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Sydney New South Wales [36]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [19]

Cork [17]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Dublin [13]

Brisbane Queensland [10]

Limerick [8]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [6]

Launceston Tasmania [6]

London England [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Charters Towers Queensland [4]

Echuca Victoria [4]

Liverpool England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Richmond Victoria [4]

Tralee [4]

Wexford [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Deniliquin New South Wales [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Edinburgh Scotland [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

North Melbourne Victoria [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Sligo [3]

Tallygaroopna Victoria [3]

Tipperary [3]

Ballarat East Victoria [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Beaudesert Queensland [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Belfast, Down [2]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [2]

Clare [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Gladstone New South Wales [2]

Greenough Western Australia [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hawthorn Victoria [2]

Helidon Queensland [2]

Hesket Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1165]

Gunner [102]

Corporal [89]

Driver [85]

Serjeant [80]

Lance Corporal [60]

Sapper [47]

Captain [44]

Lieutenant [41]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Pioneer [20]

Major [13]

Worker [11]

Bombardier [10]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Guardsman [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Brevet Major [4]

Chaplain [4]

Nurse [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sister [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Commander [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Reverend [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Fitter [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Saddler [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [146]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [114]

Royal Engineers [109]

Royal Field Artillery [107]

Army Service Corps [100]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [82]

Royal Army Medical Corps [69]

Royal Irish Regiment [69]

Royal Garrison Artillery [64]

Irish Guards [58]

Royal Irish Rifles [52]

London Regiment [45]

Leinster Regiment [41]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

Connaught Rangers [39]

Manchester Regiment [39]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [36]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Scottish Rifles [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [22]

Highland Light Infantry [21]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [16]

Essex Regiment [15]

Royal Scots [15]

South Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Hussars [9]

Service

British Army [1788]

Australian Imperial Force [400]

Royal Navy [162]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [127]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [105]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [2669]

C [3]

L [1]

S [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2582]

Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Ireland [3]

New Zealand [3]

India [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [36] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [19] Cork [17] Melbourne Victoria [16] Dublin [13] Brisbane Queensland [10] Limerick [8] Ballarat Victoria [7] Dublin, Suffolk, England [6] Launceston Tasmania [6] London England [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Charters Towers Queensland [4] Echuca Victoria [4] Liverpool England [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Richmond Victoria [4] Tralee [4] Wexford [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Deniliquin New South Wales [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Edinburgh Scotland [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] North Melbourne Victoria [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Sligo [3] Tallygaroopna Victoria [3] Tipperary [3] Ballarat East Victoria [2] Battersea, London [2] Beaudesert Queensland [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Belfast, Down [2] Brighton Victoria [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [2] Clare [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Gladstone New South Wales [2] Greenough Western Australia [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hawthorn Victoria [2] Helidon Queensland [2] Hesket Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1165] Gunner [102] Corporal [89] Driver [85] Serjeant [80] Lance Corporal [60] Sapper [47] Captain [44] Lieutenant [41] Second Lieutenant [26] Pioneer [20] Major [13] Worker [11] Bombardier [10] Acting Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [9] Guardsman [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Corporal [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Staff Nurse [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Brevet Major [4] Chaplain [4] Nurse [4] Rifleman [4] Sister [4] Temporary Captain [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Commander [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Reverend [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Colonel [2] Deck Hand [2] Fitter [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Saddler [2] Serjeant Major [2] Stoker [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [146] Royal Munster Fusiliers [114] Royal Engineers [109] Royal Field Artillery [107] Army Service Corps [100] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [82] Royal Army Medical Corps [69] Royal Irish Regiment [69] Royal Garrison Artillery [64] Irish Guards [58] Royal Irish Rifles [52] London Regiment [45] Leinster Regiment [41] Liverpool Regiment [40] Connaught Rangers [39] Manchester Regiment [39] Machine Gun Corps [36] Royal Irish Fusiliers [36] Royal Fusiliers [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Scottish Rifles [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [22] Highland Light Infantry [21] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21] Middlesex Regiment [20] Royal Defence Corps [20] Rifle Brigade [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] East Lancashire Regiment [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] South Lancashire Regiment [16] Essex Regiment [15] Royal Scots [15] South Staffordshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Welsh Regiment [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] The Queen's Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Royal Scots Fusiliers [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Hussars [9]

Service

British Army [1788] Australian Imperial Force [400] Royal Navy [162] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [127] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [105] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [2669] C [3] L [1] S [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2582] Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Ireland [3] New Zealand [3] India [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

James O'connor

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 3423 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 291025 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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William O'connor

Died 1917

British Army 7736 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Thomas O'connor

Died 1917

British Army 239129 Private Herefordshire Regiment

British Army Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 5th battalion

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Patrick Joseph O'connor

Died 1916

British Army 3042 Rifleman London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

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Thomas O'connor

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 3089 Sapper Royal Engineers 2nd/2nd Northumbrian Field Coy.

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William Alfred O'connor

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249112

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John O'connor

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305588 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Recruits' Training Wing (Blandford)

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John O'connor

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311412

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Thomas O'connor

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 312485

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James Raymond O'connor

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307353

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Francis William O'connor

Born 1855

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Martin Connor

Born 1886

Died 1943

British Army 64804 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Willie O'connor

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278652

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Florence O'connor

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 6687 Private Connaught Rangers

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Charles O'connor

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 17633 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Edward O'connor

Died 1916

British Army 16128 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Jeremiah O'connor

Died 1918

British Army 15930 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15245 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Frederick William O'connor

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 6635 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Daniel O'connor

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 5969 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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James O'connor

Died 1917

British Army 27096 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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