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Place of birth

Dublin [2]

Mountrath, Queen's County [2]

Ballinameale, Co. Waterford [1]

Ballycahill [1]

Ballymasloe, Galway [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London [1]

Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1]

Clapham, Middlesex [1]

Clonmel, Tipperary [1]

Co Galway [1]

Crowhill Williamstown, Roscommon, Co Galway [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

Kinsale(?) County Cork [1]

Little Moyle, Co. Carlow [1]

Liverpool [1]

Louth [1]

Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1]

Milverton, Somerset [1]

Nenagh, County Tipperary [1]

Palmyra Park, Galway [1]

Slane, Co Meath [1]

Stoke on Trent [1]

Tallow, Co. Waterford [1]

Wexford [1]

cork [1]

Rank

Private [1339]

Second Lieutenant [174]

Corporal [113]

Serjeant [109]

Lieutenant [102]

Lance Corporal [53]

Captain [40]

Shoeing Smith [17]

Major [16]

Trooper [13]

Acting Corporal [9]

Sapper [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Saddler [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Driver [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Trumpeter [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance - Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Major /Captain Retired Pay [1]

Unit

South Irish Horse [1662]

Royal Irish Regiment [645]

Corps of Hussars [436]

Labour Corps [62]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

Royal Engineers [46]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [33]

Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Irish Rifles [27]

Leinster Regiment [25]

Corps of Lancers [20]

Military Mounted Police [19]

Hussars [18]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [16]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [14]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [13]

Lancers [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Corps of Dragoons [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Northumberland Hussars [10]

Dorset Yeomanry [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Connaught Rangers [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

North Irish Horse [6]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6]

County of London Yeomanry [5]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Company of Dragoons [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

19th Hussars [3]

7th Royal Irish Regiment [3]

8th Hussars [3]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3]

South Irish Horse attached Royal Irish Regiment [3]

1/1st Dorset Yeomanry [2]

1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Cavalry/South Irish Horse [2]

Service

British Army [1694]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [244]

C [159]

B [146]

S [120]

H [118]

D [100]

W [86]

F [84]

K [81]

L [81]

R [76]

O [73]

G [64]

P [51]

J [50]

T [48]

E [35]

A [34]

N [25]

Q [9]

Y [4]

I [3]

V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1692]

Country

Ireland [8]

United Kingdom [4]

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Place of birth

Dublin [2] Mountrath, Queen's County [2] Ballinameale, Co. Waterford [1] Ballycahill [1] Ballymasloe, Galway [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London [1] Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1] Clapham, Middlesex [1] Clonmel, Tipperary [1] Co Galway [1] Crowhill Williamstown, Roscommon, Co Galway [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Kinsale(?) County Cork [1] Little Moyle, Co. Carlow [1] Liverpool [1] Louth [1] Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1] Milverton, Somerset [1] Nenagh, County Tipperary [1] Palmyra Park, Galway [1] Slane, Co Meath [1] Stoke on Trent [1] Tallow, Co. Waterford [1] Wexford [1] cork [1]

Rank

Private [1339] Second Lieutenant [174] Corporal [113] Serjeant [109] Lieutenant [102] Lance Corporal [53] Captain [40] Shoeing Smith [17] Major [16] Trooper [13] Acting Corporal [9] Sapper [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Company Serjeant Major [3] Saddler [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Driver [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Trumpeter [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Cadet [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance - Corporal [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Major /Captain Retired Pay [1]

Unit

South Irish Horse [1662] Royal Irish Regiment [645] Corps of Hussars [436] Labour Corps [62] Machine Gun Corps [56] Royal Engineers [46] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [33] Army Service Corps [27] Royal Irish Rifles [27] Leinster Regiment [25] Corps of Lancers [20] Military Mounted Police [19] Hussars [18] Royal Irish Fusiliers [16] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [14] Royal Field Artillery [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Royal Munster Fusiliers [13] Lancers [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Tank Corps [12] Corps of Dragoons [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Northumberland Hussars [10] Dorset Yeomanry [9] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Connaught Rangers [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] London Regiment [6] North Irish Horse [6] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6] County of London Yeomanry [5] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Company of Dragoons [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] 19th Hussars [3] 7th Royal Irish Regiment [3] 8th Hussars [3] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3] South Irish Horse attached Royal Irish Regiment [3] 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry [2] 1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Cavalry/South Irish Horse [2]

Service

British Army [1694] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [244] C [159] B [146] S [120] H [118] D [100] W [86] F [84] K [81] L [81] R [76] O [73] G [64] P [51] J [50] T [48] E [35] A [34] N [25] Q [9] Y [4] I [3] V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1692]

Country

Ireland [8] United Kingdom [4]

Patrick Charles Mitchell

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1268 Private South Irish Horse

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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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Robert Brownlow

Born 1890

Died 1914

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

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Albert Alexander Lyons

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 710 Shoeing Smith South Irish Horse

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Arnold Vesey Fitzherbert

Born 1878

Died 1922

British Army Lieutenant South Irish Horse

British Army Captain South Irish Horse

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Robert Smyth

Born 1885

Died 1952

British Army Lieutenant South Irish Horse

British Army Major South Irish Horse

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George Chaigneau Colvill

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant South Irish Horse

British Army Captain South Irish Horse

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Isaac William Burns Lindow

Born 1868

Died 1946

British Army Major South Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Colonel South Irish Horse

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Geoffrey James Jameson

Born 1888

Died 1967

British Army Second Lieutenant South Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant South Irish Horse

British Army Captain South Irish Horse

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Victor George Henry Francis Conyngham

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant South Irish Horse

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Michael Reilly

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 1849 Shoeing Smith South Irish Horse

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Samuel Alexander Watt

Born 1876

Died 1950

British Army Lieutenant South Irish Horse

British Army Captain South Irish Horse

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Richard Gardner Brewster

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 655 Private South Irish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant South Irish Horse

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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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Alfred Corrigan

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1532 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 1532 Private South Irish Horse

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Thomas Byrne

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 983 Private South Irish Horse

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Thomas Murtagh

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 976 Private South Irish Horse

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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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