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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]

Roy Samuel Victor Smyth

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170600

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David Smyth

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286801

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Gordon Dill Long Smyth

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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James Lawrence Hirst Smyth

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army G/1582 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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James Smyth

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

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Edmund Fitzgerald Smyth

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Irish Rifles 11th Battalion

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William Houghton Smyth

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles

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Phillip Smyth

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 10639 Private Connaught Rangers

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Wilson Smyth

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army S4/064598 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 42167 Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Algernon Beresford Smyth

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army Captain Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Henry Richard Smyth

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 16/111 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 16/111 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Robert Smyth

Born 1898

Died 1923

Royal Navy J25027

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George Charles Smyth

Died 1918

British Army 2864 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 61152 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 61152 Private 186th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), attached Dunster Force

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George Richard Smyth

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91253

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Edward George Smyth

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5882

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Edwin Hooper Smyth

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54755

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Joseph Ruscombe Wadham Smyth-Pigott

Born 1890

Died 1971

Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Wing Commander Royal AIr Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Wing Commander

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Gerald Brice Ferguson Smyth

Born 1885

Died 1920

British Army Captain and Brevet Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Captain and Brevet Major King's Own Scottish Borderers

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George Osbert Stirling Smyth

Born 1890

Died 1920

British Army Brevet Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain /Acting Major Royal Field Artillery

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William Smyth

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147246

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