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Waterford [26]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16]

Sydney New South Wales [12]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Brisbane Queensland [9]

Dublin [9]

Cork [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Gosport, Hampshire [5]

Gympie Queensland [5]

Birchip Victoria [4]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [4]

Colac Victoria [3]

Cooma New South Wales [3]

Waterford, Ireland [3]

Ballybricken, Waterford [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Boulder Western Australia [2]

Branxholme Victoria [2]

Brentford England [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Camberwell Victoria [2]

Charlton Victoria [2]

Conna, Cork [2]

Cootamundra New South Wales [2]

Drumgoon, Cavan [2]

Eden New South Wales [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Girilambone New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Harrietville Victoria [2]

Invercarghill [2]

Limerick [2]

Lithgow New South Wales [2]

London England [2]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Orbost Victoria [2]

Parramatta New South Wales [2]

Porthcawl, Glamorganshire [2]

Roma Queensland [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Surrey Hills New South Wales [2]

Sydney, Cheshire, England [2]

Waterford, Waterford [2]

Rank

Private [862]

Gunner [81]

Driver [78]

Corporal [54]

Serjeant [51]

Sapper [50]

Lieutenant [47]

Second Lieutenant [36]

Captain [34]

Lance Corporal [31]

Pioneer [22]

Bombardier [12]

Major [12]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Acting Corporal [7]

Sepoy [6]

Trooper [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Admiral [3]

Cadet [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Seaman [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Worker [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Abe Bodied Seaman [1]

Abe Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [119]

Labour Corps [111]

Royal Engineers [102]

Royal Field Artillery [88]

Army Service Corps [80]

Royal Garrison Artillery [60]

Royal Army Medical Corps [41]

Liverpool Regiment [39]

Royal Irish Rifles [38]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [38]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [36]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [33]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Manchester Regiment [31]

London Regiment [30]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [28]

Welsh Regiment [27]

Irish Guards [26]

South Wales Borderers [25]

Leinster Regiment [24]

Connaught Rangers [23]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

South Lancashire Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Scottish Rifles [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Mahrattas [8]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1335]

Australian Imperial Force [213]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [185]

Royal Navy [153]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [47]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [2091]

S [4]

D [3]

O [3]

R [2]

V [2]

B [1]

C [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2020]

Merchant Navy [76]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Ireland [5]

India [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Waterford [26] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16] Sydney New South Wales [12] Melbourne Victoria [10] Brisbane Queensland [9] Dublin [9] Cork [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Gosport, Hampshire [5] Gympie Queensland [5] Birchip Victoria [4] Dublin, Suffolk, England [4] Colac Victoria [3] Cooma New South Wales [3] Waterford, Ireland [3] Ballybricken, Waterford [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Boulder Western Australia [2] Branxholme Victoria [2] Brentford England [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Camberwell Victoria [2] Charlton Victoria [2] Conna, Cork [2] Cootamundra New South Wales [2] Drumgoon, Cavan [2] Eden New South Wales [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Girilambone New South Wales [2] Hackney, London [2] Hackney, London, Middlesex [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Harrietville Victoria [2] Invercarghill [2] Limerick [2] Lithgow New South Wales [2] London England [2] Muswellbrook New South Wales [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Orbost Victoria [2] Parramatta New South Wales [2] Porthcawl, Glamorganshire [2] Roma Queensland [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Surrey Hills New South Wales [2] Sydney, Cheshire, England [2] Waterford, Waterford [2]

Rank

Private [862] Gunner [81] Driver [78] Corporal [54] Serjeant [51] Sapper [50] Lieutenant [47] Second Lieutenant [36] Captain [34] Lance Corporal [31] Pioneer [22] Bombardier [12] Major [12] Acting Serjeant [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [7] Acting Corporal [7] Sepoy [6] Trooper [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Rifleman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Admiral [3] Cadet [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Seaman [2] Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] Worker [2] ALIAS Private [1] Abe Bodied Seaman [1] Abe Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [119] Labour Corps [111] Royal Engineers [102] Royal Field Artillery [88] Army Service Corps [80] Royal Garrison Artillery [60] Royal Army Medical Corps [41] Liverpool Regiment [39] Royal Irish Rifles [38] Royal Munster Fusiliers [38] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [36] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [33] Machine Gun Corps [31] Manchester Regiment [31] London Regiment [30] Royal Irish Fusiliers [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [28] Welsh Regiment [27] Irish Guards [26] South Wales Borderers [25] Leinster Regiment [24] Connaught Rangers [23] Cheshire Regiment [17] Royal Defence Corps [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Somerset Light Infantry [15] Royal Army Service Corps [14] South Lancashire Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Middlesex Regiment [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Hampshire Regiment [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Royal Naval Division [10] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Scottish Rifles [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Devonshire Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Mahrattas [8] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [8] Essex Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1335] Australian Imperial Force [213] Canadian Expeditionary Force [185] Royal Navy [153] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [47] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [2091] S [4] D [3] O [3] R [2] V [2] B [1] C [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2020] Merchant Navy [76]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Ireland [5] India [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1]

Peter Power

Born 1876

British Army 5106 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

British Army 5106 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion (Home)

British Army 5106 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (India)

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James Power

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6409 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edmond Mark Power

Born 1891

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 30001 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick William Power

Born 1897

Died 1931

Royal Navy J36906 Able Seaman HMS Caladon

Royal Navy J36906 Able Seaman HMS Boadicea

Royal Navy J36906 Able Seaman HMS Duke Of Edinburgh

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Edward Power

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 6061 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 6061 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Victor Power

Born 1893

Died 1975

British Army 502703 Labour Corps 651 Agricultural Company

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Richard Power

Born 1871

Died 1917

Royal Navy CPO

Royal Navy CPO

Other Empire Force Mate Mercantile Marine SS Mary Baird

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Albert Edward Power

Born 1899

Died 1976

British Army 128478 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 46701 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 169849 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Kathleen Power

Born 1888

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force Nursing Sister Australian Army Nursing Service

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William Power

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 6463 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 6463 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred George Power

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1586 Private London Regiment

British Army 1586 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1586 Lance Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Richard Power

Born 1872

Died 1917

Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Merchant Navy Mercantile Marine

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Brian Christopher Power

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 296 Private Acting Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 296 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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Alfred Edward Power

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 415035 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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John Joseph Power

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 5532 Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 22792 Rifleman The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3rd/5th Bn.

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Arthur John Power

Born 1889

Died 1960

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Cadet H.M.S Britannia

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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Richard Power

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 22522 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion 4th Salford Pals.

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Thomas Power

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 332799 Private Liverpool Regiment

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John Joseph Power

Born 1884

Died 1971

British Army S4/128401 Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S4/128401 Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps MT

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Maurice Power

Died 1914

British Army 6573 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 6573 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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