Introduction

     In 1995, while I was preparing the Bushmills book for publication, I decided that I needed to compare my list of names with those on the Ballymoney War Memorial, just to see what duplication there was.

     I was just simply astounded to discover that after all those years there was not one name on the Ballymoney war memorial.  This had a devastating effect on me and I went home determined to try to do something about it.  After the Bushmills book was published and I had time to relax a little, I made up my mind to tackle the Ballymoney job.  I approached Ballymoney Borough Council and explained the situation to their then Chief Executive, Mr. Alderdice.  His immediate reaction was "Try it, and see if it can be done".  To date I have over 300 names and a promise that these will be placed on the war memorial.

     Right from the beginning it was obvious that certain battles were going to play a very big part in the past life of Ballymoney.  The Retreat from Mons and the first battle of Ypres in late 1914 saw the start of what was going to be an appalling loss of life in the Ballymoney area.  The campaign in Gallipoli, in early 1915, though far from home, cost the town dearly.  At the same time the battles were still raging around Ypres, and in September the battle of Loos.  At Loos it was mostly men who had been working in Scotland who lost their lives, but they were still Ballymoney boys at heart.  Then in 1916, the battle of the Somme.         continued below

       On the opening day of this battle, 1st July 1916, twenty-eight young men from the district were killed, with many more deaths to follow before the battle finished in November.  In 1917 the battles of Messines Ridge and Passchendaele were even worse and then the German Offensive of March 1918 and the subsequent British advance to victory.  But of course the killing didn't stop between these battles and a steady stream of telegrams arrived in Ballymoney, bringing even more distressing news, in many cases to families who had already lost one son.  The loss of a second was devastating.  To Mrs. Huey of Ballycraigagh, who lost two sons of her own, and a neighbours son she had reared from childhood, this must have been hard to take.

     The list of awards won by Ballymoney boys is astounding.  Among those killed there were five Military Cross winners, and twelve winners of the Military Medal.  many more among those who survived.

     Of the friends who have helped me, one in particular, stands out.  Samuel McLean, of Ballymena, and originally from Finvoy, had been studying the Finvoy men previously and willingly gave me all the information he had on them, including photographs of them and of their graves in France and Belgium.  Then, in 1998, when he was planning a trip to France and Belgium, he asked me for a copy of my list of graves and memorials.  He returned with a huge selection of photographs taken all over France and Belgium of the graves of Ballymoney boys.  This has been a terrific help and adds a great deal of interest to the book.
     Not content with this, he asked for my list again, when he was going back in April of 1999.  Again he returned with a selection of photographs of those he had been unable to do ob the previous trip.
     During my research many interesting facts have emerged, but one which has a direct link with Ballymoney has come to light.  One of the most decorated Chaplains of the First World War, Rev. James Gilbert Paton, M.C. and two bars, had married Margaret Patterson, of 5 High Street, Ballymoney in 1st Ballymoney Presbyterian Church on 15th September 1908.

     In November 1998 I was invited to accompany Alderman Harry Connolly and Alderman Samuel McConaghy, both of Ballymoney Borough Council, on a trip to France and Belgium to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice.  We visited the Ulster Tower at Thiepval for a service of Remembrance and then went to the opening of the Peace Park at Messines in Belgium, to be present at the ceremony attended by the Queen.  This was a most enjoyable experience and I was highly honoured to be asked to be present.  We stayed in a first class hotel in Lille and the weather. which had been wet previous to the trip, dried up and we had perfect, summer weather with continuous sunshine all the time we were there.

     There can hardly have been a family in Britain which was not touched in some way by the tragedy of the First World War.  Great Britain, alone among the major European nations, went to war with an army based on voluntary enlistment, numbering just over 247,000 at the outset, with 486,000 Reserves and Territorials.  By November 1918 a further 5,000,000 had enlisted, over half of them volunteers.
     The war developed into one of attrition as the Allies strove to break trough the formidable German defences and by the end casualties on both sides were on a scale hitherto unparalleled.  Over 350 of these young volunteers, some of them from Ulster, eventually faced the firing squad.  They had been Court Marshalled, many of them never given the chance to properly defend themselves.  These young men, all of them far from home for the first time, and facing almost certain death, had for various reasons, left their post and been found guilty.  Suffering from shattered nerves, caused by the noise and by the scenes of death and destruction all around them, these young men, many of them only in their late teens, had to pay the supreme sacrifice.  The British Government has a lot to answer for and the least they can honourably do is to apologise for their wrong doing and clear the names of these young men.        When they have that done Britain can once again hold her head high.
     The Australian Government can hold their heads high.  They refused point blank to impose the supreme sacrifice on their own men when they had done something wrong and no Australians had to face the firing squad.  This was probably true of other countries as well.

     Young Ballymoney men enlisted in all corners of the World.  Many of them were serving in Scottish regiments, having gone there to find work.  A few were in English regiments and a number of them had emigrated to New Zealand and Australia.  Quite a few had emigrated to Canada.  All of them, when the call came, enlisted to serve their country and as it turned out, to give their lives.  Thos serving in Scottish Regiments were there for two reasons.  A number of them had set up home in Scotland and were there permanently, the others were seasonal workers who went to Scotland every year for the harvest work on the large farms of Southern Scotland.  It was August and harvest time and all of the talk was of the war.  It was a chance they might never have again, and they used it to the full.  Many of them, as soon as they enlisted, were taken for full time training, and almost before they knew it, were in France fighting for their lives.  It was a shock for those at home to realise that what had originally been a parting for only a few weeks was now to be an indefinite period and very possibly for ever.

     Another interesting fact has emerged.  During the writing of the Bushmills book, it transpired that four of the Bushmills boys had been brought home from hospital for burials in Bushmills.  It is interesting to note that not one of the Ballymoney boys was brought home, although, like the Bushmills soldiers, they had died in hospital in England.

     It is sad to have to admit that for a small number of the Ballymoney soldiers there just does not appear to be any information available.  A few of them have proved to be very difficult cases and deadlines eventually have to be met, so I hope you will understand that it was not for want of trying that there are a few with very little information.

Killed in Action 15th September 1914
Aged 27

No known grave
Commemorated on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial

Commemorated in Finvoy Parish Church

6450 Guardsman Arthur Donnelly
Scots Guards

Killed in Action 26th October 1914
Aged 31

No known grave
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial

3995 Rifleman William Shirlow
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 27th October 1914
Aged 37

No known grave
Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, France, Panels 42 and 43

10266 Guardsman William McAllister
Scots Guards

Killed in Action 25th January 1915
Aged 27

Interred in Arras Road Cemetery, Plot 3, Row H, Grave 26

7275 Rifleman Alfred Taggart
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 27th October 1914

No known grave
Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, Panels 42 & 43

Commemorated in Kilraughts Presbyterian Church

116525 Gunner John Taggart
Royal Garrison Artillery

Died of Wounds 23rd November 1918

Commemorated in Kilraughts Presbyterian Church
Interred in Stockport (Willow Grove) Cemetery, Cheshire

No known grave
Commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, Panel 11.

Commemorated in Billy Parish Church

Interred in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin, Pres. 79.
Commemorated in Trinity Presbyterian Church

3739 Rifleman Joseph Dean
11th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles "C" Coy.

Died of Pneumonia 3rd March 1915
Aged 35

Interred in Belfast City Cemetery, H. 531.

Assistant Steward Daniel McArthur
Mercantile Marine Reserve

Killed in Action 11th March 1915

No known grave.
Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Commemorated in St. James's Presbyterian Church

18806 Private Charles Murphy
3rd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Died Home 16th March 1915
Aged 42

Interred in Londonderry City Cemetery, G.A., Mil 14.

2825 Private Joseph Docherty
1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders

Killed in Action 17th April 1915
Aged 21

Interred in La Laiterie Military Cemetery, Kemmel, Belgium, Plot 1, Row B, Grave 20.

Private John Magill
"D" Coy, 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of Wounds 27th April 1915
Aged 23

Interred in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Plot 1, Row B, Grave 26.

1810 Private Thomas Lynn
2nd Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Killed in Action 8th May 1915

8939 Rifleman Arthur Corbett
1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 17th January 1915

Interred in Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie, Plot 1, Row A, Grave 7.

Interred in Dickebusch Old Military Cemetery

Commemorated in Kilraughts Presbyterian Church.

2719 Private William Twaddle
2nd Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Killed in Action 8th May 1915
Aged 37

No known grave
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium

Commemorated in Derrykeighan Parish Church

7451 Private John Bellingham
8th Bn. Highland Light Infantry

Killed in Action 28th June 1915

No known grave
Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli

1708 Rifleman Robert Moore
1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 9th May 1915
Aged 24

No known grave
Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
Commemorated in Billy Parish Church

Interred in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St-Eloi, Plot 1, Row F, Grave 25

Commemorated in Billy Parish Church

9906 Private Robert Casey
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in Action 26th May 1915

Interred in Pink Farm Cemetery, ay Helles in Gallipoli, Plot 3, Row A, Grave 15

17465 Private Samuel Casey
1st Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Killed in Action 29th June 1915

No known grave
Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panels 190-196

The machine-gun stood applauding, as the chorus fled his lips,
And paused when he lay sprawling, in the mire of his ditch,
He had sung his words of wisdom, sincerely from his heart,
And for reconciliation, from this world he did depart.

He was just one more statistic, in their catalogue of death,
But his family, friends and comrades, they never shall forget,
An infant in his cradle, the precious gift of life,
His parents proud and grateful, such joy should grace their lives.

A boy played in the schoolyard, a conker in his hand,
The pranks, the cane, the bullying of a generation damned,
A youth kissed Nancy Glover, 'neath a weeping willow tree,
Then carved their names together, for everyone to see.

A man put on his uniform, then waved his home goodbye,
And marched off to those bloody fields, where Europe's sons would die.

A voice of peace is silenced, by the justice of a gun,
While generals drunk on cognac, prolong a war benumbed.

          Paul Hutton, Coleraine 

Able Seaman Neil Forbes
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Nelson Battalion, R. Naval Div.

Died 15th June 1915
Aged 30

Interred in Skew Bridge Cemetery, Plot 2, Row F, Grave 6

23293 Private Archibald Forbes
2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers

Killed in Action 31st July 1916
Aged 40

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier 4a and 4d

2846 Private Hugh James Thompson
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Died of Wounds 11th July 1915

Buried at Sea

Brother of John (right)

Born: Ballymoney
Son of Mr. J. Thompson, 57 Carnan Street, Belfast
Lived: Londonderry
Enlisted: Belfast

Interred in V. Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli, Special Memorial, B 110.

Brother of Hugh (left)

19896 Private Joseph Watson
11th Bn. Highland Light Infantry

Killed in Action 19th July 1915
Aged 22

Interred in Le Touret Military Cemetery
Commemorated in Finvoy Presbyterian Church.

19297 Corporal James Watson
12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
Commemorated in Finvoy Presbyterian Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

Commemorated in Ballymoney Parish Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.

Commemorated in Ballymoney Parish Church

Name recorded on the family headstone in the Lamb's Fold at O'Harabrook

3222 Private James Henry Moore
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in Action 21st August 1915
Aged 21

No known grave
Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panels 97-101

13/1406A Tpr. Robert McNaul
Auckland Mounted Rifles New Zealand Exp. Force

Died of Wounds 1st September 1915
Aged 23

Interred in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Row D, Grave 79

Commemorated in St. James's Presbyterian Church

5790 Rifleman John Kirgan
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 11th September 1915 at Hooge
Aged 25

No known grave
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Panel 40
Commemorated in Ballymoney Parish Church

3312 Private Daniel Baird
11th Bn. Highland Light Infantry

Killed in Action 25th September 1915
Aged 30

Interred in Cambrin Churchyard Extension, France, Row J, Grave 35

5222 Private John Henry
7th Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers formerly 12948 R. Inniskilling Fus.

Killed in Action 15th August 1915

No known grave
Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panels 185-190
Commemorated in Finvoy Presbyterian Church

12327 Private Andrew Madden
9th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Killed in Action 25th September 1915
Aged 31

No known grave
Commemorated on the Loos Memorial
Commemorated in Finvoy Presbyterian Church
Memorial - Dud Corner Cemetery

No known grave
Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Panels 3 and 4

No known grave
Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Panels 16 and 17

3035 Private Alexander Morrow
2nd Bn. Irish Guards

Killed in Action 27th September 1915

No known grave
Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France

17216 L. Cpl. Samuel Brolly
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 25th September 1915
Aged 23

No known grave
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Panel 40
Commemorated in Drumreagh Presbyterian Church

16875 Corporal William Joseph O'Brien
10th Bn. Highland Light Infantry

Died of Wounds 25th September 1915

brother of Robert (right)

Interred in St. Mary's A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes, France
Commemorated in Derrykeighan Parish Church

117034 Gunner Robert O'Brien
Royal Garrison Artillery 261st Siege Battery

Killed in Action 3rd May 1917

brother of William (left)

Interred in Tilloy British Cemetery, Plot 1, Row F, Grave 15
Commemorated in Derrykeighan Parish Church

6770 Corporal Bryce Gilmour
2nd Bn. Irish Guards

Killed in Action 30th September 1915

Born: Roscommon
Son of Mr. Bryce Gilmour, Charlotte Street, Ballymoney
Lived: Londonderry
Enlisted: Dublin

No known grave
Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France, Panels 9 and 10

Lieut. Thomas Callender Campbell
11th Div. Royal Engineers

Died of Wounds 8th October 1915

No known grave
Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panels 23 to 25 and 325 to 328
Commemorated in 1st Ballymoney Presbyterian Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panels 97 to 101

Commemorated in Carnaff Reformed Presbyterian Church

No known grave

Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, pier 15A

Commemorated in Bushvale Presbyterian Church

8364 Private James Boorman
2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Died of Wounds 20th November 1915
Aged 41

Interred in Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery, France, Plot 2, Row E, Grave 116

2924 L. Cpl. John McIntyre
5th Bn. Argylle & Sutherland Highlanders

Died 6th December 1915 of Appendicitis
Aged 21

Interred in Greenock Cemetery, Scotland, Plot HHH, Grave 180

Commemorated in Drumtullagh Parish Church

5143 Private Robert McCaughan
5th Bn. Connaught Rangers

Killed in Action 7th December 1915
Aged 46

No known grave
Commemorated on the Doiran Memorial, Greece

22112 Private Archibald Nicholl
1st Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Formerly 3108 R.G.A.

Killed in Action 22nd December 1915

Interred in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli, Plot 2, Row E, Grave 4

Commemorated in Mosside Presbyterian Church

7679 William Logan
10th Bn. Scottish Rifles

Killed in Action 27th January 1916
Aged 19

brother of Samuel (right)

No known grave
Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Panels 57 to 59

3104 Private Samuel James Logan
9th Bn. Gordon Highlanders

Killed in Action 25th September 1915

brother of William (left)

No known grave
Commemorated on the Loos Memorial
Commemorated in Trinity Presbyterian Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium

No known grave
Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panels 183 and 184

Commemorated in Derrykeighan Parish Church

5884 Rifleman Thomas Donnelly
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Died of Wounds 28th January 1916
Aged 18

Interred in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Plot 8, Row C, Grave 84

21406 Private William McBride
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, formerly 16698 Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 10th February 1916

Interred in Authuille Military Cemetery, Row A, Grave 36
Commemorated in Derrykeighan Parish Church

23042 John Patrick Dillon
8th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of Wounds 28th May 1916
Aged 19

Interred in Bethune Town Cemetery, Plot 5, Row D, Grave 53

21527 Private David Johnston
8th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in Action 2nd June 1916
Aged 18

Interred in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos, Plot 1, Row N, Grave 1
Commemorated in Ballyweaney Presbyterian Church

17273 Cpl. Herbert Blackmore M.M.
12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Died of Wounds 7th June 1918

brother of William (right)

Interred in Haringe Military Cemetery, Poperingue.

Commemorated in Armoy Parish Church

17272 Rifleman William Blackmore
12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916

brother of Herbert (left)

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
Commemorated in Armoy Parish Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Panels 46  - 48 and 50.

No known grave
Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panels 185-190

7239 Private Samuel Fulton
10th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916
Aged 18

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
Commemorated in St. James's Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney

642 Rifleman William Laverty
12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916

Interred in Ancre British Cemetery, France, Plot 7, Row C, Grave 2

6186 Rifleman David Linton
12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916
Aged 19

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France

4871 Rifleman Edward McFall
12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier 15a & 15b
Commemorated on Stranocum and Ballycastle War Memorial

22400 Private John McMullen
1st Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Killed in Action 1st July 1916

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier 16c

9243 L. Cpl. James Patton
15th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles formerly 1186 Army Cyclists Corps

Killed in Action 1st July 1916

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier 15a
Commemorated in Finvoy Presbyterian Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Panel 40

Commemorated in Bushvale Presbyterian Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panels 138-140 and 162 to 162A and 163A

Commemorated in Bushvale Presbyterian Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Panels 108-112

Interred in Mesnil Ridge Cemetery, France, Row G, Grave 6

1707 Rifleman John Burns
12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916
Aged 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, pier and face 15A and 15B
Commemorated in Drumreagh Presbyterian Church

18757 L. Cpl. Ernest Walter Shields
Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916
Aged 18

No known grave
Commemorated in the Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier 15A & 15B
Commemorated in Derrykeighan Parish Church

7537 Rifleman Samuel Taylor
12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916
Aged 18

brother of David John (right)

Interred in Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, France, Plot 8, Row A, Grave 83
Commemorated in 1st Ballymoney Presbyterian Church

1632 Rifleman David John Taylor
12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 10th August 1917
Aged 20

brother of Samuel (left)

Interred in White House Cemetery, Belgium, Plot 3, Row A, Grave 17
Commemorated in 1st Ballymoney Presbyterian Church

6512 L. Cpl. Robert Thompson
1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916

No known grave
Commemorated in the Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier 15A

604 Rifleman Thomas Wilson
11th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier 15A

13588 Sergeant Samuel Shields M.M.
8th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 2nd July 1916
Aged 23

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier 15A & 15B

Lieut, William Shields
14th Bn. Manchester Regt. & Royal Flying Corps.

Killed in Action 5th September 1917
Aged 28

Interred in Voormezeele Enclosures No. 1, and No. 2 Plot 1, Row H, Grave 41

Interred in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, France, Plot 2, Row D, Grave 20

Interred in Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Plot 1, Row H, Grave 53

28648 Private Patrick Olphert
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in Action 10th July 1916
Aged 20

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial France

12680 Thomas McGhee
1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers

Killed in Action 14th July 1916
Aged 24

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial 3c

3/6483 Private Daniel Craig
8th/10th Bn. Gordon Highlanders

Killed in Action 30th July 1916

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Pier 15b and 15c

2953 L. Cpl. James Smyth Boyd
6th Bn. Black Watch

Killed in Action 30th July 1916
Aged 25

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Face 10a
Commemorated on family headstone in Finvoy Presbyterian Church

2938 Private Alexander Walker
48th Bn. Australian Infantry

Killed in Action 6th August 1916
Aged 29

No known grave
Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Commemorated in Bushvale Presbyterian Church

2nd Lieut. Victor James Simpson
5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Killed in Action 24th August 1916

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier 12a and 12d

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

Commemorated in Dunluce Presbyterian Church

Commemorated on family headstone at 1st Kilraughts Presbyterian Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. 15a & 15b

Commemorated in Ballymoney Parish Church

21255 Private William McNulty
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in Action 26th August 1916

Interred in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Valley Cottages Cemetery, Zillebeke, Mem, Row F, Grave 3

2674 L. Sgt. Thomas Young
6th Bn. Royal Irish Regt.

Killed in Action 3rd September 1916
Aged 43

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
Commemorated in Killagan Parish Church

25444 Private Samuel McNeill
8th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in Action 9th September 1916
Aged 28

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Commemorated in Rasharkin Presbyterian Church

19522 Rifleman James Gow
11th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Died of Wounds 27th September 1916

Interred in Aveluy Wood Cemetery, France, Plot 1, Row A, Grave 10

440195 Private Samuel Patterson
2nd Bn. Canadian Mounted Rifles
(1st Central Ontario Regiment)

Died 29th September 1916
Aged 27

Interred in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Plot 16a, Row E, Grave 5

9645 Rifleman James Lynn
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 30th September 1916

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Pier 15a & 15b
Commemorated in Finvoy Presbyterian Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
Commemorated in Dunloy Presbyterian Church

132253 Private William McConachie
73rd Bn. Canadian Infantry Royal Highlanders of Canada

Killed in Action 7th September 1916
Aged 28

Interred in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Plot 1, Row J, Grave 2

15288 Rifleman John Deane
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 13th September 1916

Interred in Vermelles British Cemetery, France, Plot 2, Row D, Grave 24

A/20092 Private George McCormick
16th Bn. Canadian Infantry Manitoba Regt.

Killed in Action 9th October 1916
Aged 24

No known grave
Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial
Commemorated in Armoy Presbyterian Church

22128 Private Luke O'Neill
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in Action 12th October 1916
Aged 22

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France

64 Private William Ramsey
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died 12th October 1916

No known grave
Commemorated on the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India 

109576 Private Thomas Ross
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles

Died of Wounds 14th October 1916
Aged 20

Commemorated on Dervock War Memorial

Commemorated in Carncullagh Presbyterian Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

Commemorated in Armoy Parish Church

10203 Private Frank Heggarty
25th Co. M.G.C. Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 23rd October 1916
Aged 18

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
Commemorated in Armoy Presbyterian Church
Interred at Le Transloy

3/10463 Sergeant Samuel James Holmes
8th Bn. Norfolk Regt.

Died of Wounds 23rd October 1916
Aged 38

Interred in Warloy-Baillon Comm Cemetery, Plot 6, Row C, Grave 4

Commemorated in Bushvale Presbyterian Church

424544 Private Frank John Bankhead
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Saskatchewan Regiment

Died of Wounds 29th October 1916
Aged 25

Interred in St. Catherine British Cemetery, France, Row M, Grave 2

9140 Sergeant Alexander Murdock
2nd Bn. Highland Light Infantry

Killed in Action 13th November 1916

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier 15c

17890 L. Cpl. John Gamble
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in Action 23rd November 1916

Interred in Waggon Road Cemetery, France, Row C, Grave 33

28977 Private John Porteous
7th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Died of Wounds 17th January 1917
Aged 33

Interred in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Plot 3, Row A, Grave 121

Born: Ballymoney, 10th February 1892
Son of George and Jane Kirkpatrick
Lived: Polentamney, Ballymoney
Enlisted: Belfast

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier 4D & 5B

< seated centre: Alex. Kirkpatrick
standing centre: John Kirkpatrick b. 14th March 1882, d. 15th December 1956
at right: believed to be Samuel McClelland, Balnamore K.I.A. 1.7.16

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

Clyde 211969 Robert Anderson Reid
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Laurentic

Killed at sea 25th January 1917
Aged 22

Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, No. 28

10913 Private Hugh Murphy
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in Action 30th January 1917
Aged 20

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier 4d and 5b

2073 Trooper William McKee Murphy
North Irish Horse

Died (pneumonia) 12th February 1917
Aged 23

Interred in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Plot O5, Row C, Grave 7
Commemorated in St. James's Presbyterian Church

27777 Private Patrick Cumming
1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Killed in Action 17th February 1917

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, 4d

504742 Sapper John Gillen
2nd Field Coy. Canadian Engineers

Killed in Action 1st March 1917
Aged 22

Interred in Givenchy-en-Gohelle Canadian Cemetery, Row E, Grave 5
Commemorated in Armoy Presbyterian Church

9328 Private Peter O'Donnell
2nd Bn. Irish Guards

Killed in Action 15th March 1917

Interred in Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Plot 2, Row 1, Grave 8

Interred in Mill Road Cemetery, Somme, France, Plot 19, Row D, Grave 6

Commemorated in Drumreagh Presbyterian Church

No known grave
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

Commemorated in Mosside Presbyterian Church

49714 Private Alfred John Smyth
14th Bn. Durham Light Infantry

Killed in Action 6th March 1917
Aged 36

Interred in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe. Plot 1, Row M, Grave 36
Commemorated in Finvoy Presbyterian Church

907063 Private John William Clyde Jack
16th Coy. Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Killed in Action 12th March 1917
Aged 24

Interred in Villers Station Cemetery, Plot 7, Row E, Grave 22

269045 Gunner Charles Maitland Stuart
2nd Bn. Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Died of Pneumonia 5th December 1918
Aged 18

Interred in Derrykeighan Parish Churchyard
Commemorated in Derrykeighan Parish Church

possibly a cousin of James (right)

Capt. James Maitland Stuart
59th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps

Killed in Action 13th April 1917
Aged 20

No known grave
Commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial
Commemorated in Derrykeighan Parish Church

148821 Private Joseph Dempsey
78th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Manitoba Regt.)

Killed in Action 19th April 1917
Aged 35

Born: Aghadowey 7th May 1811
Son of William and Sara Dempsey
Enlisted: Winnipeg, Canada 2nd July 1915

Interred in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

400738 Private Hugh Hamill
4th Bn. Canadian Mounted Rifles

Died of Wounds 22nd April 1917
Aged 24

Interred in Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery, Plot 1, Row C, Grave 11
Commemorated in Drumreagh Presbyterian Church

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