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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]

Joseph Mcdermott

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145884

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James Mcdermott

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83854

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J Mcdermott

Born 1878

Died 1935

British Army 8795 Serjeant/Drummer Royal Irish Regiment

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Alfred Mcdermott

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 16590 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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James Mcdermott

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 14041 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 10441 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 14041 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Mcdermott

Died 1918

British Army 243424 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert Keith Mcdermott

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Captain The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)

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James Farrell Mcdermott

Born 1876

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Surgeon Mercantile Marine RMS Lusitania

Other Empire Force Ships Surgeon Cunard Steamship Company Lusitania

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Denis Mcdermott

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy TS 7498 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 7498/TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - H.M Trawler "Chieftain"

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Aaron Mcdermott

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 10317 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

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Wilbert Mcdermott

Born 1894

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 6816 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 8432 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 8432 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Francis Mcdermott

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17269

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Henry Mcdermott

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311230

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John Mcdermott

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 37266 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Charles Edward Mcdermott

Died 1915

British Army 1995 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Edward Mcdermott

Died 1918

British Army 21502 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Samuel Mcdermott

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 19190 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edward Mcdermott

Died 1917

British Army 26/470 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Garrison Bn.

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Michael Mcdermott

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99673

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Wilfred Hugh Mcdermott

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102397

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