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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [36]

Sydney New South Wales [26]

Dublin [13]

Cork [12]

Belfast, Antrim [11]

Wexford [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire [10]

Brisbane Queensland [9]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [6]

Waterford [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Liverpool England [4]

Antrim [3]

Armidale New South Wales [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Bega New South Wales [3]

Callington South Australia [3]

Dalby Queensland [3]

Dublin, Dublin [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Toodyay Western Australia [3]

Wangaratta Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Armagh [2]

Auckland [2]

Belfast [2]

Bellary [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Blackall Queensland [2]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Castlebere, Cork [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Chester England [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Cooktown Queensland [2]

Cowra New South Wales [2]

Crookwell New South Wales [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Kensington Victoria [2]

Koroit Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1754]

Gunner [139]

Driver [114]

Serjeant [105]

Corporal [102]

Sapper [70]

Lance Corporal [59]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Pioneer [22]

Lieutenant [21]

Captain [17]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Acting Corporal [13]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Major [9]

Bombardier [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Guardsman [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Reverend [4]

Sister [4]

Chaplain [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Saddler [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Trooper [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Signaller [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [226]

Royal Field Artillery [146]

Royal Engineers [135]

Army Service Corps [126]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [125]

Royal Irish Rifles [106]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [97]

Royal Garrison Artillery [93]

Royal Irish Regiment [84]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [81]

Manchester Regiment [64]

Royal Army Medical Corps [61]

Machine Gun Corps [60]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [59]

Liverpool Regiment [57]

Leinster Regiment [56]

Northumberland Fusiliers [53]

Royal Scots [51]

Highland Light Infantry [48]

Connaught Rangers [46]

Lancashire Fusiliers [46]

Scottish Rifles [45]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [43]

Durham Light Infantry [41]

Cheshire Regiment [40]

Irish Guards [38]

London Regiment [38]

South Lancashire Regiment [35]

Welsh Regiment [33]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [30]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [29]

Seaforth Highlanders [29]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [27]

Border Regiment [26]

East Lancashire Regiment [26]

Royal Defence Corps [26]

Royal Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Naval Division [23]

Royal Highlanders [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Rifle Brigade [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Army Ordnance Corps [18]

South Wales Borderers [18]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Gordon Highlanders [15]

Corps of Hussars [14]

Service

British Army [2431]

Australian Imperial Force [326]

Royal Navy [190]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [108]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [89]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [3290]

C [2]

B [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3138]

Merchant Navy [143]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

Ireland [3]

India [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [36] Sydney New South Wales [26] Dublin [13] Cork [12] Belfast, Antrim [11] Wexford [11] Liverpool, Lancashire [10] Brisbane Queensland [9] Melbourne Victoria [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Dublin, Suffolk, England [6] Waterford [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Liverpool England [4] Antrim [3] Armidale New South Wales [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Bega New South Wales [3] Callington South Australia [3] Dalby Queensland [3] Dublin, Dublin [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Toodyay Western Australia [3] Wangaratta Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Armagh [2] Auckland [2] Belfast [2] Bellary [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Blackall Queensland [2] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Castlebere, Cork [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Chester England [2] Clapham, London [2] Cooktown Queensland [2] Cowra New South Wales [2] Crookwell New South Wales [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Footscray Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Kensington Victoria [2] Koroit Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1754] Gunner [139] Driver [114] Serjeant [105] Corporal [102] Sapper [70] Lance Corporal [59] Second Lieutenant [30] Pioneer [22] Lieutenant [21] Captain [17] Acting Serjeant [15] Acting Corporal [13] Staff Serjeant [12] Major [9] Bombardier [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Guardsman [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Rifleman [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Reverend [4] Sister [4] Chaplain [3] Nursing Sister [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Saddler [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Trooper [3] Worker [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Signaller [2] Sub Conductor [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Serjeant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [226] Royal Field Artillery [146] Royal Engineers [135] Army Service Corps [126] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [125] Royal Irish Rifles [106] Royal Irish Fusiliers [97] Royal Garrison Artillery [93] Royal Irish Regiment [84] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [81] Manchester Regiment [64] Royal Army Medical Corps [61] Machine Gun Corps [60] Royal Munster Fusiliers [59] Liverpool Regiment [57] Leinster Regiment [56] Northumberland Fusiliers [53] Royal Scots [51] Highland Light Infantry [48] Connaught Rangers [46] Lancashire Fusiliers [46] Scottish Rifles [45] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [43] Durham Light Infantry [41] Cheshire Regiment [40] Irish Guards [38] London Regiment [38] South Lancashire Regiment [35] Welsh Regiment [33] Royal Fusiliers [31] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [30] King's Own Scottish Borderers [29] Seaforth Highlanders [29] Royal Scots Fusiliers [27] Border Regiment [26] East Lancashire Regiment [26] Royal Defence Corps [26] Royal Army Service Corps [24] Royal Naval Division [23] Royal Highlanders [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Rifle Brigade [21] Yorkshire Regiment [20] Army Ordnance Corps [18] South Wales Borderers [18] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Gordon Highlanders [15] Corps of Hussars [14]

Service

British Army [2431] Australian Imperial Force [326] Royal Navy [190] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [108] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [89] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [4] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [3290] C [2] B [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3138] Merchant Navy [143]

Country

United Kingdom [41] Ireland [3] India [2] Australia [1] France [1] Turkey [1]

John Arthur O'neill

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 4367 Private Leicestershire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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James O'neill

Born 1896

Died 1969

British Army 3/3392 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 1st. Battalion

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Clarence O'neill

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 140 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Alexander Thomas O'neill

Born 1895

Died 1974

Australian Imperial Force 1345 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Daniel O'neill

Born 1870

Died 1914

British Army 103 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

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Andrew Christopher O'neill

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 371240 Lance Sergeant London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371240 Corporal London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3357 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Henry O'neill

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 11247 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 11247 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion The 2nd Salford Pals

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John Wilfred O'neill

Born 1879

Died 1954

British Army 285943 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 131541 Signaller !st/2nd Battion

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John O'neill

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 10824 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Edward O'neill

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2006/40400 Private Lancashire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 7th Battalion (Territorials)

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Samuel O'neill

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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William O'neill

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6697 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Arthur O'neill

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 15713 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Daniel O'neill

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 2908 Private Connaught Rangers

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Richard O'neill

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 7594 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 27055 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 8th

British Army 27055 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Patrick William O'neill

Born 1886

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2551 Private Australian Infantry 55th Battalion

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Alexander Wilton O'neill

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 853 Company Sergeant Major Australian Infantry 52nd Battalion

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Ambrose O'neill

Died 1916

British Army 7735 Private Scottish Rifles 1/5th Battalion

British Army 200691 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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James O'neill

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 9386 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9386 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edward Harold O'neill

Born 1893

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2116 Private Australian Infantry 18th Battalion

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