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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]

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Sapper [1]

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Staff Serjeant [1]

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Wheeler [1]

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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

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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]

William J. Mcelroy

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 10496 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 10496 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Phillip Mcelroy

Died 1917

British Army 252643 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 285182 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John Henry Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force 427

Australian Imperial Force 1631

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John Henry Mcelroy

Born 1878

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 427 Private 1st Brigade 2nd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 427 Lance Corporal 1st Brigade 2nd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 427 Corporal 1st Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Joseph William Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force 347

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Michael Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force 55183

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William Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force 2414

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John Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force

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Patrick Joseph Mcelroy

Born 1882

British Army 531 Non-Combatant Corps

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Thomas Mcelroy

Born 1882

Royal Navy 397 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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John Peter Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force 3550

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Lewis Robert Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force 2053

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Ernest John Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force 6846

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Sarah May Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force

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Allan John Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force 592

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Joseph Mcelroy

Australian Imperial Force 986

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George Christopher Mcelroy

Born 1900

Royal Navy J43979

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Thomas Mcelroy

Born 1882

Royal Navy Z/ 5154 Royal Naval Division

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Arthur Mcelroy

Born 1900

Royal Navy M35133

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George Christopher Mcelroy

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS120996

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