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Dublin [4]

Belfast [2]

Mountrath, Queen's County [2]

Antrim [1]

Bagnalstown [1]

Ballinameale, Co. Waterford [1]

Ballycahill [1]

Ballymasloe, Galway [1]

Ballymoney, County Antrim [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Birr [1]

Broadway, County Antrim [1]

Canterbury [1]

Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1]

Clapham, Middlesex [1]

Clonmel, Tipperary [1]

Co Galway [1]

Colchester [1]

Coleraine N Ireland [1]

Cookstown, Co. Tyrone [1]

County Antrim [1]

County Down [1]

County Leitrim [1]

Crowhill Williamstown, Roscommon, Co Galway [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

Dunadry, Co Antrim [1]

Dunmoyle County Tyrone [1]

Fermanagh [1]

Gortin, Ireland [1]

Hackballs Cross, County Louth [1]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [1]

Kettering, Northants [1]

Kinsale(?) County Cork [1]

Knockduff House, Co Armagh [1]

Ligoniel,Belfast,Antrim. [1]

Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh [1]

Listowel, County Kerry [1]

Little Moyle, Co. Carlow [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Louth [1]

Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1]

Meath [1]

Milverton, Somerset [1]

Nenagh, County Tipperary [1]

Palmyra Park, Galway [1]

Slane, Co Meath [1]

Stoke on Trent [1]

Rank

Private [2843]

Second Lieutenant [324]

Corporal [226]

Serjeant [223]

Lieutenant [176]

Lance Corporal [127]

Captain [91]

Major [38]

Shoeing Smith [24]

Trooper [24]

Acting Corporal [21]

Sapper [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Lance Serjeant [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Staff Serjeant Major [13]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Driver [6]

Saddler [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [4]

Trumpeter [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant and Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Unit

North Irish Horse [1776]

South Irish Horse [1662]

Corps of Hussars [1143]

Royal Irish Regiment [684]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [425]

Labour Corps [135]

Royal Irish Rifles [97]

Machine Gun Corps [74]

Royal Engineers [72]

Tank Corps [62]

Army Service Corps [56]

Military Mounted Police [56]

Hussars [42]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [38]

Leinster Regiment [35]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [31]

Army Cyclist Corps [29]

Irish Horse [27]

Royal Irish Horse [25]

Royal Flying Corps [22]

Corps of Lancers [21]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [21]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Corps of Dragoons [20]

Royal Air Force [20]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [16]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

9th Royal Irish Fusiliers [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Lancers [13]

Connaught Rangers [11]

3rd Hussars [10]

Military Foot Police [10]

Northumberland Hussars [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Sherwood Rangers [10]

8th Hussars [9]

8th Irish Horse [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Dorset Yeomanry [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

19th Hussars [6]

Company of Dragoons [6]

Service

British Army [3617]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [595]

C [334]

B [317]

H [275]

S [257]

W [225]

R [173]

D [164]

L [152]

G [149]

K [147]

F [144]

A [106]

P [105]

T [101]

J [100]

O [95]

E [68]

N [63]

I [13]

Q [11]

Y [10]

V [8]

U [4]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3611]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Ireland [12]

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People [3617] Stories Communities

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Dublin [4] Belfast [2] Mountrath, Queen's County [2] Antrim [1] Bagnalstown [1] Ballinameale, Co. Waterford [1] Ballycahill [1] Ballymasloe, Galway [1] Ballymoney, County Antrim [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Birr [1] Broadway, County Antrim [1] Canterbury [1] Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1] Clapham, Middlesex [1] Clonmel, Tipperary [1] Co Galway [1] Colchester [1] Coleraine N Ireland [1] Cookstown, Co. Tyrone [1] County Antrim [1] County Down [1] County Leitrim [1] Crowhill Williamstown, Roscommon, Co Galway [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Dunadry, Co Antrim [1] Dunmoyle County Tyrone [1] Fermanagh [1] Gortin, Ireland [1] Hackballs Cross, County Louth [1] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [1] Kettering, Northants [1] Kinsale(?) County Cork [1] Knockduff House, Co Armagh [1] Ligoniel,Belfast,Antrim. [1] Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh [1] Listowel, County Kerry [1] Little Moyle, Co. Carlow [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Louth [1] Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1] Meath [1] Milverton, Somerset [1] Nenagh, County Tipperary [1] Palmyra Park, Galway [1] Slane, Co Meath [1] Stoke on Trent [1]

Rank

Private [2843] Second Lieutenant [324] Corporal [226] Serjeant [223] Lieutenant [176] Lance Corporal [127] Captain [91] Major [38] Shoeing Smith [24] Trooper [24] Acting Corporal [21] Sapper [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Lance Serjeant [14] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Staff Serjeant Major [13] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Driver [6] Saddler [6] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Farrier Serjeant [4] Shoeing Smith Corporal [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [4] Trumpeter [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant and Captain [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Unit

North Irish Horse [1776] South Irish Horse [1662] Corps of Hussars [1143] Royal Irish Regiment [684] Royal Irish Fusiliers [425] Labour Corps [135] Royal Irish Rifles [97] Machine Gun Corps [74] Royal Engineers [72] Tank Corps [62] Army Service Corps [56] Military Mounted Police [56] Hussars [42] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [38] Leinster Regiment [35] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [31] Army Cyclist Corps [29] Irish Horse [27] Royal Irish Horse [25] Royal Flying Corps [22] Corps of Lancers [21] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [21] Royal Field Artillery [21] Corps of Dragoons [20] Royal Air Force [20] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [16] Royal Munster Fusiliers [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers [14] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Lancers [13] Connaught Rangers [11] 3rd Hussars [10] Military Foot Police [10] Northumberland Hussars [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Sherwood Rangers [10] 8th Hussars [9] 8th Irish Horse [9] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Dorset Yeomanry [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] London Regiment [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] 19th Hussars [6] Company of Dragoons [6]

Service

British Army [3617] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [595] C [334] B [317] H [275] S [257] W [225] R [173] D [164] L [152] G [149] K [147] F [144] A [106] P [105] T [101] J [100] O [95] E [68] N [63] I [13] Q [11] Y [10] V [8] U [4] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3611]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Ireland [12]

Joseph Alphonsus O'sullivan

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 445 Private South Irish Horse

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Alfred Coyle

Died 1917

British Army 695 Private South Irish Horse

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Frank Larkin

Died 1915

British Army 1068 Private South Irish Horse

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Samuel Robinson

Died 1917

British Army 850 Private North Irish Horse

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Milton Boyle

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 303 Private North Irish Horse

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H Brennan

Died 1918

British Army H/71349 Private North Irish Horse

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John Francis Liston

Born 1893

Died 1944

British Army 671 Private South Irish Horse

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Robert Hamilton-Stubber

Born 1879

Died 1963

British Army Major South Irish Horse

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Townley Sherwood Gillespie

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1636 Private North Irish Horse

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Joseph Henry Rankin

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 861 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 861 Private South Irish Horse

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William Mcmurray

Born 1874

Died 1925

British Army 1203 Lance Corporal North Irish Horse

British Army 71279 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

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Cornelius Kelly

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army South Irish Horse

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87597 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps 55 Squadron

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James Kane-Smith

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1251 Private South Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery b/110th Battalion

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Brownlow Thompson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1960 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 51372 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers *mistake in CWGC records

British Army 41372 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, Baron Farnham

Born 1880

Died 1957

British Army Major Staffordshire North Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Colonel North Irish Horse Attached Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Eustace Anthony Whaley Maude

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant North Irish Horse

British Army Captain North Irish Horse

British Army Major Tank Corps

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Adam Gordon Kelly

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 923 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 71162 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 71162 Private North Irish Horse

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William Waller

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 824 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 71117 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 71117 Private North Irish Horse

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William Joseph Fogarty

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant South Irish Horse attached Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Captain South Irish Horse attached Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment

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John Cully

Died 1918

British Army 884 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 71146 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 71146 Private North Irish Horse

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