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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [33]

Melbourne Victoria [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire [10]

Belfast, Antrim [9]

Dublin [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6]

Hobart Tasmania [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Belfast [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Howard Queensland [5]

Perth Western Australia [5]

Liverpool England [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Arthur River, Western Australia [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Jarrow, Durham [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Armagh [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Drogheda [2]

Dukinfield, Cheshire [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Durham [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Monaghan [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Omeo Victoria [2]

Antrim, Antrim [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1]

Balbriggan, County Dublin [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Ireland [1]

Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackhill, Co Durham [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bootle England [1]

Rank

Private [858]

Corporal [69]

Driver [66]

Gunner [61]

Serjeant [44]

Sapper [42]

Lance Corporal [31]

Captain [13]

Pioneer [13]

Acting Corporal [12]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Rifleman [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Major [4]

Worker [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Bombardier [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Quarter Master and Captain [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Fitter Corporal [1]

Flight Serjeant/Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Lance Corporal/ Private /Lance Corporal/ Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [140]

Royal Field Artillery [84]

Royal Engineers [80]

Highland Light Infantry [75]

Scottish Rifles [52]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [50]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [45]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [45]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [44]

Army Service Corps [43]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

Northumberland Fusiliers [38]

Royal Scots [37]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [32]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

Liverpool Regiment [30]

Connaught Rangers [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

Royal Irish Rifles [29]

Manchester Regiment [26]

Leinster Regiment [24]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [23]

Royal Defence Corps [22]

Gordon Highlanders [21]

Royal Irish Regiment [20]

Seaforth Highlanders [20]

Royal Naval Division [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Royal Highlanders [15]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

South Lancashire Regiment [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

Irish Guards [12]

Border Regiment [11]

Cameron Highlanders [11]

London Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Service

British Army [1191]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [154]

Australian Imperial Force [142]

Royal Navy [106]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [1745]

Contribution

Military Service [1663]

Merchant Navy [77]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [33] Melbourne Victoria [13] Liverpool, Lancashire [10] Belfast, Antrim [9] Dublin [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6] Hobart Tasmania [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Belfast [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Howard Queensland [5] Perth Western Australia [5] Liverpool England [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Arthur River, Western Australia [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Jarrow, Durham [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Armagh [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Drogheda [2] Dukinfield, Cheshire [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Durham [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Kensington, London [2] Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Liverpool [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Monaghan [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Omeo Victoria [2] Antrim, Antrim [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1] Balbriggan, County Dublin [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Belfast, Ireland [1] Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackhill, Co Durham [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bootle England [1]

Rank

Private [858] Corporal [69] Driver [66] Gunner [61] Serjeant [44] Sapper [42] Lance Corporal [31] Captain [13] Pioneer [13] Acting Corporal [12] Second Lieutenant [10] Rifleman [8] Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Major [4] Worker [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Bombardier [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Quarter Master and Captain [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Transport Corporal [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Fitter Corporal [1] Flight Serjeant/Acting Serjeant Major [1] Gunner Acting Corporal [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Lance Corporal/ Private /Lance Corporal/ Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [140] Royal Field Artillery [84] Royal Engineers [80] Highland Light Infantry [75] Scottish Rifles [52] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [50] Royal Irish Fusiliers [45] Royal Scots Fusiliers [45] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [44] Army Service Corps [43] Durham Light Infantry [39] Northumberland Fusiliers [38] Royal Scots [37] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [32] Machine Gun Corps [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] Liverpool Regiment [30] Connaught Rangers [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] Royal Irish Rifles [29] Manchester Regiment [26] Leinster Regiment [24] King's Own Scottish Borderers [23] Royal Defence Corps [22] Gordon Highlanders [21] Royal Irish Regiment [20] Seaforth Highlanders [20] Royal Naval Division [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Royal Fusiliers [16] Royal Highlanders [15] Royal Munster Fusiliers [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] South Lancashire Regiment [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] East Lancashire Regiment [12] Irish Guards [12] Border Regiment [11] Cameron Highlanders [11] London Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Service

British Army [1191] Canadian Expeditionary Force [154] Australian Imperial Force [142] Royal Navy [106] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [1745]

Contribution

Military Service [1663] Merchant Navy [77] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [30] Australia [1] New Zealand [1]

William Mckenna

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 9980 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

British Army 201428 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5/6th Battalion

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James Francis Mckenna

Born 1887

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 4675 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Isidore Mckenna

Born 1892

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/1142 Sergeant Otago Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion

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James Mckenna

Born 1899

Died 1920

British Army 97915 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 97915 Private Training Reserve 12th Battalion

British Army 97915 Private The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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John Clement Mckenna

Born 1883

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2365 Private 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Walter William Mckenna

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4665 Private 48th Australian Infantry Battalion

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John James Mckenna

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 38767 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 38767 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Battalion

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Edward Mckenna

Born 1865

Died 1915

British Army Private King's Liverpool Regiment 3rd/5th Battalion

British Army 20770 Rifleman The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3rd/5th Battalion

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James Mckenna

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army W/5535 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Mckenna

Died 1917

British Army 337318 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Harry Mckenna

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 2931 Private Australian Infantry 34th Battalion

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William Mckenna

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146050

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William Mckenna

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143245

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Henry Mckenna

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125793

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John Mckenna

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42059

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Robert Mckenna

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143286

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Michael Mckenna

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 20652 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

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Henry Mckenna

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310349

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Brian Patrick Farrell Mckenna

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 804

Australian Imperial Force 804 Corporal 9th Australian Light Horse

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Herbert Hugh Mckenna

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209741

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