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Cork [5]

Kilkenny [3]

Kilmore Victoria [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Plymouth, Devon, England [3]

Queenstown, Cork [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Caltowie South Australia [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dublin [2]

Hay New South Wales [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Mount Gambier South Australia [2]

Port Augusta South Australia [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Tipperary [2]

Abbey Strewy, Cork [1]

Belfast [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bungendore New South Wales [1]

Cairns Queensland [1]

Camperdown Victoria [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Carrigaline, Cork [1]

Carrigtwahill, Cork [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Cheltham Victoria [1]

Chiswick, London, Middlesex [1]

Co Cork [1]

Cygnet Tasmania [1]

Desertserges, Cork [1]

Dingle, Kerry [1]

East Sheen, Surrey [1]

Fermoy, Cork [1]

Ferrnoy, Cork [1]

Glounthaune, Cork [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

Haddon Victoria [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Horndale South Australia [1]

Hornesdale South Australia [1]

Hornsdale South Australia [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Kingscote South Australia [1]

Kogarah New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [154]

Serjeant [19]

Gunner [16]

Captain [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Sapper [12]

Corporal [10]

Driver [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Pioneer [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Major [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Captain and Brevet Major [2]

Reverend [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Cook [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Major/ Brevet Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Machine Gun Carrier [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Drummer [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Trained Nurse [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [26]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Irish Regiment [17]

Irish Guards [15]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Connaught Rangers [8]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Leinster Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers/ Staff [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Indian Defence Force [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Military Works Service [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

American Ambulance Hospital of Paris Neuilly Sur Seine [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Service

British Army [279]

Australian Imperial Force [61]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

Royal Navy [38]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Last name first letter

L [466]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [449]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Cork [5] Kilkenny [3] Kilmore Victoria [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Plymouth, Devon, England [3] Queenstown, Cork [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Caltowie South Australia [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dublin [2] Hay New South Wales [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Mount Gambier South Australia [2] Port Augusta South Australia [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Tipperary [2] Abbey Strewy, Cork [1] Belfast [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bungendore New South Wales [1] Cairns Queensland [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Carrigaline, Cork [1] Carrigtwahill, Cork [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Cheltham Victoria [1] Chiswick, London, Middlesex [1] Co Cork [1] Cygnet Tasmania [1] Desertserges, Cork [1] Dingle, Kerry [1] East Sheen, Surrey [1] Fermoy, Cork [1] Ferrnoy, Cork [1] Glounthaune, Cork [1] Gympie Queensland [1] Haddon Victoria [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Horndale South Australia [1] Hornesdale South Australia [1] Hornsdale South Australia [1] Hoxton, London [1] Kingscote South Australia [1] Kogarah New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [154] Serjeant [19] Gunner [16] Captain [13] Lieutenant [13] Sapper [12] Corporal [10] Driver [9] Lance Corporal [8] Pioneer [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Major [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Captain and Brevet Major [2] Reverend [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Cook [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Major/ Brevet Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Drummer [1] Engineer Commander [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Machine Gun Carrier [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer [1] Private /Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Drummer [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sub Conductor [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Trained Nurse [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [26] Royal Field Artillery [24] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Irish Regiment [17] Irish Guards [15] Labour Corps [15] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Connaught Rangers [8] Royal Munster Fusiliers [8] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Cheshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Leinster Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers/ Staff [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Scots [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Indian Defence Force [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Military Works Service [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] American Ambulance Hospital of Paris Neuilly Sur Seine [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Service

British Army [279] Australian Imperial Force [61] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] Royal Navy [38] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Last name first letter

L [466] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [449] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Ireland [1]

Percy Edward Leahy

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

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James Michael Leahy

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

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Jeremiah Leahy

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13691

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Patrick Leahy

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 12765 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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William Leahy

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147524

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William Leahy

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40748

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Harry Leahy

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37220

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Walter John Leahy

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38891

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James Francis Leahy

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85902

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John Leahy

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 7607 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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John Leahy

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 367 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Leahy

Died 1916

British Army 40069 Private Welsh Regiment

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William Leahy

Died 1914

British Army 4155 Private Irish Guards

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Michael Andrew Leahy

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 5644 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Edward James Leahy

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 7711 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Daniel Leahy

Died 1917

British Army 7425 Private Irish Guards

British Army 7425 Corporal Irish Guards

British Army 7425 Lance Serjeant Irish Guards

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Patrick D. Leahy

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 16305 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Robert George Leahy

Died 1915

British Army 1450 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 1450 Private Welsh Regiment

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Henry C Leahy

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 20008 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 20008 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Timothy Leahy

Died 1915

British Army 7076 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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