STOKER JOHN COLLINS was a brother of George and Thomas.  George was killed in the last week of the war and Thomas was serving on H.M.S. Defence and was lost at the Battle of Jutland.  They were nephews of John Brown of Broughmore

STOKER JOHN COYLES survived the war and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.  He lived in North Street and left a wife and two young children to join the Royal Navy.  He had previously worked as a fisherman. John was born on 30th January 1871 in Ballycastle and joined the Royal Navy for a twelve year period on 7th November 1895.  He was based at Devonport.  John was five feet ten inches tail with auburn hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion.  When his twelve year period of service was up he joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 8th November 1907.  He was called up for further service when war broke out in August 1914 and served throughout the war.  In April 1919 John's father, Archibald Coyles, died, but John was unable to get leave for the funeral as he was in mid voyage at the time.  Archibald was a cattle dealer in Ballycastle.  His Grandson, Frank McLarty M.M. only arrived on Monday, the day following the funeral. John was demobbed on 2nd October 1919.

STOKER JOHN KERRIGAN was born in the townland of Magherindonnell, Ballycastle, on 20th April 1895.  He joined the Royal Navy on 20th April 1913 and was based at Devonport with the number J 20798.  On joining he was five feet six inches tall, with brown hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion.  His period of service was the usual twelve years.  His record shows the usual rise through the ranks from Boy 2nd Class to 1st class, Ordinary Seaman and finally AB.  He was admitted to Haslar Royal Naval Hospital in August 1922 with an injury to his finger which proved serious enough to have him invalided from the Royal Navy a short time later.

STOKER J LOCKETT appears to have come to Ballycastle to live, probably with relatives.

GNR MICHAEL McBRIDE lived at Torr Head and was born on 22nd February 1885.

SIGNALLER JOHN HUEY was in the Royal Navy and was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church where he is commemorated on the Memorial Tablet inside the Church. He had been born near Ballymena on 8th December 1900.

SIGNALLER JOSEPH McINTYRE served in the Royal Navy and was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church where he is commemorated on the Memorial Tablet inside the Church. The family lived at Gortconney.

SIGN. WILLIAM JOHN TOWNSLEY lived at Carnduff and was eleven years of age when the census was taken in 1911.  By 1916 the authorities were desperate for recruits and William John was accepted for service.  He served throughout the war in the Royal Navy.

SIGN. JOHN WILSON was thought to have been a Ballymena man who had come to live in Ballycastle.  He was born on 9th February 1896 and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

CHIEF ENGINEER THOMAS VICTOR HUMPHREYS was a son of Mr. Thomas Humphreys of Bay View, Ballycastle.  During the Great War he was Chief Engineer in the Royal Navy.  He died at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands as a result of enemy action on 29th July 1942.  His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

LT. JOHN J. HUMPHREYS was the third son of Mr. Thomas Humphreys of Bay View, Ballycastle.  In August of 1917 he accepted a commission in the Royal Naval Reserve for service in the Auxiliary Patrol.  John served throughout the war and returned to Ballycastle where he was a valued member of Ballycastle Masonic Lodge No 89.  Although she isn't named on Ballycastle War Memorial the eldest daughter of Mr. T Humphreys, Miss L. Humphreys, was Matron of Tynemouth Red Cross Hospital for many years.  In March of 1918 she volunteered for service in France and was appointed as head masseuse of a hospital at Saint Rome under the French Government.

A little more needs to be said of Thomas Humphreys sen.  He and his wife Eliza had a family of eleven children, with ten of them surviving to adulthood. Their daughter Kathleen died in infancy on 23rd April 1892. Thomas was a very ambitious man and was a Justice of the Peace. He was also a Master Builder and Post Master.  His wife Eliza died on 14th November 1928 and Thomas survived for another eighteen years. He passed away on 28th April 1946 in his ninety-sixth year.  His daughter Helen married R. C. Black and they emigrated to Canada, settling in Winnipeg.  She died there on 27th November 1943.  Thomas had had a very difficult last few years with the passing of his son Thomas Victor in 1942, his daughter Helen in 1943 and his son Fred in 1945.  He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

APP. JOHN A. CAMERON served as an engineer in the Mercantile Marine and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

APP. JAMES KEEVERS DOUGLAS was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on their Memorial Tablet inside the Church. He is also commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church. His wife, Margretta McFetridge, was born in 1903 and died in 1996. She is interred in Layde Parish Churchyard. Cushendall. James was born in 1901 and died in South Africa in 1943.

APP. ARCHER PATTON DOUGLAS was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is also commemorated on the Memorial Tablet in the Church. He is also commemorated in Ramoan Parish Church. His name is commemorated on the family headstone in Ramoan Parish Church graveyard. Captain Archer P. Douglas was lost at sea in April 1941 aged 44.  Jennie Livingstone Douglas, their mother, died on 2nd February 1933 and their father, James Patton Douglas died four years later, on 10th February 1937.

APPRENTICE WALTER FRENCH survived the war and returned to Ballycastle after he retired from the Royal Navy.  His name is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

APPRENTICE GEORGE FRANCIS HAUGHEY served in the Mercantile Marine and by the end of the war had the rank of 2nd Officer. He was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church where he is commemorated on their Roll of Honour. He was another son of George Alexander Haughey JP who was a draper in Ann Street and died on 3rd July 1966 in Portsmouth. His brother, John, had lost his life while serving in the Mercantile Marine in the summer of 1915.

APPRENTICE JAMES A. KENNEDY served in the Mercantile Marine and was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church.  His name is commemorated on the Memorial Tablet inside the Church.

BRIG. GEN. ALAN JAMES CAMPBELL D. S. O. Alan James Campbell was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order for distinguished service in the field on 3rd June 1917.  Lieut Col. Campbell was married on Rathlin Island in 1897 his wife being a Granddaughter of the late Rev. E. Gage of Ballycastle.  By October of 1917 Mrs. Campbell was living in Ballycastle.  Towards the end of 1916 Col. Campbell was wounded while in command of the Carnatic Infantry near Aden. He had fought in three campaigns in Burma.  He survived the war and returned to Ballycastle where he is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

CAPT. EDWARD ORME COX served throughout the war in the Indian Army. By the end of the war he had attained the rank of Captain.  He was a valued member of Ballycastle Masonic Lodge No 89.  Edward was the seventh son of Rev. Thomas Cox, rector of Ramoan Parish Church from 1879 to 1921 who died on 29th April 1924 aged 93.  His wife, Mary Jane Cox died on 19th September 1926 aged 81. Edward was born in 1885 and died in 1970. His wife. Constance Ann died in 1969. Edward is commemorated on the Roll of Honour inside Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. DAVID DUNLOP served in the Machine Gun Corps throughout the war and was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church where he is commemorated on the Memorial Tablet in the Church.  He was wounded on at least one occasion.

PTE. J. O'NEILL was home on leave in October 1917 recuperating from wounds.

MAJ. GEN. CHARLES CALLWELL K.C.B. was made K.C.B. in June of 1917. His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

LT. COL. WILLIAM A. WOODSIDE served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and had been Mentioned in Despatches. He had also been awarded the D.S.O.  His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ballycastle Presbyterian Church.

MAJ. JOHN LUKE JACKSON served in the R.A.M.C. throughout the war.  He was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on their Roll of Honour. He was a winner of the French Croix de Guerre. John was born on 27th February 1886 and was a son of the Rev. John Jackson of Ballycastle. There appears to have been a family of five children, three boys and two girls. All three boys served throughout the war.

CAPTAIN FRANK CASEMENT D.S.O. was at the fall of Antwerp and by 1915 was at the Dardanelles.  He was a son of Roger Casement of Magherintemple, Ballycastle. His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Culfeitrin Parish Church.

CAPTAIN R. W. HARPER was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on their Roll of Honour. He was in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was a valued member of Ballycastle Masonic Lodge no 89.

LT. HERBERT MONTGOMERY JACKSON served in the RAMC and by the end of hostilities had risen to the rank of Captain. He was born on 27th August 1888 and baptised in Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on their Roll of Honour.

PTE. JOHN PARKHILL was home in Ballycastle on leave in August of 1918. He was serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps.  He eventually survived the war and returned to Ballycastle.  John is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.  His brother, Joseph, was killed in action and this left two sisters, Elizabeth and Christina at home. The family eventually returned to Scotland.

L. L. MACAULEY was a nurse during the Great War and in charge of a hospital in France. In September of 1918 she was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal and the presentation was made by King George V at Buckingham Palace.  She came from Mullaghduff House, Armoy.

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LT. JASPER B. JOHNSTON is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church and by the end of the war had attained the rank of Captain.

PTE. JAMES BAILLIE was a son of John Baillie, the station master in Ballycastle and was home on leave in August of 1918.  He was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church where he is commemorated on their Roll of Honour. James was involved in Motor Transport and survived the war. He was born on 26th June 1897.

JOHN AND JANE BAILLIE had a family of three sons and four daughters and lived in Ann Street.  Mary Ann, the eldest of the girls was a clerk in the railway office.

EDGAR BYRNE M.M. 1st TANKS By July of 1917 Edgar Byrne had received the Military Medal, awarded for coolness and gallantry at the Battle of Arras along with a parchment certificate.  He was the fourth son of the late John Byrne of Quay House, Ballycastle.  He had worked in the Northern Bank in Ballycastle previous to the war when he joined the 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. Later he was transferred to the tanks.  Then a few weeks after the award of the medal he was wounded by shrapnel and taken to Base Hospital.  This was in August of 1917.  In May of 1918 Edgar was home in Ballycastle on leave.  His father and mother both appear to have died at a very young age and by 1911 the family are being looked after by a servant, Nancy Spence.  There were at least eight children in the family and we can safely assume that the young Nancy, by 1911 just twenty years of age, had her hands full. The two older girls, Olive and Eileen, 21 and 19, were at an age where they were very useful but were also at an age where they needed to be advancing their own careers to help with the running of the home.  The eldest boy, John, was a fishery manager.  Edgar and Aubrey both enlisted and served throughout the war and returned safely to Ballycastle.  Both are commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church. The younger ones, Dermot, Hilda and Myrtle, 12, 10 and 6 would have been left in the care of Nancy Spence for the duration of the war.

PTE. ALEXANDER S. G. GAGE is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.  He had served in the Tank Corps and survived the war.

PTE. CHARLES McHENRY was a son of John and Mary McHenry of Fairhill Street.  He was a widower who had returned to live with his parents following the early death of his wife.  He had two young children to fend for and the help of his parents was much appreciated.  Charles served throughout the war and returned safely.

PTE. WILLIAM McKAY was a coachman to one of the gentlemen's residences around Ballycastle at the time of the Great War.

PTE. FRANCIS QUIGG was the second child in a family of six.  They lived at Number 5, Townparks. Ballycastle.  He survived the war and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. JOSEPH STARRS lived with his wife and family in Ann Street and served in Motor Transport. He was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church. He survived the war and returned to Ballycastle. Following the war he owned a successful motor car repair garage and taxi business on Castle Street with his three sons.

LT. COL. FRANK PURCEL BARNES D.S.O.  Q.B.E. arrived home to Ballycastle for two days leave in mid April 1916. His father was Rev. Canon Barnes of Ballycastle.  He had got seven days leave but had to visit Buckingham Palace the previous Saturday to be presented with the D.S.O. by the King.  His brother, 2nd Lieut. Theo Barnes, was also serving on the Western Front.  In July of 1917 Frank was promoted to the rank of Major in the Army Service Corps, still retaining his command of Mechanical Transport and his rank of Lieut. Col. while holding that command.

SGT. WILLIAM BLACK lived in North Street with his widowed mother, a brother and two sisters.

PTE. JAMES BLAIR was a barber in Castle Street.

PTE. ARCHIE HAMIL was in business as a tailor in Castle Street. He left a wife and eight children to serve his country.

CPL. ALEXANDER STEELE was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is remembered on their Roll of Honour.  He survived the war.

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Lt Fred Humphreys  By early 1915 Fred Humphreys had attained the rank of Corporal. Then in July of 1915 he was promoted Sergeant. He was a son of Mr. T Humphreys of Bay View House, Ballycastle, and had worked in Ballycastle as an accountant in the Ulster Bank there.  In August he was home on leave having spent time in Hope Auxiliary Hospital, Pendleton, Manchester recovering from wounds received at the Somme on 1st July 1916. By July of 1918 he was again home on leave. In October of 1918 he was wounded and spent the remainder of the war in hospital in France. Fred was a member of Ballycastle Masonic Lodge No 89. I have in my possession a card written by Fred Humphreys to his father and mother in September of 1914 from Clandeboye Camp in which he mentions the lovely weather and of receiving a hamper of apples from Fred Clarke. Fred Humphreys survived the war and died on 26th February 1945. He was just forty-nine years of age. His wife, Maud, died in Ballycastle on 1st September 1978.

SGT. JAMES STEWART was home in Ballycastle on leave in August of 1918.

PTE. JOHN McGAGHEY was dangerously wounded in mid November 1917. He was a son of Nancy McGaghey. John survived the war and resided in Fairhill Street but later moved to the ex-servicemens cottages on the Coleraine Road, he is buried in Ballycastle RC Graveyard.

PTE. THOMAS McGAGHEY was a brother of the above Nancy and lived with her and her family.  He was thirty-eight years of age when the census was taken in 1911.

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Lt. Col. Alfred McBride Woodside was a son of Robert and Fanny Woodside and was born on 22nd April 1876. He was baptized in Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and died on 21st January 1960.  He had reached the rank of Lieut. Colonel in the Royal Field Artillery and been wounded once. Alfred is commemorated on the Roll of Honour inside Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and had been Mentioned in Despatches.

PTE. DAN ELLISON was home on leave at Castle Street, Ballycastle in October of 1917.  He survived the war and returned to Ballycastle and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

MAJOR GORDON BLACK M.B.E.  In February of 1916 Gordon Black had just recently been promoted Lieutenant and was serving with the 2nd Canadians when he visited Ballycastle.  His father was the late William Boyes Black, a merchant in Ballycastle and he was a nephew of Mr. G. H. Scarlett, also of Ballycastle. Gordon had joined the 2nd Canadian contingent in April 1915 as a private and was in training at Dibgate Camp, Shorncliffe. In January he was appointed to the Headquarters Staff of the Canadian Service Corps then stationed at Sandgate, Folkstone.  He again visited Ballycastle in November of 1917.  By July of 1918 he was again home on leave and stayed with his Aunt, Mrs. Scarlett.  He had by now been promoted to Major.  A close friend, Major Wilson, accompanied him on this trip.  It was at this time that he was present at Buckingham Palace to be presented with the O.B.E. by the King.

R. F. CASEMENT D.C.M. was awarded the D.C.M. for distinguished conduct near Ypres on the night of 28/29th April 1915 for going to an officer who lay wounded near the German line, accompanied by three others, and carrying him in on a stretcher under a heavy shell and rifle fire.  He was a son of Roger Casement of Magherintemple, Ballycastle.

SGT. THOMPSON F. BLACK was a brother of Mrs. Scarlett of the Post Office and of the late William B. Black, merchant, Ballycastle.  He had been resident in Winnipeg for many years and his last visit home had been about twenty years previously.  He volunteered for active service in November of 1916 and arrived in England for training on 30th April 1917.  He was on leave in Ballycastle in May of 1917 and was again home on leave in January of 1918.  He had been involved in a German gas attack in the autumn of 1917 and in January was still recuperating.

SGT. THOMAS O. COX was a son of Rev. Thomas Cox of Ramoan Parish Church from 1879 to 1921.  He survived the war and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

SGT. ARTHUR HARRISON, 1st British Colombia Regiment, was seriously wounded at Ypres on 24th April 1915.  Arthur had lived in Ballycastle for a few years before emigrating to Vancouver in 1910.  He was the third son of Serjeant Major Henry Harrison of London.  He came over with the first Canadian contingent, going to France in February l9l5.  At the Battle of St Julian a large piece of shell struck him on the upper part of the forearm, breaking the bones and destroying his elbow. He was sent to hospital at Boulogne and later to England where he was kept until 16th August.  Arthur had served in the South African war, where he received the Queen's medal with six clasps. In September of 1915 Arthur called at Ballycastle on his way back to Canada and was the recipient of a silver cigarette case.  The presentation took place in the Dalriada Hall.  Arthur was discharged from the Army because of his wounds and spent the rest of his life in Canada.  On 14th October 1915 in St Martins Church, Cheriton, Kent, Arthur married Harrietta Coyles, youngest daughter of James Coyles of The Quay, Ballycastle.  The Bride was given away by Serjeant J. E. Dolfin and Serjeant H. E. Stafford acted as best man. There were no bridesmaids.  Outside the Church the wounded serjeants of Serjeant Harrison's regiment made an arch of their sticks under which the happy couple passed amid showers of confetti. They afterwards motored to Folkestone. In the evening the serjeants gave a supper and presented serjeant Harrison with a silver tea service on which their names were inscribed.  I believe that the sequence of events described here have been put slightly out of order by the newspapers and that Harrietta had gone to England to nurse Arthur back to health in September.  By early October they had decided to get married and that Arthur and Harrietta had called at Ballycastle to bid her family goodbye as they sailed for a new life in Canada. They settled in Vancouver.

SGT. JOHN McHENRY was a brother of Charles above and a son of John and Mary of Fairhill Street.  At the time the census was taken in 1911 John was twenty nine years of age.

SGT. JAMES McMULLAN is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. RICHARD HUNTER served in Motor Transport with the Army Service Corps.  He returned safely and is remembered on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. JOHN McCOLLAM had emigrated to Canada but enlisted and returned to fight for his country. He is remembered in Ramoan Parish Church where the Roll of Honour bears his name. John survived the war.

PTE. HENRY McCURDY had emigrated to Canada before the war but enlisted and returned to fight for his country.  He survived the war. Henry's name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. J. V. McGUIGAN had enlisted in Canada but survived the war. He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ballycastle Presbyterianism Church.

PTE. MOORE NEILL is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. CHARLES K. SPENCE was home on leave in Ballycastle in October of 1917.  He had emigrated to Canada a few years previously and had spent fourteen months in France.  He survived the war and his name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. HUGH WHITE was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour inside the Church. He had been in Canada for a number of years and enlisted into the Canadian Forces. He survived the war and returned to Canada.

R.Q.M.S. DAN WOODSIDE is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. R. L. WALKER survived the war. His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

SGT. ANDREW McLAUGHLIN D.C.M. was just nineteen years of age when he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1916 for gallantry in the field.  He had been in charge of a body of men of the 7th battalion Leinster Regiment.  He showed conspicuous bravery in leading his section up to the lip of a crater and holding it under heavy fire. Following the withdrawal at dawn he went back and under heavy machinegun fire he carried in a wounded man.  Three times he laid down his burden and bombed back the enemy who were following him. Eventually he got the wounded man to safety and his section back to their trench. At a function in the Club Rooms on Quay Road in Ballycastle in November of 1916 he was presented with War Savings Certificates and savings bank book in recognition of his bravery.  The medal had already been presented at another function.  A few days later Sgt. McLaughlin was back on the Western Front.

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CAPT. DAN KIRKPATRICK was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour inside the Church. He had served in the United States Forces and survived the war.  Dan was the eldest son of H. C. Kirkpatrick, the former Bank Manager in Ballycastle. He was home on leave in June of 1919.

PTE. GEORGE HENRY emigrated to the United States where he later enlisted. He was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on their Roll of Honour. He survived the war.

PTE. HUGH McMULLAN had emigrated to the United States in 1913 when he was eighteen years of age and joined the U.S. Machine Gun Corps.  He had been a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on their Roll of Honour.

PTE. WILLIAM McMULLAN was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on their Roll of Honour. He was a son of James McMullan and Ann Woodside and was born on 6th February 1873. He had emigrated to the United States where he enlisted, joining the United States Army. He survived the war.

PTE. SAMUEL CHESTNUTT SMYTH.  He was a son of William Smyth of Gortconney, Ballycastle and was born on 16th August 1886 and died on 8th May 1959.  He had emigrated to the United States and enlisted there.

PTE. JAMES SIMPSON emigrated to the USA in 1914 when he was twenty-six years of age.  He enlisted in the American forces and survived the war.

PTE. WILLIAM WOODSIDE had emigrated to America where he joined the United States Forces.  He survived the war and returned to America.  His name is commemorated inside Ballycastle Presbyterian Church where it can be seen on the Roll of Honour.

PTE. J. H. WOODSIDE had also emigrated to America and enlisted in the US Forces.  He too, survived the war.  His name is also commemorated on Ballycastle Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour.

SGT. ARTHUR BERNARD served with the Australian Forces and survived the war.  He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. CHARLES DARRAGH was a son of Archibald Darragh and Anne Jane McLean of Churchfield.  His complete story is told later.

PTE. ALEXANDER JOSEPH GILLIN was born at Culfeitrin in 1856. When war broke out he was so determined to enlist that he took ten years off his age and was accepted without question. He survived the war.

PTE. WILLIAM McCONAGHIE had, as a young man, emigrated to Australia, where he joined the RAMC. He survived the war and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ballycastle Presbyterian Church.

PTE. WILLIAM QUIGG was a son of Isabella Quigg of 6 Townparks, Ballycastle. At the time of the census of 1911 he was twenty-six years of age and a labourer. Soon afterwards he emigrated to Australia and served throughout the war in the Australian Forces. He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. WILLIAM B. WHITE was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church who had emigrated to Australia before the outbreak of hostilities.  He enlisted there and returned to serve throughout the war and survive.  He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ballycastle Presbyterian Church. He was wounded on at least one occasion.

PTE. J. COX was based at the Old Military Barracks at Fermoy.  He survived the war.

PTE. JOHN W. HOWARD lived at Fair Head. He survived the war.

PTE. S. L. RENNIE had lived at East Torr and was a son of John Rennie.

Lt. T. B. Barnes had been seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. He was a son of Canon Barnes of Ballycastle. The wounds look a long time to heal and in September of 1917 he was ordered by the Medical Board to do six months garrison duty.  He was then appointed Military Instructor of the Officer Training Corps at Reigate, Surrey.

PTE. JOHN DELARGY was an apprentice shoemaker who lived with his mother and five sisters in North Street, Ballycastle. Following his return from the war he went into business in the licensed trade and is interred in Ballycastle RC Graveyard.

Early in November of 1915 Robert F McMichael, son of Mr. Daniel McMichael, Cape Colony, (a native of Ballycastle), paid a visit to his relatives in Ballycastle. During the Boer War he volunteered for service with the Imperial Light Horse. He was awarded two medals with six clasps. Some years after the Boer War he took part in the Zululand War. When trouble broke out in South Africa he again joined the Imperial Light Horse in Botha's army and was with this contingent when they captured Windhoek Forde. They had to go sixty-eight miles without water and horses dropped under them like flies, and men fell on all sides like flies with sunstroke.  Robert was wounded at Windhoek.  After his recovery he came over to England to fight in the Great War. Robert was a mining engineer and a nephew of Mr. James McMichael of the Royal Hotel in Ballycastle. Two of his brothers took part in the fighting in German West Africa.

Lt. Col. Horace Sewell D.S.O. In July of 1915 Horace Sewell had the honour of being at Buckingham Palace to be invested with the Distinguished Service Order by the King.  He was a brother of Miss Sewell of Ivy House, Ballycastle.

PTE. W. J. HILL was employed after the war by Ballycastle Urban Council.  He worked on the outdoor staff along with John Cairns and is interred in Ballycastle RC Graveyard.

CAPT. SYDNEY J. LYLE has been Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. He was the second son of Mr. James Acheson Lyle of Portstewart and was born on 13th January 1874.  He had been resident at Derganagh, Ballycastle for a number of years.  In April 1904 he married Fanny Edith Florence Ash, daughter of Mr. Thomas S. Ash, of the Manor House, Kilrea.  Captain Lyle was seriously wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme and it wasn't until October that he was well enough to come home on leave. Around Christmas of 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross for distinguished service in the Field.  Then in October of 1917 he was declared permanently unfit for further service and made application to serve with the Army Service Corps.  He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church and survived the war.

CAPT. JAMES W. ROBINSON lived at Carneymore and was a Chaplain to the Forces. He survived the war.

LT. AUBREY BYRNE was a son of the late John Byrne of Ballycastle.  He was promoted to full Lieutenant in September 1918. His mother had also passed away and the children were in the care of the eldest brother, John, and a servant girl, Nancy Spence.

LT. RICHMOND S. H. NOBLE was a young Englishman who had come to work in Ballycastle as an agricultural adviser. His wife and baby daughter accompanied him. He was through the whole war and was wounded but returned safely to Ballycastle. He is commemorated on a lovely Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church

SGT. FRANK DUNLOP was home in Ballycastle on leave in November l9l6. His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

SGT. JOHN HAMILL was home for Christmas of 1916 and left at the New Year for the Front having completed fifteen months in France. He had originally been a sniper but was transferred to a Lewis Gun section. His mother lived in Castle Street, Ballycastle and in May of 1918 John was reported as being a prisoner of war in Germany. He survived the war and returned home. John was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church where he is commemorated on the Roll of Honour. He was also a valued member of Ballycastle Masonic Lodge No 89.

SGT. JOHN JAMIESON was home in November for the first time since being wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was a son of Mr. R Jamieson of Cloughabrack, Ballycastle.

SGT. GEORGE MEABANK, son of Martha Meabank. who was a clerk of the markets in Ballycastle.  They lived at 7 New Market Street, and came from County Tyrone.  George would have been seventeen years of age when war broke out.  He survived the war and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

SGT. ROBERT G. WILSON served with the Royal Irish Rifles and was wounded. Eventually he returned to Ballycastle when the war finished and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

SGT. W. J. DUNLOP was wounded in late 1917 but recovered.  He had been a member of Ballycastle U.V.F. and volunteered for service in 1914.  His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

SGT. ALEX. DUNLOP served in the Royal Irish Rifles and was wounded.  He returned to Ballycastle and is commemorated on the Memorial Tablet inside Ramoan Parish Church.  He is also commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ballycastle Presbyterian Church.

CPL. S. J. HUTCHINSON survived the war and returned to Ballycastle where his name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

CPL. WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN lived in Bayview Road, Ballycastle.

LCE. CPL. CHARLES McGOLDRICK, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, was wounded at Neuve Chapelle, when they charged with fixed bayonets on 10th March 1915.  Charles was wounded in this charge with a bullet in the thigh which lodged in the stomach. He lay in a shell-hole all day until he was found by two Territorials who carried him back to the trench.  He was taken to hospital in Boulogne and operated on and later transferred to Charing Cross Hospital in London. He survived the war to return to Ballycastle and worked at Nicholls Saw Mills in the Diamond.  He had enlisted on 6th November 1914.

PTE. ROBERT COLGAN was a son of James and Katy Colgan of 1 Cloughanmurray, Ballycastle.

PTE. ALEXANDER COYLES was home on leave in early December of 1916 following a year spent on the Western Front. His name is recorded on the Memorial Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. ROBERT FERRIS served in the RAMC throughout the war and is commemorated on the Memorial Tablet within the Presbyterian Church. The family lived at Broughinlea.

PTE. JOHN GALLOWAY lived at No 13 Coolkenny, Ballycastle.

PTE. ROBERT J. GALLOWAY served in the Royal Irish Rifles throughout the war and is commemorated on the Memorial Tablet inside the Presbyterian Church in Ballycastle.  Robert was a farm labourer and a widower working for Elizabeth Boyd Hayes at Drumawillan.  One of the three Galloway boys while home in Ballycastle on leave, reported seeing Lieut. Harry Macnaghten sitting on the parapet of an enemy trench badly wounded.  Three Germans climbed out of the trench to take the officer prisoner, fighting off and killing a soldier who attempted to save Sir Harry.

PTE. ROBERT HARGIE was a farm servant in 1911 and lodging with his employers Robert and Isabella McGowan of Magheramore. He was then twenty years of age.

PTE. FRANK HILL was given leave in June of 1916 and was home in Ballycastle for the first time in eighteen months.

PTE. ARTHUR HOLMES, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, had been stationed in India for over seven years when the Great War broke out arrived home in Ballycastle on seven days leave in mid November 1915. He had been in the firing line for the last fourteen months and was through the severe fighting at Neuve Chapelle.  Before enlisting he was a postman in Ballycastle. His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. ROBERT MATTHEWS was born in 1896 and lived at Knockmore, Mosside. He was educated at Tullybane School. There were six children in his family they were his brother Ezekiel, sisters Hessie, Eliza, Annie, Nellie and Robert. Robert was through the first day of the Battle of the Somme and was severely wounded close to the German wire. Amazingly he was found by none other than Robert Quigg and rescued, being hauled back to his own lines from right under the enemy's noses, on a waterproof ground sheet. He was the last man to be rescued by Robert Quigg on that memorable night an act for which Robert Quigg was subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross.  He married Mary Ann McGregor on 19th September 1924 and died on his wedding anniversary in 1950.

PTE. T. J. McCARTNEY was home on leave in October of 1917 after nearly two years in France. He was a son of Mr. John McCartney of The Quay, Ballycastle. Then in December he was wounded and in hospital in England. Following the war he became caretaker of Ballycastle British Legion Hall on Leyland road, now the location of Ballycastle Library. He lived in the ex-servicemen's houses on the Coleraine road.

PTE. P. McCULLAGH was employed by Ballycastle Bowling Club as green keeper during the summer months. He lived in the ex-servicemen's houses on the Coleraine road.

PTE. HUGH McDOWELL was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church where he is commemorated on the Roll of Honour. He was born on 19th November 1888, a son of George McDowell and Elizabeth McGill of Kilcraig, Ballycastle. He had been wounded once.

PTE. RANDAL McGREGOR was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on their Roll of Honour. He was employed at Boyd's bakery as a bread man and resided at Fairhill Street. Ballycastle.

PTE. THOMAS McGUILE was aged eighteen and a labourer in 1911. He lived at Gortnamaddy with his parents and seven sisters. He was an only son. After serving throughout the war he started his own fruit and vegetable business in Ballycastle. He also had a laundry collection business and resided in Mill Street, Ballycastle. He is buried in Ballycastle RC Graveyard.

Pte. Joseph McGoldrick, brother of Charles above. 6th R.I.R. Joseph was a son of Patrick and Catherine McGoldrick of Mill Street. He would have been nineteen years of age when the Great War broke out. By good fortune he survived.

PTE. JOHN McKENDRY served throughout the war and returned safely to Ballycastle. His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. W. J. McKINNEY served throughout the war and returned to Ballycastle. His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. J. McMULLAN served throughout the war and returned to Ballycastle. He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Culfeitrin Parish Church.

PTE. JAMES PARKHILL served throughout the war and was wounded on one occasion. His name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. JOHN QUIGG was recuperating at home in early August from the effects of wounds received at the Somme on 1st July 1916. He had just been discharged from Southport Hospital. Johns name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. WILLIAM SMYTH served throughout the war and returned to Ballycastle where his name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church.

PTE. ROBERT SPENCE lived in Ballycastle and is commemorated on the Ballycastle Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour. Robert was a son of Hugh Spence and was born on 2nd July 1901. He survived the war.

PTE. RICHARD KERR was a member of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour inside the Church.

SGT. JAMES F. KANE, who has been twice wounded, was home on leave in Ballycastle in February of 1917. He was a son of Francis Kane of Carnsampson, Ballycastle. The first wound was to his right leg and he spent time in hospital in Manchester. The second wound was to his hand. He enlisted on 5th October 1915.

CAPT. GEORGE HUTCHINSON was gazetted to the Royal Inniskillings in November 1914. He was at that time a Second Lieutenant and a son of John S. Hutchinson, Shangarry, Ballycastle. He survived the war and returned to Ballycastle where his name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in Ramoan Parish Church. He resided in the family home, Shangarry, until his death.

PTE. JAMES LOUGHREY D.C.M. 7th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers has received a parchment certificate for gallantry and devotion to duty in the field.   His name and deed to be entered in the records of the Irish Division. The Certificate was signed by Major Hickey, Commander of the 16th Irish Division. James Loughrey was home on leave in October of 1917 for the first time in two years. He was through the Battle of Messines in June in which Major Redmond lost his life.  James Loughrey would have been about twenty-seven years of age when war was declared.

HENRY NORTON lived in Anne Street in Ballycastle and worked as a labourer. He enlisted in Belfast on 19th November 1914, joining the 8th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. When he enlisted he gave his age as being 22 years. He survived the war.

PTE. DANIEL McBRIDE had emigrated to Australia and enlisted there.  In October of 1917 he was the victim of a gas attack and was in hospital in France for a considerable time. He survived the war and returned to Australia.

SGT. TOM McFADDEN was home in Ballycastle in June of 1917 recovering from wounds received on 1st July 1916 at the Somme.  He had just four days at home. After the war he served his time as a plasterer and was employed by local builders. During World War Two he trained the local Home Guard and lived in Castle Street. He is interred in Ballycastle RC Graveyard.

Pte. William McLaughlin was a postman in Ballycastle and left to enlist into 18th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles in February 1916.  In November of 1917 he was back in Ballycastle on leave. His son was also serving.

PTE. THOMAS GEORGE JENKINS was a son of Mr. Samuel Jenkins of Ballycastle and by October of 1917 was wounded for the third time. The third time necessitated removal to hospital at Boulogne where he was showing good signs of recovery.  A few months later he was back with his unit and wounded for a fourth time.  In April of 1918 he was recuperating in a London Hospital.  He was born in County Longford as was his only sister, Margaret Jane.  The family seems to have come to Ballycastle just before the start of the Great War.  Samuel had been in the Royal Irish Constabulary until he retired and was employed as a water bailiff while in Ballycastle.

SGT. BERNARD HUGH O'CONNOR enlisted on 17th August 1915 and was on leave in Ballycastle al the end of February 1916 and was wounded and in hospital in May of 1916.  He was again home on leave in July of 1917.  He was born in Ballycastle in 1884 and died in 1950.  Bernard was a foundation member of Ballycastle Branch of the Royal British Legion and was also one of those responsible for the erection of the War Memorial in the town.  He was discharged from the Army on 27th November 1917 after being seriously wounded.

Capt. Frank Jackson was born on 28th August 1883, the year after his father became Minister of Ballycastle Presbyterian Church. He had been District Inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary, which he had left to join the 6th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers on the outbreak of war.  He was wounded in August of 1915 at the Dardanelles. The wound was to his right hand and he was sent home on leave at that time. He was the eldest son of Rev John Jackson B.A. B.D. of Ballycastle.  Frank died as a young man on 21st September 1924 aged 41.

PTE. WILLIAM .J McLARTY was home on leave in July of 1918.