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Sydney New South Wales [13]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Belfast, Antrim [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Warrnambool Victoria [4]

Belfast [3]

Newtownards, Down [3]

Donaghadee, Down [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Glenarm, Antrim [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Port Augusta South Australia [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Allansford Victoria [1]

Allora Queensland [1]

Antrim North [1]

Ashford New South Wales [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Ballyward, Banbridge, Co Down [1]

Bangor, Down [1]

Belfast N.Ireland [1]

Belfast, County Antrim [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Breakfast Creek Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim [1]

Changna Greeg [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Co. Tipperary [1]

County Down [1]

Cross Hill Scotland [1]

Diamond Creek Victoria [1]

Dorchester, New Brunswick [1]

Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Down [1]

Dublin [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

Eaglehawk Victoria [1]

East Molesey, Surrey [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glassdrummond ,Co Down [1]

Glastry [1]

Govan, Lanarkshire [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Rank

Private [379]

Gunner [35]

Corporal [33]

Sapper [25]

Lance Corporal [24]

Serjeant [24]

Driver [20]

Lieutenant [19]

Pioneer [14]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Rifleman [11]

Acting Corporal [6]

Captain [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Bombardier [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Chauffeur (Driver) [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal 2nd Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver Acting Farrier Corporal [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant and Colour Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Official Cinematographer [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman Private [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [113]

Royal Engineers [55]

Labour Corps [49]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [44]

Royal Field Artillery [43]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34]

Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

London Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Border Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Scots [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Royal Highlanders [7]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6]

Royal Irish Regiment [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Leinster Regiment [5]

North Irish Horse [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Irish Guards [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Service

British Army [607]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [106]

Australian Imperial Force [59]

Royal Navy [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [923]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [899]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [13] Melbourne Victoria [10] Belfast, Antrim [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Warrnambool Victoria [4] Belfast [3] Newtownards, Down [3] Donaghadee, Down [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Glenarm, Antrim [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Port Augusta South Australia [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Allansford Victoria [1] Allora Queensland [1] Antrim North [1] Ashford New South Wales [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Ballyward, Banbridge, Co Down [1] Bangor, Down [1] Belfast N.Ireland [1] Belfast, County Antrim [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Breakfast Creek Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim [1] Changna Greeg [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Co. Tipperary [1] County Down [1] Cross Hill Scotland [1] Diamond Creek Victoria [1] Dorchester, New Brunswick [1] Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Down [1] Dublin [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Eaglehawk Victoria [1] East Molesey, Surrey [1] Edinburgh [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glassdrummond ,Co Down [1] Glastry [1] Govan, Lanarkshire [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Rank

Private [379] Gunner [35] Corporal [33] Sapper [25] Lance Corporal [24] Serjeant [24] Driver [20] Lieutenant [19] Pioneer [14] Second Lieutenant [12] Rifleman [11] Acting Corporal [6] Captain [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Bombardier [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy Servant [1] Chauffeur (Driver) [1] Commander [1] Corporal 2nd Acting Corporal [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver Acting Farrier Corporal [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant and Colour Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Official Cinematographer [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman Private [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [113] Royal Engineers [55] Labour Corps [49] Royal Irish Fusiliers [44] Royal Field Artillery [43] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34] Army Service Corps [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Liverpool Regiment [11] London Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Scottish Rifles [11] Border Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Highland Light Infantry [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Scots [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Royal Highlanders [7] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6] Royal Irish Regiment [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Leinster Regiment [5] North Irish Horse [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Munster Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Tank Corps [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Irish Guards [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Service

British Army [607] Canadian Expeditionary Force [106] Australian Imperial Force [59] Royal Navy [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [923] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [899] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Ireland [2] Australia [1] Canada [1]

James Mcdowell

Born 1897

Died 1968

British Army 15/3263 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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George Mcdowell

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15149 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 15149 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James Mcdowell

Born 1864

Died 1919

British Army 115165 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 291646 Private Labour Corps

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Joseph Mcdowell

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 18283 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/14610 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Frederick William Mcdowell

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy 206475 Able Seaman HMS Goliath

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Matilda Mcdowell

Born 1884

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Chauffeur (Driver) Scottish Women's Hospitals [British Committee French Red Cross] London Unit ( Russia/Roumania)

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Robert John Mcdowell

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 2644S Stoker HMS Goliath

Royal Navy 2644S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2644S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Frank Mcdowell

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234184

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David Mcdowell

Died 1916

British Army 27/461 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Thomas Mcdowell

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 12/18276 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Henry Richard Mcdowell

Born 1901

Died 1918

Royal Navy L11621 Boy Servant HMS Vivid

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Frederick George Mcdowell

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212812

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Thomas William Mcdowell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270665

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Andrew Mcdowell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 271339

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James Mcdowell

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278788

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Glass Steenson Mcdowell

Died 1915

British Army 14760 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Francis Mcdowell

Died 1915

British Army 9062 Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Alfred Ellison Mcdowell

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army S4/065481 Private Army Service Corps

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George Mcdowell

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 41983 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 518073 Private Labour Corps

British Army 102050 Private Royal Fusiliers

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James Mcdowell

Died 1917

British Army 20759 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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