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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Bingara New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Dublin [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Orange New South Wales [3]

Armagh [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Dublin, Dublin [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Galway [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Londonderry [2]

Londonderry (Derry) [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Oatlands Tasmania [2]

Parattah Tasmania [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Temora New South Wales [2]

Toodyay Western Australia [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ashton England [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bellerive Tasmania [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bexhill New South Wales [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bombay [1]

Bow, London [1]

Boyle, Roscommon [1]

Rank

Private [894]

Driver [56]

Gunner [56]

Serjeant [56]

Corporal [46]

Sapper [39]

Lance Corporal [31]

Pioneer [19]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Rifleman [5]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

Assistant Surgeon [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Trimmer [2]

Worker [2]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

Head Clerk [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [145]

Royal Engineers [80]

Army Service Corps [70]

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Manchester Regiment [41]

Highland Light Infantry [40]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Liverpool Regiment [38]

Royal Army Medical Corps [37]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [36]

Durham Light Infantry [35]

Royal Garrison Artillery [35]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [31]

Cheshire Regiment [27]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [27]

South Lancashire Regiment [27]

Royal Irish Rifles [26]

Scottish Rifles [24]

Connaught Rangers [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [20]

Royal Scots [20]

East Lancashire Regiment [19]

London Regiment [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

Royal Irish Regiment [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [18]

Leinster Regiment [18]

Border Regiment [14]

Irish Guards [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

West Riding Regiment [14]

Gordon Highlanders [13]

Royal Highlanders [13]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1219]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [129]

Australian Imperial Force [109]

Royal Navy [79]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

M [1656]

Contribution

Military Service [1613]

Merchant Navy [41]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Australia [2]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17] Melbourne Victoria [16] Adelaide South Australia [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Bingara New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Dublin [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Orange New South Wales [3] Armagh [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Dublin, Dublin [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Galway [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Lancashire England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Londonderry [2] Londonderry (Derry) [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Oatlands Tasmania [2] Parattah Tasmania [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Temora New South Wales [2] Toodyay Western Australia [2] Westminster, London [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ashton England [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bellerive Tasmania [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bexhill New South Wales [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bombay [1] Bow, London [1] Boyle, Roscommon [1]

Rank

Private [894] Driver [56] Gunner [56] Serjeant [56] Corporal [46] Sapper [39] Lance Corporal [31] Pioneer [19] Second Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [9] Captain [9] Lieutenant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Rifleman [5] Staff Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Nursing Sister [3] Transport Serjeant [3] Assistant Surgeon [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Transport Corporal [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Trimmer [2] Worker [2] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] Head Clerk [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [145] Royal Engineers [80] Army Service Corps [70] Royal Field Artillery [59] Manchester Regiment [41] Highland Light Infantry [40] Machine Gun Corps [39] Liverpool Regiment [38] Royal Army Medical Corps [37] Royal Irish Fusiliers [36] Durham Light Infantry [35] Royal Garrison Artillery [35] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [31] Cheshire Regiment [27] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [27] South Lancashire Regiment [27] Royal Irish Rifles [26] Scottish Rifles [24] Connaught Rangers [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] King's Own Scottish Borderers [20] Royal Scots [20] East Lancashire Regiment [19] London Regiment [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] Royal Irish Regiment [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [19] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [18] Leinster Regiment [18] Border Regiment [14] Irish Guards [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] West Riding Regiment [14] Gordon Highlanders [13] Royal Highlanders [13] Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] Royal Scots Fusiliers [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Seaforth Highlanders [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1219] Canadian Expeditionary Force [129] Australian Imperial Force [109] Royal Navy [79] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

M [1656]

Contribution

Military Service [1613] Merchant Navy [41]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Australia [2] Jamaica [1]

Walter Mcdermott

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 46166 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8th (Entrenching) Battalion

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Izett James Mcdermott

Born 1866

Died 1920

British Army 3769 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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Thomas Mcdermott

Born 1886

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3181

Australian Imperial Force 3181 Private A.I.F

Australian Imperial Force 51st Battalion

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Alfred Lewis Mcdermott

Other Empire Force 554 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 2015 Corporal British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 666 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Harold Mcdermott

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 16L/4752 Serjeant 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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James Mcdermott

Born 1877

Died 1920

British Army T4/129258 Private Army Service Corps Loaders, 6th Divisional Mechanical Transport

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Bernard Joseph Mcdermott

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army 29462 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Lawrence Mcdermott

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154997

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Thomas Mcdermott

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101657

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Walter G James Mcdermott

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279993

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William John Mcdermott

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147991

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James Mcdermott

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4875 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 4875 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1/5th Bn.

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James Arthur Mcdermott

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 15460 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 15460 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Edward Mcdermott

Born 1895

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Trimmer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Trimmer Mercantile Marine, S.S. ‘Ivernia’ (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine

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Frederick John Mcdermott

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 719

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Edward Patrick Mcdermott

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112185

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William Mcdermott

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32297

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Herbert Mcdermott

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69965

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Michael Mcdermott

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105830

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James Walter Mcdermott

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296953

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