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Melbourne Victoria [48]

Sydney New South Wales [41]

Cork [31]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [25]

London, Middlesex, England [23]

Liverpool, Lancashire [11]

Skibbereen, Cork [11]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [8]

Newcastle New South Wales [8]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Plymouth, Devon [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Queenstown, Cork [7]

Aghada, Cork [6]

Kinsale, Cork [6]

London England [6]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [6]

Wexford [6]

York Western Australia [6]

Dublin [5]

Fremantle Western Australia [5]

Fulham, London [5]

Kinsale [5]

Waterford [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4]

Clerkenwell, London [4]

Clonakilty, Cork [4]

Grenfell New South Wales [4]

Liverpool [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Woolwich, Kent [4]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Casino New South Wales [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Midleton, Cork [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Queenstown, Lancashire, England [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Berridale New South Wales [2]

Bingara New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1738]

Gunner [197]

Driver [179]

Serjeant [127]

Corporal [110]

Sapper [102]

Lance Corporal [65]

Lieutenant [34]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Acting Corporal [30]

Pioneer [29]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Captain [20]

Able Seaman [16]

Bombardier [16]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Rifleman [9]

Seaman [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Major [7]

Guardsman [6]

Lieutenant Commander [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Drummer [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Sister [3]

Stoker [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Battery Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [243]

Royal Field Artillery [231]

Royal Engineers [189]

Army Service Corps [171]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [156]

Royal Garrison Artillery [113]

Royal Irish Regiment [89]

London Regiment [75]

Royal Fusiliers [71]

Welsh Regiment [71]

Machine Gun Corps [70]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [66]

Royal Army Medical Corps [62]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [62]

Leinster Regiment [57]

Liverpool Regiment [54]

Royal Irish Rifles [51]

South Wales Borderers [47]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [45]

Connaught Rangers [42]

Manchester Regiment [41]

Northumberland Fusiliers [41]

Irish Guards [39]

Royal Defence Corps [39]

Rifle Brigade [37]

The Queen's Regiment [35]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34]

Middlesex Regiment [33]

Lancashire Fusiliers [32]

Royal Naval Division [31]

Royal Army Service Corps [29]

Durham Light Infantry [27]

Essex Regiment [25]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24]

South Lancashire Regiment [23]

Highland Light Infantry [21]

West Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Hampshire Regiment [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

Worcestershire Regiment [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Devonshire Regiment [18]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

Scottish Rifles [18]

Somerset Light Infantry [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [15]

Service

British Army [2628]

Australian Imperial Force [368]

Royal Navy [358]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [341]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [128]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [100]

Other Empire Force [7]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

M [4096]

B [1]

F [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3906]

Merchant Navy [160]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Ireland [2]

France [1]

New Zealand [1]

Pakistan [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [48] Sydney New South Wales [41] Cork [31] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [25] London, Middlesex, England [23] Liverpool, Lancashire [11] Skibbereen, Cork [11] Dublin, Suffolk, England [8] Newcastle New South Wales [8] Adelaide South Australia [7] Ballarat Victoria [7] Plymouth, Devon [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Queenstown, Cork [7] Aghada, Cork [6] Kinsale, Cork [6] London England [6] Southampton, Hampshire, England [6] Wexford [6] York Western Australia [6] Dublin [5] Fremantle Western Australia [5] Fulham, London [5] Kinsale [5] Waterford [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4] Clerkenwell, London [4] Clonakilty, Cork [4] Grenfell New South Wales [4] Liverpool [4] London, Middlesex [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Woolwich, Kent [4] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Casino New South Wales [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Midleton, Cork [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Queenstown, Lancashire, England [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Aston, Warwickshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Berridale New South Wales [2] Bingara New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1738] Gunner [197] Driver [179] Serjeant [127] Corporal [110] Sapper [102] Lance Corporal [65] Lieutenant [34] Second Lieutenant [34] Acting Corporal [30] Pioneer [29] Acting Serjeant [22] Captain [20] Able Seaman [16] Bombardier [16] Stoker 1st Class [13] Lance Serjeant [12] Staff Serjeant [10] Rifleman [9] Seaman [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Company Serjeant Major [7] Major [7] Guardsman [6] Lieutenant Commander [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Trooper [5] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Drummer [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Leading Seaman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nursing Sister [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Sister [3] Stoker [3] Worker [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Gunner [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Battery Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [243] Royal Field Artillery [231] Royal Engineers [189] Army Service Corps [171] Royal Munster Fusiliers [156] Royal Garrison Artillery [113] Royal Irish Regiment [89] London Regiment [75] Royal Fusiliers [71] Welsh Regiment [71] Machine Gun Corps [70] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [66] Royal Army Medical Corps [62] Royal Irish Fusiliers [62] Leinster Regiment [57] Liverpool Regiment [54] Royal Irish Rifles [51] South Wales Borderers [47] King's Royal Rifle Corps [45] Connaught Rangers [42] Manchester Regiment [41] Northumberland Fusiliers [41] Irish Guards [39] Royal Defence Corps [39] Rifle Brigade [37] The Queen's Regiment [35] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34] Middlesex Regiment [33] Lancashire Fusiliers [32] Royal Naval Division [31] Royal Army Service Corps [29] Durham Light Infantry [27] Essex Regiment [25] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24] South Lancashire Regiment [23] Highland Light Infantry [21] West Yorkshire Regiment [20] Hampshire Regiment [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] Worcestershire Regiment [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] Devonshire Regiment [18] East Surrey Regiment [18] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Royal West Kent Regiment [18] Scottish Rifles [18] Somerset Light Infantry [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Yorkshire Regiment [16] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [15]

Service

British Army [2628] Australian Imperial Force [368] Royal Navy [358] Canadian Expeditionary Force [341] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [128] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [100] Other Empire Force [7] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

M [4096] B [1] F [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3906] Merchant Navy [160] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Ireland [2] France [1] New Zealand [1] Pakistan [1]

Edwin Jeremiah Mccarthy

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army B/23295 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 23295 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion

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Michael Mccarthy

Born 1873

British Army 1982 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd (Militia) Battalion

British Army Private Royal Garrison Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 1982 Private South Wales Borderers

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Richard Mccarthy

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 10725 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion.

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Florence Mccarthy

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 265582 Private Labour Corps 546th Home Service Employment Company

British Army 7486 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

British Army 7486 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Mccarthy

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 10537 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10537 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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James Mccarthy

Born 1878

British Army Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 12402 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 12402 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Eugene Mccarthy

Born 1892

British Army 9669 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9669 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9669 Drummer South Wales Borderers Depot

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Alexander Mccarthy

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 3012 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Michael Mccarthy

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 7725 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 7725 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

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John Mccarthy

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army G/3162 Private East Kent Regiment

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Peter Mccarthy

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 4226 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Bernard Mccarthy

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1858 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 1858 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Ernest Frank Mccarthy

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy J29831 Able Seaman HM Submarine "L.10"

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William Mccarthy

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 11095 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Patrick Mccarthy

Born 1889

Died 1970

British Army 648983 Private Labour Corps

British Army British Expeditionary Force

British Army 852 Private South Irish Horse C Squadron

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Frank Lindeman Mccarthy

Born 1881

Died 1919

Royal Navy 11191 Colour Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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James Francis Mccarthy

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 8674 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 8674 Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

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Francis Mccarthy

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army G/27655 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Mccarthy

Died 1916

British Army 351311 Private London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

British Army 3677 Private London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

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Leonard Ivy Joseph Mccarthy

Born 1892

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24663 Corporal Canterbury Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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