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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Armagh [2]

Bridgetown Western Australia [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Cheltenham Victoria [2]

Durham [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow [2]

Jarrahdale Western Australia [2]

Keilor Victoria [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Langhorne Creek South Australia [2]

Lithgow New South Wales [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Lochiel South Australia [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Northcote Victoria [2]

Richmond New South Wales [2]

Aldershot England [1]

Antrim, Ireland [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Auckland [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Beaufort Victoria [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bristol [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Byrongolong Victoria [1]

Camperdown Victoria [1]

Canning Town, Essex, England [1]

Cardross, Dumbartons [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clare [1]

Cleator Moor, Cumberland [1]

Clonakiltty, Cork [1]

Cork [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Dalton New South Wales [1]

Dalziel, Lanark [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Dowlais, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [494]

Gunner [35]

Driver [28]

Corporal [24]

Sapper [23]

Serjeant [23]

Lance Corporal [10]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [5]

Bombardier [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver Shoeing Smith [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Trumpeter [1]

Signaller [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Conductor [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [79]

Royal Field Artillery [45]

Highland Light Infantry [39]

Royal Engineers [39]

Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Scots [29]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [29]

Scottish Rifles [29]

Durham Light Infantry [25]

Liverpool Regiment [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Gordon Highlanders [13]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Highlanders [12]

Welsh Regiment [12]

Cameron Highlanders [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Leinster Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Australian Infantry Battalion [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Service

British Army [655]

Australian Imperial Force [69]

Royal Navy [49]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

O [828]

M [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [820]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Armagh [2] Bridgetown Western Australia [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Cheltenham Victoria [2] Durham [2] Edinburgh [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow [2] Jarrahdale Western Australia [2] Keilor Victoria [2] Lancashire England [2] Langhorne Creek South Australia [2] Lithgow New South Wales [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Lochiel South Australia [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Northcote Victoria [2] Richmond New South Wales [2] Aldershot England [1] Antrim, Ireland [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Auckland [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Beaufort Victoria [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bristol [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Byrongolong Victoria [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Canning Town, Essex, England [1] Cardross, Dumbartons [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Clapham, London [1] Clare [1] Cleator Moor, Cumberland [1] Clonakiltty, Cork [1] Cork [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Dalton New South Wales [1] Dalziel, Lanark [1] Deal, Kent [1] Dowlais, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [494] Gunner [35] Driver [28] Corporal [24] Sapper [23] Serjeant [23] Lance Corporal [10] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [5] Bombardier [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver Shoeing Smith [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Trumpeter [1] Signaller [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Conductor [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [79] Royal Field Artillery [45] Highland Light Infantry [39] Royal Engineers [39] Army Service Corps [36] Royal Scots [29] Royal Scots Fusiliers [29] Scottish Rifles [29] Durham Light Infantry [25] Liverpool Regiment [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] King's Own Scottish Borderers [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Gordon Highlanders [13] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Highlanders [12] Welsh Regiment [12] Cameron Highlanders [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Defence Corps [9] London Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Fusiliers [7] Border Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Leinster Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Australian Infantry Battalion [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Scots Guards [4]

Service

British Army [655] Australian Imperial Force [69] Royal Navy [49] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

O [828] M [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [820] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Duncan O'neil

Died 1918

British Army 3/7442 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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James O'neil

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2060 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 43406 Private Scottish Rifles 9th Battalion

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Patrick O'neil

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407082

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Hugh O'neil

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy PLY/14912 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy CH/18487 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/18487 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Charles Edwin O'neil

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41903

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Thomas William O'neil

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138131

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John O'neil

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308218

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Albert O'neil

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 17674 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Patrick John O'neil

Born 1869

British Army 14537 Company Serjeant Major South Wales Borderers

British Army 14537 Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers

British Army 955 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Thomas O'neil

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1711 Private Army Pay Corps

British Army R12751 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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William John O'neil

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119901

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William O'neil

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233271

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Walter O'neil

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295879

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John O'neil

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262081

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John O'neil

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295061

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John O'neil

Died 1914

British Army 3/11331 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 11331 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Luiz Hugh O'neil

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279414

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John Teskey O'neil

Born 1862

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles 17th Battalion

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Francis O'neil

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy T 3141 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3141/T Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S "Defence."

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William O'neil

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104435

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