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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]

William Polding Ryan

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1520 Corporal Australian Infantry 31st Battalion

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Cornelius Ryan

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 35063 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Henry Ryan

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy R/5489 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy R/5489 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Nelson Battalion

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John Ryan

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 5972 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Ryan

Born 1886

Died 1950

British Army 40974 Private Royal Scots

British Army 2378/40974 Private Royal Scots 5/6 Battalion

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Daniel Bernard Ryan

Born 1881

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 743 Private Australian Infantry 30th Battalion

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Denis Ryan

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4817 Private Irish Guards

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James Ryan

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 23665 Private Liverpool Regiment

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John Ryan

Born 1862

Died 1914

British Army 6591 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Ryan

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 11484 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 11484 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Christopher Ryan

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2034 Private Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 20871 Private Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 20871 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion.

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Alexander Ryan

Born 1891

British Army S/12402 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Depot

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James Ryan

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8613 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Michael Ryan

Died 1915

British Army 9853 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Louis Michael Ryan

Died 1916

British Army 11604 Private Coldstream Guards

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Michael Joseph Ryan

Died 1916

British Army 631292 Private London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich Rifles)

British Army 3402 Private London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich Rifles)

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Thomas Ryan

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 7923 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 7923 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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Philip Stephen Ryan

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 648789 Private Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Militia 97th Regiment

Canadian Expeditionary Force 648789 Private Canadian Forestry Corp 224th Battalion

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James Ryan

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136559

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James Michael Ryan

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 17751 Private East Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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