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Sydney New South Wales [88]

Melbourne Victoria [35]

Tipperary [30]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [26]

Brisbane Queensland [24]

Adelaide South Australia [19]

Waterford [19]

Ballarat Victoria [18]

Limerick [16]

Dublin [15]

Bathurst New South Wales [13]

Richmond Victoria [13]

Goulburn New South Wales [12]

Carlton Victoria [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire [11]

Toowoomba Queensland [11]

Bendigo Victoria [10]

Broken Hill New South Wales [10]

Geelong Victoria [10]

Ipswich Queensland [10]

London England [10]

London, Middlesex, England [10]

North Melbourne Victoria [10]

Coonamble New South Wales [9]

Liverpool England [9]

Newcastle New South Wales [9]

Armidale New South Wales [8]

Cork [8]

Lismore New South Wales [8]

Cobar New South Wales [7]

Cootamundra New South Wales [7]

Glen Innes New South Wales [7]

Gympie Queensland [7]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [7]

Wexford [7]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [6]

Inverell New South Wales [6]

Launceston Tasmania [6]

Queanbeyan New South Wales [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Brunswick New South Wales [5]

Bundaberg Queensland [5]

Camperdown Victoria [5]

Dalby Queensland [5]

Fitzroy Victoria [5]

Forbes New South Wales [5]

Hamilton Victoria [5]

Hay New South Wales [5]

Horsham Victoria [5]

Albury New South Wales [4]

Rank

Private [2102]

Gunner [201]

Driver [161]

Serjeant [140]

Corporal [136]

Sapper [108]

Lance Corporal [94]

Captain [56]

Pioneer [49]

Lieutenant [44]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Acting Corporal [27]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Bombardier [22]

Major [21]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Rifleman [14]

Able Seaman [11]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Nursing Sister [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Worker [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Chaplain [2]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Conductor [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Flight Cadet [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [306]

Royal Field Artillery [252]

Royal Engineers [224]

Royal Irish Regiment [198]

Army Service Corps [156]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [128]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [123]

Royal Garrison Artillery [121]

Royal Army Medical Corps [97]

Liverpool Regiment [87]

Leinster Regiment [78]

Manchester Regiment [76]

Machine Gun Corps [72]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [72]

London Regiment [67]

Royal Fusiliers [64]

Connaught Rangers [62]

Irish Guards [55]

South Lancashire Regiment [55]

Lancashire Fusiliers [54]

Northumberland Fusiliers [45]

Cheshire Regiment [44]

Royal Irish Rifles [44]

Canadian Infantry [41]

Rifle Brigade [38]

Welsh Regiment [37]

Middlesex Regiment [34]

East Lancashire Regiment [32]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [32]

Durham Light Infantry [31]

Royal Defence Corps [31]

Royal Naval Division [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [30]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [29]

Hampshire Regiment [28]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [28]

South Wales Borderers [26]

York and Lancaster Regiment [25]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Essex Regiment [22]

Royal Air Force [21]

Royal West Kent Regiment [21]

Hussars [20]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Worcestershire Regiment [20]

Scottish Rifles [19]

Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [3112]

Australian Imperial Force [1116]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [639]

Royal Navy [272]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [180]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [175]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [5650]

C [3]

K [3]

A [1]

H [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5490]

Merchant Navy [149]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [64]

Ireland [8]

Australia [4]

India [4]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

Saint Kitts and Nevis [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [88] Melbourne Victoria [35] Tipperary [30] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [26] Brisbane Queensland [24] Adelaide South Australia [19] Waterford [19] Ballarat Victoria [18] Limerick [16] Dublin [15] Bathurst New South Wales [13] Richmond Victoria [13] Goulburn New South Wales [12] Carlton Victoria [11] Liverpool, Lancashire [11] Toowoomba Queensland [11] Bendigo Victoria [10] Broken Hill New South Wales [10] Geelong Victoria [10] Ipswich Queensland [10] London England [10] London, Middlesex, England [10] North Melbourne Victoria [10] Coonamble New South Wales [9] Liverpool England [9] Newcastle New South Wales [9] Armidale New South Wales [8] Cork [8] Lismore New South Wales [8] Cobar New South Wales [7] Cootamundra New South Wales [7] Glen Innes New South Wales [7] Gympie Queensland [7] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [7] Wexford [7] Dublin, Suffolk, England [6] Inverell New South Wales [6] Launceston Tasmania [6] Queanbeyan New South Wales [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Brunswick New South Wales [5] Bundaberg Queensland [5] Camperdown Victoria [5] Dalby Queensland [5] Fitzroy Victoria [5] Forbes New South Wales [5] Hamilton Victoria [5] Hay New South Wales [5] Horsham Victoria [5] Albury New South Wales [4]

Rank

Private [2102] Gunner [201] Driver [161] Serjeant [140] Corporal [136] Sapper [108] Lance Corporal [94] Captain [56] Pioneer [49] Lieutenant [44] Second Lieutenant [41] Acting Corporal [27] Acting Serjeant [24] Bombardier [22] Major [21] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Rifleman [14] Able Seaman [11] Colour Serjeant [11] Acting Bombardier [10] Company Serjeant Major [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Nursing Sister [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Worker [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Brevet Major [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Chaplain [2] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Conductor [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Flight Cadet [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [306] Royal Field Artillery [252] Royal Engineers [224] Royal Irish Regiment [198] Army Service Corps [156] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [128] Royal Munster Fusiliers [123] Royal Garrison Artillery [121] Royal Army Medical Corps [97] Liverpool Regiment [87] Leinster Regiment [78] Manchester Regiment [76] Machine Gun Corps [72] Royal Irish Fusiliers [72] London Regiment [67] Royal Fusiliers [64] Connaught Rangers [62] Irish Guards [55] South Lancashire Regiment [55] Lancashire Fusiliers [54] Northumberland Fusiliers [45] Cheshire Regiment [44] Royal Irish Rifles [44] Canadian Infantry [41] Rifle Brigade [38] Welsh Regiment [37] Middlesex Regiment [34] East Lancashire Regiment [32] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [32] Durham Light Infantry [31] Royal Defence Corps [31] Royal Naval Division [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [31] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [30] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30] Royal Army Service Corps [29] Hampshire Regiment [28] Royal Lancaster Regiment [28] South Wales Borderers [26] York and Lancaster Regiment [25] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Essex Regiment [22] Royal Air Force [21] Royal West Kent Regiment [21] Hussars [20] The Queen's Regiment [20] Worcestershire Regiment [20] Scottish Rifles [19] Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [3112] Australian Imperial Force [1116] Canadian Expeditionary Force [639] Royal Navy [272] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [180] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [175] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [5650] C [3] K [3] A [1] H [1] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5490] Merchant Navy [149] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [64] Ireland [8] Australia [4] India [4] Canada [1] New Zealand [1] Saint Kitts and Nevis [1]

Patrick Ryan

Born 1881

British Army 6988 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

British Army 6988 Private Royal Irish Regiment Depot

British Army 6988 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion (South Africa)

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Harry Ryan

Born 1883

Died 1956

British Army 37632 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 37632 Pte Yorks and Lancs Regiment

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Alexander Munn Ryan

Born 1891

Died 1950

British Army S/14234 Private Cameron Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Patrick John Ryan

Born 1874

Died 1914

British Army 4834 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Stephen Ryan

Born 1888

Died 1947

Royal Navy 228470 Able Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE

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John Ryan

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42580 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3 Battalion

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Patrick Joseph Ryan

Died 1956

British Army 8512 Lance Serjeant Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Alfred Harold Ryan

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2016 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 200273 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Thomas John Ryan

Born 1897

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2241 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Edward John Ryan

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy RMA/7906 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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Patrick Vincent Michael Ryan

Born 1881

Australian Imperial Force 1837

Australian Imperial Force 1837 7th Austrealian Light Horse

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Henry Herbert Wade Ryan

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100539 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force School of Armaments, Uxbridge

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100539 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force No 6 School of Aeronautics

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100539 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps No 1 OCW, St Leonards

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David Ryan

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 6339 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Robert Ryan

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 15418 Private South Wales Borderers

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John Ryan

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army G/608 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Stephen Ryan

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 6726 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Patrick Ryan

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army B/20280 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Richard Michael Ryan

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9330 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Harold St. Clair Ryan

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 470947

Canadian Expeditionary Force 470947 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edmond Ryan

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 10745 Acting Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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