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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]

Thomas Ryan

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1042 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 9th Bn.

British Army B/1042 Private Rifle Brigade

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Charles Snodgrass Ryan

Born 1853

Died 1926

Australian Imperial Force Surgeon General Colonel

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Michael Ryan

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143149

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John Joseph Ryan

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70941

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Michael Ryan

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269771

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Francis Ryan

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4213 Private Australian Infantry 28th Battalion

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Thomas Ryan

Born 1883

British Army 8129 Acting Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 8129 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8129 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles Francis Ryan

Born 1885

Died 1945

Royal Navy 217355 Petty Officer HMS BENBOW

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Charles Ryan

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294303

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Patrick Ryan

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160215

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Henry George Ryan

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403530

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Joseph Ryan

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288822

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James Ryan

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135740

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Maitland Ryan

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33446

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Francis Joseph Ryan

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122983

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Thomas Ryan

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 5179 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 5179 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Hugh Ryan

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1/1353 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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John Ryan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305022

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Edward Christopher Ryan

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy J47790

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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John Ryan

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8981 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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