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Sydney New South Wales [15]

Belfast, Antrim [14]

Belfast [8]

Dublin [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Perth Western Australia [4]

South Melbourne Victoria [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Belfast, County Antrim [3]

Cork [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Dungarvan, Waterford [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Weymouth, Dorset [3]

Abbeyleix, Queen's County [Laois] [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [2]

Armagh [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Chester, Cheshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Kingstown, Cumberland, England [2]

Londonderry [2]

Molong New South Wales [2]

Nathalia Victoria [2]

Portaferry, Down [2]

Riverton South Australia [2]

Stawell Victoria [2]

Thursday Island Queensland [2]

Waterford [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

Abbeyleix, Laois (Queen's County) [1]

Abbeyleix, Laois (Queen's County), Ireland [1]

Abbeyleix, Queen's County [1]

Abbyleix, Queen's County (Laois) [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Allora Queensland [1]

Arlend Victoria [1]

Athy [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Aylstone, Leicester [1]

Baldock, Hertfordshire [1]

Ballymahon, Longford [1]

Ballymena [1]

Rank

Private [754]

Corporal [72]

Captain [68]

Gunner [67]

Second Lieutenant [62]

Lieutenant [59]

Serjeant [55]

Driver [46]

Sapper [37]

Lance Corporal [33]

Major [22]

Acting Corporal [21]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Pioneer [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Able Seaman [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Sister [6]

Captain /Temporary Major [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Rifleman [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Captain /Acting Major [3]

Colonel [3]

Commander [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Nurse [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Colonel /Temporary Major General [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Group Captain [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Major General [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [201]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [94]

Royal Engineers [89]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [86]

Labour Corps [85]

Royal Field Artillery [72]

Army Service Corps [71]

Royal Garrison Artillery [54]

Royal Army Medical Corps [49]

Royal Irish Regiment [43]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [33]

Leinster Regiment [30]

London Regiment [27]

Irish Guards [23]

Connaught Rangers [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [15]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Air Force [12]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

South Irish Horse [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Gordon Highlanders [8]

Hussars [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

North Irish Horse [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [6]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Service

British Army [1295]

Royal Navy [140]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [121]

Australian Imperial Force [110]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32]

British Indian Army [2]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [1831]

B [7]

H [5]

W [5]

M [3]

G [2]

C [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1795]

Merchant Navy [54]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Ireland [12]

India [3]

Australia [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Jersey [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [15] Belfast, Antrim [14] Belfast [8] Dublin [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Perth Western Australia [4] South Melbourne Victoria [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Belfast, County Antrim [3] Cork [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Dungarvan, Waterford [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Weymouth, Dorset [3] Abbeyleix, Queen's County [Laois] [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [2] Armagh [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Chester, Cheshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Kingstown, Cumberland, England [2] Londonderry [2] Molong New South Wales [2] Nathalia Victoria [2] Portaferry, Down [2] Riverton South Australia [2] Stawell Victoria [2] Thursday Island Queensland [2] Waterford [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] Abbeyleix, Laois (Queen's County) [1] Abbeyleix, Laois (Queen's County), Ireland [1] Abbeyleix, Queen's County [1] Abbyleix, Queen's County (Laois) [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aghada, Cork [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Allora Queensland [1] Arlend Victoria [1] Athy [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Aylstone, Leicester [1] Baldock, Hertfordshire [1] Ballymahon, Longford [1] Ballymena [1]

Rank

Private [754] Corporal [72] Captain [68] Gunner [67] Second Lieutenant [62] Lieutenant [59] Serjeant [55] Driver [46] Sapper [37] Lance Corporal [33] Major [22] Acting Corporal [21] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Pioneer [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Able Seaman [7] Temporary Captain [7] Sister [6] Captain /Temporary Major [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Rifleman [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Bombardier [4] Staff Nurse [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Worker [4] Acting Captain [3] Brigadier General [3] Captain /Acting Major [3] Colonel [3] Commander [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Nurse [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Brevet Major [2] Colonel /Temporary Major General [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Group Captain [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Major General [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [201] Royal Irish Fusiliers [94] Royal Engineers [89] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [86] Labour Corps [85] Royal Field Artillery [72] Army Service Corps [71] Royal Garrison Artillery [54] Royal Army Medical Corps [49] Royal Irish Regiment [43] Machine Gun Corps [39] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [33] Leinster Regiment [30] London Regiment [27] Irish Guards [23] Connaught Rangers [18] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Royal Munster Fusiliers [15] Liverpool Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Air Force [12] Highland Light Infantry [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Devonshire Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] South Irish Horse [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Seaforth Highlanders [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Gordon Highlanders [8] Hussars [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] North Irish Horse [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Voluntary Aid Detachment [6] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [5] Corps of Hussars [5]

Service

British Army [1295] Royal Navy [140] Canadian Expeditionary Force [121] Australian Imperial Force [110] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32] British Indian Army [2] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [1831] B [7] H [5] W [5] M [3] G [2] C [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1795] Merchant Navy [54] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Ireland [12] India [3] Australia [1] Gibraltar [1] Jersey [1] New Zealand [1]

Patrick Paul Smyth

Died 1917

British Army 8845 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 19209 Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 5354 East Yorkshire Regiment

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Hugh Smyth

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60206

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Peter Smyth

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32477

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John Smyth

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163271

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Charles John Palmer Smyth

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62205

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Albert Ernest Smyth

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193914

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Harry Smyth

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401909

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Stewart Jack Smyth

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286005

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John Smyth

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96321

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James Smyth

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165772

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William Malcolm Fleming Smyth

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132802

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K M C Smyth

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army TR3/84806 Private Manchester Regiment 51st (Training Reserve) Battalion

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Ross Acheson Smyth

Born 1862

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Bernard Arthur De Plumley Smyth

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy J23725

Royal Navy J/23725 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Gerald Brice Ferguson Smyth

Born 1885

Died 1920

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Field Company

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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Alfred John Smyth

Born 1876

Died 1928

British Army 79145 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 79145 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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James Smyth

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170340

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George Edward Smyth

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190019

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George Osbert Stirling Smyth

Born 1890

Died 1920

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery K Battery RHA

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Sydney Keith Smyth

Born 1884

Died 1978

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Captain

Royal Navy Acting Captain

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