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London [7]

Dublin [6]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Aherlow, County Tipperary [2]

Ballydehob, Co. Cork [2]

Cork [2]

Donegal Town, Co. Donegal [2]

Galway [2]

Gowran, Kilkenny [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Londonderry [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

2 Crosby Place, Steven Street, Stretford Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Abergavenny, Wales [1]

Alby, Norfolk [1]

Allerston [1]

Aran Islands, Galway [1]

Astley Hall, Worcestershire [1]

Attyduff, Co. Monaghan [1]

Aughrim, Co. Wicklow [1]

Ballinafad, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland [1]

Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim [1]

Ballinasloe [1]

Ballinasloe, Co. Galway [1]

Ballmacroy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland [1]

Ballya Mcelligott, Tralee, Kerry [1]

Ballybunion, County Kerry [1]

Ballydehob, County Cork [1]

Ballyhaunis, Co. Roscommon [1]

Ballymahon, County Longford [1]

Ballymoney [1]

Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare [1]

Banford, Cork, Ireland [1]

Bardon Hill, Leicestershire [1]

Barrhead, Parish of Neilston [1]

Bayswater [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belgrave Square, Monkston [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birr [1]

Blessington aka Ballycomeen, County Wicklow, Ireland [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Borness, Mountmellick, Co Laois [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brannockstown, Trim, Meath [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Bromley, Kent. [1]

Buncrana, County Donegal,Ireland [1]

Rank

Private [7642]

Guardsman [447]

Serjeant [443]

Lance Corporal [375]

Corporal [366]

Second Lieutenant [259]

Lieutenant [207]

Lance Serjeant [160]

Captain [144]

Major [56]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [56]

Company Serjeant Major [33]

Sapper [30]

Colour Serjeant [29]

Lieutenant Colonel [28]

Trooper [20]

Driver [15]

Private Lance Corporal [13]

Acting Corporal [11]

Gunner [11]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [10]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Drummer [9]

Pioneer [9]

Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Serjeant Major [8]

Temporary Captain [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Boy [6]

Private /Lance Corporal [6]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [5]

Honorary Lieutenant [5]

Sergeant [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Drill Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [4]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [4]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Captain [3]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Major [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Bandsman [2]

Unit

Irish Guards [8989]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [164]

Royal Engineers [125]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [75]

Labour Corps [70]

Dragoon Guards [65]

4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [63]

Royal Irish Rifles [54]

Grenadier Guards [47]

Royal Irish Regiment [44]

Scots Guards [40]

4th Dragoon Guards [36]

Army Service Corps [33]

Military Foot Police [30]

Coldstream Guards [27]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [25]

Royal Air Force [24]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [22]

Guards [20]

Leinster Regiment [20]

Connaught Rangers [17]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Guards Machine Gun Battalion [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [15]

1st Irish Guards [14]

Household Battalion [14]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

Royal Irish Dragoon Guards [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

2nd Irish Guards [9]

Life Guards [8]

Machine Gun Guards [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

South Irish Horse [8]

1st Battalion Irish Guards [7]

Corps of Dragoons [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

6th Dragoon Guards [6]

Grenadiers [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Special Reserve/ Irish Guards [6]

Service

British Army [9304]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Royal Navy [3]

Indian Army [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1621]

C [911]

B [708]

D [703]

H [642]

S [596]

O [521]

R [483]

K [458]

W [439]

G [421]

F [395]

L [375]

P [242]

T [209]

N [163]

A [102]

E [102]

J [83]

Q [53]

V [25]

Y [23]

I [22]

U [8]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9287]

Country

United Kingdom [62]

Ireland [53]

South Africa [3]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Italy [1]

Malaysia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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London [7] Dublin [6] Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Aherlow, County Tipperary [2] Ballydehob, Co. Cork [2] Cork [2] Donegal Town, Co. Donegal [2] Galway [2] Gowran, Kilkenny [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] Liverpool [2] Londonderry [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] 2 Crosby Place, Steven Street, Stretford Manchester, Lancashire [1] Abergavenny, Wales [1] Alby, Norfolk [1] Allerston [1] Aran Islands, Galway [1] Astley Hall, Worcestershire [1] Attyduff, Co. Monaghan [1] Aughrim, Co. Wicklow [1] Ballinafad, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland [1] Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim [1] Ballinasloe [1] Ballinasloe, Co. Galway [1] Ballmacroy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland [1] Ballya Mcelligott, Tralee, Kerry [1] Ballybunion, County Kerry [1] Ballydehob, County Cork [1] Ballyhaunis, Co. Roscommon [1] Ballymahon, County Longford [1] Ballymoney [1] Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare [1] Banford, Cork, Ireland [1] Bardon Hill, Leicestershire [1] Barrhead, Parish of Neilston [1] Bayswater [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belgrave Square, Monkston [1] Birmingham [1] Birr [1] Blessington aka Ballycomeen, County Wicklow, Ireland [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Borness, Mountmellick, Co Laois [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brannockstown, Trim, Meath [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Bromley, Kent. [1] Buncrana, County Donegal,Ireland [1]

Rank

Private [7642] Guardsman [447] Serjeant [443] Lance Corporal [375] Corporal [366] Second Lieutenant [259] Lieutenant [207] Lance Serjeant [160] Captain [144] Major [56] Warrant Officer Class 2 [56] Company Serjeant Major [33] Sapper [30] Colour Serjeant [29] Lieutenant Colonel [28] Trooper [20] Driver [15] Private Lance Corporal [13] Acting Corporal [11] Gunner [11] Corporal Lance Serjeant [10] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Drummer [9] Pioneer [9] Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Serjeant Major [8] Temporary Captain [7] Acting Captain [6] Boy [6] Private /Lance Corporal [6] Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Corporal Acting Serjeant [5] Honorary Lieutenant [5] Sergeant [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [4] Brigadier General [4] Company Sergeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Drill Serjeant [4] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [4] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [4] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Captain [3] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Acting Major [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Bandsman [2]

Unit

Irish Guards [8989] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [164] Royal Engineers [125] Royal Irish Fusiliers [75] Labour Corps [70] Dragoon Guards [65] 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [63] Royal Irish Rifles [54] Grenadier Guards [47] Royal Irish Regiment [44] Scots Guards [40] 4th Dragoon Guards [36] Army Service Corps [33] Military Foot Police [30] Coldstream Guards [27] Machine Gun Corps [25] Royal Munster Fusiliers [25] Royal Air Force [24] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [22] Guards [20] Leinster Regiment [20] Connaught Rangers [17] London Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Guards Machine Gun Battalion [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [15] 1st Irish Guards [14] Household Battalion [14] Liverpool Regiment [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] Royal Irish Dragoon Guards [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] 2nd Irish Guards [9] Life Guards [8] Machine Gun Guards [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] South Irish Horse [8] 1st Battalion Irish Guards [7] Corps of Dragoons [7] Essex Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] 6th Dragoon Guards [6] Grenadiers [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Special Reserve/ Irish Guards [6]

Service

British Army [9304] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Other Empire Force [3] Royal Navy [3] Indian Army [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1621] C [911] B [708] D [703] H [642] S [596] O [521] R [483] K [458] W [439] G [421] F [395] L [375] P [242] T [209] N [163] A [102] E [102] J [83] Q [53] V [25] Y [23] I [22] U [8] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9287]

Country

United Kingdom [62] Ireland [53] South Africa [3] Egypt [1] India [1] Italy [1] Malaysia [1] New Zealand [1]

Euan Louis Mylne

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

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John Macken

Died 1915

British Army 5558 Private Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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Thomas Madden

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 6731 Private Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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Patrick F Mackin

Died 1917

British Army 6163 Lance/Corporal Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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Christopher Gogarty

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1878 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 6551 Private Irish Guards Second Battalion

British Army 1878 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Kenelm Cuthbert Vaughan

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Officers Cadet Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Irish Guards

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William O'boyle

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 10491 Private Irish Guards

British Army 10491 Private Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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John Mcgann

Born 1895

British Army 4462 Private Irish Guards

British Army 4462 Serjeant Irish Guards

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Stephen Caldwell

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 6175 Private Irish Guards

British Army 6175 Lance Serjeant Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

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John Beirne

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army 1596 Private Irish Guards

British Army 1596 Lance Corporal Irish Guards

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William Boyd

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 6453 Corporal Irish Guards

British Army 6453 Lance Serjeant Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

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Christopher Joseph O'reilly

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 6366 Private Irish Guards

British Army 6366 Lance Corporal Irish Guards

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Colin Wright

Born 1888

Died 1955

British Army 12491 Private Irish Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 12491 Guardsman Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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John Sidney North Fitzgerald

Born 1893

Died 1976

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards

British Army Captain Irish Guards

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Alexander Ruthven Pym

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Irish Guards

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards

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Charles Arthur Tisdall

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army Captain Irish Guards

British Army Major Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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Patrick Clarke

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 1813 Private Irish Guards

British Army 1813 Lance Corporal Irish Guards 1st Btn

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Frank Stevens

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 12749 Private Irish Guards

British Army 3587 Household Battalion

British Army 12749 Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

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Harold Eyre

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army D/32868 Private Company of Dragoons

British Army 12270 Private Notts & Derbyshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army D/32868 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Michael Daly

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Irish Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 6623 Private Irish Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 6623 Lance Corporal Irish Guards 3rd Battalion

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