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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

Born 1896

Died 1946

British Army

British Army 92063 Corporal Tank Corps

British Army 29779 Private Royal Defense Corps

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Thomas Walsh

Born 1891

Died 1941

British Army 10440 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 10440 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 10440 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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David James Walsh

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/1619 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Walsh

Born 1870

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force Private Australian Infantry 2nd Cootamundra Depot Battalion

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Florence Walsh

Born 1886

Died 1962

Other Empire Force Nurse British Red Cross Stobart Hospital Unit

Other Empire Force Nurse Millicent Fawcett Hospitals for Russia

British Army Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Stoke War Hospital

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William Walsh

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 42418 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Matthew Walsh

Born 1878

Died 1953

British Army 4824 Serjeant Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 4/7922 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment

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Richard William Walsh

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4553 Private London Regiment

British Army 4553 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Denis Walsh

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 4969 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Archibald Charles Mark Walsh

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 36th Brigade, 71st Battery

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William Walsh

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 15458 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 7th. Battalion

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Willie Frederick Walsh

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2146 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370498 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Rupert Sharpe Walsh

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Tank Corps 11th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Seconded from 4th Gordon Highlanders

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Michael Francis Walsh

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 399 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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George William Walsh

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 1st/5th Bn.

British Army 5751 Rifleman The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army 5751 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

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J J Walsh

Born 1876

Died 1921

British Army 18902 Quartermaster Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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James Joseph Walsh

Born 1863

Died 1914

Royal Navy Surgeon

Royal Navy HMS Good Hope

Royal Navy Fleet Surgeon HMS Good Hope

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John Walsh

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60584 Leading Aircraftman

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Henry Alfred Walsh

Born 1853

Died 1918

British Army Colonel Somerset Light Infantry

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Leonard Walsh

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9533 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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