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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Buchan Victoria [5]

Dublin [5]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [5]

Eden New South Wales [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Kingstown, Dublin [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Hackney, London [3]

Kingstown, Cumberland, England [3]

Limerick [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

North Melbourne Victoria [3]

Queenstown, Lancashire, England [3]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [3]

West Melbourne Victoria [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Colebrook Tasmania [2]

Coomera Queensland [2]

Creswick Victoria [2]

Galway [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Mullumbimby New South Wales [2]

Oatlands Tasmania [2]

Paddington New South Wales [2]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Wasleys South Australia [2]

Wexford [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Auckland [1]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1]

Ballingarry, Co. Tippeary [1]

Beaufort Victoria [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bodalla New South Wales [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Bristol England [1]

Burr [1]

Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Cape Town [1]

Carngham Victoria [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chiswick [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Clare [1]

Cleatormoor, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [655]

Gunner [79]

Corporal [56]

Serjeant [54]

Driver [49]

Lance Corporal [27]

Sapper [27]

Captain [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Bombardier [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Worker [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal Private [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Serjeant Major [1]

Bandmaster 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Serjeant [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Drummer [1]

Fitter Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Labourer [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Private, Lance Corporal [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [106]

Royal Field Artillery [89]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [82]

Royal Engineers [60]

Royal Irish Regiment [54]

Army Service Corps [43]

Royal Irish Rifles [43]

Royal Garrison Artillery [42]

Liverpool Regiment [38]

Royal Army Medical Corps [31]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [26]

Irish Guards [25]

Leinster Regiment [25]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [23]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Northumberland Fusiliers [20]

Connaught Rangers [18]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Welsh Regiment [16]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Border Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Hussars [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Service

British Army [968]

Australian Imperial Force [106]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [61]

Royal Navy [60]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [1298]

Contribution

Military Service [1249]

Merchant Navy [40]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Ireland [3]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Buchan Victoria [5] Dublin [5] Dublin, Suffolk, England [5] Eden New South Wales [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Kingstown, Dublin [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Hackney, London [3] Kingstown, Cumberland, England [3] Limerick [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] North Melbourne Victoria [3] Queenstown, Lancashire, England [3] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [3] West Melbourne Victoria [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Colebrook Tasmania [2] Coomera Queensland [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Galway [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Mullumbimby New South Wales [2] Oatlands Tasmania [2] Paddington New South Wales [2] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Wasleys South Australia [2] Wexford [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Auckland [1] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1] Ballingarry, Co. Tippeary [1] Beaufort Victoria [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bodalla New South Wales [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Bristol England [1] Burr [1] Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Cape Town [1] Carngham Victoria [1] Cheshire [1] Chiswick [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Clare [1] Cleatormoor, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [655] Gunner [79] Corporal [56] Serjeant [54] Driver [49] Lance Corporal [27] Sapper [27] Captain [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Lieutenant [13] Pioneer [10] Acting Corporal [8] Bombardier [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Worker [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal Private [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Serjeant Major [1] Bandmaster 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal /Serjeant [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Drummer [1] Fitter Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Labourer [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Private, Lance Corporal [1] Seaman [1] Second Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [106] Royal Field Artillery [89] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [82] Royal Engineers [60] Royal Irish Regiment [54] Army Service Corps [43] Royal Irish Rifles [43] Royal Garrison Artillery [42] Liverpool Regiment [38] Royal Army Medical Corps [31] Royal Munster Fusiliers [26] Irish Guards [25] Leinster Regiment [25] Royal Irish Fusiliers [23] Manchester Regiment [20] Northumberland Fusiliers [20] Connaught Rangers [18] Machine Gun Corps [18] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Welsh Regiment [16] London Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] South Lancashire Regiment [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Highland Light Infantry [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Border Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Hussars [6] South Wales Borderers [6] West Riding Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Service

British Army [968] Australian Imperial Force [106] Canadian Expeditionary Force [61] Royal Navy [60] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [1298]

Contribution

Military Service [1249] Merchant Navy [40]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Ireland [3] India [1]

Patrick Whelan

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238531

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Fred Charles Whelan

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267853

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John Whelan

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269495

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Charles Whelan

Died 1916

British Army 25480 Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Daniel Joseph Whelan

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 17816 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 298351 Private Labour Corps

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Daniel Whelan

Died 1915

British Army 2756 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Whelan

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 4568 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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John Whelan

Died 1919

British Army 69405 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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James Whelan

Died 1914

British Army 6601 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 6601 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James Whelan

Born 1871

Died 1916

British Army 16754 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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John J Whelan

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 29527 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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James Whelan

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army 201584 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

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Michael Whelan

Died 1915

British Army 4702 Private Leinster Regiment

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Michael Whelan

Died 1917

British Army 43917 Corporal Royal Scots

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Michael Whelan

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army 76763 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 76763 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Patrick Whelan

Died 1917

British Army S/9300 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/9300 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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James W Whelan

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 110987 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Patrick Whelan

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 10155 Private Connaught Rangers

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Richard Whelan

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 9356 Private Irish Guards

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John Whelan

Died 1915

British Army 6850 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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