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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [29]

Liverpool, Lancashire [21]

Sydney New South Wales [15]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Scone New South Wales [7]

Swansea Tasmania [7]

Dublin [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Belfast [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Bundaberg Queensland [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Richmond Victoria [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Birregurra Victoria [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Lewisham London [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Orange New South Wales [3]

Antrim [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Beenleigh Queensland [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Brompton South Australia [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Coburg Victoria [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Cunnamulla Queensland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Kyneton Victoria [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Molong New South Wales [2]

Morpeth New South Wales [2]

Morrisons Victoria [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Parramatta New South Wales [2]

Picton New South Wales [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Prahran Victoria [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Singleton New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1739]

Driver [132]

Gunner [122]

Corporal [107]

Serjeant [95]

Sapper [84]

Lance Corporal [72]

Pioneer [35]

Acting Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Rifleman [14]

Bombardier [12]

Captain [10]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Worker [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Volunteer [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boatswain [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [252]

Royal Field Artillery [170]

Royal Engineers [163]

Army Service Corps [130]

Northumberland Fusiliers [90]

Royal Irish Rifles [80]

Manchester Regiment [78]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [73]

Liverpool Regiment [70]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [67]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [67]

Royal Garrison Artillery [64]

Royal Army Medical Corps [62]

Durham Light Infantry [60]

Connaught Rangers [57]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [57]

Royal Scots [55]

Royal Irish Regiment [53]

Highland Light Infantry [50]

Machine Gun Corps [50]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [49]

Scottish Rifles [48]

Lancashire Fusiliers [47]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [44]

Cheshire Regiment [38]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [38]

West Yorkshire Regiment [37]

Royal Highlanders [33]

Leinster Regiment [30]

Royal Defence Corps [30]

East Lancashire Regiment [29]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [29]

Irish Guards [28]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28]

Seaforth Highlanders [28]

South Lancashire Regiment [27]

London Regiment [24]

Royal Naval Division [24]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

Border Regiment [20]

West Riding Regiment [20]

Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Canadian Infantry [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Gordon Highlanders [17]

Cameron Highlanders [16]

Service

British Army [2372]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [278]

Australian Imperial Force [264]

Royal Navy [169]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [109]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [62]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

Q [3345]

B [2]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3248]

Merchant Navy [87]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Ireland [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [29] Liverpool, Lancashire [21] Sydney New South Wales [15] Ballarat Victoria [8] Scone New South Wales [7] Swansea Tasmania [7] Dublin [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Adelaide South Australia [4] Belfast [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Bundaberg Queensland [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Richmond Victoria [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Birregurra Victoria [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Lewisham London [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Orange New South Wales [3] Antrim [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Beenleigh Queensland [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Brompton South Australia [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Coburg Victoria [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Cunnamulla Queensland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Kyneton Victoria [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Molong New South Wales [2] Morpeth New South Wales [2] Morrisons Victoria [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Parramatta New South Wales [2] Picton New South Wales [2] Poplar, London [2] Prahran Victoria [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Singleton New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1739] Driver [132] Gunner [122] Corporal [107] Serjeant [95] Sapper [84] Lance Corporal [72] Pioneer [35] Acting Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [16] Lieutenant [15] Rifleman [14] Bombardier [12] Captain [10] Acting Serjeant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Lance Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant [5] Worker [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Nursing Sister [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Trooper [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2] Telegraphist [2] Volunteer [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Sub Conductor [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boatswain [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Bugler [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [252] Royal Field Artillery [170] Royal Engineers [163] Army Service Corps [130] Northumberland Fusiliers [90] Royal Irish Rifles [80] Manchester Regiment [78] Royal Irish Fusiliers [73] Liverpool Regiment [70] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [67] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [67] Royal Garrison Artillery [64] Royal Army Medical Corps [62] Durham Light Infantry [60] Connaught Rangers [57] Royal Scots Fusiliers [57] Royal Scots [55] Royal Irish Regiment [53] Highland Light Infantry [50] Machine Gun Corps [50] Royal Munster Fusiliers [49] Scottish Rifles [48] Lancashire Fusiliers [47] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [44] Cheshire Regiment [38] King's Own Scottish Borderers [38] West Yorkshire Regiment [37] Royal Highlanders [33] Leinster Regiment [30] Royal Defence Corps [30] East Lancashire Regiment [29] Royal Lancaster Regiment [29] Irish Guards [28] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28] Seaforth Highlanders [28] South Lancashire Regiment [27] London Regiment [24] Royal Naval Division [24] Royal Fusiliers [23] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Middlesex Regiment [21] Royal Army Service Corps [21] Border Regiment [20] West Riding Regiment [20] Yorkshire Regiment [20] Canadian Infantry [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Gordon Highlanders [17] Cameron Highlanders [16]

Service

British Army [2372] Canadian Expeditionary Force [278] Australian Imperial Force [264] Royal Navy [169] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [109] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [62] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

Q [3345] B [2] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3248] Merchant Navy [87] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [42] Ireland [1]

James Quinn

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 7726 Private Durham Light Infantry 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion

British Army 7726 Private Durham Light Infantry 4th (Territorial) Battalion

British Army 7726 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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William Quinn

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 327154 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 9-1491 Private Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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Isaac Quinn

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 24/1443 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Hugh Quinn

Born 1888

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Major

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant

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John Quinn

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 159180 Private Durham Light Infantry 1st/5th Battalion

British Army 15918 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Albion C Quinn

Born 1867

Died 1940

British Army SS/18011 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 192551 Private Labour Corps

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Stephen Quinn

Born 1877

Died 1939

British Army 4/7714 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 694719 Private Labour Corps

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Peter Quinn

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6552 Private Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

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Arthur John Quinn

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 33102 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James Quinn

Born 1893

Died 1979

British Army 1353 Bugler Durham Light Infantry

British Army 1353 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 1353 Private/Bugler Durham Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Thomas Quinn

Born 1885

British Army 11391 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 101078 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 10th Heavy Battery

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Michael Quinn

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 42913 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 49273 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 42913 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Quinn

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 8403 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8403 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Quinn

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 6/2403 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 6/2403 Private 149th Brigade 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

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James Quinn

Died 1918

British Army 266366 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 7th Battalion

British Army 3333 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 8th Battalion

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John Henry Quinn

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 19169 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Michael Quinn

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 2745 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Quinn

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 10011 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers Depot

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Adam Blackie Quinn

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 7235 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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John H Quinn

Died 1915

British Army 11020 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 11020 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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