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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]

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Private [68]

Driver [6]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Sapper [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

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Pioneer [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]

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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]

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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]

Henry Whalen

Australian Imperial Force 5787

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Robert Whalen

Australian Imperial Force 810

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Hugh Whalen

Australian Imperial Force 2459

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Michael Whalen

Australian Imperial Force 667

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Oscar Leslie Whalen

Australian Imperial Force 5780

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William James Whalen

Born 1875

Royal Navy 11816 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Richard Whalen

Born 1877

Royal Navy 343451

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Arthur Whalen

Born 1897

Canadian Expeditionary Force 666730

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Charles Whalen

Born 1868

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1102561

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Charles Thomas Whalen

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3037295

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Clarence Whalen

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 249498

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Bennett Whalen

Born 1874

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901940

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Archie Whalen

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 889876

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David Whalen

Born 1879

Canadian Expeditionary Force 878287

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Charles Wilson Whalen

Born 1871

Canadian Expeditionary Force 742380

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Edward James Whalen

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 336214

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Edward Whalen

Born 1898

Canadian Expeditionary Force 904817

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Alfred Judson Whalen

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3139493

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Daniel Whalen

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 41219

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Alfred Whalen

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3039265

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