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Sydney New South Wales [25]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Cork [9]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Echuca Victoria [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Carlton Victoria [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Cranbourne Victoria [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Dublin [4]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [4]

Gulgong New South Wales [4]

Limerick [4]

Bracknell Tasmania [3]

Bundaberg Queensland [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

Limehouse, London [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Williamstown Victoria [3]

Aghada, Cork [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [2]

Belfast [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Cairns Queensland [2]

Clapham [2]

Cooktown Queensland [2]

Cork, Ireland [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Kingstown, Cumberland, England [2]

Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Liverpool [2]

London England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mount Gambier South Australia [2]

Rank

Private [1173]

Gunner [102]

Driver [101]

Corporal [90]

Serjeant [81]

Sapper [50]

Lance Corporal [47]

Pioneer [29]

Lieutenant [28]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Captain [20]

Acting Corporal [19]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Rifleman [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Bombardier [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Transport Serjeant [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Conductor [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bandsman [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [175]

Royal Field Artillery [125]

Royal Engineers [123]

Army Service Corps [117]

Royal Garrison Artillery [58]

Liverpool Regiment [57]

London Regiment [53]

Royal Irish Regiment [48]

Manchester Regiment [43]

South Lancashire Regiment [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [38]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

East Lancashire Regiment [33]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [33]

West Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Lancashire Fusiliers [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [30]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Cheshire Regiment [28]

East Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Royal Irish Rifles [24]

Connaught Rangers [23]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Rifle Brigade [23]

Welsh Regiment [23]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [22]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Royal Naval Division [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

Highland Light Infantry [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

South Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

Royal Scots [17]

The Queen's Regiment [17]

York and Lancaster Regiment [17]

Leinster Regiment [16]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

Seaforth Highlanders [15]

Scottish Rifles [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

West Riding Regiment [13]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12]

Service

British Army [1743]

Australian Imperial Force [234]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [232]

Royal Navy [177]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [88]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [45]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [2576]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2519]

Merchant Navy [51]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Ireland [5]

Australia [2]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [25] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Cork [9] Ballarat Victoria [7] Echuca Victoria [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Brisbane Queensland [6] Carlton Victoria [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Cranbourne Victoria [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Dublin [4] Dublin, Suffolk, England [4] Gulgong New South Wales [4] Limerick [4] Bracknell Tasmania [3] Bundaberg Queensland [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Greenwich, London [3] Limehouse, London [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Williamstown Victoria [3] Aghada, Cork [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Beaconsfield Tasmania [2] Belfast [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Cairns Queensland [2] Clapham [2] Cooktown Queensland [2] Cork, Ireland [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Kingstown, Cumberland, England [2] Lambeth, Surrey [2] Liverpool [2] London England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mount Gambier South Australia [2]

Rank

Private [1173] Gunner [102] Driver [101] Corporal [90] Serjeant [81] Sapper [50] Lance Corporal [47] Pioneer [29] Lieutenant [28] Second Lieutenant [25] Captain [20] Acting Corporal [19] Acting Serjeant [9] Rifleman [9] Able Seaman [8] Bombardier [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Transport Serjeant [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Temporary Captain [4] Conductor [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Trooper [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bandsman [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [175] Royal Field Artillery [125] Royal Engineers [123] Army Service Corps [117] Royal Garrison Artillery [58] Liverpool Regiment [57] London Regiment [53] Royal Irish Regiment [48] Manchester Regiment [43] South Lancashire Regiment [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [38] Royal Fusiliers [35] East Lancashire Regiment [33] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [33] West Yorkshire Regiment [33] Lancashire Fusiliers [30] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Royal Munster Fusiliers [30] Machine Gun Corps [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Cheshire Regiment [28] East Yorkshire Regiment [26] Royal Irish Rifles [24] Connaught Rangers [23] Middlesex Regiment [23] Rifle Brigade [23] Welsh Regiment [23] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [22] Royal Irish Fusiliers [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Royal Naval Division [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] Highland Light Infantry [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] South Staffordshire Regiment [18] Devonshire Regiment [17] Durham Light Infantry [17] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] Royal Scots [17] The Queen's Regiment [17] York and Lancaster Regiment [17] Leinster Regiment [16] Royal Defence Corps [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] Seaforth Highlanders [15] Scottish Rifles [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] West Riding Regiment [13] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12]

Service

British Army [1743] Australian Imperial Force [234] Canadian Expeditionary Force [232] Royal Navy [177] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [88] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [45] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [2576] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2519] Merchant Navy [51]

Country

United Kingdom [35] Ireland [5] Australia [2] India [1] Jamaica [1]

James Anthony Lyons

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191347

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Michael Lyons

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267255

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James Lyons

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115519

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William John Lyons

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94961

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Douglas Victor Lyons

Born 1882

Died 1934

British Army G/15732 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 9th Battalion

British Army TR/10/5518 Private Training Reserve 22nd Battalion

British Army 52763 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Patrick Lyons

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 1524 Private Royal Irish Regiment Depot

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Albert Alexander Lyons

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 710 Shoeing Smith South Irish Horse

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Daniel David Lyons

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 19002 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Thomas Lyons

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 4145 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 201736 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 4145 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2/7th Battalion

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William Lyons

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 3908 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Richard Augustus Lyons

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 10280 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

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Harry Lyons

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 122778 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 5998727 Private Essex Regiment

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Louis Lyons

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104497

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Denis Lyons

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298956

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Charles George Lyons

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295412

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Richard Lyons

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26774

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Richard Thomas Lyons

Born 1893

Died 1973

British Army 17939 Warrant Officer Class 2 Welsh Regiment

British Army 17939 Serjeant Welsh Regiment Swansea Pals 14th

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William Lyons

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109314

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Patrick Joseph Lyons

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168873

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Albert Edward Lyons

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73370

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