Clan Corrigan

When the Imperial War Graves Commission was established by Royal Charter in 1917 it was unique in two respects. It was the only organisation to be charged with the commemoration of all the war dead, both military and civilian, from the member countries and it was, until the creation of the Commonwealth Secretariat in 1965, the only permanent Commonwealth institution reflecting a common aim shared by an equal partnership of nations.

1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces died in the two World Wars. Of these the remains of 925,000 were found and their graves are marked by a headstone. Where the remains were not found the casualty's name is commemorated on a memorial. There are war graves in some 150 different countries; mostly in the 2,500m war cemeteries and plots constructed by the Commission.

There are also graves in many civil cemeteries and churchyards throughout the world. The Commission employs craftsmen to maintain the grounds of its cemeteries and memorials and embellishes its site with monuments to give the casualties fitting and peaceful commemoration.

The cost of the work of the Commission is shared by those partner governments of nations which raised independent forces in the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars, in proportions based on the number of their graves. Other Commonwealth nations contribute to the work of the Commission by maintaining graves in their own country.

The partner governments and the proportion they contribute towards the cost of the Commission's work are: Australia (5.91%), Canada (9.88%), India (2.23%), New Zealand (2.10%), South Africa (2.07%) and the United Kingdom (77.81%). Newfoundland, which was a founding member of the Commission, ceased to have separate status from 1949 when it elected to join Canada.

All Forces Commemorated

1914-18 War		1939-45 War		Both Wars
Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials
587,385	528,300	347,410	231,893	934,795	760,193
Total commemorated by the Commission: 1,694,988

This together with 208,848 burials (185,369 from the First World War and 23,479 from the Second World War) brings the totals to 1,143,643.

Of the many civilians of the Commonwealth whose deaths were due to enemy action in the 1939-45 War, the names of 66,383 are commemorated in the Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour, located near St George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
DEBT OF HONOUR REGISTER

This Register provides personal and service details and places of commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First or Second World Wars. (A record of some 60,000 civilian casualties of the Second World War is provided without details of burial location.)

The cemeteries and memorials where these names are commemorated, in pertetuity, are located in around 150 countries. This database makes it possible to identify the exact location, by cemetery plot or memorial panel, where any given name is commemorated.

Forces of Australia Commemorated

1914-18 War		1939-45 War		Both Wars
Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials
38,499	23,318	28,316	12,149	66,815	35,467
Total commemorated by the Commission: 102,282

Forces of Canada Commemorated

1914-18 War		1939-45 War		Both Wars
Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials
45,192	19,650	37,318	8,032	82,510	27,682
Total commemorated by the Commission: 110,192

Also see Canada's 'Books of Rememberance'

Forces of Undivided India Commemorated

1914-18 War		1939-45 War		Both Wars
Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials
7,762	66,407	18,215	68,693	25,977	135,100
Total commemorated by the Commission: 161,077

No listings for this country.

Forces of New Zealand Commemorated

1914-18 War		1939-45 War		Both Wars
Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials
11,751	6,290	9,033	2,893	20,784	9,183
Total commemorated by the Commission: 29,967

Forces of South Africa Commemorated

1914-18 War		1939-45 War		Both Wars
Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials
6,673	2,861	10,052	1,925	16,725	4,786
Total commemorated by the Commission: 21,511

Forces of the United Kingdom and Former Colonies Commemorated

1914-18 War		1939-45 War		Both Wars
Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials	Identified Burials	Commemorated on Memorials
477,508	409,774	244,476	138,201	721,984	547,975
Total commemorated by the Commission: 1,269,959

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

First World War (1914-1922)

Australia

Name	Rank	Regiment	Date of Death
CORRIGAN, A G	Private	Australian Infantry, A.I.F	3rd May 1917
CORRIGAN, J	Gunner	Australian Heavy Artillery	13th Nov 1917
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Australian Infantry, A.I.F	9th Aug 1916
CORRIGAN, J G	Private	Australian Infantry, A.I.F	24th Jul 1916
CORRIGAN, J H	Private	Australian Infantry, A.I.F	20th May 1917
CORRIGAN, L J	Second Lieutenant	Australian Infantry, A.I.F	20th Sep 1917
CORRIGAN, L J	Driver	Australian Light Horse	24th Oct 1918
CORRIGAN, R	Driver	Australian Army Service Corps	30th Aug 1918
CORRIGAN, W H	Lance Corporal	Australian Infantry, A.I.F	8th Aug 1918

Canada

Name	Rank	Regiment	Date of Death
CORRIGAN, A V E	Lance Corporal	Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regt.)	27th Mar 1917
CORRIGAN, E B	Private	Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regt.)	22nd Mar 1917
CORRIGAN, H	Private	Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regt.)	25th Oct 1916
CORRIGAN, H D	Sergeant	Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regt.)	25th Oct 1917
CORRIGAN, J	Gunner	Canadian Field Artillery	25th Feb 1919
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)	14th Sep 1916
CORRIGAN, R	Private	Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regt.)	10th Aug 1918

India - No names listed

New Zealand

Name	Rank	Regiment	Date of Death
CORRIGAN, F W	Private	Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.	10th Sep 1918
CORRIGAN, M	Private	Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.	30th Mar 1918

South Africa - No names liested

United Kingdom

Name	Rank	Regiment	Date of Death
CORRIGAN, A	Private	Royal Scots Fusiliers	18th Oct 1914
CORRIGAN, A	Private	South Irish Horse	19th Jun 1917
CORRIGAN, A E	Private	The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.)	9th Aug 1915
CORRIGAN, B	Rifleman	South Lancashire Regiment	4th Dec 1917
CORRIGAN, B	Corporal	Machine Gun Corps	2nd Mar 1917
CORRIGAN, C	Private	Manchester Regiment	20th May 1916
CORRIGAN, C	Private	South Lancashire Regiment	3rd Aug 1915
CORRIGAN, C L	Private	Manchester Regiment	10th Oct 1918
CORRIGAN, D	Gunner	Royal Garrison Artillery	15th Jun 1918
CORRIGAN, E	Rifleman	Royal Irish Rifles	16th Aug 1917
CORRIGAN, E	Private	South Lancashire Regiment	31st Oct 1918
CORRIGAN, E G	Corporal	Leicestershire Regiment	13th Oct 1915
CORRIGAN, F	Private	The King's (Liverpool Regiment)	27th Sep 1918
CORRIGAN, F S	Lieutenant	The King's (Liverpool Regiment)	31st Aug 1918
CORRIGAN, G	Private	Grenadier Guards	27th Sep 1915
CORRIGAN, G	Rifleman	Royal Irish Rifles	9th May 1915
CORRIGAN, G E	Rifleman	London Regt (Queen Victoria's Rifles)	3rd May 1917
CORRIGAN, G H S	Private	South Irish Horse	21st Mar 1917
CORRIGAN, H	Private	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.)	27th Sep 1917
CORRIGAN, I	Private	Royal Scots	23rd Apr 1917
CORRIGAN, J	Company Sergeant Major	Cameron Highlanders	1st Oct 1918
CORRIGAN, J	Private	South Lancashire Regiment	2nd Jul 1918
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Scottish Horse	6th Jan 1919
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Royal Scots Fusiliers	8th Nov 1917
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Royal Scots	22nd Oct 1914
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Royal Scots	29th Oct 1918
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Royal Scots	10th Oct 1918
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Royal Scots	23rd Aug 1916
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Northumberland Fusiliers	1st Jul 1916
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Northumberland Fusiliers	25th Sep 1916
CORRIGAN, J	Regimental Sergeant Major	King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.)	14th Mar 1920
CORRIGAN, J	Lance Sergeant	Royal Irish Regiment	4th Dec 1918
CORRIGAN, J	Gunner	Royal Garrison Artillery	2nd Sep 1915
CORRIGAN, J	Corporal	Royal Engineers	20th Aug 1917
CORRIGAN, J	Lance Corporal	Royal Dublin Fusiliers	9th Sep 1916
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Royal Dublin Fusiliers	12th Jul 1915
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Royal Dublin Fusiliers	26th Apr 1915
CORRIGAN, J	Private 2nd Class	Royal Air Force	10th Oct 1918
CORRIGAN, J	Private	King's Own Scottish Borderers	19th Apr 1917
CORRIGAN, J	Lance Sergeant	King's Own Scottish Borderers	9th Apr 1917
CORRIGAN, J	Private	The King's (Liverpool Regiment)	30th Nov 1917
CORRIGAN, J	Sergeant	Irish Guards	15th Sep 1916
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Guards Machine Gun Regiment	6th Aug 1918
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Gordon Highlanders	17th Sep 1918
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Cheshire Regiment	16th Nov 1914
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Cheshire Regiment	28th Jan 1918
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Cameron Highlanders	14th Sep 1914
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Cameron Highlanders	24th Nov 1915
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Cameron Highlanders	28th Jun 1916
CORRIGAN, J E	Private	Middlesex Regiment	7th Sep 1918
CORRIGAN, J G	Private	Northumberland Fusiliers	1st Jul 1916
CORRIGAN, J J	Private	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	8th May 1916
CORRIGAN, J T	Private	Grenadier Guards	14th Sep 1916
CORRIGAN, M	Private	East Yorkshire Regiment	26th Sep 1916
CORRIGAN, M	Rifleman	South Lancashire Regiment	9th Sep 1916
CORRIGAN, M	Stoker 1st Class	Royal Navy	7th Jul 1917
CORRIGAN, M	Private	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	16th Aug 1917
CORRIGAN, M	Private	Manchester Regiment	4th Oct 1918
CORRIGAN, M	Sergeant	The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	7th Jul 1916
CORRIGAN, M	Lance Sergeant	Lancashire Fusiliers	18th Jun 1915
CORRIGAN, M	Private	Durham Light Infantry	28th Aug 1916
CORRIGAN, O	Rifleman	Royal Irish Rifles	27th Apr 1916
CORRIGAN, P	Private	Lancashire Fusiliers	26th Sep 1916
CORRIGAN, P	Private	Royal Scots	9th Apr 1917
CORRIGAN, P	Stoker 1st Class	Royal Navy	9th Jul 1917
CORRIGAN, P	Private	Royal Marine Light Infantry	17th Nov 1918
CORRIGAN, P	Private	Royal Irish Regiment	21st Nov 1918
CORRIGAN, P	Private	Royal Irish Fusiliers	25th Apr 1915
CORRIGAN, P	Lance Corporal	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	22nd May 1915
CORRIGAN, P	Greaser	Mercantile Marine	5th Apr 1916
CORRIGAN, P	Private	Leinster Regiment	21st Oct 1918
CORRIGAN, P	Guardsman	Irish Guards	26th May 1918
CORRIGAN, P	Private	Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)	23rd Aug 1917
CORRIGAN, P	Private	Army Service Corps	19th Nov 1917
CORRIGAN, T	Private	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	10th Dec 1916
CORRIGAN, T	Sergeant	Northumberland Fusiliers	3rd Jun 1919
CORRIGAN, T	Stoker 1st Class	Royal Navy	31st May 1916
CORRIGAN, T	Able Seaman	Mercantile Marine	26th May 1915
CORRIGAN, T	Private	Highland Light Infantry	3rd Jul 1915
CORRIGAN, T	Private	Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)	25th Sep 1916
CORRIGAN, T	Private	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	30th Apr 1918
CORRIGAN, T H	Able Seaman	Royal Navy	13th May 1915
CORRIGAN, T M	Sergeant	The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)	24th Feb 1917
CORRIGAN, T P	Private	Royal Munster Fusiliers	28th Dec 1917
CORRIGAN, W	Private	Cheshire Regiment	5th Jun 1916
CORRIGAN, W	Private	South Lancashire Regiment	22nd Jun 1918
CORRIGAN, W	Private	Royal Warwickshire Regiment	20th Apr 1916
CORRIGAN, W H	Private	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	16th Aug 1917
CORRIGAN, W J	Private	Royal Dublin Fusiliers	14th Oct 1918
CORRIGAN, W J	Private	South Lancashire Regiment	28th Sep 1915
CORRIGAN, W J	Lance Corporal	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	16th Aug 1917
CORRIGAN, W L	Sergeant	Rifle Brigade	1st Nov 1918
CORRIGAN, W M	Private	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	27th Apr 1916

Second World War (1939-1947)

Australia

Name	Rank	Regiment	Date of Death
CORRIGAN, L M	Private	Australian Infantry	24th Apr 1945
CORRIGAN, T J		Royal Australian Air Force	9th Jan 1943

Canada
(Also see Canada's - Books of Rememberance)

Name	Rank	Regiment	Date of Death
CORRIGAN, C G	Private	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	9th Nov 1940
CORRIGAN, F O	Petty Officer Supply	Royal Canadian Navy	26th Sep 1942
CORRIGAN, R J	Pilot Officer	Royal Canadian Air Force	19th Aug 1942

India

No names listed

New Zealand

No names listed

South Africa

Name	Rank	Regiment	Date of Death
CORRIGAN, H A	Air Sergeant	South African Air Force	6th Feb 1946

United Kingdom

Name	Rank	Regiment	Date of Death
CORRIGAN, B	Stoker 2nd Class	Royal Navy	9th Mar 1947
CORRIGAN, D D	Private	King's Shropshire Light Infantry	13th Apr 1945
CORRIGAN, D J	Gunner	Royal Artillery	4th Apr 1942
CORRIGAN, D V	Sergeant	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	29th Jan 1943
CORRIGAN, E	Private	King's Own Scottish Borderers	3rd Dec 1944
CORRIGAN, E	Stoker	Royal Naval Patrol Service	15th Feb 1944
CORRIGAN, E P	Sergeant	Royal Air Force	2nd Mar 1941
CORRIGAN, F G	Private	Middlesex Regiment	8th Dec 1941
CORRIGAN, G	Bombardier	Royal Artillery	26th Apr 1941
CORRIGAN, G	Ordinary Seaman	Royal Navy	25th Jul 1941
CORRIGAN, G	Sapper	Royal Engineers	28th Dec 1945
CORRIGAN, J	Lance Corporal	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	22nd Jun 1944
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)	3rd Jun 1944
CORRIGAN, J	Able Seaman	Royal Navy	6th Jul 1944
CORRIGAN, J	Telegraphist	Royal Navy	6th Jul 1944
CORRIGAN, J	Private	Army Catering Corps	6th Jun 1943
CORRIGAN, J	Gunner	Royal Artillery	2nd May 1945
CORRIGAN, J	Sergeant	Royal Artillery	7th Aug 1944
CORRIGAN, J C	Chief Engineer Officer	Merchant Navy	7th Dec 1942
CORRIGAN, J J	Corporal	Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	3rd Nov 1944
CORRIGAN, J J	Gunner	Royal Artillery	18th Jul 1943
CORRIGAN, J P	Private	East Surrey Regiment	20th Apr 1943
CORRIGAN, L	Mess Room Boy	Merchant Navy	15th Feb 1941
CORRIGAN, M	Fusilier	Lancashire Fusiliers	31st May 1940
CORRIGAN, M F	Private	Leicestershire Regiment	14th Dec 1941
CORRIGAN, M J C	Civilian		19th May 1941
CORRIGAN, O	Guardsman	Irish Guards	30th Jul 1944
CORRIGAN, P	Steward	Merchant Navy	16th Jul 1942
CORRIGAN, P	Sergeant	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	26th Aug 1944
CORRIGAN, P	Lance Corporal	South Staffordshire Regiment	8th Jul 1944
CORRIGAN, P	Petty Officer Stoker	Royal Navy	22nd Mar 1941
CORRIGAN, P	Ordinary Seaman	Royal Navy	22nd Aug 1944
CORRIGAN, R E	Civilian		1st Jun 1942
CORRIGAN, T	Assistant Steward	Merchant Navy	29th Jan 1945
CORRIGAN, T	Able Seaman	Royal Navy	31st Dec 1942
CORRIGAN, T E	Aircraftman 1st Class	Royal Air Force (Aux. Air Force)	1st Sep 1940
CORRIGAN, T E	Rigger's Mate	Royal Navy	23rd Dec 1942
CORRIGAN, T M	Warrant Officer 3rd Class	The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regt.)	27th Aug 1940
CORRIGAN, W	Corporal	Royal Scots	16th Jul 1944
CORRIGAN, W	Sergeant	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	17th Dec 1943

Source: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Debt of Honour Register