|
no photo |
Name |
Keenan, Colin |
| Rank |
Rifleman - Service No.
B/203366 |
| Regiment |
Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1898 in Omagh |
| Dates/Info. |
Enlisted 17th September
1914. Discharged 17th January 1919 son of Bernard Keenan
and Rebecca Monaghan of Eden Street, Enniskillen: Married Molly
in Scotland after the war |
| Where buried |
Died: 7th November 1924
in Scotland but is buried in the Convent Cemetery in
Enniskillen (Sisters of Mercy Convent) |
| Source |
Niece - Marilyn Folger |
|
 |
|
no photo |
Name |
Kelly,
Denis |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
2nd Royal
Irish Regiment - Service No. 8503 |
| Birth
details |
Born 1895 |
| Dates/Info. |
Signed up
5th September 1914, posted home service, embarked for France 29th
August 1916 - Son of Alexander and Bridget Kelly, married to
Catherine Stone, lived at 183 North King Street, Dublin |
| Where buried |
Died 21st
March 1918 aged 21 - L'Empire France (first day of the German Spring
offensive - Kaiserschlacht) - UNICORN CEMETERY, VEND'HUILE III. B. 15 |
| Source |
David Runaghan
Medals
Index Card |
|
|
 |
Name |
Kelly,
James Hodges |
| Rank |
S.P.O.
Royal Navy |
| Regiment |
Royal Navy 1904-1919; Merchant Navy 1919-1923 |
| Birth
details |
Born:
1887 Sailortown, Belfast |
| Dates/Info. |
Served On the China Station, then saw action in WW1 at the Battle of Jutland - engaged in virtual suicide missions,
sitting atop shells in wooden boats, transporting them from munitions supply ship HMS Blake to his flagship HMS
Castor and other warships of the 11th flotilla of the Grand Fleet under Admiral Jellicoe |
| Where buried |
Died: drowned Hamburg harbour 1923 aged 36, leaving widow and 4 children |
| Source |
Grand-daughter
- Denise Beddows
IrishMariners
.ie |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Kerr, Hugh |
| Rank |
Rifleman - Service No. 18018 |
| Regiment |
12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1889 Carrickfergus |
| Dates/Info. |
Son of James and Eliza Kerr, brother to
Margaret Ann, Ellen, Harriet, William John and Samuel. Hugh took
after his father and worked in Barn Mills flax mill. He was KIA
on the 1st days of the Somme along with 7 others of the 12th
Batt. from Carrickfergus |
| Where buried |
Killed in Action 1st July 1916 age 27 -
Commemorated Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 15a and 15b |
| Source |
Cousin Valerie Kerr - email |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Kerr,
William |
| Rank |
Rifleman
- Service No. 18022 |
| Regiment |
14th Bn.
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born:
Belfast 1895 |
| Dates/Info. |
Joined
5th October 1915 |
| Where buried |
Died: age
22 on the 16th August 1917 - son of the late Thomas and Jane
Kerr, Belfast |
| Source |
great
niece - Deirdre Brennan |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Kinsella,
Andrew |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Regiment |
Royal Dublin
Fusiliers - 1st Battalion - Service No. 14672 |
| Birth
details |
Born
Dublin 1882 |
| Dates/Info |
He was killed
somewhere near the French village of Epehy, classed as missing. - His body was never found. |
| Where buried |
He is remembered at
the Pozieres Cemetery in Northern France
Died - 29th March 1918
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
| Source |
Great Nephew -
Terry Clark |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Kyle,
Frederick |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Fifth Kitchener
Army - 36th (Ulster Division) 107th Brigade - 10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born
November 1898 in South Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Served :
Forelavilles, Arras |
| Where buried |
Born Belfast, moved
to New York City - Wife : Elsie - Children : Gail, Mary Ann, Barbara & Judy
Died 23rd November 1973
|
| Source |
Grandson - Robert
Grimmer |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Lawlor,
John |
| Rank |
Rifleman - Regt.
No. 21291 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles - Royal Irish Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: 15th March 1870,
Ballymacarrett, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
son of Daniel and
Mary (Quinn) Lawlor - wife Martha Ann Sharkey, children James, John,
Charles, Daniel, Mary, David, Terence and Patrick - Graham's Place
and Middlepath Street
Medal
Index Card National Archives |
| Where buried |
Died: 26th July
1945, buried - Milltown Cemetery, Falls Road grave #tg33b |
| Source |
Grand daughter -
Roisin Lawlor Nelson
FULL-SIZE PHOTO |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Leeburn,
Hugh |
| Rank |
Private -
Service No. 29474 |
| Regiment |
"C"
Company, 19th Entrenching Battalion, 10th Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
|
| Dates/Info |
Hugh was
resident in Dublin and was gardener on the Duke of Leipsley's Estate,
his parents resided at 63 Henderson Avenue, Cavehill Road, Belfast |
| Where buried |
MIA 23rd
March 1918 |
| Source |
Terence
Kelley |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Leeburn,
William John |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Regiment |
Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers - Service No. 10353 & 10355 (details to be confirmed) |
| Birth
details |
Born 1891
Carnmoney |
| Dates/Info |
Wounded 3 times in
WW1 - Officer in Transport Workers Union. |
| Where buried |
Died 7th September 1975 |
| Source |
Grandson - Terence
Kelley |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
Lewis, Francis |
| Rank |
Private - Reg. Mo. 13022 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 19th February 1896 Mayo Street,
Shankill Road, Belfast |
| Dates/Info. |
did not receive his medals until 1923 |
| Where buried |
unknown |
| Source |
Great Nephew Robert Lewis
sadly Robert Lewis passed away on
Friday 29th May 2015, at the moment there is no-one to contact,
I will update here if that changes :( my deepest sympathies go
to his daughter Andrea and thank you for emailing me to let me
know - Mary |
|
|
 |
Name |
Lewis, Milborough
Roberts (aka McMordie) |
| Rank |
Nurse |
| Regiment |
Ulster Volunteer Medical and Nursing
Corps |
| Birth
details |
Born 1887 London, England. Orphaned
young, adopted age 12 by Leslie & Elizabeth McMordie of
Castlewellan Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Served in Tipperary and Belfast, nursed
William James Calderbank after his injuries from the Somme July
1916. Married him December 1919. Mother of
Charles Lewis
Calderbank and 3 daughters. Lived on Upper Newtownards Road |
| Where buried |
Died February 1927 of TB (Phthisis),
buried Dundonald, Belfast |
| Source |
Grand Daughter - Sandra Esterbauer |
|
|
 |
Name |
Lewis, William |
| Rank |
Private - Reg. No. 7484 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles 36th Ulster Division |
| Birth
details |
Born: December 1893 Mayo Street,
Shankill Road, Belfast |
| Dates/Info. |
Lewis was a spinning master married to
Rebecca and had 7 children, lived at Ambleside Street. Served in
C1 Division Ulster Special Constabulary 1922- 1925 then WW2 1939
- 1946 Attended Lord
Carsons
funeral |
| Where buried |
Died: 18th January 1967 Buried Belfast
City Cemetery |
| Source |
Grandson Robert Lewis
sadly Robert Lewis passed away on
Friday 29th May 2015, at the moment there is no-one to contact,
I will update here if that changes :( my deepest sympathies go
to his daughter Andrea and thank you for emailing me to let me
know - Mary |
|
|
 |
Name |
Livingstone,
Richard |
| Rank |
Trooper -
Service No. 90960 |
| Regiment |
7th
Canadian Mounted Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born 30th
March 1886 - Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim |
| Dates/Info |
Emigrated
to Canada 7th May1912 - Enlisted Canadian Army 19th January 1915 : Left Montreal, Canada, for Britain on SS Caledonia
21st June 1915 Convoy attacked off Ireland by German U-boats 23rd June 1915. Arrived in Plymouth,
England and became part of 216th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| Where buried |
Died 8th
October 1938 at 14 James Street, Belfast : Buried - Dundonald
Cemetery : He was badly injured sometime in 1915/1916 and eventually sent home to his mother at
14 James Street, Belfast. Although he married on 24th December 1916 he never worked again receiving a Canadian War Pension until his death |
| Source |
Grandson
- Steve Donaldson |
|
|
fullsize
Photo |
Name |
Logan,
Robert |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
1st
Battalion Irish Guards - Service No. 2466 |
| Birth
details |
Newtownbutler,
Co. Fermanagh |
| Dates/Info. |
Next of
Kin, sister - Annie Fawcett, Broom Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Think he was
killed at 3rd Battle of Ypres, dates match
Named on
Tyne
Cot Memorial Panels 10 to 11 |
| Source |
Great
Great Niece - Anne Curry |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Loughlin,
John |
| Rank |
Private -
Service No. 6802 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles 1st Bn. (1910) 2nd Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born: Rawalpindi,
India 16th June 1884 where his father was serving with the forerunner
of the R.I.R. |
| Dates/Info |
Joined R.I.R 1902 (No. 6802) and served with 1st Battalion in India until Discharged in 1910.
Re-called August 1914, with 2nd Battalion and went to France and Belgium, (mid August) gassed April 1914 and later discharged |
| Where buried |
Died:
1963 and buried in Milltown Cemetery |
| Source |
Grandson
- John Weir
Medals
Index Card |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Love,
David |
| Rank |
|
| Regiment |
|
| Birth
details |
Born: 1891 |
| Dates/Info
|
Son of
Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down
- also enlisted WW2
(see photos of
Rachel and Robert and all the LOVE brothers) |
| Where
buried |
Died 2nd January
1943 - Buried in Armagh |
| Source |
Lorraine
Rea
these are Lorraine's husband Alex's, Great Uncles and Great Grandfather |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Love,
George |
| Rank |
Serjeant
- Service No. 7245 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles - 2nd Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born:
1882 |
| Dates/Info
|
Son of
Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down
(see photos of
Rachel and Robert and all the LOVE brothers) |
| Where
buried |
Died:
30th September 1916 -
Puchevillers
British Cemetery |
| Source |
Lorraine
Rea
these are Lorraine's husband Alex's, Great Uncles and Great Grandfather |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Love,
John |
| Rank |
Serjeant
- Service No. 18106 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles, 13th Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born:
1886 |
| Dates/Info
|
Son of
Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down
(see photos of
Rachel and Robert and all the LOVE brothers) |
| Where
buried |
Died: 1st
July 1916 - Age 30 -
Thiepval
Memorial |
| Source |
Lorraine
Rea
these are Lorraine's husband Alex's, Great Uncles and Great Grandfather |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Love,
Joseph |
| Rank |
|
| Regiment |
|
| Birth
details |
|
| Dates/Info
|
Son of
Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down
(see photos of
Rachel and Robert and all the LOVE brothers) |
| Where
buried |
|
| Source |
Lorraine
Rea
these are Lorraine's husband Alex's, Great Uncles and Great Grandfather |
|
|
|
Boer War |
Name |
Love,
Robert James jnr. |
| Rank |
Corporal |
| Regiment |
1st Argyle and
Sutherland Highlanders |
| Birth
details |
Born: 25th March
1880 |
| Dates/Info
|
Son of
Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down
(see photos of
Rachel and Robert and all the LOVE brothers)
His
Letter Home |
| Where
buried |
unknown - Served
in Boer War |
| Source |
Lorraine
Rea
these are Lorraine's husband Alex's, Great Uncles and Great Grandfather |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Love,
Samuel Abiah |
| Rank |
Sapper -
Service No. 28462 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Engineers, 26th Field Coy. |
| Birth
details |
Born:
1893 |
| Dates/Info
|
Son of
Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down
(see photos of
Rachel and Robert and all the LOVE brothers) |
| Where
buried |
Died: 8th
April 1916 - Age 23 - Buried at
St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Loos |
| Source |
Lorraine
Rea
these are Lorraine's husband Alex's, Great Uncles and Great Grandfather |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Love,
Thomas |
| Rank |
|
| Regiment |
|
| Birth
details |
Born: 1895 |
| Dates/Info
|
Son of
Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down
(see photos of
Rachel and Robert and all the LOVE brothers) |
| Where
buried |
Died: 1965 -
Buried in Downpatrick Cathedral |
| Source |
Lorraine
Rea
these are Lorraine's husband Alex's, Great Uncles and Great Grandfather |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Love,
William |
| Rank |
Private
then Serjeant - Service No. 2/6672 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles, 1st Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born:
1888 |
| Dates/Info
|
Son of
Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down
(see photos of
Rachel and Robert and all the LOVE brothers) |
| Where
buried |
Died:
10th May 1919 -
Down
Cathedral New Cemetery |
| Source |
Lorraine
Rea
these are Lorraine's husband Alex's, Great Uncles and Great Grandfather |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Lowry, William Humphrey |
| Rank |
Rifleman - Service No. 17/1530 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles10th Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born: 27th March 1898 in Belfast |
| Dates/Info. |
P.O.W. - Son of Robert and Elizabeth Rea Lowry,
of 4 Hurst Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died 26th May 1918 age 28 X. B.
7.Cemetery: Berlin South-Western Cemetery |
| Source |
Great Grand Niece - Fiona Lowry |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Lundy, Alexander |
| Rank |
Rifleman - Service No. 8989 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles - 2nd Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born: Ballynahinch 1859 |
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Ellen McGlennon, Stanfield
Street, Belfast - 6 children: Annie, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret,
John and Alexander |
| Where buried |
Died: 27th October 1914 Buried: Rue-Petillon
Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Flanders, Pas de Calais ,France |
| Source |
Grand daughter L. P. Rea |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Lyttle,
Abram |
| Rank |
|
| Regiment |
British Army &
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born
Belfast 17th March 1901 |
Dates/Info
|
Enlisted age 15 and
was seriously wounded in France when 16 years old.
He recovered and went to Dublin and re-enlisted in the R.I.R. |
| Where
buried |
Served in India after the war - Died 1967 |
| Source |
Grand Daughter -
Cyndy |
|
|
 |
Name |
Lyttle/Little, John |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 19948 |
| Regiment |
9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: 22nd February 1894 in Derryhubert,
Loughgall, Co Armagh |
| Dates/Info. |
Son of William and Ellen Lyttle, of
King Street, Portadown and Church St., Tandragee, Co. Armagh |
| Where buried |
Died: age 21 - 1st July 1916. Buried
VIII. A. 88 Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel |
| Source |
grand daughter - Eleanor McKittrick
photo
thank you to Stephen Kerr |
|
|
 |
Name |
Lyttle,
Samuel |
| Rank |
Private -
Service No. (5220) |
| Regiment |
2nd Royal Munster
Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Belfast, formerly
reported missing, prisoner of war of 14 Lindsay Street, Samuel
(grocer) and Elizabeth Lyttle |
| Dates/Info
|
see Pte.
Samuel Taylor - this man's medal was found with Samuel Taylors and
Samuels grandson William Taylor wanted to put S. Lyttles name here in
recognition of his service in WW1. I have since been
contacted by both Samuels grandson and great grand daughter John
(Jack) and Debbie Bittles. FULL
STORY |
| Where
buried |
theatre
of war - Balkans |
| Source |
Grandson - William
Taylor |
|
|
 |
Name |
McAdorey,
Daniel Joseph |
| Rank |
Lance-Sergeant |
| Regiment |
R.I.F.
15th Bn. Service No. 11700 |
| Birth
details |
Armagh
1884 |
| Dates/Info |
Lived in
Belfast from 1886 - 10 Clanmorris Street - wife Sarah Galway, 3
daughters, 1 son
photo courtesy of Donna Leary |
| Where buried |
Somme
1916 - Thiepval Memorial |
| Source |
granddaughter |
|
|
 |
Name |
McAllister, George |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 41185 |
| Regiment |
108th Field Ambulance, Royal Army
Medical Corps, 36th Ulster Division |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1893 in Charles Street South,
Sandy Row, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Eliza Jane McAllister |
| Where buried |
Died: 31st August 1935 - 17 Scott
Street, Sandy Row, Belfast. Buried Drumbo Presbyterian Church |
| Source |
grandson George McAllister |
|
|
 |
Name |
McAllister, Isaiah |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 15195 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 17th October 1893 at 68 Charles
Street South, Sandy Row |
| Dates/Info |
Youngest child of William J. &
Elizabeth McAllister. Served in France |
| Where buried |
Died: 22nd August 1944 at 48 Rowland
Street, Sandy Row |
| Source |
Relative of George McAllister |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
McArthur,
George |
|
Rank |
Rifleman |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles 8th Battalion - Service No. 13054 |
| Birth
details |
Bowness
Street, Shankill |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Robert
& Catherine (nee Farr) McArthur - Wife: Margaret & 3
daughters, Molly, Martha & Georgina, living at 84 Emerson Street,
1910, Shankill - 24 Avondale Street, 1916-1925 -
photo courtesy of
Donna Leary |
| Where buried |
KIA 2nd
July 1916 |
| Source |
Great
Grand-daughter - Jillian Harkin Medals
Index Card |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
McBlain, James |
| Rank |
Private - Service No.
3/6756 |
| Regiment |
1st Battalion Gordon
Highlanders |
| Birth
details |
30th January 1876, William
Street, Newtownards |
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Anne Mary White
(Minnie), 4 Church Terrace, Newtownards. Father to 7 children. Son
of Stewart and Mary (Dowling) McBlain. |
| Where buried |
Died: 15th November 1914
age 38 years. Commemorated Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 39 to 41 |
| Source |
Grand-daughter - Anne
Forbes |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
McCalmont, Alexander |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 880093 |
| Regiment |
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment) |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1st September
1888 at Ballymoney, Islandmagee, Antrim |
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Rosanna McCalmont, of Thamesville, Ontario |
| Where buried |
Died: age 27 on 11th June 1918 of wounds received
in France - Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2 |
| Source |
Grandson - Roger McCalmont
Medals etc |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
McCann,
Richard |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Machine Gun Corps
(Infantry) - Service No. 152596 |
| Birth
details |
Born
Belfast 1890 |
Dates/Info
|
born at 33
Hollywood Street, Belfast lived at 75 Newcastle Street, Belfast
Died of War Wounds |
| Where buried |
Died 15th
November 1918 - Buried at
Belfast
(Dundonald) Cemetery |
| Source |
Nephew - Arn |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
McCarthy,
(Frank) Francis |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 4991 |
| Regiment |
8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars |
| Birth
details |
Born: Born: 18th April 1881, 34 Steam Mill Lane, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Boer War, M.I.A., rejoined on 28
July 1901 at Nondweni (official casualty roll, Nondweni) also served in WW1, unsure of regiment, was gassed in WW1 |
| Where buried |
Belfast |
| Source |
Great great niece - Oonagh Powell |
|
|
|
Boer War |
Name |
McCarthy,
Thomas |
| Rank |
Private -
Service No. 4150 |
| Regiment |
8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars |
| Birth
details |
Born: 29th
February 1880, 34 Steam Mill Lane, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Boer War, Medals, The Queen's South Africa medal, with
clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal. mentioned in Despatches for saving children in a school in France;
also served in WW1 |
| Where buried |
Died:
26th December 1943 in Belfast, knocked down and killed age 63. Buried
- Milltown Cemetery, Belfast |
| Source |
Great Granddaughter - Oonagh Powell
more photos |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
McCartney,
Daniel |
| Rank |
Leading Stoker
K3632 |
| Regiment |
Royal Navy H.M.
S/M "G8" |
| Birth
details |
Born: Belfast
1892 |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Daniel
and Margaret McCartney, 67 Wigton Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died: 3rd June
1918 age 26. Killed in loss of vessel in North Sea.
Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 29 |
| Source |
Sid
McDowell |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
McCloskey,
Alexander |
| Rank |
Private
No. 18173 |
| Regiment |
6th
Battalion Connaught Rangers |
| Birth
details |
Born ?
Lived Currie Street, Belfast - Wife Susan - 3 daughters and a son,
Lizzy, Mary Alex and Brigid. Brigid was born 3 months after Alex.
died. |
| Dates/Info |
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
| Where buried |
Died -
21st March 1918 |
| Source |
Grandson
- Leo McCourt ~ Grand daughter - Carole |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
McClune,
John |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
2nd B.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
|
| Dates/Info |
Qualified
for the Mons Star, 23rd August 1914, which indicates that he was an
Old Contemptible** |
| Where buried |
France
and Flanders. ** a regular soldier who fought in the
ferocious battles at start of First World War |
| Source |
Pat Gore -
National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
|
|
 |
Name |
McClure,
George |
| Rank |
Rifleman
- Service No. 16/62 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles - 16th Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born:
1893 |
| Dates/Info |
Son of John and Jane
(Gawley) McClure, of Hillsborough, Co. Down. Native of Moira, Co. Down |
| Where buried |
Died:
16th April 1918 - Canada Farm Cemetery - Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. A. 35. |
| Source |
Great
Nephew - Robert Ferris
Medals
Index Card - thank you Ed
for the photo |
|
|
 |
Name |
McClure, Henry Alfred |
| Rank |
Rifleman - Service No. 17/772 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles - 8th Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born: Belfast 1888 |
| Dates/Info |
Son of William and Elizabeth (nee
Hobson) McClure. Husband of Jennie (nee Cowan), married 5th
February 1911. Son Bill McClure (great uncle of Valerie Kerr -
source); 1901 - Dover Street, Woodvale |
| Where buried |
Died: 24th August 1916 Buried:
Dranoutre Military Cemetery II. G. 12
Index Medals Card |
| Source |
Great Great Niece - Valerie Kerr |
|
|
 |
Name |
McConnell, James
Kerr |
| Rank |
Major |
| Regiment |
74th Punjab Regt./26th Punjab Regiment |
| Birth
details |
Born: 23rd January 1895 in Dublin.
Brother to Robert Brooks (below) and
Samuel Britton |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Frances and Robert McConnell, a
warder at Mount Joy Prison and Crumlin Road, Belfast - 46
Mountjoy Prison Cottages, Inns Quay, Dublin (1901); 24 Rosewood
Street (1911); 6 Rosewood Street (1910/1918) |
| Where buried |
Died: 26th May 1938 in Belfast |
| Source |
Niece-in-Law - Ellen McConnell |
|
|
 |
Name |
McConnell,
John |
| Rank |
Rifleman
Service No. 7975 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles 1st Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born:
14th August 1889, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
born at 42 Marchioness
Street, Belfast. Baptised in St. Peter's Cathedral - Living at 6 Lady
Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died:
17th March 1915 - K.I.A. at Neuve Chapelle - LE TOURET MEMORIAL Panel 42 and 43 |
| Source |
Jennifer
Medals
Index Card
Letter |
|
|
 |
Name |
McConnell, Robert
Brooks MBE MC |
| Rank |
2nd Lt. |
| Regiment |
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers/York & Lancaster Regt. |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1st June 1896 in Dublin. Brother
to James Kerr (above) and
Samuel Britton |
| Dates/Info |
Served from 1914 to 1947 and saw action
in both world wars. Lived 6 Rosewood Street, Belfast. Son of
Frances and Robert McConnell, a warder at Mount Joy Prison and
Crumlin Road, Belfast.
London Gazette 7th March 1918. 2nd Lt. Robert Brooks McConnell, R. Innis. Fus. For conspicuous
gallantry and devotion to duty. When in command of a platoon of
a reserve battalion he went forward with his Lewis-gun team- to
help the leading battalion clear out and man a strong point,
where he remained well in advance of the main line all day and
most of the following night, until relieved, setting a splendid
example to his men. |
| Where buried |
Died: 20th September 1975 in York |
| Source |
Daughter-in-Law Ellen McConnell |
|
|
 |
Name |
McConville,
John |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
9th Bn.
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) - Service No. 14570 |
| Birth
details |
Born
Ballynagarrick, Co. Armagh |
| Dates/Info |
son of
William McConville of Mill Row, Tandragee & Sarah (nee McMorran),
of Ballynagarrick. |
| Where buried |
Died 1st
July 1916 - KIA ~ Listed on
War
Memorial at Tandragee, Armagh, buried at
Thiepval,
France
Theatre of War - France and Flanders photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
| Source |
Great
Niece ~ Claire McConville |
|
|
 |
Name |
McCormack,
William White |
| Rank |
Signaler/Sapper |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born -
7th August 1894 at 9 Agincourt Street, Belfast - Married Maud Watts Gibson Morrow 9th November 1923, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Dates/Info. |
Called up 12 Sept
1914 - Transferred to Army Reserve 5th April 1919, Discharged 30 March 1920
- Kept a diary during the war. Part of it is available at
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/hammy35/ww1/ and includes several photos
including some group photos |
| Where
buried |
Died - 20th February 1969, Toronto, Ontario Canada |
| Source |
Daughter
- Nancy McCormack Schaalje |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
McCready, William |
| Rank |
Rifleman - Service
No. 6420 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion |
| Birth
details |
25th January 1886 Birmingham |
| Dates/Info |
Williams parents were from Ireland,
Jane Catherine Jamison (N'ards) and James McCready (Co. Tyrone), they
married in Birmingham 1882, his mother died in 1889 in
London, the rest of the family returned to Belfast. William married Elizabeth McKeown/McIlroy 1911 they lived at 13 Balkan Street. Williams father
James never remarried he lived at 50 Milford Street until his death in 1919. |
| Where buried |
Family
History Website and more information on William |
| Source |
Great Nephew - Paul McIlroy |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
McCrory,
John |
| Rank |
Private -
8239 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born:
Belfast Workhouse on 22nd April 1881. Married
in 1913 to Mary Anne Moylan |
| Dates/Info |
Join up in 1903 - was captured in France while serving with the BEF in August 1914 and remained a POW until 1918
He was awarded the 1914
Star |
| Where buried |
Died: 1947 at 93 Jamaica Street, Belfast |
| Source |
Grandson - Ray Gallagher
Medal
Index Card |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
McCullagh,
Arthur |
| Rank |
Leading
Seaman |
| Regiment |
S.S.
"Menapian" Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Service No. Clyde
3/2165 |
| Birth
details |
30th
November 1892 Bushmills, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Dates/Info |
(listed
as McUlla on war memorial and navy records) |
| Where buried |
Died -
10th December 1916 at sea. Aged 24
Bushmills
Memorial
Burial:-
Portsmouth
Naval Memorial, Portsmouth, England. Name listed Panel 24 |
| Source |
Anne
McNamara
{brother of Allan Mill
McCullagh/Uncle of Allan Lamont WW2} |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
McCullagh,
Allan Mill |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Regiment "C" Coy. 6th Bn. - Service No. 3524 |
| Birth
details |
Born 19th
June, 1896 Bushmills, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Dates/Info |
(listed
as McCulla on war memorial, headstone and army records) |
| Where buried |
Died -
24th November 1917, France. Aged 21
Bushmills
Memorial
Burial:-
Ste.
Marie Cemetery, Le. Havre Seine-Maritime, France Plot: Div.
62.I.K. 10 |
| Source |
Anne
McNamara
{brother of Arthur McCullagh/father
of Allan Lamont WW2} |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
McGimpsey,
James |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
9th Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.) - Service No.'s 351053 & 3464 |
| Birth
details |
Born 5th
March 1896 at Ballycullen, lived Main Street, Greyabbey |
| Dates/Info |
He was killed in
the Battle of Arras, France. Aged 21 - Enlisted Edinburgh |
| Where buried |
Died 23rd April 1917
Memorial Ref.- Bay 1 & 2, Arras Memorial |
| Source |
Grand Daughter -
Kathleen |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
McGrath,
Samuel |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
2nd Garrison Bn. of
the Royal Irish Fusiliers - Service No.
G/1358 |
| Birth
details |
Born 1875 |
| Dates/Info |
Lived 56 Tobergill
Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Served Salonica,
survived the war
Died Belfast Feb. 1940 |
| Source |
Great Grand Son -
Bob Cook |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
McGrath,
J. |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
5th/6th Bn. Royal
Irish Fusiliers - Service No.
12931 |
| Birth
details |
Born
November 1895 |
Dates/Info
|
Lived 32 Ghent
Street, Belfast
He is entitled to the WW1 Trio of medals - Worked H&W, died in an accident. |
| Where buried |
Served in Gallipoli,
survived the war
Died Belfast Nov. 1940 |
| Source |
Grand Son - Bob
Cook |
|
|
 |
Name |
McGrillen, Francis Augustine (Gussy) |
| Rank |
Serial No. 12786 & Reg.
No. 827 |
| Regiment |
Royal Marine Artillery
& Australian 6th Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born: Holywood,
Belfast - 28th
November 1894 |
| Dates/Info |
Enlisted R.M.A. 29th
November 1911 (purchased discharge) Enlisted 17th August 1914 to
Australian Military Forces - Brother of James and Leo McGrillen (below) |
| Where buried |
Killed in Action
at Gallipoli 8th May 1915 Age 20 |
| Source |
Nephew -
Charles
McGrillen
(more Photos) |
|
|
 |
Name |
McGrillen, James
Patrick |
| Rank |
U.S. Army Serial
Number 2159063 |
| Regiment |
M. 139th Infantry
35th Div. |
| Birth
details |
Born: Holywood,
Belfast - 13th January 1891 |
| Dates/Info |
Went to U.S.A.
1912 on the Lusitania and enlisted 14th September 1917. Honourably
discharged 24th February 1919 |
| Where buried |
Died: 28th April
1940 age 49 (heart attack) |
| Source |
Nephew -
Charles
McGrillen
(more Photos) |
|
|
 |
Name |
McGrillen, Leo Alphonsus |
| Rank |
Serial
No. 19567 |
| Regiment |
Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division |
| Birth
details |
Born:
Holywood, Belfast - 9th December 1896 |
| Dates/Info |
Enlisted
31st December 1914, During part of his enlistment he served on HMS Cyclops |
| Where buried |
Died:
10th December 1956 (Heart attack) |
| Source |
Son -
Charles McGrillen
(more Photos) |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
McGrogan,
Robert |
| Rank |
Private -
2977/371321 |
| Regiment |
7th Leinster Regt. - Labour Corp. |
| Birth
details |
|
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Mary Daly |
| Where buried |
|
| Source |
Great Grandson Robert McGrogan |
|
|
KEZELBERG MILITARY CEMETERY |
Name |
McGrory,
Michael |
| Rank |
Private -
27320 |
| Regiment |
Machine
Gun Corps (Infantry) 35th Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born:
12th October 1884 at Carrickaduff, Keady, Ireland |
| Dates/Info. |
Son of James and Bridget
(Collins) McGrory, of Carrickaduff, Carnagh, Keady, Co. Armagh. Brother of Francis, Catherine McGrory Flanigan, Charles, Bridget Corrigan (McGrory), Peter and Mary Anne Cassidy (McGrory) |
| Where
buried |
Died 2nd
November 1918 aged 34 years in Moorseele, West Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Source |
Great
Great Niece - Megan Flanigan-Townsend |
|
|
 |
Name |
McGuigan,
John |
| Rank |
Private -
Service No: 12102 |
| Regiment |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
3rd Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born:
1864 Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Married to Jane McGuigan, of
31 Bow Street, Belfast - John was wounded and was in a military hospital in Derry where he died,
his was the 1st Military funeral to be taken up the Falls Road and at the graveside the Last Post was
played and shots fired over the grave |
| Where buried |
Died: 2nd October
1915 age 51 - Buried: Belfast (Milltown) Roman Catholic Cemetery |
| Source |
Great
Grand Daughter - May O'Toole |
|
|
 |
Name |
McIlwrath, Edward |
| Rank |
Private - Rifleman
- G/15420 9/15420 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles 15th
Battalion (North Belfast Volunteers) |
| Birth
details |
Born 1890 Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Eldest son of James and Margaret McIlwrath, 10 Loughview Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died 15th December 1917. Age 27.
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France |
| Source |
Great Nephew -
Ronnie Shannon
Medals
Index Card
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
|
|
 |
Name |
McIvor,
Thomas |
| Rank |
Lance-Sergeant
- Service No. 7583 |
| Regiment |
1st
Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: Whitehouse on 28th September 1884 |
| Dates/Info. |
son of James and Jane McIvor (nee Finlay)
- wife, Maria McIvor (nee Magee), six daughters and a son,
(Benjamin McIvor WW2) living in 96 Canmore
Street, Shankill Road |
| Where
buried |
Died: on 9th December 1922
as a result of injuries received during service in WW1 - Thomas is
buried in Carnmoney Old Cemetery, Co Antrim |
| Source |
Great
Granddaughter - Suzanne Wilkinson
EXTRA PHOTO
Medals
Card |
|
|
 |
Name |
McKee, Thomas John |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 16/845 |
| Regiment |
10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 21st May 1877 Ballyards, Armagh |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Margaret Baird and Thomas McKee
and husband of Mary Bell, Roden Street, Belfast. Served in
France |
| Where buried |
Died: 18th June 1951 Belfast,
buried at Glenalina |
| Source |
Alison Aldersea
see brother below |
|
|
 |
Name |
McKee, William James |
| Rank |
Sgt.-Major |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles 10th Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born: 16th April 1879 Armagh |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Margaret Baird and Thomas McKee.
Husband of Annie Lynes. In Frances and served in Second Boer War
with Battle Honours of Elandslaagte and at Defence of Ladysmith
with 5th Royal Irish Lancers |
| Where buried |
Died: 6th January 1942 at 71 Frenchpark
Street, Belfast |
| Source |
Alison Aldersea
see brother above |
|
|
 |
Name |
McKillen, Neal (Neil) |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 3413 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Fusiliers – 4th Bn. (and
possibly later 6th Bn) |
| Birth
details |
Born: Glasgow, Scotland - Circa 1885 |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Daniel and Hannah McKillen –
Husband to Martha Jane McKillen (née Maginnis) - Date Of
Marriage 5th July 1905 at Ballymoney, Finvoy Rasharkin, children
Daniel & Lizzie McKillen. 42 Colinward, Carnmoney in 1911 |
| Where buried |
Died at Sea on 22nd September 1915
during The Gallipoli Campaign. Buried at Addolorata Cemetery
(Malta)- Grave Reference E. EA. A. 655 |
| Source |
Great Great Nephew – Colum Devlin |
|
|
more photos |
Name |
McKinley, James |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 18/1604 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
we think it was in Belfast circa 1888 |
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Margaret ‘Maggie’ McKinley
from Irishtown Athlone County Westmeath 16th November 1918 They
had many children who all died in in-vitro or in early infancy
with only one son surviving, my dad Patrick Gerard McKinley of
Athlone County Westmeath born 1925 |
| Where buried |
unknown - any information re James
whereabouts after the war would be much appreciated |
| Source |
Grandson - Terry McKinley |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
McKirgan, John |
| Rank |
Private Service No. 30/119 |
| Regiment |
24th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1891 Ballymena |
| Dates/Info |
Son of James and Jane McKirgan, 46 Upper Branch Street, South Bank, Yorkshire |
| Where buried |
Died: 19th November 1916 age 25 - Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Grave Reference III. A. 218. |
| Source |
Great Nephew Ged Widdow
Medals
Card |
|
|
 |
Name |
McLarnon, Francis |
| Rank |
Rifleman Service
No. 8670 |
| Regiment |
2nd. Bn. Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
not known
exactly |
| Dates/Info |
son of Rachael McLarnon,
24 Grosvenor Place, Belfast
- thank you Ed for the photo and Nigel Henderson for the clearer
photo |
| Where buried |
Died: 2nd
March 1915 Belgium - Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery Row B Grave 1
Medals
Card |
| Source |
Great
Niece - Mrs. M. Richardson
|
|
|
 |
Name |
McLaughlin, Patrick |
| Rank |
Rifleman - 5736 |
| Regiment |
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1880 Ballycastle, Co. Antrim |
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Catherine McLaughlin, Father
to five children and lived at Mills Street, Ballycastle. Patrick
was a reservist, who was called up on the outbreak of
hostilities and he had been a member of Ballycastle U.V.F |
| Where buried |
KIA 27th October 1914 (France)
Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, Panels 42 and 43. and on
The Ballycastle Cenotaph and on the Ramoan Church of Ireland War
Memorial Plaque, County Antrim |
| Source |
Great Grandson Paul McLaughlin |
|
|
 |
Name |
McMeekin,
Alfred |
| Rank |
see below |
| Regiments |
| South Lancashire
Regiment |
7225 |
Private |
| Royal Engineers |
WR302028 |
Sapper |
| Royal Engineers |
287322 |
Sapper |
| Loyal North
Lancashire Regt. |
58412 |
Sapper |
| South Lancashire
Regiment |
58412 |
Lance Corporal |
|
| Birth
details |
Born:
24th June 1887 |
| Dates/Info. |
lived at
30 Linwood Street, Belfast - Served for 4½ years during the War and
2 years since the War (3 years before the War) - Testimonial:- He is
a reliable, steady & hard working man, has not had a case of drunkenness
recorded against him during his service. |
| Where
buried |
Died: April,
1949, buried in City Cemetery on 14th April, 1949, in Section
S1, Class 5 |
| Source |
Grand-daughter
- Doreen McDowell Medals
Index Card |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
McMillan, Michael (Hugh) |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 48141 |
| Regiment |
1st Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
formerly R.I.F. No. 11599 |
| Birth
details |
1896 in Newtownards |
| Dates/Info |
3rd son of Andrew McMillan originally of
Ballyrickard and Mary McMillan (nee Colville Brown) of Castleavery.
Living in 1919 at 30 Greenville Street, Belfast, brothers: James
dob1887, William Scott, dob 5/3/1890 and Andrew, my grandfather, dob
20/9/1899 |
| Where buried |
Killed in Action 26th June 1919 in Russia
as part of Force sent by UK to assist White Army in early battles
with Red Army; a futile exercise as it turned out, and a waste of
British casualties, most of whom had miraculously already come
through the Great War. Buried Ust Vaga Archangel Allied Cemetery |
| Source |
Great Niece Hannah Millar |
|
|
 |
Name |
McMullan,
John |
| Rank |
Sergeant
- Service No. 15457 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles, 10th Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born:
31st March 1897, Kilsorrel, Dromore, Co. Down |
| Dates/Info |
Youngest
son of Edward & Agnes McMullan and brother of Letitia McMullan,
191 Sandy Row, Belfast |
| Where
buried |
Died: 3rd
April 1918, aged 21 - buried in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, France, mentioned
on family grave in Dromore Cathedral Cemetery |
| Source |
Great-Nephew
- David McComish
Index
Card |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
McNeill, David |
| Rank |
Private - Reg. No. 13142 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1865 Cavan |
| Dates/Info |
Came from County Cavan in 1886, never
married, lived in Belfast and was transferred to Labour Corps. |
| Where
buried |
Died: 2nd April 1950. Buried Carnmoney
Cemetery |
| Source |
Great Nephew Robert Lewis
sadly Robert Lewis passed away on
Friday 29th May 2015, at the moment there is no-one to contact,
I will update here if that changes :( my deepest sympathies go
to his daughter Andrea and thank you for emailing me to let me
know - Mary |
|
|
 |
Name |
McNeill, James B. |
| Rank |
L/Cpl. - 2753 |
| Regiment |
2nd Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: 8th March 1895 Bushmills |
| Dates/Info |
Served in both wars with the above
regiment, lived 34 and 29 Sherwood Street, married and move to
Ballyclare. Brother of Robert Boyd McNeill (below) Son of
Arthur and Isabella McNeill |
| Where buried |
Survived - Died 18th December 1975 and
buried in Ballyclare Cemetery, Doagh Road, Ballyclare |
| Source |
Grandson Hill Reid |
|
|
 |
Name |
McNeill, Robert
Boyd |
| Rank |
Corporal - 116 |
| Regiment |
15th Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1899 Bushmills |
| Dates/Info |
Enlisted Belfast. Lived 34 and 29
Sherwood Street, Belfast. Son of Arthur and Isabella McNeill |
| Where buried |
K.I.A. 1st July 1916 Commemorated on
Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier 15, Faces A & B. Included in
Robert Thompsons Heroes Series of Books,
Bushmills Brother of
James McNeill (above) |
| Source |
Grand
Nephew Hill Reid
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
|
|
 |
Name |
McSorley,
Robert |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers (28019) & Labour Corp (342029) |
| Birth
details |
Born -
1895 in Belfast City |
| Dates/Info |
Lived at
29 Belgrade Street, Belfast with wife Margaret |
| Where
buried |
Died -
1964 Coventry, Warwickshire |
| Source |
Great
Grandson - Richard Manning |
|
|
 |
Name |
McWilliams, John |
| Rank |
Private / Rifleman - Service No. 15473 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Shankhill 1897 |
| Dates/Info |
son of Robert James and Isabella
McWilliams, lived at 123 Limestone Road, Belfast |
| Where
buried |
K.I.A. 1st July 1916, body not found
presumed dead, commemorated at Thiepval |
| Source |
Great Nephew - Mark Henderson |
|
|
 |
Name |
Mackey,
Thomas |
| Rank |
Rifleman
- 5705 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born 1898, son of William Alexander Mackey and Elizabeth (Smyth) Mackey,
226 Blythe Street, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Thomas was under-age when he enlisted - he was only 17 when he was
killed at Somme - Medals Index
Card |
| Where
buried |
Died 25th
September 1915 - Buried: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Grave/Memorial Ref. - Panel 40 |
| Source |
Grand Niece
- Deb White |
|
|
 |
Name |
Magill,
Herbert |
| Rank |
Sergeant
- Service No. 621695 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Irish Rifles 2nd Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born: Banbridge
1896 |
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Adelaide Magill (nee Hewitt)
[see John Hewitt above, brother to Adelaide] |
| Where
buried |
Died: 1979-81 Belfast |
| Source |
Grandson - Terry Magill
more photos |
|
|
 |
Name |
Martin, David |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 7636 |
| Regiment |
1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Newry (year unknown) |
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Mary Martin of 2 Athens
Street, Woodstock Road, Belfast. Reference to Martins story
here and
here |
| Where
buried |
Died: 27th May 1916 Buried Le
Catelet
Churchyard. Reported missing 27th August 1914. |
| Source |
researcher David Martin (not a
relative) |
|
|
extra
photo |
Name |
May,
Herbert McCheyne |
| Rank |
Corporal
- Service No. 15/13269 |
| Regiment |
15th
& 11th Battalions Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born
Belfast 24th June 1898, The Cottage, Old Park Road, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Transferred
to Army Reserve 29th March 1919 |
| Where buried |
Enlisted
5th September 1914 - Served France
Died Sydney Australia, 17th September 1973 |
| Source |
Grand-daughter
~ Deborah May |
|
|
 |
Name |
Mayne, Andrew
McCutcheon |
| Rank |
Private - Service
No. 810 |
| Regiment |
Rhodesia Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn. |
| Birth
details |
23rd June 1879 Newtownards |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Thomas and
Fanny McCutcheon Mayne, of Newtownards, Co. Down, Ireland |
| Where
buried |
Died: 9th February
1917 age 36 - VIII. E. 13. Cemetery: Morogoro Cemetery |
| Source |
Maternal Cousin - G. Mark Donald
Medals
Index Card |
|
|
 |
Name |
Mees,
Joseph Henry |
| Rank |
Gunner |
| Regiment |
35th Batt., Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force |
| Birth
details |
Born:
Belfast 2nd February 1889 |
| Dates/Info |
Lived 161
Durham Street/ 8 Pine Street before emigrating to Montreal, Canada in
1911 onboard 'Columbia'
Enlisted 15th February 1916 in Sherbrooke, Quebec |
| Where
buried |
Died 6th
February 1952 - Buried Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario |
| Source |
Grandson
Barry Mees |
|
|
 |
Name |
Meharry, Samuel |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 17/823 |
| Regiment |
9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 14th April 1896 Shankill, Belfast
(Shankhill) |
| Dates/Info |
Eldest child of William J. & Isabella
Meharry |
| Where
buried |
Died: K.I.A. 1st July 1916 at Flanders.
Served in France |
| Source |
Relative of George McAllister |
|
|
 |
Name |
Millar, Hugh |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 408 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles - 19th Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born: C 1898 Holywood, Co. Down -
(Brother of John (below) |
| Dates/Info |
Joined 17th March 1916
Transferred 23rd Batt. Royal Army Service Corps
Service No. 354225
Wounded France. Son of Alexander & Anna Miller, 144 East Bread
Street, Belfast Lived 1 Church View, Holywood, Co. Down |
| Where
buried |
Died: 3rd March 1962 - Buried Belfast
City Cemetery
-
Medals Index Card |
| Source |
Nephew - Frank Millar |
|
|
 |
Name |
Millar, John |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 7102 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born: C 1895 Holywood, Co. Down |
| Dates/Info |
Joined 27th August 1914 -
Son of Alexander & Anna Miller 144 East
Bread Street, Belfast. Husband of Martha Graham, married 1915 |
| Where
buried |
Died: 2nd July 1917 -
Buried at Etaples Cemetery, France -
Medals Index Card |
| Source |
Nephew - Frank Millar |
|
|
family
photo |
Name |
Molloy, Lawrence |
| Rank |
Lance Corporal - Service
No. 2891 |
| Regiment |
2nd Bn., Leinster
Regiment |
| Birth
details |
Born 1889 |
| Dates/Info |
son of William & Johanna nee Fitzgerald Molloy, Servia Street, Belfast |
| Where
buried |
Died 4th September
1918 - Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial
Medals
Index Card |
| Source |
Granddaughter
Marie Molloy,
thank you Ed for the photo |
|
|
 |
Name |
Monaghan,
Bernard |
| Rank |
Greaser |
| Regiment |
Mercantile
Marine ~ S.S. "War Clover" (London) |
| Birth
details |
born at
Belfast in 1868 |
| Dates/Info |
Grandfather
to John Joseph (Rinty) Monaghan, Belfast 1940's World Featherweight
Champion Boxer |
| Where buried |
Died age
49 on 19th October 1917 - Remembered with Honour at
Tower
Hill Memorial
Son of the late Bernard & Martha Monaghan, husband to Margaret
(nee McGregor), of 23 Lancaster Street |
| Source |
Great
great Grand-daughter ~ Laura Quinn |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Moore,
Lindsay |
| Rank |
Private -
Service No. 10900 |
| Regiment |
Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers B Coy 5th Btn. |
| Birth
details |
Born 1891
Londonderry |
| Dates/Info |
son of
Andrew and Margaret Moore, 19 Albert Place, Londonderry |
| Where
buried |
Died 25th August 1915 at Gallipoli, buried at Helles Memorial |
| Source |
Great Niece
Joan
Medals
Index Card |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Moore,
Thomas |
| Rank |
Driver -
Service No. 35697 |
| Regiment |
36th Div. Ammunition Col., Royal Field Artillery
- previously R.A.M.C. (41059) |
| Birth
details |
Born:
Belfast 1892 |
| Dates/Info |
Son of
Margaret Moore, 63 Sandy Row, Belfast |
| Where
buried |
Died:
K.I.A. 8th September, 1918 (aged 26) - Buried Bertenecre Military
Cemetery, Fletre, France.
(Group
Photo) |
| Source |
Great Niece
Pauline Irvine
Medals
Index Card |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Moore, William John
- more
photos here |
| Rank |
Private - Service
No. 11946 |
| Regiment |
Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers - 1st Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born:
Shankill, Co. Antrim |
| Dates/Info |
Lived at Benwell St, Oldpark Rd,
Belfast - Enlisted Belfast |
| Where
buried |
Died: 1st July
1916, buried at Y Ravine Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, Somme |
| Source |
Stevie Kerr
Medals
Index Card |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Moran,
Francis |
| Rank |
Private -
Service No. 17287 |
| Regiment |
6th Service Bn. Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born:
Moneymore 1880 |
| Dates/Info. |
Moved from Moneymore to Glasgow 1901 where he married and had his family. Served in
Gallipoli where he won the 15th Star medal, The British War Medal and the Victory Medal |
| Where
buried |
Died:
1953 in Glasgow |
| Source |
Great, Great granddaughter
Medals
Index Card |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Moran,
James |
| Rank |
|
| Regiment |
Royal Irish
Fusiliers - Royal Worcester Regt. |
| Birth
details |
Born near
Belfast 3rd March 1893 |
| Dates/Info |
Served August
25.1915 to September 13.1917 |
| Where buried |
Discharged due to
gunshot wound left arm, while fighting in France
Died Belfast 10.03.40 |
| Source |
daughter - Bernadette |
|
|
|
fullsize
photo |
Name |
Morrow, Robert |
| Rank |
Rifleman |
| Regiment |
14th Battalion,
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 25th
December 1896, Raffrey, Killinchy, Down, Ireland |
| Dates/Info |
Parents: Thomas Robert Morrow and Christiana McClurg Morrow
- Residence: 63 Ormeau Road, Belfast |
| Where
buried |
Died: 16th August, 1917, age 20 years, Ypres, Belgium
- Memorial at Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Source |
Niece
- Nancy McCormack Schaalje |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Mulholland,
Charles |
| Rank |
Private - 23851 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish
Fusiliers - Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry |
| Birth
details |
born in 1892 the
fifth son of Robert and Margaret (McClean) Mulholland, Mackney,
Cookstown, Co. Tyrone |
| Dates/Info. |
Died 28th July
1916 aged 24 of Pericarditis at 2nd Western General Hospital,
Manchester, England |
| Where
buried |
Kildress
Churchyard, Family burying ground |
| Source |
Great Niece - Margaret |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Murphy, Robert |
| Rank |
Gunner/Bombardier/Private
2150/55318/102666 |
| Regiment |
Wicklow Artillery/Special Reserve/Dublin Fusiliers/North Staffs Regt./31st Bn. Kings Liverpool Regt. |
| Birth
details |
Born 1882 |
| Dates/Info. |
Husband of Catherine Knowles, Bray Co. Wicklow |
| Where
buried |
Died 1933 from poor health (gassed in trenches)
Buried in Old Conna Avenue Graveyard, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Cross made
by his sons cast in concrete. |
| Source |
Grandson Robert McGrogan
PHOTO |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Mussen, Richard Jnr. |
| Rank |
Rifleman - Service No. 11378 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1895 |
| Dates/Info. |
Son of Richard Mussen, 89 Canmore
Street, Belfast. KIA on the first day of the German Spring
Offensive 'Operation Michael' |
| Where
buried |
Died: 21st March 1918 - Remembered with
Honour Pozieres Memorial Panel 76 |
| Source |
Great Great Nephew John McCormick |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Neeson, Charles |
| Rank |
Sergeant - Service Nos.
48698/2550 |
| Regiment |
Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers 7th/8th Bn. formerly (3887) 6th Bn. Connaught Rangers |
| Birth
details |
Born: 31st July 1892 Ballymena |
| Dates/Info. |
Son of John and Elizabeth (Burns) Neeson of Ballymena. Joined up with his two brothers, Patrick and James |
| Where
buried |
Died: 11th October 1918 K.I.A. Buried: Voormezeele Cemetery Enclosure #03 Ypres West Flanders, Belgium Plot: XV. C. 18
- photo courtesy of
Nigel Henderson |
| Source |
Great Niece Rosetta (Neeson) McGlinchey |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Niblock, John |
| Rank |
Corporal/Acting Sergeant |
| Regiment |
16th Bn. Cheshire
Regiment- Service No. 21361 |
| Birth
details |
Shankill, Belfast |
| Dates/Info. |
Married 1914 to Eliza Jane Graham -
son James Ramsay born 1916 - Lived at Clementine Street, Belfast |
| Where
buried |
Died 19th July
1916 - killed in action Memorial - Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 3C and 4A |
| Source |
Great Niece -
Diana
Medals
Index Card photograph found by Donna Leary, Thank you again
Donna, you're a treasure |
|
|
|
BOER WAR |
Name |
Noble, Edward |
| Rank |
Private - Corporal
'Royal Garrison Regiment' |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles,
4th Bn. - Service No. 6959 |
| Birth
details |
Born: 25th
February 1869 Belfast son of Ellen & William Noble |
| Dates/Info. |
Edward enlisted in
the R.I.R. 10th March 1887, served in South Africa, Malta & Egypt
and eventually discharged 16th January 1906 at Fort Widley. He
married Elizabeth Donnelly 11th February 1895 and had 4 children:
Maryann, Ellen, Edward Samuel and Elizabeth, lived 16 Limehill
Street, Ligoniel. After Edward left
the army he worked in the Shipyards in Belfast, where he accidentally
fell from the staging to the ground (40ft) as a result he died 12th
October 1906 at age 37, 1 month before the birth of his 4th child
Elizabeth Teresa |
| Where
buried |
Died: 12th October
1906 Buried - Dundonald Cemetery (see newspaper article) - (death
notice) |
| Source |
Great
Grand-daughter - Gerri Cheyne (nee Hutchinson) |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Norwood, James
Hamilton |
| Rank |
Corporal - Service
No. 53605 |
| Regiment |
Canadian Infantry
(Western Ontario Regiment) 18th Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born 5th November
1893, son of Samuel and Alice Norwood, 62 Ravenhill Road, Belfast |
| Dates/Info. |
James Hamilton is the son
Samuel (and Alice Norwood), 62
Ravenhill Road, Belfast who was the son of James Shaw Norwood,
they were all raised in Drumbo Parish, Co. Down |
| Where
buried |
Died: 15th
September, 1916 -
SERRE
ROAD CEMETERY No. 2, Somme, France |
| Source |
Great Nephew -
David Norwood Young
Veterans
Affairs Canada
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
|
|
|
extra
photos |
Name |
O'Halloran, P. |
| Rank |
Private - Service
No. 22082 |
| Regiment |
Royal Dublin
Fusiliers - 6th Battalion |
| Birth
details |
|
| Dates/Info. |
Son of Patrick and
Mary Anne O'Halloran, of 87 Hardinge Street, North Queen Street,
Belfast |
| Where
buried |
Died 8th October
1918 - Patrick was killed just a few weeks before the war ended -
Beaurevoir
British Cemetery -
Medal
Card |
| Source |
Great Nephew - Jim
Andrews |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
O'Hara, Samuel |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Regiment |
'C' Coy, 2nd Bn.
Royal Irish Rifles - Service No. 5353 |
| Birth
details |
Born: 43 Abbey
Street, Belfast 8th May 1885. Parents: James O'Hara and Mary
Ann Connelly/Connolly |
| Dates/Info |
Wife: Elizabeth
McKenna, 3 children - Samuel, Maggie and Minnie |
| Where buried |
Died 13th May 1916
Buried in
Ecoivres
Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi in France. |
| Source |
Great
Grand-daughter - Frances Walsh |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
O'Hara,
William (brother Samuel above) |
| Rank |
Private - Service
No. 7498 |
| Regiment |
1st Battalion
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born October 1887 |
| Dates/Info. |
lived 12 Lower
California Street, Belfast - Parents: James O'Hara and
Mary Ann Connelly/Connolly |
| Where
buried |
Died 6th July 1915
- Buried
Artillery
Wood Cemetery, Belgium
Medal
Card |
| Source |
Great Niece -
Catherine Brown photo of William thank you to Donna Leary -
photo of
headstone |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
O'Neill, James
Henry |
| Rank |
Sapper |
| Regiment |
Royal Engineers - Inland Waterways & Docks
-
Army No. WR/316379 |
| Birth
details |
Born November 1871
in Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Died just after the
war of Mustard Gas Poisoning. |
| Where buried |
Buried at Belfast Milltown Cemetery Great War Memorial
Died February 1919 |
| Source |
Great Grand
Daughter - Donna Leary |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Parkhill, Robert |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers - 2nd Bn. - Service No. 15925 (see brother below) |
| Birth
details |
Born 1890 |
| Dates/Info |
son of Thomas and
Elizabeth Parkhill, 46 Ferguson Street, Londonderry |
| Where
buried |
Died 29th
September 1918 - aged 28 - Dadizeele New British Cemetery |
| Source |
Grand Daughter -
Elaine Stewart
-
extra
photo |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Parkhill, Thomas |
| Rank |
Serjeant |
| Regiment |
Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers - 1st Bn. - Service No. 15924 |
| Birth
details |
Born 1895 |
| Dates/Info |
son of Thomas and
Elizabeth Parkhill, 46 Ferguson Street, Londonderry |
| Where
buried |
Died 22nd March
1918 - aged 23 - Savy British Cemetery |
| Source |
Grand Daughter -
Elaine Stewart
-
extra
photo |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
Parks, Thomas John (born Crawl) |
| Rank |
Sergeant - Service No. 13070 |
| Regiment |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 8th
Service Bn., 16th Div., 49th Bgde. |
| Birth
details |
Born: Belfast 15th June 1894 |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Matilda Crawl (1874-1965) and
Stepfather Thomas Parkes (1873-1916), 18 Christopher Street,
Belfast. Siblings: Agnes, Rebecca, Matilda, Christina, Dorcas
and Samuel. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal 14th November
1916 (2 bars). Children: Thomas
Henry Park(e)s, Margery,
Rebecca Georgina, William Alexander Ferguson, Ralph, 71 Joseph
St, 18 Christopher Street, Belfast |
| Where
buried |
Died: 6th April 1959 as an inmate of
Purdysburn Mental Hospital, result of WW1 shell-shock. Buried in
Belfast City Cemetery (under name John Thomas Parks in error) |
| Source |
Granddaughter - Julie Sculthorpe |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
Petticrew, John |
| Rank |
|
| Regiment |
Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: Holywood 1902 |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Annie Courtney and Patrick
Petticrew, Hill Street, Holywood. Stationed in Doncaster |
| Where
buried |
|
| Source |
Alison Aldersea |
|
|
 |
Name |
Petticrew,
Patrick |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 22628 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Fusiliers 4th Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born: son of Patrick and Annie
(Courtney) Petticrew, 21 Hill Street, Holywood, Co. Down |
| Dates/Info |
Joined RIF 4th Bn. 21st November 1915 -
Joined Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers 18th March 1917. Promoted
L/Cpl. 19/12/15 then Corporal 9/6/16 |
| Where
buried |
KIA age 19 on 11th April 1917 |
| Source |
Alison Aldersea
PHOTO thank you to
Nigel Henderson |
|
|
| no photo |
Name |
Portis, John George |
| Rank |
Private - Reg. No. 7722 |
| Regiment |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Son of William and Martha Portis, 133
Glenwood Street, Shankill Road. Great Uncle of Kathleen Dowie |
| Where
buried |
Died: 14th January 1915 Buried Ste
Marie Cemetery Le Havre, grave div 14.J.2. |
| Source |
Robert Lewis ~
sadly Robert Lewis passed away on
Friday 29th May 2015, at the moment there is no-one to contact,
I will update here if that changes :( my deepest sympathies go
to his daughter Andrea and thank you for emailing me to let me
know - Mary |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Redmond, Edward |
| Rank |
Rifleman/Private -
Service No. 9/465 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles
- 'B' Coy., 2nd Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born 1892 - thank
you Ed for the photo |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Henry and
Elizabeth Redmond, 141 Canmore Street, Belfast -Medals
Card |
| Where
buried |
Died age 26 - 24th
March 1918 (Enlisted 1914) - Commemorated Pozieres Memorial France |
| Source |
Great
Niece - Pat Heath (nee Redmond) |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Reid, John |
| Rank |
Private - Service Number 27147 |
| Regiment |
11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1880 in Ballymoney |
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Mrs. Sarah Reid, of
Knockans, Finvoy, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim |
| Where
buried |
KIA 1st July 1916. Age 36. Commemorated
Thiepval and in Finvoy Parish Church |
| Source |
Great Grand-daughter Anne |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Rice, Francis |
| Rank |
|
| Regiment |
Enlisted 1914
until 1922 Fought in Gallipoli, as a member of the Royal Irish
Rifles ( Aged 15) |
| Birth
details |
Born 1900
Laurencetown |
| Dates/Info |
Also fought
in Turkey and India, as a member of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
| Where buried |
Died November 1986 |
| Source |
Son - Terry Rice |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Robinson, Thomas |
| Rank |
Sapper |
| Regiment |
Royal Engineers, 36th Division,
150th Field Company - Service No. 64354 |
| Birth
details |
Born 1885 |
| Dates/Info |
Landed in France
6.10.1915 |
| Where buried |
Killed at the Battle of Langemark
Died 16.08.1917 |
| Source |
Great Great Niece -
Karen O'Rawe
Photo of Memorial |
|
|
 |
Name |
Robson, Robert |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
1st Bn. Royal
Irish Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
born - Bangor,
County Down - 1885 (approx) |
| Dates/Info |
killed - 12th March 1918 |
| Where
buried |
Pozieres Memorial
(France) |
| Source |
Larry Button |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Rogan, John |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Regiment |
Royal Black Watch - Enlisted 1898 |
| Birth
details |
Born Belfast C
1870 |
| Dates/Info |
WW 1 Belgium &
France - Fought in 1st and 2nd battle of Ypres - Survived gassing in those battles |
| Where buried |
Discharged end of 1918
Died Belfast 1948 |
| Source |
Grand Son - Terry
Rice |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Rogers, Patrick James |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
U.S. Army, 9th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division |
| Birth
details |
Born: 4th July
1890 - Glassdrumman, County Down |
| Dates/Info |
died during the
"Third Battle of The Aisne" - brother of Thomas Vincent
Rodgers below |
| Where
buried |
K.I.A. 22nd
June, 1918 - Plot B, Row 5, Grave 17 at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery,
Belleau, France |
| Source |
Nephew - Ralph
DeLange |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Rogers, Thomas
Vincent (Rodgers) |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
US Army of
Occupation in France |
| Birth
details |
Born: 3rd February
1891 - Glassdrumman, County Down |
| Dates/Info |
brother of Patrick
James Rogers above |
| Where
buried |
Buried in Great
Falls, Montana, U.S.A. |
| Source |
Nephew - Ralph
DeLange |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Runaghan,
Alexander |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
6th Connaught
Rangers - Service No. 2371 |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1884 Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Embarked for
France 17th December 1915 - Discharged 17th June 1918 -
Son
of Owen and Annie Runaghan - Married to Ellen Lidster, lived at 20
Raglan Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
|
| Source |
David Runaghan
Medals
Index Card |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Runaghan, James |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
7th Leinsters
Regiment - Service No. 2499 |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1877 Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Embarked for
France 17th December 1915 - Son
of Owen and Annie Runaghan - Married to Elizabeth Kelly, lived at 21,
1 Ross Street (1911) |
| Where buried |
KIA 3rd September
1916 at the Battle of Guillemont - Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial
to the missing, Pier and Face 16C |
| Source |
David Runaghan
Medals
Index Card
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Runaghan, John |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
6th Connaught
Rangers _ Service No. 2329 |
| Birth
details |
Born 1879 Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Embarked for
France 17th December 1915 - Son of Owen and Annie Runaghan - Married
to Mary Ann Hickey, lived at 13 Milton Street, Belfast (in 1911) |
| Where buried |
KIA 28th March
1916 - Loos, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France - Buried Dud Corner Cemetery,
Loos Grave ref. II.J.10 |
| Source |
David Runaghan
Medals
Index Card
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Runaghan, Owen |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
7th Leinster
Regiment - Service No. 2510 |
| Birth
details |
Born 29th December
1893 Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Embarked for
France 17th December 1915 - Married to Rose Kennedy, lived at 21
Milton Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
|
| Source |
David Runaghan
Medals
Index Card |
|
|
|
no photo |
Name |
Sandford, Alexander |
| Rank |
Sergeant Service No. 3684 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 21st March 1879 Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Margaret Ann Dougan and William
John Sandford. Alexander was living West Kensington, London when
war broke out. Wounded at Ypres and Cambrai and several more
times throughout the war. Demobilised February 1919. |
| Where buried |
Died: 1942 Uxbridge, Middlesex |
| Source |
Grand Niece - Cathy Sandford |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Sandford, Henry Dougan |
| Rank |
Rifleman. Service No. 5681 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles 2nd & 3rd Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born: 16th July 1886, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Margaret Ann Dougan and William
John Sandford. Enlisted 1905. Reported missing but survived the
war. Was a Prisoner of War at Langeusalza. Address given as 64
Island Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died: 7th June 1972, Belfast |
| Source |
Grand Niece - Cathy Sandford |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Sandford, Samuel |
| Rank |
Private/Corporal Service Nos. 9173 |
| Regiment |
2nd & 3rd Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1883 |
| Dates/Info |
son of Margaret Ann & William John Sandford, husband of
Jane, deceased, 2nd wife Maggie McConnell, living at 24 Avon
Street, Belfast in 1911. Badly wounded at Flanders 1915, lost an
arm. Company Commander Victoria Battalion East Belfast U.V.F. |
| Where buried |
Died: 1937 |
| Source |
Great Great Niece Cathy Sandford |
|
|
|
 |
Name |
Sandford, William John/James |
| Rank |
Private/Corporal Service Nos. 2872 |
| Regiment |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st/4th Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born: March 1895 |
| Dates/Info |
Son of William James and Elizabeth Sandford. Addresses 15
Avon Street, 53 Ribble Street, Belfast. Member East Belfast
Regiment U.V.F. - was wounded at Gallipoli some time between the
24th May 1915 and July being posted home by 14th July 1915.
After being wounded he was still in the army but was posted to
Munitions work at
Workman and Clarke Belfast, then Harland and Wolff, Bootle
Liverpool before being discharged in February 1919 |
| Where
buried |
Died: 30th September 1955 |
| Source |
Great Great Niece Cathy Sandford |
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no photo |
Name |
Seenan, James
Henry |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
27th July 1872 in
Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Enlisted 29th July
1914 - Alby has found reference to a 2nd generation James Henry - DOB
13th April 1900 (mother Annie S. - 1 Molyneux St, Belfast)?? |
| Where buried |
Unknown |
| Source |
Grand Nephew Alby Seenan |
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Name |
Seenan,
Owen |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish
Fusiliers - Service No. 7843 |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1st December
1880 in Glasgow |
| Dates/Info |
Enlisted 6th
January 1908, served to 26th May 1915 |
| Where buried |
City Cemetery in
Belfast |
| Source |
Grandson Alby
Seenan
Medal
Index Card
photo |
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Name |
Shannon, Edward |
| Rank |
Private - Service
No. 24968 |
| Regiment |
1st Bn. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born:
Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Shannon, 42 Hillview Street |
| Dates/Info |
fatally gassed |
| Where buried |
Died: 9th August
1916, age 22, Potijze Chateau Wood Cemetery - F. 3. |
| Source |
Great Nephew -
Michael Shannon
Medals
Index Card Thank you to
Stephen Kerr for
this photo
also thank you to Donna Leary for the photo of Edward |
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Name |
Smyth, Samuel Joseph Henry |
| Rank |
Rifleman - Service No. 15955 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles 10th & 21st
Battalions |
| Birth
details |
Born: July 1894 Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Joseph Henry and Hanna (nee
Best) Smyth of Tower Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died: 16th March 1918 Somme, France.
Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 15A and 15B |
| Source |
Great Niece - Jennifer Shields
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
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Name |
Smyth, George |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles 1st & 2nd
Btns. - Service No. 9001 |
| Birth
details |
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| Dates/Info |
Thank you to
Stephen Kerr for the photo |
| Where buried |
Died 30th December 1914 - Buried in Laventie
Cemetery, France |
| Source |
Grand Daughter -
Joan K. Bourgeois
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
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full size
photo |
Name |
Spence, William |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
1st Depot Battalion Central Ontario
Regiment |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1st March 1898 Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Signed up in Toronto, Canada on 9th
April 1918 Husband of Blanche, children William, Jack, Ralph and
James and daughter Blanche. Lived 121 Blythe Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died: 2nd September 1973 Buried in City
Cemetery, Belfast |
| Source |
Grandson - William Spence |
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Name |
Sterling, Walter Ambrose |
| Rank |
Private 2nd class Service No. 310462 |
| Regiment |
Royal Air Force |
| Birth
details |
Born: Belfast 1903 |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Wesley and Margaret Sterling, 68 Newport Street, Belfast. Enlisted age 14, lied about age |
| Where buried |
Died: 5th November 1918 aged
14 years and 7 months. Buried in Shankill Graveyard,
Belfast |
| Source |
Great Niece - Linda Sterling Turner
Photo thank you to Nigel Henderson of
Great War Belfast Clippings |
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Name |
Stevens, Robert Samuel |
| Rank |
Sergeant Major. M.C. |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion – 15th (North Belfast Volunteers) |
| Birth
details |
Born 10th March 1882 Bethnal Green, London. Son of Charles and Selina Styles (he changed name at time of marriage)
Brother-in-law of Frederick
Guntley |
| Dates/Info |
Married Eliza Jane McLaughlin 9th November 1907 at St.
Anne's, Belfast. Lived 33 Harrisburg Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died: 2nd February 1969 age 86. Buried Masterton, New Zealand |
| Source |
Daughter-in-law - Margaret Stevens |
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no photo |
Name |
Taylor, Samuel |
| Rank |
Private - Service
No. 8449 |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish
Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: Belfast
c1887 |
| Dates/Info |
see also Pte. S.
Lyttle (5220) |
| Where buried |
Died: 5th June
1930 - Buried Belfast City Cemetery |
| Source |
Grandson - William
Taylor |
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no photo |
Name |
Telford, Thomas
Samuel |
| Rank |
Sergeant - Service
No. 79840 |
| Regiment |
Machine Gun Corps
(Motor) |
| Birth
details |
Born: 31st May
1900 at 42 Shaftesbury Avenue, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Thomas and
Mary Elizabeth (McCormack) Telford |
| Where buried |
Died: Pneumonia
12th March 1919 at Grantham Military Hospital, Lincs., England
Buried: 17th March 1919 in Belfast City Cemetery |
| Source |
2nd Cousin - Nancy
Schaalje |
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no photo |
Name |
Thompson, Henry |
| Rank |
Private Service No. 32515 |
| Regiment |
King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment |
| Birth
details |
Born: 3rd August 1898 at 25 Broadbent
Street, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Margaret/Maggie Thompson
(nee Stewart) 99 Crimea Street, Belfast & 22 Aigburth Park,
Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died: 25th March 1940. Buried Dundonald
Cemetery C2-27, Belfast -
father of Henry
Thompson |
| Source |
Grandson Sean Young Thompson |
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no photo |
Name |
Thompson, John |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 721 |
| Regiment |
16th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: Approx 1875 in Antrim |
| Dates/Info |
Husband of Ellen Thompson (Nee
Mitchell), 99 Crimea Street, Belfast. Last address 35 Daisyfield
St. Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died: 8th January 1954 Buried
City Cemetery Glenalina Extension grave D1 386 father of above Henry
Thompson |
| Source |
Great Grandson Sean Young Thompson |
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click
here for photo of Joseph's medals |
Name |
Thompson, Joseph |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Irish Guards No.
7039 2nd Bn. |
| Birth
details |
Born Portadown in
1886 |
| Dates/Info. |
Husband of Eliza
Jane Thompson of 81 Solway Street - Married 23rd March 1909 in
Portadown.
Worked as a driller Joined the Irish Guards 10th
March 1915 |
| Where
buried |
Died - 30th
September 1916 30 years old Buried in a mass
grave |
| Source |
Grand Son - W. D.
Thompson
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
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Name |
Timony, Frank |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles
No. 16816 - Royal Irish Fusiliers No. 31130 |
| Birth
details |
Born 17th March
1887 at Lennon's Row, Belfast - parents - William and Mary Timony |
| Dates/Info |
Seriously wounded
and discharged 1918 - married to Nellie McStravick (1910), 3
daughters, Mary, Sarah & Josephine - lived at 41 Devonshire
Street, Belfast {see his Brother below} |
| Where
buried |
Died - 26th
January 1938 ay U.V.F. Hospital Craigavon - Buried Milltown Cemetery,
Belfast |
| Source |
Great Grand
Daughter - Donna Leary |
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no photo |
Name |
Timony, James |
| Rank |
Private - Regt. No. 266280, 3614 |
| Regiment |
6th Royal Highlanders |
| Birth
details |
Born: Belfast 14th September 1891 -
possibly Devonshire Street |
| Dates/Info |
Gassed while on active service (possibly
France) 1918. Suffered from chronic bronchitis the rest of his life.
Son of William and Mary (nee Oliver) Timony. Married Margaret Duffin
1916 {see his Brother above} |
| Where buried |
Died: Belfast, 19th April 1940 |
| Source |
Niece - Janet Holland |
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no photo |
Name |
Todd, Hugh - Service No. 18836 |
| Rank |
Rifleman |
| Regiment |
“B” Coy
13th (S) Batt. Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 11th
July 1896 in Comber - Son of Henry Todd and Margaret Todd (nee
Mawhinney) |
| Dates/Info |
Enlisted
17th September 1914 Comber - Wounded Somme 1st July 1916 - Taken
POW 16th April 1918 - Returned home 30th November 1918 -
Discharged 7th March 1919 |
| Where buried |
Died: 31st
December 1974 - Buried: N/K. Awarded the B.E.M. in 1957 |
| Source |
Great
Nephew - Sam Barry |
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no photo |
Name |
Todd, John
- Service No. 18837 |
| Rank |
Rifleman |
| Regiment |
“B” Coy
13th (S) Batt. Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 19th
January 1894 in Comber - Son of Henry Todd and Margaret Todd
(nee Mawhinney) |
| Dates/Info |
Enlisted
17th Sept. 1914 Comber - Wounded Somme 1st July 1916 - Wounded
Passchendaele 16th August 1917 - Wounded 15th April 1918 -
Discharged 23rd September 1918 - Husband of Christina Barry
emigrated to USA |
| Where buried |
Died: 26th
December 1970 - Buried: 29th December 1970 in Grove City
Cemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho, USA. |
| Source |
Great
Nephew - Sam Barry |
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| no photo |
Name |
Todd,
Joseph - Service No. 18488 |
| Rank |
Rifleman |
| Regiment |
“D” Coy
11th (S) Batt. Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 26th
May 1898 in Comber - Son of Henry Todd and Margaret Todd (nee
Mawhinney) |
| Dates/Info |
Enlisted
2nd June 1915 Wounded Somme 1st July 1916 Discharged 14th March
1919 |
| Where buried |
Died: N/K.
Buried: N/k. |
| Source |
Great
Nephew - Sam Barry |
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Name |
Toman, Patrick |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 4/6807 |
| Regiment |
1st Battalion
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1884 Crumlin Street, Ardoyne |
| Dates/Info |
Enlisted 10th August 1914, son of Patrick and Margaret Toman (Conlon), husband to Mary Curry, 98 Brookfield Street,
Ardoyne, returned home early in 1918 to recover from being gassed, this however brought on chronic bronchitis a condition he suffered from the rest of his life. |
| Where buried |
Died: 1955 and
buried in Milltown Cemetery, Belfast |
| Source |
Grand daughter - Mary
Caruth
Medals
Index Card |
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Name |
Toner, Patrick |
| Rank |
Serjeant - Service
No. 1786 |
| Regiment |
Leinster Regt. 7th
Battalion |
| Birth
details |
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| Dates/Info |
Son of Elizabeth and John Toner, 10 Smith, Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died 28th June
1916 aged 29, Buried Loos Cemetery, France |
| Source |
Great Niece -
Donna Leary Medals Card
Photo of
Headstone |
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Name |
Vinters, John |
| Rank |
Corporal - Service No: 23867 |
| Regiment |
1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: 28th
February 1896 at 41 Lady Street, Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Son of James Vinters of 44 Norfolk Street, Belfast, husband of Matilda Vinters of 192 Govan Street, Glasgow. |
| Where buried |
Died: 16th February 1917 Age 20 Buried: Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
| Source |
Great Niece Briege Osborne |
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Name |
Walker, Francis |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
8th
Bn., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - No. 43096 and Connaught Rangers
2419 |
| Birth
details |
18th November 1874 |
| Dates/Info |
Married to
Elizabeth Buick, lived in Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died 9th September
1916 Somme - Buried at Thiepval
Medal
Card
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
| Source |
Great Grand
daughter - Angela Cameron
Medals |
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Name |
Walker, Samuel
Hugh |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment |
14th Battalion
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born 1885 Belfast |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Samuel
& Eliza Walker, 5 Dee Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died 16th August
1917 - Battle of Langemarck - TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 138 to 140 & 162 to 162A & 163A |
| Source |
Great Nephew -
Bill Walker photo supplied by Donna Leary, thank you
Donna, well done |
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Name |
Webster, Joseph Hannay |
| Rank |
Sergeant - Serial No. 7389 |
| Regiment |
6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish
Borderers |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1882 in Rerrick,
Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, son of John Webster and Susan
Hannay Webster |
| Dates/Info
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Married Sarah Jane Crawley 4th January
1909 in Belfast, father of 3 sons and 1 daughter, last residence
32 Hurst Street, Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died 7th July 1916, France, Battle of
the Somme, memorialized on Thiepval memorial, Thiepval,
Department de la Somme, Picardie, France, Plot: Pier and Face 4
A and 4 D. |
| Source |
Great grand niece, Heidi Crawley
(Photo courtesy of
Nigel Henderson) |
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Name |
Williams George |
| Rank |
Rifleman - Service No. 9942 |
| Regiment |
2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 14th January 1895 Rotunda
Hospital Dublin |
| Dates/Info |
Son of Henry and Mary Anne Williams,
106 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin - brother of Henry (below) |
| Where buried |
Died: 3rd May 1915 Bellewarde Wood -
IB2 Ridge Wood Military Cemetery; Heuvelland West Vlaanderen
Belgium |
| Source |
Grand Nephew - Ronnie Connolly, Dublin |
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full photo |
Name |
Williams Henry |
| Rank |
Private - Service No. 5212 |
| Regiment |
16th Battalion Australian Imperial
Force |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1892 Rotunda Hospital, Dublin |
| Dates/Info |
Enlisted 3rd January 1916 - Served on
the Western Front; discharged 1st June 1919 Medically Unfit.
(Australian Archives file A88950) - Son of Henry and Mary Anne
Williams, 106 Lower Gardiner Street Dublin - Brother of George
(above) |
| Where buried |
Died: 1975 Perth, Western Australia |
| Source |
Grand nephew Ronnie Connolly, Dublin |
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Name |
Wilson, James |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
North Irish Horse -
1527 - Corps of Hussars - No. 4/71421 |
| Birth
details |
Born 1898, Home
Farm, Burnside Road, Dunadry, after war, emigrated to Canada |
| Dates/Info |
Landed
in France 12 January 1916 & Flanders - was awarded British War Medal and Victory
Medal |
| Where buried |
Served in the ranks
for the remainder of the War, pre-war service in 1914 with Ulster
Volunteers.
Survived War, death date and place unknown
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| Source |
Nephew - Patrick
Wilson Gore
bigger photo |
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Name |
Woods, John Hill |
| Rank |
Rifleman (Sniper) Service No. 1055 |
| Regiment |
18th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1893 Ballyhone, Glenoe, Co.
Antrim |
| Dates/Info
|
Enlisted age 22 18th November 1915 -
Son of John (born Ballyhone, Glenoe) and Margaret (nee Hill born
California USA) Woods, close friend and neighbour of the
Burns brothers |
| Where buried |
Died 1969 age 76; Buried Glenoe Parish
Church of Ireland - France - Gassed in Action |
| Source |
W. R. McKeen |
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Name |
Wright, David |
| Rank |
Private |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles, 12th Battalion,
36th Ulster Division - Rifleman 1403 |
| Birth
details |
Born 1898 in
Laymore, Ballymena |
| Dates/Info |
Fought and Died - Battle of Cambrai |
| Where buried |
Cambrai Memorial,
Louverval Cemetery, Northern France
Died aged 19 - 22nd Nov. 1917 in Northern France |
| Source |
Great Great Nephew
- A. Wright
- Website
a lovely tribute |
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Name |
Wylie, Julius
Keenan |
| Rank |
Lieutenant - Sergeant |
| Regiment |
Royal Irish Rifles - Service No. 13903
3rd Battalion |
| Birth
details |
Born Belfast 1891 |
Dates/Info
|
Served from:- 7th Sept. 1914 to:- 30.3.1919
Commissioned:- 26.6.1917 Lance Sergeant, France 5.10.1915 |
| Where buried |
Died 1972 Belfast |
| Source |
Granddaughter-
Mary Lennon web site:-
more info on J K Wylie |
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full-size
photo |
Name |
Yeates, Andrew
Breakey |
| Rank |
Serjeant -
Service No. 16112 |
| Regiment |
14th Battalion
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born 8th July
1886, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Dates/Info
|
Parents - Henry
McMinn Yeates and Mary Jane McKee Yeates |
| Where buried |
Killed in action
16th August 1917 in Belgium -
New
Irish Farm Cemetery |
| Source |
Nancy Schaalje |
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full-size
photo |
Name |
Yeates, Hugh McKee |
| Rank |
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| Regiment |
14th Battalion,
Royal Irish Rifles |
| Birth
details |
Born 12th March
1892, Belfast Antrim |
| Dates/Info
|
Parents - Henry
McMinn Yeates and Mary Jane McKee Yeates - Married Ida McCluney 3rd
July 1922 - Belfast |
| Where buried |
Died 11th February
1963, Belfast |
| Source |
Nancy Schaalje |
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Name |
Young Samuel |
| Rank |
Private Service No. 28498 |
| Regiment |
9th Bn. (109th Brigade) Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| Birth
details |
Born: 1898 ?? |
| Dates/Info
|
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Young, Lower Coagh, Co. Tyrone
photo thank you to
Stephen Kerr |
| Where buried |
Died: 26th June 1917 age 19 - Buried: Messines Ridge British Cemetery Grave Reference: VI. B. 23. |
| Source |
Nephew-in-law Ged Widdow
Medals
Card |
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