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Sydney New South Wales [9]

Dublin [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Wicklow [6]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Cork [4]

South Melbourne Victoria [4]

Dundee [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Boyanup Western Australia [2]

Bungendore New South Wales [2]

Busselton Western Australia [2]

Candelo New South Wales [2]

Cavan [2]

Drouin Victoria [2]

Dublin, Ireland [2]

Dundalk [2]

Essendon Victoria [2]

Flowerdale Tasmania [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Glebe New South Wales [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Killorglin, Kerry [2]

Lancefield Victoria [2]

Londonderry (Derry) [2]

Midland Junction Western Australia [2]

North Melbourne Victoria [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Airdrie [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Allahabad [1]

Ashtown, Co. Dublin [1]

Balbriggan, Dublin [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballinamore, Ireland [1]

Ballyconnell, Carlow [1]

Rank

Private [1178]

Gunner [88]

Driver [77]

Corporal [59]

Serjeant [56]

Lance Corporal [33]

Sapper [33]

Captain [21]

Pioneer [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Major [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Bombardier [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Seaman [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Bugler [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Conductor [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Reverend [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Alias Private [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Clerk [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [164]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [109]

Army Service Corps [92]

Royal Field Artillery [88]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [87]

Highland Light Infantry [86]

Connaught Rangers [76]

Leinster Regiment [73]

Royal Engineers [72]

Royal Irish Rifles [68]

Royal Irish Regiment [65]

Royal Scots [63]

Scottish Rifles [52]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [51]

Royal Garrison Artillery [47]

Irish Guards [43]

Royal Army Medical Corps [43]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [42]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Royal Highlanders [37]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23]

Gordon Highlanders [22]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [21]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Cameron Highlanders [17]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [7]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Service

British Army [1578]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [123]

Australian Imperial Force [122]

Royal Navy [104]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

R [2088]

F [1]

H [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2028]

Merchant Navy [50]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

India [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [9] Dublin [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Melbourne Victoria [7] Wicklow [6] Dublin, Suffolk, England [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Cork [4] South Melbourne Victoria [4] Dundee [3] Edinburgh [3] Moonee Ponds Victoria [3] Aberdeen [2] Albany Western Australia [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Boyanup Western Australia [2] Bungendore New South Wales [2] Busselton Western Australia [2] Candelo New South Wales [2] Cavan [2] Drouin Victoria [2] Dublin, Ireland [2] Dundalk [2] Essendon Victoria [2] Flowerdale Tasmania [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Glebe New South Wales [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Killorglin, Kerry [2] Lancefield Victoria [2] Londonderry (Derry) [2] Midland Junction Western Australia [2] North Melbourne Victoria [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Airdrie [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Allahabad [1] Ashtown, Co. Dublin [1] Balbriggan, Dublin [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballinamore, Ireland [1] Ballyconnell, Carlow [1]

Rank

Private [1178] Gunner [88] Driver [77] Corporal [59] Serjeant [56] Lance Corporal [33] Sapper [33] Captain [21] Pioneer [15] Lieutenant [13] Second Lieutenant [13] Major [10] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Rifleman [7] Able Seaman [6] Bombardier [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Shoeing Smith [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Seaman [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Bugler [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Conductor [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Reverend [2] Sub Conductor [2] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Alias Private [1] Assistant Matron [1] Brevet Major [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Clerk [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [164] Royal Irish Fusiliers [109] Army Service Corps [92] Royal Field Artillery [88] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [87] Highland Light Infantry [86] Connaught Rangers [76] Leinster Regiment [73] Royal Engineers [72] Royal Irish Rifles [68] Royal Irish Regiment [65] Royal Scots [63] Scottish Rifles [52] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [51] Royal Garrison Artillery [47] Irish Guards [43] Royal Army Medical Corps [43] Royal Scots Fusiliers [42] Machine Gun Corps [37] Royal Highlanders [37] Royal Munster Fusiliers [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23] Gordon Highlanders [22] Liverpool Regiment [22] King's Own Scottish Borderers [21] Royal Naval Division [21] Cameron Highlanders [17] Royal Defence Corps [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Royal Flying Corps [14] Seaforth Highlanders [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Manchester Regiment [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] East Lancashire Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Durham Light Infantry [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [7] Canadian Infantry [7] Essex Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Air Force [7]

Service

British Army [1578] Canadian Expeditionary Force [123] Australian Imperial Force [122] Royal Navy [104] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

R [2088] F [1] H [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2028] Merchant Navy [50] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Ireland [2] Australia [1] China [1] India [1]

Bernard Leonard Reilly

Born 1893

Died 1986

Australian Imperial Force 11527 Gunner 5 Field Artilliary Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 11527 Gunner Ammunition Column

Australian Imperial Force 11527 Gunner 5th FA Bde BAC

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John Thomas Reilly

Born 1895

Died 1966

Australian Imperial Force 5175 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Terence Edward Reilly

Born 1896

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 3030 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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Philip Francis Reilly

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 10931 Private Connaught Rangers 2nd Battalion

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Leonard George Reilly

Died 1918

British Army S/4/122400 Private Army Service Corps

British Army A/202853 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th

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Thomas Reilly

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 8716 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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William Charles Reilly

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2394 Private 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion

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Bernard Reilly

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S/13906 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/43608 Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army S/43608 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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John Harrison Reilly

Born 1895

Died 1950

Australian Imperial Force 2474 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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John Reilly

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 13258 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 13258 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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Patrick Reilly

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135003

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Edward Reilly

Born 1866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186049

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George Stephen Reilly

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163454

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James Reilly

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164898

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William Reilly

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293411

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Joseph Reilly

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133807

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Patrick Reilly

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135009

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Christopher Reilly

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146082

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William Reilly

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18544

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Francis Reilly

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135574

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