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1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers
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Those known to have served with1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Begley Henry Frederick. Pte. (d.27th Jul 1919)
- Bowles Augustine. Sgt. (d.10th Sep 1918)
- Boylan Robert. Pte. (d.23rd Nov 1914)
- Brophy William. Pte. (d.21st Jan 1916)
- Callaghan T.. Pte.
- Daly James Joseph. Pte.
- Daly James Joseph. Pte.
- Devers John Joseph. Pte.
- Dunne Michael. Pte. (d.3rd May 1916)
- Evers Michael. L/Cpl. (d.2nd Nov 1914)
- Feeney Patrick. Pte. (d.22nd July 1915)
- Ferguson John. Pte. (d.11th Jul 1917)
- Flynn Thomas. Pte. (d.26th February 1915)
- Lawrence William John. Pte. (d.15th August 1915)
- Moran E. P.. Pte. (d.29th Sep 1919)
- Murphy Patrick James. Pte. (d.April 1916)
- O'Leary Henry. RSM (d.3rd November 1915)
- Toohey DCM. Michael. Pte.
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Pte. John Ferguson 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.11th Jul 1917) John Ferguson was my great-uncle, my grandmother's brother. He was underage when he signed up. He was gassed at the Somme and suffered other illnesses and was hospitalised. He was killed near Baghdad.
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Pte. John Joseph Devers C Coy. 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers My Grandfather James Devers was born in Ballina in 1899.
He enlisted in the Connaught Rangers on the 14th of August 1914.
James married Mary Canavan in 1904 and he married her again in 1920.
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Pte. Michael Toohey DCM. 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers My grandfather, Michael Toohey, served in 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers, then went into the Machine Gun Corps. His service numbers were 10323 and 13458. After the war he remained in the British Army and joined the Tank Corps where he was a ssgt/wo.
He never talked about why he was awarded DCM. He died before I was born, and never talked to anyone about his war service. I would like to find out for what act of bravery he was awarded the DCM.
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Pte. James Joseph Daly 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers Private Daly was 20 when he died on the 2nd November 1920 and is buried in the Geoghegan Roman Catholic Graveyard, Co. Westmeath, Ireland.
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Pte. T. Callaghan 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers Private T. Callaghan was the Husband of M. Callaghan of 43 John Knox St., Clydebank, Dunbartonshire.
He was aged 43 when he died on 13th May 1920 and is buried in the lower part of the New Ground in the Castlebar Catholic Cemetery, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
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Pte. E. P. Moran 1st Btn. Connaugt Rangers (d.29th Sep 1919) Private E Moran was the son of Mrs. Mary Moran, of Orchard House, Ballycumber, Co. Offally.
He is buried about 11 yards east of the church in the Ballycumber (Liss) Churchard, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
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Sgt. Augustine Bowles 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment (d.10th Sep 1918) Augustine Bowles was the son of the late Joseph Bowles and Elizabeth Bowles. He had previously served with the 1st Connaught Rangers.
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Pte. William John Lawrence 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.15th August 1915) Private Lawrence was the Son of William and Annie Maria Lawrence, of 9, Chamberlain Rd., Ealing, London.
He was 35 when he died and is buried in Mount Abu Cemetery in India, Grave 371.
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RSM Henry O'Leary 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.3rd November 1915) Regimental Serjeant Major O'Leary was the Son of the late John and Ann O'Leary; husband of Mary O'Leary, of 5, Fortview Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
He was 41 when he died and is buried in the Madras (Kilpauk) Cemetery in Chennai, India, Plot A. Row 12. Grave 697.
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Pte. Thomas Flynn 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.26th February 1915) Private Thomas Flynn was 28 when he died. He is buried in the west part of the Athy (St. Michael's) Cemetery, Co. Kildare.
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Pte. Patrick Feeney 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.22nd July 1915) Patrick Feeney died on the 22nd July 1915 in France. He was the husband of M. Feeney of Castle St., Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
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Pte. Michael Dunne 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.3rd May 1916) Michael Dunne died on 3rd May 1916. He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in Iraq.
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Pte. Patrick James Murphy 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers (d.April 1916) Patrick James Murphy, my great-uncle, died of wounds, as a prisoner of war in Baghdad, Mesopotamia in April 1916.
He advanced with 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers in an attempt to relieve the siege of Kut-al-Amara, during which he was shot through the left shoulder and the top of the left lung.
The battalion was obliged to retire, leaving him to the tender mercies of the Turks. He subsequently died in a Catholic infirmary in Baghdad, which advised the family of his passing.
He volunteered for service in the Connaught Rangers, together with my grandfather, his younger brother in 1915.
My grandfather Sergeant Bernard Murphy M.M. was transferred to 38th Battalion Machine Gun Corps, before the Connaught Rangers left for Mesopotamia, and served in France and Belgium for the rest of the war.
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Pte. James Joseph Daly 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers James Joseph Daly served with the 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers during WW1. He was executed for mutiny on the 2nd November 1920 age 20 and is on the Kirkee War Cemetery Memorial in India.
The last two soldiers to be executed in 1920 were Irish, one of them was Private James Joseph Daly, aged 20 years. He was shot for his part in the much chronicled mutiny by the 1st Connaught Rangers. Fourteen of those who took part in the mutiny were sentenced to death, the other 13 were reprieved and only Daly was executed.
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Pte. William Brophy 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.21st Jan 1916) William Brophy served with the Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion and was killed in action in Mesopotamia in January 1916.
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Pte. Henry Frederick Begley 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.27th Jul 1919) Henry Begley, son of William and Agnes Begley, of 23 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, was born in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland. He was living in Dublin when he enlisted at Marybro. Private Begley was killed in action in North Russia aged 27, and is buried in The Archangel Allied Cemetery (Obozerskaya Burial Ground).
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