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Benalla Victoria [3]

Dublin [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Castleblaney, County Monaghan [1]

Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Dundalk, Louth [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Hull England [1]

Kilsyth, Stirlingshire [1]

Limburtonshire Scotland [1]

Melbourne Vic [1]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [1]

South Dublin, Dublin [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Tyrone [1]

Wapping, London [1]

West Maitland New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [135]

Corporal [17]

Driver [13]

Gunner [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rough Rider [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9]

Royal Irish Rifles [9]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Border Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

King's African Rifles [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Irish Guards [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Orthopaedic Unit attached Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Scots Guards [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/17th Regiment [1]

1st Brigade [1]

2/12th Regiment [1]

3rd Battalion Australian Imperial Force [1]

ALIAS [1]

Service

British Army [193]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [65]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Royal Navy [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [311]

Contribution

Military Service [306]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Ireland [1]

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People [311] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Benalla Victoria [3] Dublin [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Castleblaney, County Monaghan [1] Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Dundalk, Louth [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Hull England [1] Kilsyth, Stirlingshire [1] Limburtonshire Scotland [1] Melbourne Vic [1] Muswellbrook New South Wales [1] South Dublin, Dublin [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Tyrone [1] Wapping, London [1] West Maitland New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [135] Corporal [17] Driver [13] Gunner [8] Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Rough Rider [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [14] Manchester Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [10] Highland Light Infantry [9] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9] Royal Irish Rifles [9] Scottish Rifles [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Border Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] King's African Rifles [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Scots [3] Cameron Highlanders [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Irish Guards [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Orthopaedic Unit attached Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Scots Guards [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/17th Regiment [1] 1st Brigade [1] 2/12th Regiment [1] 3rd Battalion Australian Imperial Force [1] ALIAS [1]

Service

British Army [193] Canadian Expeditionary Force [65] Australian Imperial Force [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Royal Navy [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [311]

Contribution

Military Service [306] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Ireland [1]

Thomas Mcelroy

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81136

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Michael Mcelroy

Born 1886

Died 1921

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 21710 Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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Frederick William Mcelroy

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 9419 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 18/1583 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Tank Corps

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David Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force 60733

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Roy William Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force N74413

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J Mcelroy

Died 1918

British Army 6255 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Arthur William Mcelroy

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154505

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Patrick Mcelroy

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187835

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Gabriel Mcelroy

Born 1871

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42836 Auckland Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Tom Mcelroy

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95171

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William Mcelroy

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 17199 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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B M Mcelroy

Died 1918

British Army 9333 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 9333 Private ALIAS

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William Alexander Mcelroy

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 27129 Private Manchester Regiment

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Frank Mcelroy

Died 1915

British Army 15617 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Mcelroy

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 70147 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 70147 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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David Mcelroy

Died 1918

British Army 7689 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7689 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Thomas Mcelroy

Died 1915

British Army 16387 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Harry Mcelroy

Died 1915

British Army 10978 Private Scots Guards

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James Mcelroy

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 13116 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 13116 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Michael Mcelroy

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 13192 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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