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Cork [18]

Sydney New South Wales [10]

Brunswick New South Wales [7]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4]

Cork, Ireland [4]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Glebe New South Wales [3]

Limerick [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London [3]

West Melbourne Victoria [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Burwood New South Wales [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Cairns Queensland [2]

Clonakilty, Cork [2]

Cork, Cork [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Hillgrove New South Wales [2]

Inglewood Victoria [2]

Kerry [2]

Lismore New South Wales [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Port Pirie South Australia [2]

Queenstown, Cork [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Silverton New South Wales [2]

Trentham East Victoria [2]

Wanaaring New South Wales [2]

Windsor Victoria [2]

18 Gould Street, Cork City [1]

Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Armagh, Cork [1]

Baggotstown, Limerick [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Ballina New South Wales [1]

Ballyhack, Wexford [1]

Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Barcaldine Queensland [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [485]

Gunner [49]

Driver [40]

Serjeant [39]

Corporal [34]

Sapper [32]

Lance Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Pioneer [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [7]

Captain [7]

Bombardier [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Reverend [3]

Rifleman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chaplain The Reverend [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Seaman [1]

Serjeant /Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Munster Fusiliers [78]

Labour Corps [70]

Royal Engineers [62]

Royal Field Artillery [51]

Army Service Corps [43]

Royal Irish Regiment [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [25]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

Irish Guards [22]

London Regiment [22]

Leinster Regiment [17]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [16]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

South Wales Borderers [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Royal Irish Rifles [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Connaught Rangers [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Army Chaplain's Department [3]

Service

British Army [756]

Australian Imperial Force [121]

Royal Navy [82]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

O [1091]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1056]

Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Ireland [2]

China [1]

France [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Cork [18] Sydney New South Wales [10] Brunswick New South Wales [7] Adelaide South Australia [4] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4] Cork, Ireland [4] Carlton Victoria [3] Deptford, London [3] Glebe New South Wales [3] Limerick [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London [3] West Melbourne Victoria [3] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Burwood New South Wales [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Cairns Queensland [2] Clonakilty, Cork [2] Cork, Cork [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Hillgrove New South Wales [2] Inglewood Victoria [2] Kerry [2] Lismore New South Wales [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Marylebone, London [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Paddington, London [2] Port Pirie South Australia [2] Queenstown, Cork [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Silverton New South Wales [2] Trentham East Victoria [2] Wanaaring New South Wales [2] Windsor Victoria [2] 18 Gould Street, Cork City [1] Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Armagh, Cork [1] Baggotstown, Limerick [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Ballina New South Wales [1] Ballyhack, Wexford [1] Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales [1] Barcaldine Queensland [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [485] Gunner [49] Driver [40] Serjeant [39] Corporal [34] Sapper [32] Lance Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [14] Pioneer [13] Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [7] Captain [7] Bombardier [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Private Acting Corporal [4] Staff Nurse [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Reverend [3] Rifleman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Leading Stoker [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Sister [2] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chaplain The Reverend [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant /Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Munster Fusiliers [78] Labour Corps [70] Royal Engineers [62] Royal Field Artillery [51] Army Service Corps [43] Royal Irish Regiment [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [25] Royal Fusiliers [23] Irish Guards [22] London Regiment [22] Leinster Regiment [17] Royal Irish Fusiliers [16] Machine Gun Corps [14] South Wales Borderers [14] Welsh Regiment [14] Liverpool Regiment [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Royal Irish Rifles [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Connaught Rangers [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10] Middlesex Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Corps of Hussars [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Scottish Rifles [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Army Ordnance Corps [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Army Chaplain's Department [3]

Service

British Army [756] Australian Imperial Force [121] Royal Navy [82] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

O [1091] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1056] Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Ireland [2] China [1] France [1] Turkey [1]

James Thomas O'connell

Born 1874

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 158656

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Otis O'connell

Other Empire Force 1774 Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers 3rd Battalion

British Army 16326 Private British West Indies Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 16326 Private British West Indies Regiment 9th Battalion

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Mary O'connell Bianconi

Born 1896

Died 1968

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

British Army First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

British Army Auxiliary Territorial Service

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Terence James O'connell

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10725 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William Henry O'connell

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 1192 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1192 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Phillip O'connell

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 3/11034 Company Serjeant Major Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 3/11034 Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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John O'connell

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136628

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John O'connell

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294083

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Maurice O'connell

Born 1885

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 5741 Private Australian Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Frederick O'connell

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167091

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Thomas O'connell

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41609

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Maurice O'connell

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60012

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James O'connell

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 3200 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 19372 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Patrick Joseph O'connell

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26764

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Daniel O'connell

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 35210 Private West Riding Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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Samuel Joseph Suttle O'connell

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 537413 Private London Regiment

British Army 537413 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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William O'connell

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16169

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Michael O'connell

Born 1880

British Army 36047 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 693428 Private Labour Corps

British Army WR/311848 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Michael O'connell

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147866

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David O'connell

Born 1895

Died 1968

British Army 5791 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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