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Cork [20]

Cork, Cork [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Ipswich Queensland [4]

Kerry [4]

Queenstown, Cork [4]

Douglas, Cork [3]

Limerick [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Tralee, Kerry [3]

Banteer, Cork [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Burra South Australia [2]

Cork, Ireland [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Glanworth, Cork [2]

Kinsale, Cork [2]

London [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Morphett Vale South Australia [2]

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Shanaway, Cork [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Aghada, Cork [1]

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Bayswater, London [1]

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Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackrock, Cork [1]

Blackwater [1]

Brisbane, Queensland [1]

Bristol England [1]

Rank

Private [387]

Gunner [48]

Sapper [30]

Driver [25]

Lieutenant [24]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Captain [19]

Corporal [19]

Lance Corporal [19]

Serjeant [19]

Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Bombardier [3]

Colonel [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Chaplain 4th Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Guardsman [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal of Horse [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain and Paymaster [1]

Colonel 2nd Commandant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing/Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Munster Fusiliers [120]

Royal Engineers [47]

Royal Garrison Artillery [43]

Labour Corps [42]

Royal Field Artillery [38]

Irish Guards [36]

Leinster Regiment [27]

Army Service Corps [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Royal Irish Regiment [25]

Royal Irish Rifles [20]

Connaught Rangers [16]

London Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [13]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [13]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

South Wales Borderers [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Hussars [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

South Irish Horse [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Australian Field Artillery [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

HMS LION [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Life Guards [2]

Service

British Army [629]

Royal Navy [110]

Australian Imperial Force [103]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

O [962]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [933]

Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

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People [963] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cork [20] Cork, Cork [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Ipswich Queensland [4] Kerry [4] Queenstown, Cork [4] Douglas, Cork [3] Limerick [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Tralee, Kerry [3] Banteer, Cork [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Burra South Australia [2] Cork, Ireland [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Glanworth, Cork [2] Kinsale, Cork [2] London [2] Mackay Queensland [2] Morphett Vale South Australia [2] Port Adelaide South Australia [2] Shanaway, Cork [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Aghada, Cork [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Athlone [1] Ballimeen, Cork [1] Ballincan, Cork [1] Ballineen, Cork [1] Ballinliy [1] Ballynamought, Cork [1] Ballynoe, Waterford [1] Bandon, Cork [1] Bantry, Cork [1] Bayswater, London [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Belfast [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackrock, Cork [1] Blackwater [1] Brisbane, Queensland [1] Bristol England [1]

Rank

Private [387] Gunner [48] Sapper [30] Driver [25] Lieutenant [24] Second Lieutenant [20] Captain [19] Corporal [19] Lance Corporal [19] Serjeant [19] Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Bombardier [3] Colonel [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Chaplain 4th Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Guardsman [2] Nursing Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal of Horse [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain and Paymaster [1] Colonel 2nd Commandant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Honorary Major [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Nurse [1] Nursing/Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Munster Fusiliers [120] Royal Engineers [47] Royal Garrison Artillery [43] Labour Corps [42] Royal Field Artillery [38] Irish Guards [36] Leinster Regiment [27] Army Service Corps [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Royal Irish Regiment [25] Royal Irish Rifles [20] Connaught Rangers [16] London Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [13] Royal Irish Fusiliers [13] Royal Fusiliers [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] South Wales Borderers [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Highland Light Infantry [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Hussars [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] South Irish Horse [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Australian Field Artillery [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] Australian Infantry [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] HMS LION [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Life Guards [2]

Service

British Army [629] Royal Navy [110] Australian Imperial Force [103] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

O [962] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [933] Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [5] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1]

Arthur Moore O'sullivan

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Oxfordshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Gerald Robert O'sullivan

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Edward Wolfe Tone O'sullivan

Died 1918

British Army 235999 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 17th Battalion

British Army 2944 Manchester Regiment

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Donal Vincent O'sullivan

Born 1890

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplains' Department

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Thomas Real O'sullivan

Born 1892

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2

Australian Imperial Force 2763 Sergeant Australian Infantry

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Infantry 41st Battalion

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William O'sullivan

Died 1914

British Army 3/11125 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 11125 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Patrick O'sullivan

Died 1918

British Army 41390 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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David O'sullivan

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 21243 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 21243 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/21243 Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion B Company (Chatham)

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Reginald John O'sullivan

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237931

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James O'sullivan

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162855

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Patrick O'sullivan

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292311

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James O'sullivan

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 10181 Serjeant Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Timothy O'sullivan

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147784

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Fergus O'sullivan

Born 1897

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22 Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince of Wales' North Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Gerald Robert O'sullivan

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Michael O'sullivan

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286281

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Jeremiah O'sullivan

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 312487

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Jeremiah O'sullivan

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Temporary Captain Major Royal Engineers

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Timothy Christopher O'sullivan

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98042

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James O'sullivan

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109496

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