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Belfast [3]

Dublin [3]

Antrim [1]

Ballylesson [1]

Ballymacarrett, Belfast N.Ireland [1]

Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Belfast Northern Ireland [1]

Belfast, Co. Antrim [1]

Belfast, Country Antrim [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bressingham Norfolk [1]

Carrigallen County Leitrim [1]

Co Kerry [1]

Collon, County Louth [1]

Collon, Drogheda, Co Louth [1]

Comber, County Down [1]

Conlisland, County Tyrone [1]

Craignageeragh, Ahoghill, Co Antrim [1]

Crosshands, Carmarthen [1]

Derry/Londonderry [1]

Dromore, Co. Down [1]

Estcourt, Natal [1]

Falls Park, Belfast [1]

Glasthule House, Kingstown, Dublin [1]

Grouville [1]

Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Kilcommon, Tipperary, [1]

Killorglin, Co. Kerry, [1]

Limrick [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Londonderry, County Derry, Northern Ireland [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Maidstone, Kent, England [1]

Meiktila, British Burma [1]

Nantgaredig, Carmarthen [1]

Newry, County Down [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Portadown, Armagh [1]

SS military hospital - Bangalore [1]

Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Speke [1]

St Helier [1]

St Thomas, Dublin [1]

Stratford, Essex [1]

Tyrone [1]

Whitehaven [1]

Windmill Terrace, Londonderry [1]

Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [2768]

Corporal [174]

Serjeant [169]

Lance Corporal [161]

Second Lieutenant [146]

Lieutenant [93]

Rifleman [69]

Captain [66]

Acting Corporal [30]

Sapper [21]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Lance Serjeant [18]

Major [17]

Driver [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Private Rifleman [10]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Captain [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Fusilier [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

rank [2]

A [1]

Ac [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Cor [1]

Acting Corporal Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [3087]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1557]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [508]

Northumberland Fusiliers [324]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [287]

Royal Fusiliers [262]

Labour Corps [234]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [222]

Royal Irish Regiment [163]

Royal Engineers [99]

London Regiment [80]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [75]

Army Service Corps [64]

Liverpool Regiment [39]

Scottish Rifles [38]

Lancashire Fusiliers [30]

1st Royal Irish Rifles [27]

Welsh Regiment [26]

Connaught Rangers [25]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [24]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [22]

2nd Royal Irish Rifles [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Leinster Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Royal Ulster Rifles [12]

Army Cyclist Corps [11]

Royal Air Force [10]

Seaforth Highlanders [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

King's African Rifles [8]

Norfolk Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Hertfordshire Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Service

British Army [3252]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Indian Army [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [604]

C [300]

B [261]

S [260]

H [226]

W [198]

D [177]

G [161]

R [155]

L [131]

K [110]

F [98]

P [97]

T [97]

A [81]

O [77]

J [73]

E [50]

N [42]

I [21]

Y [12]

Q [10]

V [8]

U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [3250]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Ireland [8]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Belfast [3] Dublin [3] Antrim [1] Ballylesson [1] Ballymacarrett, Belfast N.Ireland [1] Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Belfast Northern Ireland [1] Belfast, Co. Antrim [1] Belfast, Country Antrim [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bressingham Norfolk [1] Carrigallen County Leitrim [1] Co Kerry [1] Collon, County Louth [1] Collon, Drogheda, Co Louth [1] Comber, County Down [1] Conlisland, County Tyrone [1] Craignageeragh, Ahoghill, Co Antrim [1] Crosshands, Carmarthen [1] Derry/Londonderry [1] Dromore, Co. Down [1] Estcourt, Natal [1] Falls Park, Belfast [1] Glasthule House, Kingstown, Dublin [1] Grouville [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Kilcommon, Tipperary, [1] Killorglin, Co. Kerry, [1] Limrick [1] Lincolnshire [1] Londonderry, County Derry, Northern Ireland [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Maidstone, Kent, England [1] Meiktila, British Burma [1] Nantgaredig, Carmarthen [1] Newry, County Down [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Portadown, Armagh [1] SS military hospital - Bangalore [1] Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Speke [1] St Helier [1] St Thomas, Dublin [1] Stratford, Essex [1] Tyrone [1] Whitehaven [1] Windmill Terrace, Londonderry [1] Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [2768] Corporal [174] Serjeant [169] Lance Corporal [161] Second Lieutenant [146] Lieutenant [93] Rifleman [69] Captain [66] Acting Corporal [30] Sapper [21] Acting Serjeant [19] Lance Serjeant [18] Major [17] Driver [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Company Serjeant Major [10] Private Rifleman [10] Pioneer [9] Acting Captain [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Fusilier [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2] Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] rank [2] A [1] Ac [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Cor [1] Acting Corporal Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [3087] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1557] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [508] Northumberland Fusiliers [324] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [287] Royal Fusiliers [262] Labour Corps [234] Royal Munster Fusiliers [222] Royal Irish Regiment [163] Royal Engineers [99] London Regiment [80] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [75] Army Service Corps [64] Liverpool Regiment [39] Scottish Rifles [38] Lancashire Fusiliers [30] 1st Royal Irish Rifles [27] Welsh Regiment [26] Connaught Rangers [25] Royal Scots Fusiliers [24] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [22] 2nd Royal Irish Rifles [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Leinster Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Royal Defence Corps [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [14] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Royal Ulster Rifles [12] Army Cyclist Corps [11] Royal Air Force [10] Seaforth Highlanders [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] Essex Regiment [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] King's African Rifles [8] Norfolk Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Hertfordshire Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [6]

Service

British Army [3252] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Indian Army [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [604] C [300] B [261] S [260] H [226] W [198] D [177] G [161] R [155] L [131] K [110] F [98] P [97] T [97] A [81] O [77] J [73] E [50] N [42] I [21] Y [12] Q [10] V [8] U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [3250]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Ireland [8] India [1]

Patrick Scanlon

Born 1893

Died 1964

British Army 4776 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 20770 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 4776 Cpl Dvr Royal field Artillery 5th Dac

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James Kennedy

Born 1894

Died 1947

British Army 4/3162 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army G/21078 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 4/3162 : G/21078 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers / Royal Irish Rifles

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William Fortescue Colborne Garstin

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Major Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Royal Irish Fusiliers 5th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Thomas Stephenson

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army 18730 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 29856 Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Richard Moore

Born 1867

Died 1918

British Army 11/18404 Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 1354 Colour Sergeant Instructor of Musketry Royal Irish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Garr. Bn

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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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William John Humphries

British Army 431 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 30469 Lance Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Arthur Hall

Born 1871

Died 1916

British Army 8/12283 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 8/12283 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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John Francis O'reilly

Born 1890

Died 1960

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 15683 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8th Battalion

British Army 15683 Lance Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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William George Mcmillan

Died 1916

British Army 13172 Sergeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 13172 Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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William La Nauze

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles attached Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Charles Cunningham

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 14345 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 19240 Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 19240 Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers Depot

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James William Sadler

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army S/4/035590 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 45847 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 42134 Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers

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James Finlay

Born 1871

Died 1919

British Army 13/17617 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 13/17617 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 3189 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Meeke

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 9049 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 42492 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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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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Robert Johnston

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 9047 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 9047 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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James Mcgrath

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 4/6743 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 6743 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles "B" Coy. 4th Battalion

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Frederick Streather

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 52632 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 43501 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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