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [470]

Australian Imperial Force [77]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [67]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

K [733]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [698]

Merchant Navy [31]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Ireland [3]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [8] Dublin, Suffolk, England [4] Wellington New South Wales [4] Cork [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Richmond Tasmania [3] Allendale Victoria [2] Armagh [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Donegal [2] Dublin [2] Eulo Queensland [2] Flemington Victoria [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Waterford [2] Amey, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland [1] Annalong [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ballylena, Down [1] Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales [1] Bantry, Cork [1] Battersea, London [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Bega New South Wales [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Belgooley, Cork [1] Belgooly, Cork [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brewarrina New South Wales [1] Brighton Tasmania [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Campania Tasmania [1] Campbelltown Tasmania [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carrigtwohill, Cork [1] Chester England [1] Cloughmills, Antrim [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cootamundra New South Wales [1] Cumberland New South Wales [1] Cushendeen, Antrim [1] Darlington New South Wales [1] Donegal, Co. Donegal [1] Douglas, Cork [1] Douglas, Isle of Man, England [1] Edinburgh, [1]

Rank

Private [322] Gunner [36] Driver [25] Serjeant [21] Corporal [19] Sapper [14] Lance Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [6] Captain [6] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [6] Acting Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Rifleman [4] Able Seaman [3] Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] 2nd Armourer's Crew [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver Shoeing Smith [1] Forewoman [1] Lance Serjeant Serjeant [1] Leading Boatswain [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Sapper Acting Corporal [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant/Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Sister [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [45] Labour Corps [42] Royal Irish Rifles [28] Royal Engineers [27] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [23] Royal Irish Fusiliers [23] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Connaught Rangers [17] Royal Irish Regiment [16] Liverpool Regiment [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Leinster Regiment [14] London Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Highland Light Infantry [11] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Irish Guards [9] Royal Munster Fusiliers [8] Scottish Rifles [7] Cameron Highlanders [6] Canadian Infantry [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Scots [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Hussars [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [470] Australian Imperial Force [77] Canadian Expeditionary Force [67] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

K [733] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [698] Merchant Navy [31]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Ireland [3] New Zealand [1]

John Patrick Verdon Kearney

Born 1887

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 47528 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, D Company

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Patrick Kearney

Born 1894

Died 1963

British Army S/13729 (incomplete) Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/13729

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Charles Henry Kearney

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1542 Rifleman London Regiment 16th battalion lond Battalion

British Army No. 5 Officer Cadet Battalion

Royal Navy Temporary 2nd Lieutenant

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James Kearney

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10106 Private Connaught Rangers 2nd Battalion

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Jeremiah Kearney

Born 1870

Died 1915

Royal Navy 148877 Stoker 1st Class HMS Goliath

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Herbert Kearney

Born 1889

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Seaman Mercantile Marine, HMHS Galway Castle

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James J Kearney

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2241 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2241 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 2241 Private Corps of Hussars

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Robert Victor Alexander Kearney

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 23417 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 23417 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th

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James Kearney

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94015

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Robert Henry Kearney

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276507

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Patrick Kearney

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230751

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Patrick Kearney

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 23443 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Kearney

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy 223983 Able Seaman HMS Goliath

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John Kearney

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 23196 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 26949 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 16th (Transport Workers) Battalion.

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William Arthur Kearney

Born 1876

Died 1916

Royal Navy 281359 Warrant Mechanician HMS Warspite

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James Kearney

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43655

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John Kearney

Born 1881

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443402

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443402 Private Canadian Infantry

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Michael Kearney

Died 1918

British Army 25073 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Thomas Edwin Kearney

Born 1884

Died 1921

Royal Navy 218553

Other Empire Force 218553(PO) Leading Boatswain H.M. Coastguard

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Kenneth Macdonald Kearney

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 153846

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