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Sydney New South Wales [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Birmingham England [3]

Cork [3]

Alberton South Australia [2]

Clonmel [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

New Ross, Wexford [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Alberton, South Australia [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Balleen, Cork [1]

Ballincolling, Cork [1]

Ballymena, Waterford [1]

Bamden [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barry, Glamorgan [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blarney, Cork [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Cape Town [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Clonbinane Victoria [1]

Clonmel, Tipperary [1]

Devon, Limerick [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dominionville, Glengarry, Ontario [1]

Drouin Victoria [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Eccles, Kent [1]

Fermoy, Co. Cork [1]

Finsbury, London [1]

Finsbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Finsbury, Middlesex [1]

Gosport [1]

Gregson Lane, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Halifax, Nova Scotia [1]

Havern, County Cork [1]

Hawkstown, Near Wicklow [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hilton South Australia [1]

Invercarghill [1]

Isisford Queensland [1]

Jersey, Channel Islands [1]

Kapunda South Australia [1]

Kilfinane, Co. Limerick [1]

Rank

Private [268]

Driver [19]

Gunner [16]

Serjeant [16]

Sapper [14]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Bombardier [5]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trimmer [2]

Trooper [2]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant/Company Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Lt. Col. [1]

Major [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Serjeant /Lieutenant [1]

Sgt [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Irish Regiment [22]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Connaught Rangers [11]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [10]

Irish Guards [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Leinster Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Supply and Transport Corps [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Indian Defence Force [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Canadian Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Engineers [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [368]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [89]

Australian Imperial Force [52]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [595]

Merchant Navy [24]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Adelaide South Australia [4] Birmingham England [3] Cork [3] Alberton South Australia [2] Clonmel [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] New Ross, Wexford [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Alberton, South Australia [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Balleen, Cork [1] Ballincolling, Cork [1] Ballymena, Waterford [1] Bamden [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bangalore [1] Barry, Glamorgan [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blarney, Cork [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Cape Town [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Clonbinane Victoria [1] Clonmel, Tipperary [1] Devon, Limerick [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dominionville, Glengarry, Ontario [1] Drouin Victoria [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Eccles, Kent [1] Fermoy, Co. Cork [1] Finsbury, London [1] Finsbury, London, Middlesex [1] Finsbury, Middlesex [1] Gosport [1] Gregson Lane, Preston, Lancashire [1] Halifax, Nova Scotia [1] Havern, County Cork [1] Hawkstown, Near Wicklow [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Hilton South Australia [1] Invercarghill [1] Isisford Queensland [1] Jersey, Channel Islands [1] Kapunda South Australia [1] Kilfinane, Co. Limerick [1]

Rank

Private [268] Driver [19] Gunner [16] Serjeant [16] Sapper [14] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Bombardier [5] Captain [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trimmer [2] Trooper [2] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sub Conductor [1] Bandmaster [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant/Company Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Lt. Col. [1] Major [1] Private Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Serjeant /Lieutenant [1] Sgt [1] Sub Conductor [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [34] Labour Corps [31] Royal Engineers [22] Royal Irish Regiment [22] Welsh Regiment [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [11] Connaught Rangers [11] Liverpool Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [10] Irish Guards [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Munster Fusiliers [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Leinster Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Gordon Highlanders [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Scottish Rifles [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Supply and Transport Corps [4] Border Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Indian Defence Force [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Canadian Regiment [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Engineers [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [368] Canadian Expeditionary Force [89] Australian Imperial Force [52] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [620]

Contribution

Military Service [595] Merchant Navy [24]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

Edward James Tobin

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 9186 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

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Richard Henry Tobin

Born 1894

Died 1979

Royal Navy Mersey 7/174 Chief Petty Officer Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion

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William Patrick Tobin

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 81905 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Thomas Tobin

Born 1879

Royal Navy 1404 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207525 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Albert Edward Tobin

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2235334 Private Canadian Infantry - Eastern Ontario Regiment 21st Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2235334 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Tobin

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186946

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William Tobin

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292919

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William Tobin

Born 1896

British Army 1751 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240200 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Albert Thomas Tobin

Born 1900

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Ordinary Seaman Merchant Navy

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Bernard Michael Tobin

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2873

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John Tobin

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122691

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Austin Edward Tobin

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 195221

Canadian Expeditionary Force 195221 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Tobin

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5073 Private Connaught Rangers

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Patrick Francis Tobin

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1209 Sgt Royal Newfoundland Regiment

British Army 1209 Sergeant Royal Newfoundland Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Patrick Tobin

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2088 Private Leinster Regiment

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William Tobin

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army 4309 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Christopher Stephen Tobin

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310787

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Harry Tobin

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 160393 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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James Tobin

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285197

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Patrick John Tobin

Born 1889

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10663

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10663 Private Canadian Infantry

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