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Belfast [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Dromore, Co. Down [1]

Dublin [1]

Killorglin, Co. Kerry, [1]

Laghey, Co. Donegal [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Rathmines, Dublin [1]

Rusper, Sussex [1]

Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Rank

Private [478]

Lance Corporal [32]

Serjeant [23]

Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [13]

Major [8]

Rifleman [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Bugler [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal Lance Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lt. [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 Serjeant [1]

rank [1]

Unit

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [479]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [44]

Royal Irish Regiment [44]

Labour Corps [30]

Royal Irish Rifles [25]

2nd Royal Irish Rifles [21]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [15]

2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9]

2nd Royal Irish Regiment [9]

2nd Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

Army Service Corps [5]

Leinster Regiment [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [5]

664th Employment Company [4]

Connaught Rangers [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

3rd Garrison Battalion [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

1st Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

1st Royal Irish Rifles [2]

2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [2]

2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

2nd Leinster Regiment [2]

8th Hussars [2]

8th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

10th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

11th Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

13th Irish Rifles [1]

174th L Company Labour Corps [1]

184th Company Labour Corps [1]

1st Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

1st Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [558]

Last name first letter

C [185]

B [136]

G [98]

H [39]

F [36]

A [31]

D [28]

E [4]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [558]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [558] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Belfast [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Dromore, Co. Down [1] Dublin [1] Killorglin, Co. Kerry, [1] Laghey, Co. Donegal [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Rathmines, Dublin [1] Rusper, Sussex [1] Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Rank

Private [478] Lance Corporal [32] Serjeant [23] Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [13] Major [8] Rifleman [8] Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Bugler [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bandmaster [1] Commander [1] Corporal Lance Corporal [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lt. [1] Private Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 Serjeant [1] rank [1]

Unit

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [479] Royal Irish Fusiliers [44] Royal Irish Regiment [44] Labour Corps [30] Royal Irish Rifles [25] 2nd Royal Irish Rifles [21] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [15] 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers [14] Royal Engineers [13] Machine Gun Corps [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9] 2nd Royal Irish Regiment [9] 2nd Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] Army Service Corps [5] Leinster Regiment [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Royal Munster Fusiliers [5] 664th Employment Company [4] Connaught Rangers [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] 3rd Garrison Battalion [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] 1st Royal Irish Rifles [2] 2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] 2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [2] 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [2] 2nd Leinster Regiment [2] 8th Hussars [2] 8th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Kent Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] 10th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 11th Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] 13th Irish Rifles [1] 174th L Company Labour Corps [1] 184th Company Labour Corps [1] 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [558]

Last name first letter

C [185] B [136] G [98] H [39] F [36] A [31] D [28] E [4] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [558]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

John Greer

Born 1889

Died 1985

British Army 4805 Corporal 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 4805 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

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Patrick Brown

Died 1915

British Army 7904 Private 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Frank William Evans Johnson

Born 1880

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Major 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Thomas Glenny

Died 1916

2nd Bn

British Army 2946 Rifleman 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Edward Adams

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7944 Private 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 7944 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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James Beggs

Died 1942

British Army 7677 Private 2nd Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 28884 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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James Agnew

Died 1917

British Army 5037 Private 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 5307 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 7th Battalion

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James Chittenden

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 6731 Private 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 6731 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Alexander Boyd

Died 1914

British Army 7784 Lance Corporal 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 7784 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

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John Graham

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 3416 Serjeant 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 3416 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

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Caleb Collins

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6598 Lance Corporal 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 6598 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

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Edward Galway

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 8073 Lance Corporal 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 8073 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

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Robert Adair

Died 1914

British Army 9204 Serjeant 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 9204 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

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Martin Harney

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10036 Lance Corporal 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 10036 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

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William Blake

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 8641 Private 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 8641 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Arthur Briggs

Died 1918

British Army 27734 Private 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 18948 Private 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 27734 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Nicholas Chapman

British Army 10170 Private 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Patrick Govers

British Army 8867 Private 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Samuel Crangle

British Army 10262 Private 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Alexander Corrigan

British Army 7366 Corporal Lance Corporal 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

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