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Sydney New South Wales [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Balranald New South Wales [2]

Belfast [2]

Belfast, Down [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Lisburn, Down [2]

Lismore New South Wales [2]

Ahmedabad, India [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Ballymena, Co. Antrim [1]

Banchory, Kincardineshire, Scotland [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

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Burnley England [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Crieff, Perthshire [1]

Daagh, Antrim [1]

Dalbeattie Kirkcudbright [1]

Dalrymple, Ayrshire [1]

Down Town, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Forest Hill New South Wales [1]

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Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1]

Gloucester New South Wales [1]

Goroke Victoria [1]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Hatfield New South Wales [1]

Holytown, Lanarkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Leith, Edinburgh [1]

Leitrim, Ireland [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Mile End South Australia [1]

Motherwell Scotland [1]

Musselburgh, Midlothian [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire [1]

Northumberland [1]

Orange New South Wales [1]

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Private [385]

Serjeant [33]

Corporal [32]

Gunner [32]

Sapper [27]

Driver [23]

Lance Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [4]

Rifleman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [48]

Royal Field Artillery [43]

Labour Corps [42]

Royal Engineers [40]

Royal Scots [35]

Highland Light Infantry [28]

Scottish Rifles [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Army Service Corps [25]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [22]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [21]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

Cameron Highlanders [10]

Seaforth Highlanders [10]

Gordon Highlanders [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Royal Highlanders [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Leinster Regiment [5]

Royal Irish Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Connaught Rangers [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dragoons [2]

Service

British Army [559]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [66]

Australian Imperial Force [42]

Royal Navy [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

M [763]

H [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [742]

Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Balranald New South Wales [2] Belfast [2] Belfast, Down [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Lisburn, Down [2] Lismore New South Wales [2] Ahmedabad, India [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Ballymena, Co. Antrim [1] Banchory, Kincardineshire, Scotland [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Burnley England [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Crieff, Perthshire [1] Daagh, Antrim [1] Dalbeattie Kirkcudbright [1] Dalrymple, Ayrshire [1] Down Town, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Edinburgh [1] Forest Hill New South Wales [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow, Renfrewshire [1] Gloucester New South Wales [1] Goroke Victoria [1] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Hatfield New South Wales [1] Holytown, Lanarkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Leith, Edinburgh [1] Leitrim, Ireland [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Mile End South Australia [1] Motherwell Scotland [1] Musselburgh, Midlothian [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire [1] Northumberland [1] Orange New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [385] Serjeant [33] Corporal [32] Gunner [32] Sapper [27] Driver [23] Lance Corporal [12] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [4] Rifleman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [48] Royal Field Artillery [43] Labour Corps [42] Royal Engineers [40] Royal Scots [35] Highland Light Infantry [28] Scottish Rifles [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Army Service Corps [25] Royal Scots Fusiliers [22] Royal Irish Fusiliers [21] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [14] Manchester Regiment [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] Cameron Highlanders [10] Seaforth Highlanders [10] Gordon Highlanders [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Royal Highlanders [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Leinster Regiment [5] Royal Irish Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Connaught Rangers [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Scots Guards [4] Tank Corps [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dragoons [2]

Service

British Army [559] Canadian Expeditionary Force [66] Australian Imperial Force [42] Royal Navy [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

M [763] H [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [742] Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [12] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

James Mccartney

Born 1872

British Army 321 Warrant Officer Class 2 Scottish Rifles

British Army 321 Company Serjeant Major Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 321 Company Sergeant Major Scottish Rifles Territorial Infantry, North Section, 3rd Echelon

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George Mccartney

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122667

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Robert Mccartney

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73839

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William Mccartney

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198828

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Thomas Mccartney

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97896

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Robert Mccartney

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295874

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John Mccartney

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 17848 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Gilbert Harris Mccartney

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army 74170 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 74170 Corporal RAMC

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Hugh Alfred Mccartney

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96370

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William Mccartney

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122416

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George Hull Mccartney

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103631

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Clarence Mccartney

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 15686 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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William Mccartney

Died 1918

British Army 375602 Private Royal Scots 13th Battalion

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Robert Mccartney

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186521

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Joseph Underwood Mccartney

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61851

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John Mccartney

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 4323 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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George Mccartney

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1716 Trooper Household Battalion

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Thomas Valentine Mccartney

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287580

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James Mccartney

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2729 Trooper Household Battalion

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Edward Mccartney

Died 1917

British Army 4907 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 266995 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 266995 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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