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Introduction
For a number of years I have been working towards researching Coleraine
War Memorial. This was the town where the newspapers of the period
were based and where the information should be available. Strangely
enough that information in a number of cases was not there and in some
instances it was inordinately difficult to find. At first glance
some of the names on the War Memorial did not fit into the
district. Some of them came from Fermanagh or Tyrone and it took
time to work out the criteria used for including them on Coleraine War
Memorial. It did seem strange at first that if you were born in
Fermanagh and working in Coleraine when you enlisted, your name could be
inscribed on the memorial, but if you were born in Castleroe it
couldn't. Two men were responsible for the list of names we now see
on Coleraine War Memorial, the Town Clerk of the time, Mr. William Henry
and Mr. J. G. Kydd, the Dentist from Lodge Road. Together, they did
a marvellous job. They appear to have taken the line that if you
were born in Coleraine or worked there your name could be inscribed on
the war memorial, but if you were born outside the town it
couldn't. Hence the war memorials at Ballyrashane and at the
Loughan. In spite of the two war memorials just mentioned a huge
number of men from the outlying districts of Castleroe, Macosquin,
Articlave and Castlerock have no place of commemoration. They are
the forgotten men of Coleraine. I have included some of them as
they came to light in general research while gathering information on
others. |
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When Coleraine War Memorial was erected in the years immediately
following the end of the Great War the names of the fallen were
inscribed on the sides of the memorial, starting at the top and coming
most of the way down. It was only after the Second World War had
finished and it was found that a new list of names would have to be
added that the plates that we see to-day were made and erected.
One name on the memorial has eluded me. James Barraghan can not be
found. He is not named on the Commonwealth War Graves site, nor is
he named in Soldiers Died. I believe that James was severely
wounded and discharged from the army in the early years of the war and
being discharged the Commonwealth War Graves Commission would have no
further responsibility for his commemoration. It is sad that this
one man can not be found and properly commemorated but there is nothing
more I can do about it. At least his name is on the war memorial
and I am sure someone will be tempted to delve further in an attempt to
find something.
Many of the families have been very helpful and simply couldn't do
enough for me. One of them, when I told them about a memorial to
their relative in Belfast, immediately set about going to see it and
bringing me back a photograph. I have been helped by many people,
not least of them, Joyce Martin. Sadly Joyce died before she could
see the results of her help and it remains my deepest disappointment
that this had to happen when it did. She was such a good friend.
A number of Coleraine men won great distinction for their courage in
face of adversity and some of the stories are very poignant. Some
of the men named on the memorial had won the Military Cross or the
Military Medal and a few had the Distinguished Conduct Medal or been
Mentioned in Despatches. All of them gave their lives for their
country and it is only right that we should not forget. Some of
the men named here had brought in wounded comrades or given their lives
in the attempt and I believe that it is only right that these stories
should be brought to light and honour given where it is due. I
hope that the stories contained in this book will be a source of comfort
and pride to the families concerned.
During research I have discovered that the man who was Town Clerk of
Coleraine at the time of the Great War, William Henry, and who helped to
put the names on the war memorial, collapsed and died very suddenly
while on holiday in Llandudno, Wales, on 30th June 1932. His
death, like all those that he helped to put on the memorial, was a
disaster to his devastated family. To-day the grief to a great
extent has gone, but the sadness and the gratitude of many of the
families lingers on. Many of these families lost two sons and this
was especially hard to take, when as in many cases, the parents were
already elderly.
In June of 1925 a huge German Howitzer was presented to Coleraine and
mounted on a concrete base in Anderson Park. Like almost all of
it's predecessors it has disappeared, probably as scrap for the war
effort of 1939-45. I have written to Coleraine Borough Council to
point out that in the intervening years since the Great War the three
Oak trees planted by the Council in memory of the men who fell on the
first day of the Somme appear to have been felled, the old Russian gun
has disappeared, the old German Howitzer has disappeared, and to ask if
some small memorial could be placed in Anderson Park in memory of the
men who gave so much for our freedom while the park is being renovated.
In the early 1920's it was agreed to erect a War Memorial in Coleraine
in memory of the men from the town who had given their lives in the
quest for peace. A Committee was set up and it took that committee
two years to get everything together and to settle for a site and to get
a list of names. This same committee then published the list of
names and asked the Coleraine public to add a name if they thought one
was missing. They allowed the Coleraine people only two weeks in
which to have this done although it was known that many of the families
would not be able to afford the luxury of a newspaper every week.
Six names were eventually put forward and I leave it to the reader to
judge if all of the names should have been accepted.
Edward Ernest Hosier
James Dunsmore Elliott
George Henry Bittles |
Henry Davis Chambers
William James McKay
William McGowan |
Following a telephone conversation with Robert McClelland it has become
known that his father, Joseph Kerr McClelland, was a brick layer who had
served in the Great War and that he was certainly one of those who
actually built the War Memorial. It appears that at the last
minute everything wasn't finished and Joseph had to work all night to
get the memorial ready for dedication the following day. Having
spent a cold night outdoors working Joseph developed pneumonia and was
extremely ill for a considerable time. He eventually recovered and
lived for many years in his native Coleraine.
The following are the
names elected to serve on the War Memorial Committee.
Mrs. Crofts
Rev. W. H. Bradley, M.A.
Messrs. H. T. Barrie, D.L.
Richard Hunter, J.P.
H. B. Gribbon
C. L. Boddie, C.E.
Hugh Eccles, J.P.
Joseph Wilson, U.D.C.
James Tomb, U.D.C.
W. W. Hill, U.D.C. |
Miss Woodburn
Rev. G. W. D. Rea, B.A.
R. F. McCartney, J.P.
Andrew Clarke
J. B. McLeese
W. J. Given, C.E.
John Shannon
J. W. Crawford
W. R. Selfridge, U.D.C.
James Henry |
Rev. J. G. Paton
Rev. W. H. Giles, B.A.
T. G. Houston, M.A., J.P.
William Henry
Dan Maclaughlin
J. A. Kydd, D.S.
Oliver Paul, J.P.
Andrew McFeeter, J.P.
S. T. Alexander, U.D.C.
Thomas Bell |
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S40444
Private James Alfred Henry
2652
8th Bn. Black Watch
Killed in Action 26th March 1918
Aged 24 |
Born: Coleraine 8th
March 1894
Son of James & Annie Henry, Nursery Avenue, Coleraine.
Lived: Nursery Avenue, Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
No known grave
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine and New Row Presbyterian Church
Commemorated on a brass plaque in Bann Rowing
Club Boathouse.
Jimmy Henry and Arnold Todd were best
friends and enlisted together
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2653
Arnold Wilkinson Todd
6th Bn. Black Watch
Killed in Action 13th November 1916
Aged 21 |
Born: Belfast 1895
Son of Hamilton & Sarah Todd, Park House, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
Interred in Mailly Wood Cemetery Plot 1, Row F,
Grave 8
Commemorated on a plaque in Bann Rowing Club's
Boathouse
Commemorated in 1st Coleraine Presbyterian
Church |
BANN
ROWING CLUB UNBEATEN JUNIOR EIGHT OF 1914
Back row: J. C. McElwee, G. Kennedy, Jack
Lecky, Seymoor Chubb, A. W. Todd, J. K. Bennett, W. W. Irwin, F. G.
McElwee
Front row: D. G. Christie (Captain), T. Glenn (Cox) |
25601
Private Edward Reid Dallas
10th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Killed in Action 13th November 1916
Aged 29 |
Born: Coleraine 31st
June 1887
Son of John and Euphemia Dallas, Church Street, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine January 1916
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine
Interred in Ancre Valley Cemetery
Commemorated in New Row Presbyterian Church
Edward Reid Dallas and
William McGrath (right) were best friends |
25602
Private William McGrath
10th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 14th November 1916
Aged 26 |
Born: Coleraine 1890
Son of Daniel & Margaret McGrath, New Row, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine January 1916
Interred in Etaples Cemetery Plot 12, Row D,
Grave 2a
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine
Commemorated in St. Patrick's Parish Church |
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Z/4951 O.S. A.B. Thomas Gamble
Anson Bn. R.N.V.R.
Killed in Action 13th November 1916
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Born: 18th June 1896
Lived: 22 Second Avenue, Clydebank, Glasgow
Interred in Cayeux Military Cemetery, France
Plot 3, Row C, Grave 2 |
2855 Rifleman John Torrens
7th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
Killed in Action 8th March 1917
Aged 40
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Born: Coleraine
Son of John & Catherine Torrens, Ferryquay Street, Coleraine
Husband of Edith Torrens, Greystone Hall, Limavady
Lived: Limavady
Enlisted: Belfast
Interred in Kemmell Chateau Cemetery |
15628
Private Millar Hutton
10th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 17th February 1917
Aged 21 |
Born: Ballyhargon,
Londonderry
Son of Essie and Joseph Hutton, Stone Row Upper, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Finner Camp September 1914
Interred in Bailleul Cemetery
Commemorated in First Coleraine Presbyterian
Church |
S16752
Private Samuel Mearns
9th Bn. Black Watch
Died 26th March 1917 - Aged 19 |
Born: Coleraine 1898
Son of Michael & Margaret Mearns, No. 5 Long Commons, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Greenock July 1916
Interred in Avesnes-le-Comte Plot 3, Row C,
Grave 21 |
688244
Private Joseph Pollock
47th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Killed in Action 31st March 1917
Aged 30 |
Born: Coleraine
Son of Joseph & Rachel Pollock, Dunalis, Dunboe, Coleraine
Lived: Vancouver, B.C.
Enlisted: Sicamous, B.C. 18th May 1916
Interred in Villers Station Cemetery
Commemorated in First Coleraine Presbyterian
Church |
862344
Sergeant Samuel Henry MacGowan
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry Central Ontario Regiment
Killed in Action 9th April 1917
Aged 29 |
Born: Coleraine 22nd
April 1888
Son of James & Mary MacGowan, Captain Street
Lived: Toronto, Canada
Enlisted: Toronto, Canada 15th February 1916
Interred in Canadian No. 2 Cemetery at Vimy
Ridge
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine
Commemorated in St. John's Parish Church |
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7917 Private Alexander McLean
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 1st April 1917
Aged 31
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Born: Coleraine
Son of William McLean, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine 1904
Interred in Savy Cemetery Plot 1, Row D,
Grave24 |
18523 Private Hugh Carlin
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 20th may 1917
Aged 22
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Born: Coleraine
Son of Hugh & Mary Carlin, Long Commons,
Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine 1914
Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Bay 6 |
Captain
James Stuart
59th Bn. Royal Flying Corps
Killed in Action 13th April 1917
Aged 20 |
Born: Queensland,
Australia 1896
Son of Annie M. & James Stuart, Somerset, Coleraine
Lived: Somerset, Coleraine
No known grave
Commemorated on the Arras Flying Memorial
Commemorated in Macosquin Parish Church |
2nd
Lieut. Chester Bishop Kydd
7th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
Killed in Action 3rd May 1917
Aged 19 |
Born: Leavenworth.
Kansas, U.S.A. 31st May 1897
Son of John George Alexander & Jessie de Mott Bishop Kydd, Dunreeva,
9 Lodge Road, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Commemorated on the Arras Memorial Bay 5 |
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Memorial in Larne Grammar
School
In Honoured Memory of the
Masters and Old Boys of this School who gave their lives on the
Two World Wars
1914-1918
P. Bodelle - A. A. Gault - T. Moore - H. W.
Carson - J. Griffiths - A. McClellan - J. A. Carson - C. Kidd - W.
McCluggage - H. H. Dunwoody - H. T. F. Magill - R. J. Pullin - J. Foster
- A. S. Mitchell - J. Walker
1939-1945
H. W. Adams - J. Hilditch - E. McCluggage - M. Crawford - W. A. Law
- T. McFaul - N. H. Crawford - H. G. Montgomery - W. J. McKay - J. Evans
- D. McAuley - J. McKinstry - D. L. Frazer - G. McAuley - W. Rusk - F.
Gamble - J. T. Smyth |
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12278 Private Robert O'Brien
2nd Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Died of Wounds 9th June 1917
Aged 19
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Born: Coleraine 1898
Son of Jeannie & John O'Brien, Killowen Street, Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
Interred in Dundee (Balgay) Cemetery Plot BB,
Row 4, Grave 631d |
M 16998 Charles Magee Thompson
H.M.S. Vanguard
Killed in Action 9th July 1917
Aged 23
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Born: Ballymena 13th
February 1894
Son of James & Mary Jane Thompson, Gracehill, Ballymena.
Husband of Annie
Joined R. N. 12th November 1915 |
24603
Gunner Thomas James Campbell
154th Siege Battery, R.G.A.
Killed in Action 15th June 1917
Aged 27 |
Born: Coleraine 1890
Son of Andrew & E. J. M. Campbell, Brook Street, Coleraine
Married and living at 2 Bandon Street, Belfast
Lived: Belfast
Enlisted: Coleraine
Interred in Vlamertinghe New British Cemetery,
West of Ypres, Plot 1, Row B, Grave 10 |
16438
John Wilson Adams
H.M.S. Vanguard
Killed in 9th July 1917
Aged 33 |
Born: Coleraine10th
April 1888
Son of Alexander & Margaret Ann Adams, Spittal Hill, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Joined R.N. 12th November 1915
No known grave
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine
Commemorated on the Chatham Memorial and in New
Row Presbyterian Church |
29001
Private Daniel McCaughan
Machine Gun Corps
Killed in Action 31st July 1917
Aged 21 |
Born: Dunseverick
Son of Alexander & Matilda McCaughan, Craigs, Dunseverick
Lived: Dunseverick
Enlisted: Coleraine
Commemorated in Dunseverick Parish Church
Commemorated on Bushmills and Coleraine War
Memorial
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2nd
Lieut. James David Innes
24th Bn. Tyneside Irish, Northumberland Fus.
Died of Wounds 5th August 1917
Aged 20 |
Born: Bilbao, Spain
15th October 1896
Son of James & Manuela Innes
Interred in Tincourt New British Cemetery Plot
1, Row C, Grave14
Commemorated in New Row Presbyterian Church |
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40635 Corporal William Hanna Adams
10th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 8th August 1917
Aged 30
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Born: Coleraine
Son of John Adams, Strandtown, Belfast
Married with 4 children
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Antrim June 1915
No known grave
Commemorated on Menin Gate
Commemorated in Coleraine Congregational Church |
15624 Private John Hutchinson
10th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 10th August 1917
Aged 33
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Born: Coleraine 1892
Son of John & Sarah Hutchinson, Bellhouse, Lane
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine and New Row Presbyterian Church |
15687
Private James Leighton
10th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 8th August 1917
Aged 24 |
Born: Coleraine 1891
Son of Henry & Elizabeth Leighton, Kyle's Brae, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Donegal
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine
Interred in Mendinghem Cemetery, Plot 4, Row B,
Grave 7.
Commemorated in St. John's Parish Church,
Killowen |
3709
L/Cpl. Thomas Wright
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 20th September 1917
Aged 19 |
Born: Drumcoon,
Coleraine 1898
Son of James & Margaret Wright, Cross Lane, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
Interred in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium,
Plot 3, Row J, Grave 27 |
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15851 Private David McGrath
10th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 10th August 1917
Aged 20
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Born: Coleraine 1897
Son of Robert & Sarah McGrath, Killowen Street, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Finner Camp September 1914
No known grave
Commemorated on Menin Gate and in St. John's Parish Church, Coleraine |
19122 Private John McGrath
10th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 1st July 1916
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Born:
Killowen 1892
Son of Robert & Sarah McGrath, Killowen Street, Coleraine
Lived: Killowen
Enlisted: Coleraine
No known grave
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
Commemorated in St. John's Parish Church, Coleraine |
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25083 Private James McCann
8th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 16th August 1917
Aged 29
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Born: Ballymoney
Son of Joseph & Elizabeth McCann
Husband of Minnie
Lived: Long Commons, Coleraine
Enlisted: Portrush
No known grave
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial |
27764 L/Sgt. Hugh Mullen
9th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 16th August 1917
Aged 22
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Born: Belfast
Son of Alfred Mullen, Castlerock
Raised by his aunt & uncle Emma & John Caldwell, Cross Glebe,
Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine 1915
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial and in Coleraine First Presbyterian |
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16051 Private William Templeton
10th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 16th August 1917
Aged 25
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Born: Coleraine
Son of Fanny Templeton
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Donegal
No known grave
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine and Tyne Cot Memorial, also St. Patrick's Parish Church |
43989 Private John Kerr
3rd Bn. Canterbury Regiment
Killed in Action 4th October 1917
Aged 36
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Born: Coleraine 12th
July 1881
Son of Robert & Mrs. Kerr, Castletoothery, Coleraine
Lived: Lauriston, N. Z.
Enlisted: Ashburton, N. Z. 12th October 1916
Interred in Tyne Cot Cemetery
Commemorated in St. John's Parish Church |
21262
Corporal George McIntyre
1st Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 6th October 1917
Aged 39 |
Born: 1895
Son of James & Margaret McIntyre, Brook Street, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Londonderry
Interred in Dozinghem Cemetery, Plot 5, Row H,
Grave 4
Commemorated in St. Patrick's Parish Church |
16354
Guardsman Robert Simpson
2nd Bn. Scots Guards
Died of Wounds 19th October 1917
Aged 25 |
Born: Coleraine
Son of Robert & Ellen Simpson, 3 Hawthorn Terrace, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine and Glasgow
Enlisted: Greenock
Interred in Mendinghem Cemetery, Plot 6, Row D,
Grave 22
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine and in St. Patrick's Parish Church, Coleraine, also on
Broomhill War Memorial, Greenock |
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724652 Private Harry Roche
109th Battalion Canadian Infantry
Died of Wounds 20th October 1917
Aged 36
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Born: Coleraine 22nd
March 1881
Lived: Toronto
Enlisted: Lindsay, Ontario 3rd December 1915
Interred in Nine Elms Cemetery, Plot 6, Row F,
Grave 17 |
2nd Lieut. James Dunsmore Elliott
16th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Killed in Action 22nd October 1917
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Born: Paisley, Scotland
Son of Mr. J. Elliott, Paisley
Married
Lived: Park View
No known grave
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial Panels 61-63 |
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404106 Private William Hanson
3rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
Died 22nd October 1917
Aged 22
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Born: Belfast 1st March
1895
Husband to Martha Jane Park, Coleraine
Lived: Toronto, Canada
Enlisted: Toronto, Canada 12th April 1915
Interred in Shorncliffe Military Cemetery
Commemorated in St. John's Parish Church |
9620 Private William O'Neill
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 5th December 1917
Aged 32
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Born: Coleraine
Son of Henry & Mary Ann O'Neill, Kyles Brae, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
Interred in Abbeville Cemetery, Plot 3, Row F,
Grave 1 |
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Ply. 9192 Private George D. H. Wilson
H.M.S. Carysfort, Royal Marines
Died 13th December 1917
Aged 36
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Born: Bridgnorth, Salop
1st February 1879
Son of John Wilson, Mount Street, Coleraine
Married to Annie Wilson
Lived: Plymouth
Enlisted: Walsall 31st May 1898
Interred in Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery,
Kent, Plot 26, Grave 1359 |
2nd Lieut. Robert Wallace Gilmour
9th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 21st March 1918
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Born: 1st July 1885
Son of William & Margaret Johnston Wallace Gilmour, Diamond,
Coleraine
No known grave
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, panels
38-40, also New Row Pres. Ch. |
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22018 Private David Allen
7/8th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 5th March 1918
Aged 20
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Born: Londonderry 1898
Son of Joseph & Mary Ellen, 4 Strand Terrace, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
Interred in Villers Faucon British Cemetery,
Plot 3, Row F, Grave 10
Commemorated in New Row Pres. Ch. |
73228 Private Joseph Allen
34th Bn. Machine Gun Corps
Died of Wounds 20th April 1918
Aged 22
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Born: Glasgow 1896
Son of Joseph & Mary Allen, Strand Terrace, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
Interred in Etaples Cemetery
Commemorated in New Row Pres. Ch. |
Rev.
William Andrew Wilson
New Row Presbyterian Church
Died 20th March 1918 |
Born: May 1869
Minterburn Manse
Husband of Evelyn Forsythe, 3 sons
Died in France |
24265
Private William J. Fillis MM
10th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 21st March 1918
Aged 19 |
Born: Coleraine 1899
Son of Robert & Sarah Fillis, 3 Jubilee Terrace, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine 1914
No known grave
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial
Commemorated in Coleraine Methodist Church |
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21076 Private David Gault
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 21st March 1918
Aged 17
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Born: Glenleary,
Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine 1916
Interred in Grand Seraucourt Cemetery
Commemorated in Macosquin Pres. Ch. |
6987 Rifleman Michael James
Kirby
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
Killed in Action 24th March
1918
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Born: Coleraine 1895
Son of Michael & Catherine Kirby, Bellhouse Lane, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
No known grave
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial |
S43044
Private John Horner
8th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Killed in Action 22nd March 1918
Aged 22 |
Born: Coleraine 1896
Son of James & Margaret Horner, Society Street, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Londonderry 1915
No known grave
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial |
...I
found the following few lines in The Chronicle of 1916 R. Thompson
Killed in Action
"Twas to me she gave the
letter, an' the hands of her were shakin'.
"It's you that has the schoolin', might you read it out" says
she,
Och! I read the evil tidin's, wid the heart within me breakin',
For it's hard to tell a mother that her son is dead, you see.
The senses seemed to leave her,
when she heard what they had written,
She didn't fall a-weepin' -- oh, an' better if she had,
I left her white, and silent, beside the fireside sittin'.
You see, he was the only wan, an' she takes it cruel bad.
Now, you'll hear her sayin'.
"Denis", an' it's to the dead she's talkin',
"It's nearly time for chapel, an', boy, ye're never dressed,"
White at other times she's croonin', wid her body softly rockin',
She be thinking he's a baby, and she holds him to her breast.
A Muir in "New Days" |
15438
L/Cpl. Joseph Creelman
21st Entrenching Bn.
Killed in Action 24th March 1918
Aged 24 |
Born: Windyhall,
Coleraine 10th February 1894
Son of John & Sarah Jane Creelman
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
No known grave
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial
Commemorated in Terrace Row Presbyterian
Church, Coleraine |
9185 L/Cpl. George Doherty
Armstrong
1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
Killed in Action 25th March 1918
Aged 23 |
Born: Ramelton, Co.
Donegal
Son of William & Elizabeth Armstrong, Limavady Road, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Belfast
No known grave
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Panel 74-76
Commemorated in First Coleraine Pres. Church |
15608
Ernest E. Hosier
6th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 29th March 1918
Aged 23 |
Born: Kentish Town, Middlesex
Son of Philip & Rose Hosier, 5 Craddock Street, Haverstock Hill,
London
Married to Sarah J. Murdock
Lived: Kentish Town and Coleraine
Enlisted: Londonderry
No known grave
Commemorated in Pozieres Memorial |
15619
L/Cpl. George Edward Huston
10th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 25th October 1916
Aged 19 |
Born: Clones, Co.
Monaghan 1898
Son of Inspector Archibald & Annie Huston, 3 Abbey Street, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Finner Camp September 1914
Interred in Pond Farm Cemetery, Belgium
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine
Commemorated in St. Patrick's Parish Church |
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39134 Private Robert Acheson
19th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Died of Wounds 27th March 1918
Aged 40
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Born: Coleraine 10th
March 1878
Son of Hugh & Elizabeth (McConaghy) Acheson, 1 Reids Terrace,
Coleraine
Married with 6 children
Lived: Sunderland
Interred in Doullens Cemetery
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine |
26 Rifleman Samuel McSheffrey
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
Died of Wounds 27th March 1918
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Born: Macosquin,
Coleraine
Son of the late James McSheffrey and Sarah Margaret Pollock McSheffrey, Enfield Terrace, Coleraine
Husband of Mary McLaughlin, 5 children
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Finner Camp
No known grave
Commemorated in the Irish Society School,
Coleraine, Killowen Orange Hall and Pozieres Memorial |
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Captain Montague Claude Gribbon
Indian Army
Died 9th December 1915
Aged 31
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Born: May 1884
Son of Lt. Col. G. C. Gribbon, 128 Inverness Terrace, London, also
Cousin of John Stewart Gribbon (right)
No known grave
Commemorated on Basra Memorial |
Lieut. John Stewart Gribbon
7th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I. Attd 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
Killed in Action 27th May 1918
Aged 26
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Born: Coleraine 4th
March 1892 (1890)?
Son of John & Jemima Gribbon, Kenvarra, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
No known grave
Commemorated on Soissons Memorial, also on St. Patrick's Parish Church. |
71365 Cpl. John
Simpson Campbell
27th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Died of Wounds 27th September 1916
Aged 27 |
Born: Coleraine 7th
June 1889
Son of John & Sarah Jane Campbell, Knockintern, Coleraine
Lived: Winnipeg, Canada
Enlisted: Winnipeg
Interred in Contay British Cemetery Plot 2, Row
D, Grave 4.
Commemorated in Irish Society School, Coleraine |
4765A Private William J. Campbell
22nd Bn. Australian Infantry
Killed in Action 10th April 1918
Aged 30
brother of John Simpson Campbell (left) |
Born: Knockintern,
Coleraine 7th May 1887
Son of John & Sarah Jane Campbell
Lived: Melbourne, Australia
Enlisted: Melbourne, Australia 8th February 1915
Interred in Dernancourt Cemetery
Commemorated in the Irish Society School |
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10/50 Sergeant Harry Osborne Black
2nd Bn. Wellington Regt.
Died of Wounds 29th March 1918
Aged 22
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Born: Coleraine 8th
September 1895 (9.9.96)?
Son of John Henry & Mary (Glenn) Black
Lived: Canterbury, New Zealand
Enlisted: New Zealand 16th December 1915
Interred in Doullens Cemetery
Commemorated in the Irish Society School, Terrace Row Presbyterian
Church and Coleraine Academical Institution. |
24330 L/Cpl. William Hutchinson
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 27th May 1918
Aged 33
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Born: Dunboe,
Coleraine
Son of John & Mrs. Hutchinson, Pate's Lane, Coleraine
Married with 4 children
Lived: Glenboig
Enlisted: Coatbridge
Interred in Esquelbecq Cemetery Plot 2, Row D,
Grave 27
Commemorated in 2nd Dunboe Presbyterian Church, Articlave |
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47145 Private Charles Stewart Blair
15th Bn. Royal Lancashire Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 20th August 1918
Aged 27
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Born: Corrstown,
Portrush 1891 (1890)?
Son of John & Annie Forsythe Blair
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
Interred in Abbeville Comm Cemetery, Plot 4,
Row D, Grave 4
Commemorated in the Irish Society School and New Row Presbyterian Church |
4432 Private Robert Paul
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 30th August 1918
Aged 18
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Born: Coleraine 1899
Son of Robert & Kate Paul, Circular Road, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
No known grave
Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial and in St. Patrick's Parish Church |
2nd
Lieut. William James Knox Bell M.C.
9th Siege Bty. R.G.A.
Killed in Action 5th April 1918
Aged 28 |
Born: Scotland 1890
Son of James & Fanny Jane Bell, Ashbrook, Upper Captain Street,
Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine 1914
Interred in Bertrancourt Cemetery, Plot 2, Row
B, Grave 14
Commemorated in Coleraine Academical
Institution |
6954
Private John Alfred Rudolph Bell
49th Bn. Australian Infantry
Died of Wounds 10th April 1918
Aged 25 |
Born: Macosquin,
Coleraine 17th May 1892
Son of Charlotte Catherine & William John Bell, Castleroe
Lived: Queensland, Australia
Enlisted: Cloncurry, Queensland 7th October 1916
Interred in Etaples Cemetery, Plot 33, Row G,
Grave 18
Commemorated in Coleraine Presbyterian Church |
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Corporal William A. Boyce
19th Engineer Regt., American Army
Killed in Action 31st August 1918
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Born: Coleraine
Son of William & Annie (Archibald) Boyce, Desert, Coleraine
Lived: Philipsburg, Pennsylvania
Enlisted: Pennsylvania
Interred in Somme American Cemetery, Bony,
France, Plot C, Row 25, Grave 1
Commemorated in the Irish Society School and New Row Presbyterian Church |
19110 L/Cpl. Joseph Allen
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 30th September 1918
Aged 22
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Born: Glasgow
Son of John & Helen Allen
Lived: Castleroe, Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine 1914
Interred in Haringhe British Cemetery, Belgium,
Plot 3, Row C, Grave 60 |
238234
Edmond Charles McLaughlin
Royal Air Force
Died 24th September 1918 |
Born: Coleraine 13th
September 1896
Son of Patrick & Kate McLaughlin, Waterside, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: 19th September, 1917 R.N.A.S.
Interred in Southend-on-Sea (Leigh-on-Sea)
Cemetery, Essex
Commemorated in Coleraine Academical
Institution |
374105
Private Thomas D. McLaughlin
108th Machine Gun Bn., American Forces
Killed in Action 27th September 1918
Aged 28 |
Born: Coleraine 9th
February 1890
Son of Patrick & Catherine McLaughlin, Waterside, Coleraine
Lived: America
Enlisted: America
Interred in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Plot E, Row 14, Grave 18 |
19114
Private James Stewart Dysart
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 29th September 1918
Aged 30 |
Born: Coleraine
Son of Hugh & Sarah Dysart, Killowen, Coleraine
Husband of Mary, Shuttle Hill
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
Interred in Dadizeele New British Cemetery,
Belgium |
464875
Private John Dysart
Labour Corps, Formerly 19787 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Lost at Sea 10th October 1918
Aged 37 |
Born: Coleraine
Son of Hugh & Sarah Dysart, Killowen, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Belfast
Interred in Grangegorman Cemetery, Dublin
Commemorated on ROH at Killowen Orange Hall |
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15527 Sergeant James Anderson Fulton
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 2nd October 1918
Aged 31
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Born: Coleraine
Son of William & Alice Fulton, Strand Road
Husband of Ellen, 2 children
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Finner Camp September 1914
Interred in Terlingthun Cemetery, Plot 5, Row C, Grave 28
Commemorated in St. Patrick's Parish Church, Orange Order Hall, Irish
Society School, Coleraine Methodist Church |
Private Thomas Logue D.S.C.
119th Battery Field Artillery 32nd Infantry Division, American Army
Killed in Action 10th October 1918
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Born: Coleraine
Son of Daniel & Mrs. Logue, Mount Street
Lived: New York
Enlisted: Michigan
Interred in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery,
Plot G, Row 30, Grave 15
Commemorated in the Irish Society School and in New Row Presbyterian
Church |
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S1742 L/Cpl. Richard McIlree
1/5th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Killed in Action 13th October 1918
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Born: Limavady
Son of Mrs. McNabb (remarried), Brook Street, Coleraine
Husband of Mary Smith, Glasgow
Lived: Coleraine & Glasgow
Enlisted: Glasgow
Interred in Avesnes-le-Sec Cemetery, Row C,
Grave 5
Commemorated in the Irish Society School |
19889 Private James Watton
Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 7th December 1917
Aged 45
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Born: Coleraine
Son of John & Mary Ann Watton, Coleraine
Married
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Donegal
No known grave
Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial, Louverval |
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2nd Lieut. Francis Arthur Sadlier
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 14th October 1918
Aged 21
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Son of F. A. &
Katie Sadlier, 3 Sedan Terrace, Enniskillen
Enlisted: March 1917
Interred in Dadizeele New British Cemetery,
Plot 2, Row B, Grave 24
Commemorated on Coleraine War Memorial |
18 Rifleman James Hegarty
12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
Died of Wounds 15th October 1918
Aged 41
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Born: Coleraine
Son of William Hegarty, Killowen Street, Coleraine
Husband of Maggie McAlary, 8 children
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine
Interred in Duhallow A. D. S. Cemetery, Plot 4,
Row F, Grave 19
Commemorated in Killowen Orange Hall |
Corporal
Stormonth Pollock
315th Bn. American Infantry
Died of Wounds 17th October 1918
Aged 26 |
Born: Coleraine
Son of Thomas & Rachel Pollock, Cross Glebe, Coleraine
Lived: Philadelphia
Enlisted: Philadelphia October 1917
Interred in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Commemorated in New Row Presbyterian Church |
Petty
Officer Henry Douglas Chambers
Royal Engineers
Died 4th May 1922
Aged 23 |
Born: 1898
Son of Robert Henry & Eliza Jane Chambers, Belfast formerly Clifton
Terrace, Coleraine
Enlisted: R.N.A.S.
Interred in Ballintoy Cemetery |
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136717 Private Arthur Brennan
29th Bn. Machine-Gun Corps
Killed in Action 22nd October 1918
Aged 18
brother of James Brennan (right) |
Born: Coleraine 1900
(1901)?
Son of Patrick & Mary Brennan, Long Commons
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Coleraine 1916
Interred in Harlebeke Cemetery |
12859 Private James Brennan
6th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers formerly 11841 Royal Irish Rifles
Killed in Action 15th August 1915
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Born: Portrush
Son of Patrick and Mary Brennan, Long Commons, Coleraine.
Enlisted: Coleraine
No known grave
Commemorated on the Helles Memorial
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84766 Private Martin Roche
Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 1st November 1918
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Born: Coleraine
Married Mary, 4 children
Lived: Coleraine
Interred in St. John's RC Churchyard, Coleraine |
21849 Private James Henry
6th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action 8th November 1918
Aged 26
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Born: Coleraine
Son of Alexander & Annabella Henry, Taylor's Row, Coleraine
Lived: Coleraine
Enlisted: Finner Camp January 1915
Interred in Dourlers Cemetery, Plot 1, Row B,
Grave 3
Commemorated in St. Patrick's Parish Church and Macosquin Parish Church |
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