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Belfast [2]

Dublin [2]

Antrim [1]

Bagnalstown [1]

Ballymoney, County Antrim [1]

Broadway, County Antrim [1]

Canterbury [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Coleraine N Ireland [1]

County Antrim [1]

County Down [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]

Knockduff House, Co Armagh [1]

Ligoniel,Belfast,Antrim. [1]

Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh [1]

London [1]

Meath [1]

Tattygar, Fermanagh [1]

Toddington, Gloucestershire [1]

Valetta [1]

Wateresk Dundrum Co Down [1]

Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [1]

Rank

Private [1439]

Second Lieutenant [138]

Corporal [109]

Serjeant [101]

Lieutenant [66]

Lance Corporal [65]

Captain [35]

Major [18]

Acting Corporal [11]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Trooper [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Staff Serjeant Major [8]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Sapper [6]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Driver [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Saddler [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Cadet Gunner [1]

Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Drill Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Second Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Quartermaster [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Saddler/Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

North Irish Horse [1776]

Corps of Hussars [696]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [393]

Labour Corps [70]

Royal Irish Rifles [61]

Tank Corps [50]

Military Mounted Police [37]

Army Cyclist Corps [28]

Army Service Corps [25]

Hussars [25]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [25]

Royal Engineers [22]

9th Royal Irish Fusiliers [14]

Royal Irish Regiment [14]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

Royal Air Force [11]

3rd Hussars [10]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [10]

Corps of Dragoons [9]

Leinster Regiment [9]

Military Foot Police [9]

Sherwood Rangers [9]

8th Hussars [7]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [7]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [6]

Labour Corps ex North Irish Horse [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

19th Hussars [3]

1st North Irish Horse [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Company of Dragoons [3]

Home Service Labour Company [3]

Home Service Labour Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

10th Hussars [2]

Attached 9th Lancers [2]

Attached North Irish Horse [2]

Dragoons [2]

General List [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [1801]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [344]

B [160]

C [156]

H [140]

W [138]

S [132]

R [90]

G [82]

L [69]

A [63]

K [59]

D [57]

F [51]

P [50]

T [49]

J [48]

N [35]

E [32]

O [20]

I [10]

V [5]

Y [5]

U [3]

Q [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1797]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Ireland [4]

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Place of birth

Belfast [2] Dublin [2] Antrim [1] Bagnalstown [1] Ballymoney, County Antrim [1] Broadway, County Antrim [1] Canterbury [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Coleraine N Ireland [1] County Antrim [1] County Down [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] Knockduff House, Co Armagh [1] Ligoniel,Belfast,Antrim. [1] Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh [1] London [1] Meath [1] Tattygar, Fermanagh [1] Toddington, Gloucestershire [1] Valetta [1] Wateresk Dundrum Co Down [1] Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [1]

Rank

Private [1439] Second Lieutenant [138] Corporal [109] Serjeant [101] Lieutenant [66] Lance Corporal [65] Captain [35] Major [18] Acting Corporal [11] Staff Serjeant [10] Trooper [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Staff Serjeant Major [8] Shoeing Smith [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Sapper [6] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Driver [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Saddler [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Cadet Gunner [1] Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Drill Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Second Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Quartermaster [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Saddler/Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

North Irish Horse [1776] Corps of Hussars [696] Royal Irish Fusiliers [393] Labour Corps [70] Royal Irish Rifles [61] Tank Corps [50] Military Mounted Police [37] Army Cyclist Corps [28] Army Service Corps [25] Hussars [25] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [25] Royal Engineers [22] 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers [14] Royal Irish Regiment [14] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] Royal Air Force [11] 3rd Hussars [10] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [10] Corps of Dragoons [9] Leinster Regiment [9] Military Foot Police [9] Sherwood Rangers [9] 8th Hussars [7] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [7] Staffordshire Yeomanry [6] Labour Corps ex North Irish Horse [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] 19th Hussars [3] 1st North Irish Horse [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Company of Dragoons [3] Home Service Labour Company [3] Home Service Labour Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 10th Hussars [2] Attached 9th Lancers [2] Attached North Irish Horse [2] Dragoons [2] General List [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [1801] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [344] B [160] C [156] H [140] W [138] S [132] R [90] G [82] L [69] A [63] K [59] D [57] F [51] P [50] T [49] J [48] N [35] E [32] O [20] I [10] V [5] Y [5] U [3] Q [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1797]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Ireland [4]

William Moore

Died 1914

British Army 511 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 71030 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 71030 Private North Irish Horse

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Frederick Scanlon

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1460 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 41482 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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James Magill

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1805 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 41435 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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George Stronge

Died 1918

British Army 2049 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 41561 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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William Fairburn Timbey

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1547 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 41232 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Thomas William Gillian Johnson Hughes

British Army Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse

British Army Captain North Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Colonel North Irish Horse

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David Devine

British Army 1346 Serjeant North Irish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant North Irish Horse

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Thomas Wright

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1582 Private Royal Irish Horse

British Army 1582 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 1582 Private North Irish Horse

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Algernone William John Clothsworthy Whyte-Melville Skeffington

Born 1873

British Army Major North 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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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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John F A Craigg

British Army 654 Serjeant North Irish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse

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James Arthur Coey

British Army 962 Private North Irish Horse

British Army 962 Lieutenant and Captain North Irish Horse

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Richard Alexander Baillie Filgate

British Army Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse

British Army Captain North Irish Horse

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Alfred Johnston

British Army 1742 Private North Irish Horse

British Army A/70533 Private North Irish Horse

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William E Jones

British Army 1339 Serjeant North Irish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse

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James Malcolm Wherry

British Army 558 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant North Irish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse

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W Murland

British Army Lieutenant North Irish Horse

British Army Captain North Irish Horse

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Thomas Seawright

British Army 544 Lance Corporal North Irish Horse

British Army 544 Serjeant North Irish Horse

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Robert James Downey

British Army 41 North Irish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse

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