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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

London England [3]

Sligo [3]

Aghada, Cork [2]

Cork [2]

Fentonbury Tasmania [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Korumburra Victoria [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Quirindi New South Wales [2]

Sale Victoria [2]

Stawell Victoria [2]

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Ash Island New South Wales [1]

Bagnalstown [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

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Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Chiswick, London [1]

Cygnet Tasmania [1]

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Dingle, Kerry [1]

Dublin [1]

East Maitland New South Wales [1]

Galway [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

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Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Midleton, Cork [1]

Mudgee New South Wales [1]

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Private [203]

Serjeant [20]

Corporal [16]

Driver [13]

Gunner [13]

Lance Corporal [13]

Sapper [9]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Signal Boatswain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cpl [1]

Cpl Dvr [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Connaught Rangers [26]

Labour Corps [25]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [23]

Royal Engineers [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [12]

Royal Irish Regiment [12]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Irish Guards [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Leinster Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Hussars [2]

Northumberland Yeomanry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [293]

Australian Imperial Force [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [47]

Royal Navy [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

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S [453]

Contribution

Military Service [437]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Sydney New South Wales [5] London England [3] Sligo [3] Aghada, Cork [2] Cork [2] Fentonbury Tasmania [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Korumburra Victoria [2] Mackay Queensland [2] Quirindi New South Wales [2] Sale Victoria [2] Stawell Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Allendale Victoria [1] Ash Island New South Wales [1] Bagnalstown [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Chiswick, London [1] Cygnet Tasmania [1] Devonport Tasmania [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dingle, Kerry [1] Dublin [1] East Maitland New South Wales [1] Galway [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Glenelg South Australia [1] Glennies Creek New South Wales [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire, England [1] Huon Tasmania [1] Jarrow, County Durham [1] Kensington South Australia [1] Kilkenny [1] Kilrush, Clare [1] Limrick [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Lyonville Victoria [1] Mallow, Cork [1] Manchester [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Midleton, Cork [1] Mudgee New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [203] Serjeant [20] Corporal [16] Driver [13] Gunner [13] Lance Corporal [13] Sapper [9] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Signal Boatswain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cpl [1] Cpl Dvr [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Connaught Rangers [26] Labour Corps [25] Royal Munster Fusiliers [23] Royal Engineers [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [12] Royal Irish Regiment [12] Royal Irish Fusiliers [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Irish Guards [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] London Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Leinster Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] West Riding Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Scottish Rifles [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] Border Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Hussars [2] Northumberland Yeomanry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [293] Australian Imperial Force [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [47] Royal Navy [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Last name first letter

S [453]

Contribution

Military Service [437] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4] United States [1]

Patrick Scanlon

Born 1893

Died 1964

British Army 4776 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 20770 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 4776 Cpl Dvr Royal field Artillery 5th Dac

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Sylvester Scanlon

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 8575 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 8575 Acting Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Daniel Scanlon

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 4906 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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John Scanlon

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144525

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Edwin Scanlon

Died 1915

British Army 2817 Private Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Scanlon

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263622

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Martin Scanlon

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 2499 Private Manchester Regiment 14th Battalion.

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Frederick Scanlon

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1460 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 41482 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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David Scanlon

Born 1886

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 503245

Canadian Expeditionary Force 503245 Lance Corporal Canadian Engineers

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James Scanlon

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 19005 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Ernest Scanlon

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 38124 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 38124 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Scanlon

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 7/7784 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 7/7784 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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Charles Edward Scanlon

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 28222 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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George W Scanlon

Died 1916

British Army 4381 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 4381 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Francis Scanlon

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 9115 Lance Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 9115 Serjeant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Bernard Scanlon

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 10395 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Patrick Scanlon

Died 1918

British Army 2027 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army SR2027 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 277027 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Ernest Scanlon

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1889 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas Scanlon

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 12650 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 16659 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 16659 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas Scanlon

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9576 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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