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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]

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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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Place of birth

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]

John Ford

Died 1917

British Army 772 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 41535 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Theophilus William Seale

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 1095 Corporal South Irish Horse "C" Squadron, South Irish Horse, Riverstown, Co. Cork

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James Coburn

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 353 Serjeant North Irish Horse

British Army 353 Corporal North Irish Horse

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Patrick Charles Mitchell

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1268 Private South Irish Horse

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Leslie Ion Stuart

Born 1888

Died 1962

British Army Lieutenant North Irish Horse

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Edward Ernest Thomas

Born 1884

Died 1939

British Army Boy Royal Horse Artillery "S" Battery

British Army 5063 Private Royal Irish Dragoon Guards 4th

British Army 47891 Private Machine Gun Corps 12th M.G.Squadron

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Robert Brownlow

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 634 Private 2nd South Irish Horse 2nd Battalion

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William Samuel Hamilton

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army 859 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 71132 Private Corps of Hussars

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Robert Evans

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1842 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 71586 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 71586 Private North Irish Horse

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Richard Annesley West

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel Tank Corps/ North Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Colonel North Irish Horse

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George Galbraith

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1601 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 41188 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th (North Irish Horse)

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John Henry Michael Cole

Born 1876

Died 1963

British Army Major North Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Colonel North Irish Horse

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Albert Alexander Lyons

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 710 Shoeing Smith South Irish Horse

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Edward Hargan

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army H/72055 Private North Irish Horse

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Lancelot Charles Wise

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse attached Skinners Horse

British Army Lieutenant North Irish Horse attached Skinners Horse

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army

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Herbert Shelton Dean

Born 1896

Died 1969

British Army Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse

British Army Captain Royal Ulster Rifles

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Samuel Mccullagh Linden

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2123 Private North Irish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 2123 Private North Irish Horse H Squadron

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Arthur Hamilton-Russell

Born 1872

Died 1951

British Army Major North Irish Horse

British Army Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel North Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Colonel North Irish Horse

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William Brown

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1839 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 41451 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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John Hobbs

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1862 Private South Irish Horse

British Army 25376 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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