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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]

John Mcdowell

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 2693 Private Welsh Guards

British Army 2693 Lance Corporal Welsh Guards

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Robert Mcdowell

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 5087 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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William Mcdowell

Died 1917

British Army 27071 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Mcdowell

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army T9325 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 402031 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 402031 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Wilfred Mcdowell

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3058 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 265820 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 265820 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Francis Mcdowell

Died 1916

British Army 2907 Private Leinster Regiment

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William Mcdowell

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 11161 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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William Mcdowell

British Army 19306 Lance Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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John Mcdowell

Died 1918

British Army 40837 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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James Mcdowell

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 4565 Private Border Regiment

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Robert Mcdowell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286865

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Robert Mcdowell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291360

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David Mcdowell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305538

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William Mcdowell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306072

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William Mcdowell

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306493

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Robert John Mcdowell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311568

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George Mcdowell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193459

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Thomas Mcdowell

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174759

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Charles Ennis Mcdowell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174553

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Thomas Mcdowell

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268114

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