Born: Belfast
Resided: Liscolman
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Allen of Alexander Street, Ballymena
Husband of Matilda Allen of Liscolman, Dervock
No known grave
Named on the Dervock Memorial

Commemorated in Billy Parish Church

Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium, Panel 11

Enlisted: Belfast
Born: Bushmills
Husband of Harriet Campbell of Roxburgh Street, Newtownards Road, Belfast
No known grave
Killed at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle

Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France, Panels 42 & 43

Born: Prolisk, Bushmills on 23/6/1893
Lived: Prolisk
Son of John and Mary Graham of Prolisk, Bushmills
Married: Mary
Enlisted: Glasgow

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Interred in Cambrin Military Cemetery, France, Plot A, Grave 23

VERSE

Enlisted: Canada
Born: Carnglass, Dervock
Resided: Canada
Son of James and Priscilla Lyons of Carnglass, Dervock
Married: Priscilla McCaughan

Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium, Panel 24

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Private Alexander McCaughan, of the 2nd contingent Canadian Expeditionary Force, has been wounded in France, he is a cousin of Mr. Jack Lyons, of the 1st Canadian Forces

Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, Panel 9

Born: Mosside
Son of George and Annie Moore, Liscolman
Family moved to Scotland
Husband of Agnes Laverty McPherson of 117 Bouverie Street, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire
Lived: Port Glasgow
No known grave

Commemorated in Billy Parish Church
Brother of W. Moore K.I.A. 27th April 1916

Named on Dervock War Memorial

Enlisted: Greenock
Born: Liscolman, Dervock
Resided: Port Glasgow
Wife: Mary Ann Moore
Commemorated in Billy Parish Church
Brother of R. Moore, K.I.A. 9/5/1915
Named on Dervock War Memorial

Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont. St. Eloi, Arras, France, Plot 1, Row F, Grave 25

Enlisted: Coleraine
Born: Ballyversal, Coleraine
Son of John Greer of Priestland, Bushmills

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli, Plot Special Memorial Row C, Grave 108

Born: Craignamaddy
Resided: Craignamaddy
Son of Mrs. Kerr of Craignamaddy and the late Mr. S. J. Kerr
(Samuel Joseph Kerr married Margaret Morrison in Ballycastle Presbyterian Church in 1st October 1889)

Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panel 75 - 77

Son of Charles and Annie Callaghan of 227 Annathill Terrace, Glenboig, Lanarkshire
Lived: Bushmills and Glenboig
Died: 1st December 1915
Enlisted: Coatbridge

Buried in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Airdrie, Scotland, New Grave 15

Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium

Enlisted: Liverpool
Born: Glasgow
Resided: Craigpark, Bushmills and Glasgow
Son of Charles and Mary Hill of Paisley Road, Glasgow
Charles Hill, Craigpark married Mary Laverty, Carrowreagh in Billy Parish Church on 24th May 1897
Charles Hill was a farmer, John Laverty, father of Mary Laverty was a policeman
No Known grave

Lance Corporal John Morton 9794
1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in Action 22nd May 1915
Aged 25  -  

Enlisted: Coleraine
Born: Dunluce, 1890
Resided: Ballytober
Son of Robert and Lizzie Lorton of Ballytober, Priestland who had a family of 17 - 7 sons and 10 daughters
No known grave

Commemorated in Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panels 97 - 101

Andrew Morton, Royal Navy1908, transferred to R.I.R. 1914. Served with 36th Ulster Division, taken prisoner. Released, joined R.I.C. and served in S. Ireland. transferred to R.U.C., stationed in Belfast, Sergeant until retirement.
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Robert Morton, Joined R.I.C. in 1914, taken prisoner, released, rejoined the police and was stationed in Belfast.
Married: Elizabeth Kerr
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David Jas. Morton, Sergeant in R.U.C.
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Albert Morton, Joined Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and was killed in Italy.
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Samuel Morton, joined Royal Navy, was killed at Benghazi.
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William Morton, Emigrated to Australia, joined Australian Air Force in WW2.

Born: Ballymagarry 22/8/1887
Lived: Calgary, Alberta
Enlisted: Calgary
Son of Martha McMaster of Ballymagarry and the late Archibald McMaster

Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium, Panel 26 - 28

John and his mother Martha

The little town on the banks of the Bush Has given freely of it's sons
In freedom's glorious cause to fight Against the tyranny of the Huns

Deeply stirred was the heart of the town With mingled feelings of grief and pride By the news that one of ifs bravest men On the fields of France had nobly died

Of the gallant band of Bushmills men
Who have responded nobly to the call Young William Graham has been the first For his Country's honour to bravely fall

In camp, or trench, or bayonet charge
A brave and trusted soldier he
Of the famous Regiment - the Irish Guards
In which he was so proud to be

He sleeps far away in a foreign land
His grave marked by a wooden cross
But many a year will come and go
Ere Bushmills ceases to mourn his loss

What nobler record of one man's life Than that by this true soldier won
What grander way could any man die Than just as young Graham has done.

Soldier boy lying there underneath that slab
The war you fought in a foreign field
Was nothing short of mad
You were not told to go
You went of your own freewill
And left the ones you loved behind
To die on a foreign hill
The trenches were high
And deep with mud
And you were numb with cold
You remembered your mothers knee
And the stories you were told
The whistle blew the advance began
And you were over the top
Into a living hell of shell
And they could find you not
O' unknown soldier boy
The sacrifice you paid
So this world could live in peace
Beneath that slap you're laid.

Frank Scott, 1995

     To John Morton, my mother's brother, killed at the Dardanelles, 1915 and all others who fell in battle without a grave.

HURRAH FOR GINCHY
(It will be remembered that Ginchy and Guillemont. pillars of the German defence, were the scene of most memorable and glorious Irish gallantry.)

Irish hearts were never prouder, Irish praise was never louder,
You can almost smell the powder and hear the clash of steel
As you read the thrilling story and unprecedented glory
Of the dashing Irish regiments who made the "Jerrys" squeal.

They have won the approbation and unstinted admiration
Of every Allied nation for their deeds of "Derring-do".
Faith, if there is any fighting for a wrong that wants arighting
You may trust the "bhoys" of Paddy's land to see the matter thro'.

And before the war is finished with ardour undiminished
The "bhoys" will claim another day to make the "Jerrys' whine;
The Murphies and the Lynches will spring from out the trenches
And never stop pursuing till the Bosches cross the Rhine.

Arrah, glory, Connaught Rangers! you never dream of dangers,
And glory to the Dublin and Munster Fusiliers,
Likewise the Irish Rifles, who never deal in trifles;
You're heroes every one of you; three hearty Allied cheers.

D. Carroll. H.M.S. Ajax

2nd Lieutenant Sir Edward Harry MacNaghten 6th Bart
1st Battalion Black Watch attached to 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916
Aged 20

Born: Bushmills, 12th February 1896
Son of the late Hon. Sir E. C. MacNaghten 5th Bart, K.C., D.L., of Dundarave, Bushmills and the Hon. Lady MacNaghten of Berkshire, Educated at Eton College
No known grave

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 10A

Born: Bushmills 25/1/1897
Son of the late Hon. Sir E. C. MacNaghten, 5th Bart., K.C., D.L., of Dundarave, Bushmills and the Hon. Lady MacNaghten of Berkshire.
Educated: Wellington College and Trinity College, Cambridge

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France, Plot 5, Row B, Grave 1

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Ballintoy
Resided: Bushmills
Husband of the late Ellen Black nee McIlroy who had a family of 2 sons and 1 daughter - Jim, Jack and May and were brought up by Mrs. Alex. McLernon, The Aird, Bushmills

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Pier 15

VERSE

Enlisted: Ballymena
Born: Kilraughts  1895
Resided: Bushfoot, Portballintrae
Son of James B.1850 and Ellen Carson B. 1860

Commemorated in Dunluce Presbyterian Church

Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier 15, France

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Ballyrock, Bushmills 30/11/1894
Resided: Ballyrock, Bushmills
Son of Thomas and Martha Carson of Seneirl, Bushmills

Commemorated in Dunluce Presbyterian Church

Buried in Ancre Valley British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, France, Plot 1, Row D, Grave 32

younger brother Robert John B. 20/10/1896 also served

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Bushmills on 19th January 1897
Resided: Bushmills
Son of Charles and Maria Cochrane of Bushmills
Family: Margaret born 23/3/1894; George born 19/1/1897; Charles born 5/12/1902

Commemorated in Dunluce Presbyterian Church

Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, Plot 6, Row A, Grave 29

Charles Cochrane, Market Square dies 11/6/1934 aged 73
Maria Cochrane, Market Square died 4/2/1944 aged 73
Both are buried in Dunluce Parish Churchyard

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Aird, Bushmills
Resided: Aird, Bushmills
Son of Miss Martha McAllister but raised by his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Ann McAllister

Commemorated in Billy Parish Church

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Pier 15

(see best friend Duggie right)

For King and country well he stood,
Unknown to coward's fear;
In battle strife he shed his blood,
With the Ulster Volunteers.
His loving face and kindly smile
Are pleasant to recall,
He had a kindly word for each,
And died beloved by all.

Deeply regretted by his faithful comrade, Private Duggie McLernon (Ulster Division) and the rest of the McLernon family

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Ballyrashane 15/4/1888
Resided: Bushmills
Son of Alex and Mary Craig of Ballyrock

Commemorated in Ballyrashane Presbyterian Church

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Parish of Dunluce 18/8/1895
Resided: Ballyrock, Bushmills
Son of Alex and Mary Craig of Ballyrock, Bushmills

Commemorated in Ballyrashane Presbyterian Church

Interred in Serre Road Cemetery, No. 2 France, Plot 11, Row M, Grave 5

Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Panels 74-76

Born: Stirling
Enlisted: Stirling
John was, I believe, the eldest son of Alex. and Mary Craig who came from Scotland and settled in the townland of Ballyrock.
See his 2 brothers above

Niederzwehren Cemetery, Cassel, Germany, Plot 2, Row G, Grave 6

Enlisted: Ballymena
Born: Cluntice 5/4/1897
Brother of Mrs. Emily Taggart of Ballyhemlin, Bushmills who died 4th April 1944 aged 59 and is buried in Dunluce Parish Churchyard.
Son of Katherine Ross, Cluntice

Commemorated in Billy Presbyterian Church

Sergeant Isaac Dean 17564
"D" Company 12th Battalion Irish Rifles

Killed in Action 1st July 1916
Aged 26

It is also worthy of note that Samuel Dean's brother James had six sons who served in the war. They lived in Belfast and I think all survived. They were: Sgt. James, R.I.R. wounded, Cpl. Malcolm, R.I.R., Rflmn. Matthew, R.I.R., Cpl. Edward, North Irish Horse, Pte. Allan, Royal Marine Light Infantry and P.O. Samuel, Royal Naval Air Service

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Bushmills on 26th April 1890
Resided: Bushmills
Son of Samuel & Margaret Dean, Upper Main Street, Bushmills

Football at the Front

Mr. Samuel Dean 28/10/1886 has received a letter from his brother, Sergeant John Dean, 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, at present on active service in France, in which he says that his battalion took part
 in a football match, and the team representing it were all boys from Bushmills.
The names are as follows: W. McNeill, Mulholland, Courtney, Johnston, I. Dean, McNeill, McKeague, J. Dean, Fall, McAllister and McCallum. The Bushmills team won, the goal scorers being J. Dean, Mulholland and McCallum.

Private Robert Taggart 19107
10th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in Action 1st July 1916
Aged 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Pier 4, Pier 5

Enlisted: Coleraine
Born: Dunluce on 12/2/1897
Resided: Ballyclough, Bushmills
Son of Daniel & Agnes Taggart, Ballyclough
Daniel Taggart (Died 20/10/1915) married Agnes Kane in Dunluce Parish Church on 3rd September 1896

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Pte. Thomas Kane, cousin of Robert Taggart

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Enlisted: Ballymoney September 1914
Born: Coleraine 1893
Resided: Bushmills
Son of John and Margaret Esdale, Main Street, Bushmills

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Esdale - A tribute of love and respect to the memory of my dearest husband, Private Charles Esdale, who was killed at the Battle of the Somme, 1st July, 1916.

Sleep on, dear Charlie, in a far-off land,
In a grave I may never see;
But as long as life and memory last,
I will remember thee.
Forget him, no, I never will,
for in my heart I love him still;
Hard, hard was the blow, the shock severe,
To part with one I loved so dear.  "To memory dear" Inserted by his loving wife, Janie Esdale

Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, Plot 1, Row D, Grave 4

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Bushmills 15/1/1892
Resided: Bushmills
Son of David and Isabella Johnston, nee Wilkinson, Married in Billy Parish church on 14/9/1871 and who had a family of 6 sons and 3 daughters - David (1873), Ben (1874), Isabella (1875), Bessie (1879), Rose (1882), Alexander (1885), Charles (1888), Frederick Douglas (1890) and Daniel (1892)

Daniel was believed to have served in a mortar section, destroying German wire.

Commemorated in Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Bushmills on 13th February 1878
Resided: Bushmills
Son of Robert and Peggy Kennedy
No known grave

Commemorated in Bushmills Presbyterian Church

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Enlisted: Ballymoney, September 1914
Born: Bushmills on 13/10/1893
Resided: Bushmills
Son of Daniel and Mrs. McCallum, Bushmills
No known grave

Commemorated in Bushmills Presbyterian Church

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Enlisted: Bushmills
Born: Bushmills
Resided: Bushmills
Son of Daniel McCaughan, Main Street
Daniel McCaughan married Mary Slane (Eagry) in Billy Parish Church in 25th July 1894.

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Bushmills on 7/2/1894
Resided: Bushmills
Son of James and Mary McConaghy, labourer, Bushmills
Family - James 7/2/1894; Rachel Jane 8/1/1899; Martha 19/9/1902
Lived in Back Lodge, Dundarave

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Enlisted: Belfast September 914
Born: Ballymena
Resided: Ballymena
Son of William and Jane McGowan of King Street, Ballymena
Employer: Ballymena Urban Council
No known grave

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Both brothers John and James (opposite) went to the front with the Ulster Division. It is understood that one brother went to the assistance of the other and they were both killed, fighting together.

Enlisted: Ballymena (Protestant Hall) May 1915
Born: Bushmills
Resided: Ballymena
Son of William and Jane McGowan of King Street, Ballymena
Employer: Braidwater Spinning Mill, Ballymena
No known grave

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
 Pier 15
Commemorated in Dunluce Presbyterian Church

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Bushmills
Resided: Bushmills
Son of Rachel Dobbin (formerly McKay) of Bushmills and the late David McKay who had a family of 4 sons and 2 daughters - David, Thomas William, Matthew, Martha and Eliza
The family had emigrated to America but returned following the death of David McKay

Enlisted: Clandeboye
Born: Castlecatt on 23/7/1896
Resided: Castlecatt, Bushmills
Son of Mrs. Mary McKeown (formerly McCurdy), Castlecatt, Bushmills
John Martin McKeown (Ballyness) married Mary Currie (Billy) in Billy Parish Church on 4th March 1903 and had family - Ethel 16/3/1908; Annie Ross 18/9/1907; William Norman 10/3/1920; Martin 26/2/1904

Enlisted: Belfast
Born: Bushmills 1896/1897
Resided: Bushmills
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Morrow, Bushmills who had a family of 3 boys and 2 girls - Charlie, Sammy, William John, Susan and Sarah Ann, Sarah Ann died in 1916 aged 16
Charlie Morrow married Ethel Weir, sister of Archie Weir on 23/7/1919

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Commemorated in Bushmills Presbyterian Church

Enlisted: Belfast
Born: Coleraine
Resided: Coleraine and Revallagh, Priestland
Family originated from Limavady

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Photograph of the 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles

Enlisted: Ballymoney
Born: Bushmills
Resided: Bushmills
James and Annie Verner had a family of four - Annie 24/8/1909; Edward 26/5/1911; William 6/11/1912; Jane 8/1/1916

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Pier 15

Enlisted: Clandeboye, September 1914
Born: Bushmills
Son of John Speers
Employee of the Giants' Causeway Electric Tramway Co.

Commemorated in Dunluce Parish Church

Buried in Dunluce Parish Churchyard, Bushmills on 10th July 1916

Back row: George Cochrane, Jubilee Maxwell
Front row: Tom Sloan, Neill Weir, ? McMullan

Black - In Loving memory of my husband, John Black, killed in action, July 1st.

I little thought when we parted last
He would no more return;
Now he lies in a soldier's grave,
And I am left to mourn.

So now, though my heart is breaking,
And my tears of anguish flow,
I say, with pride, for his King he died,
And who would not have it so?

When days are dark and friends are few,
Dear daddy, how we long for you.

Mary J. Black

The following is a list of the casualties of the men of the North Antrim Regiment, Ulster Volunteers, R.I.R., Bushmills and district:-
Killed - Sergeant Isaac Dean, Privates Charles Esdale, John Cochrane, Aird.

Wounded - Corporal Dan Martin, Aird; Lance-Corporal R. McNabb, Islandcarragh; Privates Charles Hattie, William Hatty; Daniel Laverty, Priestland; Sam Mitchell, William McKeague, William Morrow, Chas. Hughes; B. Hamilton, Ballytober; William Jamison, Giant's Causeway; Sam Carson, Ballyrock; Joe McLaughlin, Revallagh; Alex. Craig, Ballyhunsley; Robert McCallum, Thomas Kennedy, James McConaghy, Stanalane; Jim McGowan, William King (Y.C.V.), William Laverty (Y.C.V.) Priestland

Died of Wounds - Private Isaac Macallister

Missing - Lance-Corporal Sam Mulholland, Revallagh; Lance-Corporal Hugh McCallum, Private James Verner, George Cochrane, Jack McCaughan, Matthew McKay, Ballyclough; Robert Carson, Bushfoot

The Boys from Old Bushmills
Northern Constitution 28/12/1917

Room, room, rhyme, brave gallant boys;
Come give us room to rhyme;
Can we forget our fighting lads
All on this Christmas time?
From Flanders to Salonica.
From the Yser and Bagdad too,
To the City of Jerusalem,
Our hearts go out to you.

Out from our homes of comfort
To you in the trenches vile,
And to the lads in German hands
Our thoughts go out awhile;
Out to the far-flung battlefields,
From France to Zion hills,
Greeting we send to the lads we love -
The boys from Old Bushmills.

Alike to the Purple heroes,
And to the modest green,
We send our kindest wishes
And a sympathy we wean;
With noble thoughts and kindly words
Our breasts with fire instills
At the brave deeds done and victories won
By the boys of Old Bushmills.

And our hard hearts melt to tenderness
When we remember our gallant dead,
Who in the fight have fallen
In the fields so widely spread.
Their names shall ne'er fade from our memory,
Where their graves are who can say?
But rejoicing, we'll meet them in glory
At the dawning of the day.

They came from every colony,
Their names a page of history fills,
Those noble hearts who fought and died -
The boys of Old Bushmills

Chronicle 30/11/1918
THE ULSTER DIVISION
(Composed by a few of "the boys")

When home from France in London,
And walking down the Strand,
Ricardo met Sir Edward,
Who clasped him by the hand.
Saying, "I'm proud of you, St. Quentin,
And your gallant Fusiliers;
I'm told they are the terror
Of the Prussian Grenadiers."

Ah! had you been at Thiepval
When the guns began to roar,
And Kelly, with his Orange Sash,
The boys led on before;
The Ninth, the Tenth, the Eleventh,
Went cheering side by side,
And stormed the German trenches
With valour and with pride.

The "support" lines were quite spellbound,
And never gave a hand
To those gallant Inniskillings who
Fought Germans hand-to-hand.
They won for Ulster glory
At Cambrai and Messines;
And showed the German hordes once more
What Ulster really means.

And then again, at Langemarcke,
When the tide of battle turned,
When fighting 'midst the pill-boxes
All danger they had spurned.
They fought for God and Ulster
On that blood-stained battle-field,
And proved in face of the whole world
They would rather die than yield.

They may boast of gallant soldiers
From every land and clime;
But Ulster tops the top-most
With deeds which were sublime.
Their motto, still before them,
Gave courage in the fight -
"For God, for King, for Country,
For Freedom and for Right!"

B.F.P. 27/7/1916
AN HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN

Many a gallant soldier sleeps
On a battle-field beyond the sea,
But faithful memory fondly keeps
One stalwart form so dear to me.
Far, far away he nobly stood,
In brave defence of Freedom's cause;
Far, far from home he shed his blood,
And won a nation's warm applause.

And not alone our gracious King,
But an anxious world in wonder gazed,
Upon their deeds, 'midst war's red scene,
Where mangled forms in heaps were raised.
All mourn their loss, for many a home
In the Ulster part of Erin's shore
Is dark in gloom: Yes; Sorrow's throne
Now stands where joy was known before.

Ulster! thy name on History's page
Shines brightly, no dishonouring stain
To thee belongs: where dangers rage
Thy gallant heroes laurels gain.
'Gainst Kaiser Bill your sons have fought,
An honoured fight we make it too;
Though dearly was the victory bought
Which did the boasting Hun subdue.

Beside full many an Ulster church
Will cenotaphs be raised to tell
On sculptured stone, a funeral pall
Of those who, gallantly fighting, fell.
And while we stand in silent glaze
At the tribute raised to tell their name,
We'll sadly think of those now gone,
The Ulstermen of glorious fame.

Farewell! Farewell!! brave Ulstermen,
Your toll and hardships now are o'er,
No trumpet call, nor slaughtering gun,
Shall o'er disturb your slumbers more.
Farewell! ye bravest and ye best,
Your far-off graves on foreign shore -
We cannot see, but, truth confessed,
Your names shall shine for evermore.

                           Thomas J. McKaig

To The Ulster Heroes
Erchie Nuhan, England

The glory of July the 1st shall live when we are dead and gone,
The story of the dauntless few be passed from father down to son,
The bloody path on which they trod, death stared each valiant in the face,
But Ulster's loyal, noble sons swept proudly on nor eased their pace.

What cared they for the price they paid? their Ulster blood was raging hot. And only time alone can tell what havoc on the foe they wrought.
With "No Surrender" for their shout, that Maiden City cry of old.
They rushed through shrapnel, hail and lead; but half they did will ne'er be told.

Our brothers, schoolmates one and all, to them we gave our fullest trust.
We knew full well that nought but Haig could stop them 'cept they bit the dust. Their lives they offered free and gave, the spirit of their fathers true;
While loved ones wept through death they swept, no fear those noble heroes knew.

The sun rose on that fateful first: his beams proud pointing to the west.
When "Charge!" went ringing down the line: the parapet they nobly breast.
Cross "No Man's Land" that noble band, 'mid screaming salvo, shot and shell:
Quite undismayed as on parade they sweep right into very hell.

With first trench taken and steel red dyed and many loved ones in their gore,
The Ulster lads sent up a shout; and charging on through hell they tore;
The second trench, the third, the fourth, still Ulster charges nobly on,
'Twas in that bloody battle charge, poor mother, there you lost your son;

He sleeps serene 'mid clash of guns, that boy you fondled to your breast,
A hero's grave he richly earned, a rude stone marks the place he rests.
Oh. mother, father, sister, wife, 'tis hard to think he won't return:
But know that One can heal the wound that causes you to weep and mourn.

He earned the earthly king's V.C.. your manly, noble-hearted son,
But better far to waft from war and hear the Master's rich "Well done."
Your gallant boy has glory earned, he died to earn undying fame,
And on fame's scroll with purest gold inscribe his never-dying name.

And by the grave where sleeps the brave the "Last Post" sound and drop a tear.
And raise your hand, that noble brand that marks the Ulster Volunteer.

Our Ulster Volunteers
Jeanie Johnston, Coleraine

We say good-bye as they march on
And we send them off with cheers
We praise these manly fellows -
Our Ulster Volunteers

We say "How sad is the parting,
How heavy and sore the heart!"
But our men have got to go forward
And play a soldier's part.

We clasp the hand as a farewell,
With many a tear and sigh
For these brave young Irish fellows,
Ready to fight and die.

They march along light-hearted,
With only a passing glance,
As they go to face their cruel foe
On the blood-stained fields of France.

We ask the lord to bless them
And guide them day by day,
And stand by their side as they march along
Life's rough and rocky way.

They have left their wives and children,
To answer duty's call,
And fight for King and country
Where hundred thousands fall.

God bless their anxious ones at home,
Them comfort day by day;
For the women and the children
Have the hardest part to play.

But when they win the victory -
Yes, when the war is o'er,
We'll welcome back those heroes
To their native town once more.