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South Shields, Durham [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hawkesbury River New South Wales [1]

Heywood Victoria [1]

Jarrow, Durham [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Maclean River New South Wales [1]

Macleay River New South Wales [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [1]

Smithtown New South Wales [1]

St Johns Newfoundland [1]

Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Tynemouth [1]

Rank

Private [68]

Driver [6]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Sapper [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Munition Worker [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Labour Corps [9]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Brunner Mond Chemical Works [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion Quebec Regiment [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

North Irish Horse attached Tank Corps [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Otago Infantry Regiment [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Surrey Yeomanry [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [106]

British Army [80]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Royal Navy [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [207]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [203]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

Canada [1]

United Kingdom [1]

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People [208] Stories Communities

Place of birth

South Shields, Durham [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hawkesbury River New South Wales [1] Heywood Victoria [1] Jarrow, Durham [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Maclean River New South Wales [1] Macleay River New South Wales [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] North Shields, Northumberland, England [1] Smithtown New South Wales [1] St Johns Newfoundland [1] Stepney, Middlesex [1] Tynemouth [1]

Rank

Private [68] Driver [6] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Sapper [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Munition Worker [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [9] Manchester Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Army Service Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Brunner Mond Chemical Works [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion Quebec Regiment [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] North Irish Horse attached Tank Corps [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Otago Infantry Regiment [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Surrey Yeomanry [1] Tank Corps [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [106] British Army [80] Australian Imperial Force [7] Royal Navy [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [207] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [203] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

Canada [1] United Kingdom [1]

Augustus Patrick Whalen

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1395 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment 1st Battalion

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Festus Whalen

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 15042 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Arthur S Whalen

Died 1917

British Army 75600 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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James Henry Whalen

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 18324 Private Border Regiment

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James Whalen

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1893 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Whalen

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 6442 Corporal Connaught Rangers

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James Whalen

Died 1916

British Army 8747 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Whalen

Died 1916

British Army 2049 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Patrick Whalen

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788908

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788908 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Whalen

Born 1886

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 70060

Canadian Expeditionary Force 70060 Private Canadian Infantry

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Joseph G. Whalen

Born 1892

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 416127

Canadian Expeditionary Force 416127 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Joseph Andrew Whalen

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 793355

Canadian Expeditionary Force 793355 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Whalen

Australian Imperial Force 33663

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John Whalen

Died 1918

British Army 23687 Private Manchester Regiment

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Arthur Whalen

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 332511 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 332511 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James Whalen

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 18825 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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John W Whalen

Died 1916

British Army 27850 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Dennis Whalen

Born 1886

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788907

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788907 Private Canadian Infantry

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Daniel Peter Whalen

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 335924

Canadian Expeditionary Force 335924 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery

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Thomas Henry Whalen

Australian Imperial Force 2837

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