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Sydney New South Wales [48]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [38]

Wexford [21]

Waterford [18]

Melbourne Victoria [17]

Cork [16]

Liverpool, Lancashire [15]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [13]

Ballarat Victoria [10]

Brisbane Queensland [10]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

Rockhampton Queensland [8]

Galway [7]

Inverell New South Wales [7]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Blackburn, Lancashire [6]

Brunswick New South Wales [6]

Cloyne, Cork [6]

Warrnambool Victoria [6]

Deloraine Tasmania [5]

Dublin [5]

Liverpool England [5]

London England [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Accrington, Lancashire [4]

Aghada, Cork [4]

Bathurst New South Wales [4]

Carlton Victoria [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Paddington New South Wales [4]

Richmond Victoria [4]

Sheerness, Kent [4]

Townsville Queensland [4]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [4]

West Maitland New South Wales [4]

Albury New South Wales [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Cork, Ireland [3]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Queenstown, Cork [3]

Queenstown, Lancashire, England [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Ararat Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3110]

Gunner [333]

Driver [235]

Corporal [227]

Sapper [179]

Serjeant [165]

Lance Corporal [108]

Lieutenant [63]

Second Lieutenant [54]

Pioneer [53]

Captain [50]

Acting Serjeant [44]

Acting Corporal [40]

Bombardier [36]

Rifleman [24]

Major [21]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Trooper [7]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Sister [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Sub Conductor [6]

Worker [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Drummer [4]

Guardsman [4]

Nurse [4]

Reverend [4]

Stoker [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Bandsman [3]

Commander [3]

Unit

Labour Corps [403]

Royal Field Artillery [378]

Royal Engineers [293]

Army Service Corps [219]

Royal Garrison Artillery [201]

Royal Irish Regiment [192]

Liverpool Regiment [188]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [158]

Manchester Regiment [142]

Lancashire Fusiliers [141]

East Lancashire Regiment [139]

Royal Army Medical Corps [137]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [127]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [120]

Royal Irish Rifles [111]

Connaught Rangers [110]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [97]

Machine Gun Corps [95]

Leinster Regiment [82]

Irish Guards [81]

London Regiment [81]

South Lancashire Regiment [77]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [76]

Cheshire Regiment [72]

Northumberland Fusiliers [68]

Royal Defence Corps [64]

West Riding Regiment [63]

Royal Fusiliers [60]

West Yorkshire Regiment [56]

Royal Army Service Corps [51]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51]

Welsh Regiment [48]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [45]

Border Regiment [42]

York and Lancaster Regiment [42]

Canadian Infantry [40]

East Yorkshire Regiment [39]

Rifle Brigade [39]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [35]

Durham Light Infantry [32]

Royal Naval Division [31]

Middlesex Regiment [29]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [29]

Hampshire Regiment [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26]

South Wales Borderers [26]

Devonshire Regiment [25]

Army Ordnance Corps [22]

Army Veterinary Corps [21]

Service

British Army [4531]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [529]

Australian Imperial Force [503]

Royal Navy [345]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [209]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [120]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [3]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

W [6430]

P [9]

H [2]

B [1]

C [1]

L [1]

M [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6224]

Merchant Navy [183]

Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [94]

Ireland [5]

Australia [2]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [48] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [38] Wexford [21] Waterford [18] Melbourne Victoria [17] Cork [16] Liverpool, Lancashire [15] Dublin, Suffolk, England [13] Ballarat Victoria [10] Brisbane Queensland [10] Manchester, Lancashire [8] Rockhampton Queensland [8] Galway [7] Inverell New South Wales [7] Adelaide South Australia [6] Blackburn, Lancashire [6] Brunswick New South Wales [6] Cloyne, Cork [6] Warrnambool Victoria [6] Deloraine Tasmania [5] Dublin [5] Liverpool England [5] London England [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Accrington, Lancashire [4] Aghada, Cork [4] Bathurst New South Wales [4] Carlton Victoria [4] Goulburn New South Wales [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Paddington New South Wales [4] Richmond Victoria [4] Sheerness, Kent [4] Townsville Queensland [4] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [4] West Maitland New South Wales [4] Albury New South Wales [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Cork, Ireland [3] Goole, Yorkshire, England [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Lambeth, London [3] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Queenstown, Cork [3] Queenstown, Lancashire, England [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Ararat Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3110] Gunner [333] Driver [235] Corporal [227] Sapper [179] Serjeant [165] Lance Corporal [108] Lieutenant [63] Second Lieutenant [54] Pioneer [53] Captain [50] Acting Serjeant [44] Acting Corporal [40] Bombardier [36] Rifleman [24] Major [21] Staff Serjeant [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Company Serjeant Major [13] Lance Serjeant [11] Able Seaman [10] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Voluntary Aid Detachment [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Acting Lance Corporal [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Trooper [7] Warrant Officer Class 1 [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Sister [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Sub Conductor [6] Worker [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lance Bombardier [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Petty Officer [5] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Drummer [4] Guardsman [4] Nurse [4] Reverend [4] Stoker [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Bandsman [3] Commander [3]

Unit

Labour Corps [403] Royal Field Artillery [378] Royal Engineers [293] Army Service Corps [219] Royal Garrison Artillery [201] Royal Irish Regiment [192] Liverpool Regiment [188] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [158] Manchester Regiment [142] Lancashire Fusiliers [141] East Lancashire Regiment [139] Royal Army Medical Corps [137] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [127] Royal Munster Fusiliers [120] Royal Irish Rifles [111] Connaught Rangers [110] Royal Irish Fusiliers [97] Machine Gun Corps [95] Leinster Regiment [82] Irish Guards [81] London Regiment [81] South Lancashire Regiment [77] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [76] Cheshire Regiment [72] Northumberland Fusiliers [68] Royal Defence Corps [64] West Riding Regiment [63] Royal Fusiliers [60] West Yorkshire Regiment [56] Royal Army Service Corps [51] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51] Welsh Regiment [48] Royal Lancaster Regiment [45] Border Regiment [42] York and Lancaster Regiment [42] Canadian Infantry [40] East Yorkshire Regiment [39] Rifle Brigade [39] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [35] Durham Light Infantry [32] Royal Naval Division [31] Middlesex Regiment [29] Yorkshire Light Infantry [29] Hampshire Regiment [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26] South Wales Borderers [26] Devonshire Regiment [25] Army Ordnance Corps [22] Army Veterinary Corps [21]

Service

British Army [4531] Canadian Expeditionary Force [529] Australian Imperial Force [503] Royal Navy [345] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [209] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [120] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

W [6430] P [9] H [2] B [1] C [1] L [1] M [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6224] Merchant Navy [183] Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [94] Ireland [5] Australia [2] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Joseph Walsh

Died 1914

British Army 4693 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 4693 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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David Walsh

Died 1916

British Army 1484 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

British Army 1484 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Richard Walsh

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 4250 Private Irish Guards

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Samuel Walsh

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 232 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 232 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st East Lancashire Field Ambulance

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John Walsh

Born 1900

Died 1938

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298136

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Festy Walsh

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy K30492 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine "L.10"

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John Walsh

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Fusiliers

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James Walsh

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25716

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Harry Walsh

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73387

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Joseph Christopher Walsh

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76104

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Thomas Patrick Walsh

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86364

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Richard Walsh

Born 1869

British Army 5133 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

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Edgar Frank Walsh

Born 1893

Died 1914

Royal Navy L3550 HMS Vernon

British Army L/15525 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Bn.

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John Walsh

Born 1887

British Army 8672 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8672 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Arthur Walsh

Died 1917

British Army 8287 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 8287 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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John Joseph Walsh

Died 1916

British Army 7535 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 5403 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Walsh

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 15749 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10/15749 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 10th Battalion

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Harold Walsh

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force 4447 Private Australian Light Horse 11th Battalion

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Thomas Patrick Walsh

Born 1887

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Second Lieutenant New Zealand Rifle Brigade

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/1482 Acting Sergeant Engineers - NZ Tunnelling Company

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/1482 Sapper Engineers - NZ Tunnelling Company

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Fred Walsh

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269087

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