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Ballarat Victoria [6]

Waterford [6]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Benalla Victoria [3]

Kilkenny [3]

Coolgardie Western Australia [2]

Humula New South Wales [2]

Leongatha Victoria [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Auckland [1]

Ballbriggan [1]

Ballyragget, Kilkenny [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Brecon [1]

Bright Victoria [1]

Burra South Australia [1]

Cairns Queensland [1]

Camberwell Victoria [1]

Clommel [1]

Co Waterford. [1]

Cork [1]

Delhi [1]

Dingle Co Kerry [1]

Dublin [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Erskineville New South Wales [1]

Euroa Victoria [1]

Finchley, London [1]

Galway [1]

Gladstone New South Wales [1]

Guernsey England [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Johnstown, Queens County [1]

Kilkenny, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Kilkenny, Ireland [1]

Little Bras D'or [1]

Liverpool [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Maryborough Victoria [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Newfoundland [1]

North Sydney New South Wales [1]

Omeo Victoria [1]

Penshurst Victoria [1]

Picton New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [210]

Sapper [17]

Serjeant [16]

Corporal [14]

Gunner [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Driver [7]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Captain [4]

Rifleman [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy soldier [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chaplain Father [1]

Chaplain to 1st Cruiser Squadron [1]

Colour Sejeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant/ Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Wheeler [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrical Artificer 3c [1]

Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Acting Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stewardess [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [32]

Labour Corps [29]

Leinster Regiment [25]

Royal Engineers [21]

Irish Guards [20]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

London Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3]

South Irish Horse [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

10th Hussars [1]

16th Lancers [1]

19th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [286]

Australian Imperial Force [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [464]

M [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [450]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Ireland [2]

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Place of birth

Ballarat Victoria [6] Waterford [6] Sydney New South Wales [4] Benalla Victoria [3] Kilkenny [3] Coolgardie Western Australia [2] Humula New South Wales [2] Leongatha Victoria [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Auckland [1] Ballbriggan [1] Ballyragget, Kilkenny [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brecon [1] Bright Victoria [1] Burra South Australia [1] Cairns Queensland [1] Camberwell Victoria [1] Clommel [1] Co Waterford. [1] Cork [1] Delhi [1] Dingle Co Kerry [1] Dublin [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Erskineville New South Wales [1] Euroa Victoria [1] Finchley, London [1] Galway [1] Gladstone New South Wales [1] Guernsey England [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Johnstown, Queens County [1] Kilkenny, Gloucestershire, England [1] Kilkenny, Ireland [1] Little Bras D'or [1] Liverpool [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newfoundland [1] North Sydney New South Wales [1] Omeo Victoria [1] Penshurst Victoria [1] Picton New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [210] Sapper [17] Serjeant [16] Corporal [14] Gunner [8] Lance Corporal [8] Driver [7] Colour Serjeant [5] Captain [4] Rifleman [4] Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Corporal [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy soldier [1] Bugler [1] Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chaplain Father [1] Chaplain to 1st Cruiser Squadron [1] Colour Sejeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant/ Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Wheeler [1] Drummer [1] Electrical Artificer 3c [1] Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Acting Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Stewardess [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [32] Labour Corps [29] Leinster Regiment [25] Royal Engineers [21] Irish Guards [20] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Field Artillery [16] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] London Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3] South Irish Horse [3] Tank Corps [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 10th Hussars [1] 16th Lancers [1] 19th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [286] Australian Imperial Force [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [464] M [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [450] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Ireland [2]

Thomas Phelan

Died 1916

British Army 5299 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 5299 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Phelan

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army W/792 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Patrick Phelan

Died 1916

British Army 2543 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Martin N Phelan

Died 1917

British Army 1365 Wheeler Royal Field Artillery

British Army 751673 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 751673 Corporal Wheeler Royal Field Artillery

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Kieran Phelan

Died 1915

British Army 4368 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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William Phelan

Died 1916

British Army 3298 Private Leinster Regiment

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James Phelan

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 11209 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Edward Phelan

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 7765 Private Irish Guards

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John Phelan

Died 1914

British Army 6239 Corporal Leinster Regiment

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John Phelan

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 3081 Private Leinster Regiment

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Daniel Phelan

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 16997 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 16997 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

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Frank Phelan

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 8840 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 8840 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Patrick Joseph Phelan

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287312

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William Phelan

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290780

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Thomas Phelan

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297862

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William Lawrence Phelan

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 153848

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William Phelan

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196134

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James Mcdonald Phelan

Born 1879

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 56839 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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William John Phelan

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J18454 Able Seaman HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Stewart Joseph Phelan

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy Chaplain Father HMS BLACK PRINCE

Royal Navy Chaplain to 1st Cruiser Squadron HMS Black Prince

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