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Royal Irish Rifles Regular Battalions: 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles Kitchener's New Army: 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 8th (East Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 9th (West Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 10th (South Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 11th (South Antrim) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 12th (Central Antrim) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 13th (1st County Down) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 14th (Young Citizens) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 15th (North Belfast) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 16th (2nd County Down Pioneers) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 17th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 18th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 19th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 20th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 11th/13th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles Want to know more about the Royal Irish Rifles? There are:7719 items tagged Royal Irish Rifles available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War 1914-1918. Adair J. S.. 2Lt. 11th Btn. Adams Dickson. Rfm. 11th Btn. (d.7th Sep 1916) Adams Dickson. Rfmn. 11th Btn. (d.7th Sep 1916) Aggas George Robert. Rfm. 9th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Agnew Joseph. Rfm 10th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Agnew William. Rfmn. (d.5th August 1918) Aicken J.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st September 1916) Allan Arthur James. Rfmn. 2nd Btn. (d.21st Nov 1917) Allen Sidney Charles. Rflmn. 1/18th (London Irish Rifles) Btn. (d.7th July 1917 ) Allgood B.. Capt. 1st Btn. Allsopp Matthew. 14th Btn. (d.1st Nov 1916) Anderson Stanley Orme. Rfm. 14th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Andrews J. H.M.. 2Lt. 11th Btn. Arbuthnot William Henry. Rifleman 9th Btn. (d.8 January 1916) Armer William James. Sgt. 15th (North Belfast) Btn. Armstrong Charles. Sgt. 1st Btn. (d.12th Mar 1915) Armstrong John. Rflmn. 7th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917) Arnold Thomas. Rflm. 2nd Btn. (d.7th Jul 1916) Ashe Thomas. Rfmn. 1st Btn. (d.25th Sep 1915) Ashe W. G.. 10th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Attley George. Rfmn. 1sr Btn. (d.9th May 1915) Atwell Robert Erskine. Lt. 4th Btn. (d.2nd Sep 1918) Ayre Samuel. Rfmn. 11th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917) Bailey Edward. Sgt. 7th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917) Bailie David. Rflm. 15th (North Belfast) Btn. (d.23rd Nov. 1917) Baker W. J.. Rfm. 9th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Balmer Edward. Pte. First Labour Company (d.18th Mar 1917) Bannon J.. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. Barker Arthur. Rfm. 2nd Btn. (d.21st Oct 1916) Barker John. Rfmn. 1st Btn. (d.9th May 1915) Barnes David. Rfmn. 1st Btn. (d.6th Sep 1917) Barnett Robert Henry. Rfm. 8th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Barr James Hamilton. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. (d.1st September 1918) Barrington L. S.. 1st Btn. Barry Peter. Rfm. 1st Btn. (d.4th Oct 1918) Barton Thomas Eyre. 2nd Lt. 14th Btn. att. 2nd Btn. (d.16th Jul 1916) Baxter MM. Samuel. L/Cpl. 15th Btn. Bayly L. M.. Capt. 1st Btn. Beatty Thomas. Rfm. 2nd Btn (d.1st Jul 1916) Beers William. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.22nd March 1917) Beggs Thomas Alex Thompson. Pte. 14th Battalion Beggs Thomas Alexander Thompson. Pte. 14th Btn. Behan James. Rfm. 2nd Btn. (d.25th Sep 1915) Behan John Joseph. Cpl. 2nd Btn (d.23rd Apr 1916) Bell Austin. Sgt. 16th Btn. (d.1st Aug 1917) Bell James. Rfmn. 11th (South Antrim) Btn. (d.29th May 1917) Bell John Joseph. Rflmn. 6th Battalion Bell Joseph Robert. Sgt. 11th Btn. Bell Patrick. Rfmn. 6th Btn. (d.9th Aug 1915) Bell Thomas John. Rfn. C Coy. 13th Btn. (d.28th Jun 1916) Bell William J.. Rfm 15th Btn. (d.17th Aug 1917) Bell William. Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.8th March 1916) Bennett Robert William . Rfm. 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Bennett Thomas. 2Lt. 2nd Battalion Bingham Alfred. Rflmn. 9th Battalion (d.5th Feb 1916) Bird Alfred Thomas. Rfm. 9th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Bird MID. Edward. A/Sgt. Birnie Robert. Rifleman 12th Battalion (d.1st July 1916) Birnie Robert. Rflmn. 12th Battalion (d.1st July 1916) Black John. Rflmn. 12th (Mid Ulster) Btn. (d.1st July 1915) Black William. Rfmn. 1st Btn. B Coy. (d.13th Oct 1918) Blackadder Thomas. Rflmn. 9th Btn. (d.24th March 1917) Blair A. G.. 10th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Blair R.. Rfn. 13th (1st Co. Down) Btn. (d.10th Dec 1917) Blair T.. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Blampied Charles William. Rflmn. 7th Bn. Jersey Coy. (d.23rd July 1915) Bleakley . 2nd Lt. 11th (South Antrim) Btn. Bloomfield Arthur Henry. Rfm. 9th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Bloomfield Michael. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.3rd Oct 1918) Blunden Robert. Rflm. 15th Btn. (d.21st Nov 1917) Boland James. Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.20th July 1918) Boland Patrick. Rflm. 1st Btn. (d.23rd July 1915) Bond Joseph. Rflm. 1st Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Bond T. M.. 2nd Lt. 11th Btn. Boomer MC. Walter Charter. Capt. 12th (Central Antrim) Btn. D Coy. (d.1st Oct 1918) Booth Hudson. Rflmn. 14th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Bothwell R.. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1917) Bothwell Thomas Henry. Rfmn. 9th (West Belfast) Btn. (d.4th Jun 1916) Boulding Frank Thomas. Rfm. 14th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Boulger John. Rflm. 2nd Btn. (d.2nd May 1915) Bowes Michael. Rflm. 2nd Btn. (d.25th Sep 1915) Bowler Harold. L/Cpl. 10th Btn. (d.28th Jul 1917) Boyd David. Rfmn. 11th (South Antrim) Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Boyd Samuel. Rflmn. 14th Btn. (d.31st Jan 1917) Boyle MC MID. John Kemmy. Capt, 2nd Btn. (d.21st Oct 1918) Bradshaw Thomas Henry. L/Cpl. 15th Btn. (d.1st October 1918) Brady . Sgt. 11th Btn. Brady Edward. Rflm. 2nd Btn. (d.20th Sep 1914) Brady Edward. Rflm. 2nd Btn. (d.20th Sep 1914) Bramall T. T.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Branigan John. Rflm. 1st Btn. (d.21st Oct 1918) Breatwaite . Sgt. Mjr. 11th Btn., A Coy Breen James. Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.6th Jun 1917) Brennan Eugene. Rflm. 1st Btn. (d.12th Mar 1915) Brennan James. Rflm. 2nd Btn. (d.7th July 1916) Brennan Patrick Leslie. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.27th Oct 1914) Brians Thomas Hutchinson. Rfm. 8th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Brien Phelim. Rfm. 1st Btn. (d.14th Nov 1916) Briggs William. Pte. 9th (West Belfast) Battalion Broghan Patrick. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.16th Dec 1914) Brooks Patrick. Rfm. 14th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Brough Walter. Rflmn. 7th Btn. (d.7th June 1917) Brown Christopher. L/Cpl. 1st Garrison Btn. (d.5th Nov 1918) Brown James. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.5th Aug 1917) Brown John. Lance Sjt. 9th Btn. A Coy. (d.7th Jun 1917) Brown Patrick. Rflm. 1st Btn. (d.24th Jun 1915) Brown W.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.2nd June 1916) Brown William. Cpl. 1st Garrison Battalion (d.28th Jun 1917) Bruce James. Rfm. 8th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Bryan Alfred. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.2nd August 1917) Bryans Frederick. Rflmn. 15th Btn. (d.21st Nov 1917) Burges W. A.. Lt. 1st Btn. Burnett Corry. L/Cpl. 8th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Burns John. Rflmn. 1st Battalion (d.21st March 1918) Burns William. Rfmn. 9th Bn. (d.8th Aug 1917) Bushe . Sgt. 11th Btn. Bushe Samuel. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Bustard W. E.. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Cairns E.. Cpl. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Cairns J.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.21st September 1917) Campbell John. Rfm. 14th Btn. (d.14th Jul 1917) Campbell Lawford Burne. Lt. 12th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Campbell William John. Rfmn. 12th Battalion (d.1st July 1916) Canning C. C.. Lt. 11th Btn. D Coy. Carbery Miles Bertie Cunninghame. Capt. 1st Btn. C Coy. (d.17th Oct 1914) Careswell Ernest Francis. Pte 15th Btn (d.22nd Nov 1917) Carlile Stewart. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Carson J. C.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Casey Charles John. Lt. 15th Btn. Casey Peter. Rflmn. 2nd Btn. (d.6th October 1916) Cassidy William. Pte. 2nd Btn. Castle Arthur John. 7th Btn. (d.22nd Oct 1916) Castle MC Claude Montague. Captain 8th Battalion Cathcart Herbert. Rfm. 2th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Cathcart Herbert. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.7th June 1917) Cavendish G. F.. Mjr. 11th Btn., C Coy. Chamber . Sgt. 11th Btn., A Coy. Chambers John. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Charley A. T.. Capt. 11th Btn. B Coy. Clarke Jack. Pte. 1st Btn Clarke Jackson. Sgt. 1st Btn. Clay John. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.28th March 1916) Clements Houston. Rfmn. 1st Btn. (d.2nd Oct 1918) Clinton-Baker O.. Lt -Col. 1st Btn. Clydesdale John. Rfm. 15th Btn. (d.22nd Nov 1917) Coffey Samuel. L/Cpl. 12th (Central Antrim) Battalion (d.15th August 1917) Coleman Robert John. Rfmn. 12th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Collins Walter. 9th Btn. Collins William Robert. Rflmn. 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. Colvin Robert. Rfm. 12th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Connolly Charles. Pte. 14th Btn. Connolly John Henry. 2/Lt. 6th Btn. Attchd. 11th Btn Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st September 1916) Copeland A. Sjt Mjr. 1st Btn. Corkin H.. L/Cpl. 11th Btn. (d.17th May 1916) Corkin Thomas Robert. Rflmn. 16th Btn. (d.21st June 1917) Corscadden Francis Theodore. 2nd Lt. 14th Btn. (d.1916) Coughlan Henry. Rflmn. 1st Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917) Cox Albert Edward. Rflmn. 14th Btn. (d.21st April 1917) Coyle DCM J.. CQMS 3rd Btn. (d.30th April 1916) Cozens Charles Edward. Rflmn 1st Battalion (d.16th August 1917) Craig C. C.. Capt. 11th Btn. Craig David Washington. Rflmn. 10th Battalion (d.15th August 1916) Craig James. Rflmn. 15th Btn. (d.4th October 1914) Craig Robert James. Pte. 2nd Battalion Craig Thomas. Rfm. 14th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Crawford Samuel. Pte. Creedon MM. Patrick. Pte. 1st Btn Crilly Robert. Pte. 16th Btn. Cronin Samuel. Rflmn. 2nd Btn. (d.10th April 1918) Crozier James. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.27th Feb 1916) Crutchley MM. Sidney Charles. 6th/7th Btn. Cullen Frederick. Rflmn. 1st Btn. (d.11th Mar 1915) Cunningham J. H.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.26th June 1916) Currie David. Rfm. 8th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Currie Harold. 15th (North Belfast) Battalion Curry William. Rfmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Daniel E.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Darling O. R.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Darling W. O. F.. Lt. 1st Btn. Davidson Edward. L/Cpl. (d.14th April 1918) Davidson Samuel. WO2. 16th Btn. Davidson Thomas. Sgt. 8th Btn. (d.15th July 1916) Davies Henry John Herbert. Pte. 12th Batallion Davison J. H.. 11th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Day George Albert. 2Lt De Carteret Henry James. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.3rd September 1916) Deane R.. 10th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Delap H.. Rflmn. 7th Btn. (d.25th July 1918) Dennis Richard Thomas. 2nd Lt. (d.19th Dec 1918) Deverell D. W.. Mjr. 11th Btn. DeWind VC Edmund. 2nd Lt. 15th Btn. (d.21st March 1918) Dobbin J.. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1917) Dodds James. Rflmn. 10th South Belfast Btn. (d.17th Aug 1917) Doherty Thomas. Rfmn. 7th Btn. (d.30th Jul 1916) Donovan Jeremiah. Rfm. 2nd Btn. C Coy. (d.27th Oct 1914) Douglas R.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st September 1916) Douglas Samuel John. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.29th May 1917) Douglas Samuel John. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.29th May 1917) Dowds H.. 15th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Downey Sydney James Livingston. 2nd Lt. 14th Battalion (d.7th Jun 1917) Doyle J. H.. Sgt. 11th Btn. Drennan David. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st September 1916) Duggan Cornelius. Rflmn. 3rd Btn. (d.29th April 1916) Dunwoody Samuel. 2nd Lt. 16th (Service) Battalion (d.5th Oct 1918) Eagan R. C.B.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Eakins Joseph. Rflman. 7th Btn. (d.6th Sept 1916) Easton S.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Ellis W.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.5th September 1917) Ellis W.. Lt. 11th Btn. C Coy. Ewart C. F. K.. Capt. 11th Btn. Falkiner MC. Frederick Ewen Baldwin. 2nd Lt. (d.21st Aug 1917) Farran Edmond Chomley. Capt. 3rd Btn. att. 2nd Btn. (d.16th June 1915) Fee Robert. Rfmn. 13th Btn. Fell David. Pte. 15th Btn. (d.29th March 1918) Fell David. Pte. 15th Btn. (d.29th March 1918) Ferguson . 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Ferrier A. G.. Capt. 11th Btn. Finn Albert. Fitzsimons J. F.. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Flood W. J.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Foster A.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.17th March 1916) Foster Henry. Sgt. 9th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Foster Robert McKibben. Rfmn. 7th Btn. (d.27th Mar 1916) Foster W. R.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Foster William. CSM. 10th Btn. B Coy. Frazer James Isaac. Sgt 8th Btn Fullerton John. Rflmn. 14th Battalion (d.16th Aug 1917) Furniss James E. 4th Bn (d.30th July 1917) Gallagher Thomas. Rflmn. 1st Battalion (d.24th April 1917) Gallagher Thomas. Rfmn. 1st Btn. (d.24th Apr 1917) Galway A.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.17th June 1916) Gamble B. W.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. A Coy. Gamble D.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Gaston Stafford Church. Pte. 14th Btn. Gault James. Pte. 13th Battalion Gentle Sidney. Rfmn. 15th Btn. (d.23rd Oct 1918) Gibson MC & Bar Matthew Henry. Capt. 12th Btn. (d.29th October 1918) Gibson Walter David. Rflmn. 14th Btn. (d.20th August 1917) Gill W.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.9th August 1916) Girvin William David. Rflmn. 15th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Givens W. N.. 1st Btn. Gorman Gilbert. L/Cpl. 16th Battalion (d.22nd Aug 1916) Gorman Gilbert. Rflmn. 16th Btn. (d.22nd Aug 1916) Gourley . Cpl. 11th Btn. Gourley Thomas Chesney. 12th (Central Antrim) Battalion (d.1st July 1916) Gow J.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.27th September 1916) Graham George. Pte. 9th Btn. Graham N. C.. Capt. attchd 11th Btn Royal Irish Rifles Grainger David. Rfn 15th Btn (North Belfast) Grant MID Malcolm. L/Sgt. 15th Btn. Attchd. 107th Trench Mortar Bty. (d.3rd January 1917) Graves N. C.P.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Gray Samuel Singleton. Rflmn. 15th Battalion (d.21st March 1918) Gregg Samuel Ashe. Sgt. 11th Batallion Hadden Ernest Samuel. Rfmn. 10th Btn. (d.3rd Jul 1916) Hale MM Neason Henry. Rfmn. 1st Battalion (d.11th Aug 1917) Hall R. H.. Lt. 11th Btn. Hamilton James. Cpl. 11th Battalion (d.10th August 1917) Hamilton John Irvine. Rflmn. 9th Battalion (d.1st July 1916) Hanna Alexander. Sgt. 10th Btn. Hanna John. Rfmn. 12th Btn. (d.2nd Jun 1917) Harbinson . Sgt. 11th Btn. Hawthorne G. A.. 10th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Hayes Robert. Pte. 9th Btn Healey John Frederick. Lt. 3rd Btn. (d.2nd July 1916) Hellmers A G.A.. 2nd Lt. 1st Btn. Henderson J.. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Henry William James. Rflmn. 15th Btn. (d.31 Lilliput Street, Tiger's Bay) Hewitt . Rflmn. 11th Btn., C Coy. Hill William Quintis Ewart. L/Cpl. 14th Btn. (d.16 Aug 1917) Hoey William Robert. Rflmn. (d.15th July 1916) Holmes P. A.. Mjr. 11th Btn. Hone Nathaniel Frederick. 3rd Bn. attd. 9th Bn Hoy G. A.. 10th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Hoy Samuel. Rfmn. 10th Battalion (d.7th Jun 1917) Hughes William Henry. Rfn. 11th (South Antrim) Btn. B Coy. (d.27th Oct 1918) Hull F. G.. Lt. 11th Btn. Humphreys Denis. Rfmn. 8th Btn. (d.24th Mar 1916) Humphries William John. Cpl. 16th Btn. Hunter G. N.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Insley John. Rflmn. 10th Btn. (d.14th August 1917) Ireland James. 15th Battalion (d.1st July 1916) Irvine Robert. Rflmn. 11th Btn. Irwin William James. Pte. 14th Btn. (d.23rd June 1917) Jackson . 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Jackson Victor. Rflmn. 22nd (Entrenching) Btn. (d.29th March 1918) Jamison John. 11th Btn. Jamison William. W/O Jamison William. RSM. 12th Btn. Jenkins A. P.. Mjr. 11th Btn., A Coy. Johnston David Raymond. Pte. 14th Btn. Jordan Michael. Cpl. 6th Battalion (d.10th Aug 1915) Kane J.. L/Cpl. 12th Btn. (d.21st Mar 1917) Kane W. H.. Lt. 6th Btn. Kearney Thomas. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.16th Aug 1917) Keenan William. L/Cpl. 14th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917) Kelly MM. David Fergus Ferguson. Rfm. 9th then 15th Battalion Kelly John. Pte. 8th Btn Kendrick Ernest. CSM. (d.12th Mar 1915) Kennedy Andrew William. Rifleman. 2nd Btn. (d.7th May 1915) Kerr A G.. L/Cpl. 10th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Kerr William. Rfm. 14th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917) Kington-Blair-Oliphant CMG DSO Philip Laurence. Lt. Col. 11th Btn. (d.6th April 1918) Kinnear William John. Rflmn. 8th Battalion (d.2nd July 1916) Kissick . Rflmn. 11th Btn. Kyle J.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.28th June 1916) Lamont William. Rflmn. 11th Btn., A Coy. (d.1st July 1916) Larkins George Broughton. Rflmn. (d.26th July 1918) Larmour George. Rflmn. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Larmour William. Rflmn. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Larmour William. Rflmn. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Latimer W.. 15th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Laverty David James. 12th Btn. Lavery D.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Lavery Joseph. Pte. Lavery William. Sgt. 11th Btn., A Coy. (d.24th June 1916) Leary James William. Pte. Leathem G. A.M.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Leighton William Alexander. Rflmn. 7th Btn (d.19th May 1916) Leinster David A.. Rfm 10th Btn. (d.24th Dec 1917) Lewis William. Rfmn. 10th Battalion (d.1st July 1916) Lightbody William. Pte. 15th (North Belfast) Battalion Lindsay D. C.. Capt. 11th Btn. Lindsay Hugh. L/Cpl. 11th Btn. (d.7th June 1917) Lloyd Edwin Robert. Rflm. 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. (d.23rd March 1918) Lockhart Robert. Rfmn. 11th (South Antrim Volunteers) Btn. Long Richardson. L/Cpl. 11th Btn. (d.8th December 1917) Loughran John. Rflmn. 7th Btn. (d.9th July 1916) Love Frank. 1st Btn. (d.2nd Oct 1918) Lynch James. Sgt. 3rd Btn. (d.3rd November 1918) Lynch Patrick. Rfmn. 14th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917) Lyons John. Rflmn. 9th Battalion Macaulay Samuel. Cpl. 14th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Mack Robert. Pte. 11th Btn. Mackill James. Pte. 1st Battalion Madden William Henry. Capt. 16th Btn. (d.24th March 1918) Magee Robert. Rfm. 12th Btn. (d.22nd Mar 1917) Maguire William Henry. Pte. 63rd Btn. Maher James. Pte. Mailey John Henry. L/Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Manchester Arthur Alonzo. Pte. 18th Btn. Manly R.. Rflmn. 3rd Btn. (d.10th July 1915) Marshall . 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Marshall Charles Dunlop. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Martin David. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.17th June 1916) Martin Thomas. Pte. 14th Battalion (d.6 May 1916) Martin Thomas Neill. Pte. 16th Btn. Martin Walter. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.7th June 1917) Martin William. Pte. 13th Btn. Masters S. D.. Capt. 11th Btn., D Coy. Mathers DCM. John. CSM. 10th Battalion Matthews Thomas. Rfm 12th Btn. (d.15th Aug 1917) Maultsaid Wesley. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. (d.12th November 1916) Maxwell James John. 6th Btn May F. W.L.. Capt. 11th Btn., C Coy. (d.8th June 1917) McAndrew Hector. Rflmn. 11th Btn., C Coy. (d.3rd March 1916) Mcannally James. Rfm. 15th (N. Belfast) Battalion McAuley John. Rflmn 15th Battalion (d.1st July 1916) McBride Samuel. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.7th Dec 1916) McCabe MM. William. Pte. 2nd Btn. McCandles Adam. Rflmn. 6th Battalion (d.30th Aug 1915) McCann James. Rflmn. 1st Btn. (d.9th Dec 1914) McCarroll James. Rflmn. (d.24th March 1918) McCauley Robert. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.17th June 1916) McClatchey John. Pte 16th Btn. McCleary R J. Sergeant 1st Battalion (d.22nd July 1915) McCleery A.. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) McClelland David. Rfmn. 2nd Btn. (d.17th Oct 1914) McClelland James Arthur. Rfmn. 13th Btn. A Coy. (d.16th Aug 1917) McClelland James. Rflmn. 2nd Battalion (d.6th Aug 1917 ) McClelland Samuel David. Rfm. 13th Btn. McClelland William John. Rflmn. 13th Battalion, B Company McClements William James. Rflmn. 1st Btn. (d.21st March 1918) McClure T. James. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st September 1916) McComb Francis. Rfm 11th (South Antrim) Btn McComb Francis. Rflmn. 11th Service Btn. McComb James. Rfm. 11th (South Antrim) Btn. McCosh Samuel Osborne. L/Cpl. 12th Btn. (d.19th Jun 1918) McCoubrey James. L/Cpl. 12th Btn. (d.2nd Jun 1917) McCoy J.. 10th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) McCracken J. E.. Rflmn. 15th Btn. (d.19th Mar 1916) McCracken Joseph. Rfm. 14th Btn. (d.3rd Aug 1916) McCracken William John. Rflmn. 9th Btn. (d.7th June 1917) McCready James Morrison. Rfm. 12th Btn. (d.25th Aug 1918) McCrory Samuel. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) McCullough . Lt. 11th Btn. McCullough Andrew. Rflmn. 2nd Btn. (d.19th Oct 1918) Mccullough David. 14th Btn. (d.16th August 1917) McCullough Joseph Craig . Rfmn. 9th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) McCullough William Walter. Rflmn. 15th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) McCullough William. Rflmn. 9th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) McDowell W.. Rflmn. 11th Btn., D Coy. (d.1st July 1916) McDowell William. Rfm 8th Btn. (d.17th Aug 1917) McElwee Ernest. Pte. 2nd Btn. McEvoy Robert McEvoy. Pte. McEvoy Robert Wright. Pte. McFadden . Rflmn. 11th Btn. McFarland George Beech. Rflmn. 2nd Battalion McGimpsey James. Rflmn. 11th Btn., D Coy. (d.1st July 1916) McGuigan Samuel. Pte. McGusty George Ross. Lt. 8th Btn. (d.14th June 1916) McIlroy Samuel. 14th Btn. att 109th Light Trench Mortar Bty (d.1st Jul 1916) McKay Matthew. Rfmn. 12th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916) McKee MID. Harry Olphert. A/Capt 12th Btn Mckelvey William. Pte. 16th Pioneer Battlion McKenna John. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.8th Aug 1917) McKenzie D.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.19th May 1916) McKibben John Hill. Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.9th May 1915) McKibben R.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) McKibben William James. Pte. McKinley James. Pte. 8th Btn. McKinstry . 2/Lt. 11th Btn. McKnight Robert. L/Cpl. 11th Btn. (d.24th July 1916) McLean A.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.29th May 1917) McMillan DCM, MM James. Sgt 8th Btn McNally F.. Rfm. 14th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) McNeill Robert Boyd. Cpl. 15th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) McNeilly David William. Pte. 12th Btn. McNeilly William Hutton. Pte. 12th Battalion McQuillan William James. Sgt. 11th Btn. D Coy. (d.19th May 1916 ) McWilliams Herbert. Pte. 8th Btn. (East Belfast) (d.10th Feb 1916) Mearns MC. . CSM. 11th Btn. Meehan William. Cpl. 6th Btn. (d.16th Dec 1916) Mepham Henry. Rfmn. 15th Btn. (d.22nd Nov 1917) Mercer . Cpl. 11th Btn. Mercer Samuel. L/Cpl. 14th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Middleton Luke McQuitty. Pte. 14th Btn. Millar S.. L/Cpl. 11th Btn., C Coy. (d.1st July 1916) Mills J.. Rfm. 16th Btn. (d.21st Jun 1917) Mills Robert. Pte. 15th Btn. (d.29th March 1918) Mitchell . 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Moatt William Charles Henry. 1st Btn. Moffett Alexander. Pte. 8th (East Belfast) Btn. Moffett Samuel. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.15th March 1916) Moore John Trid. 14th Btn. att 109th Light Trench Mortar Bty (d.1st Jul 1916) Moore Robert. Pte. 11th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916) Moore William. Rifleman 10th Moorhead James. Rflmn. 4th Btn. (d.21st March 1915) Morrow Arthur Galway. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Mortimer Fred. Cpl. Motum William George. CSM. 1st Battalion (d.10th Mar 1915) Mulcahy-Morgan Edward Spread. Capt. 2nd Btn. (d.27th Oct 1914) Mulcahy-Morgan Francis Campion. Lt. 7th Btn. (d.6th Sept 1916) Mulholland Alexander. Pte. Mulholland David. L/Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.16th January 1916) Munn George. Pte/ 15th (North Belfast) Btn. Munn Henry. Sgt. 11th Btn. B Coy. Murphy C. R.B.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn., C Coy. Murphy John. Pte. 48th Mobile Section Murphy M.. 10th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Mussen Richard. Rflmn. 1st Battalion (d.21st March 1918) Napier J. McC.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Naughton James. Rifl. B Coy.2nd Btn. Neill Reginald H.. Lt. 11th Btn., B Coy. (d.1st July 1916) Nesbitt DSM. David. Pte. 16th Btn. Nicholl Samuel. Rfmn. 10th Btn. Nicholl Samuel. Rflmn. 11th Bat. O'Brien Daniel. Pte. 2nd Battalion, A Coy. (d.17th June 1915) O'Connor Edward Brian. Pte. 1st Btn. O'Grady James. Sgt. 553rd Agricultural Coy. O'Mahony Daniel Joseph. Sgt. O'Neill MID. Joseph. Rflmn. (d.6th Sep 1918) O'Sullivan A. M.. Capt. 1st Btn. O'Sullivan A. M.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.8th June 1917) O'Toole John. 7th Btn. Orr J. C.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn., D Coy. Orr Matthew. Sgt. 11th Bn. Orr Matthew. Sgt 11th Btn Paisley George. L/Cpl. 14th Battalion (d.16th August 1917) Pakenham H. A.. Lt. Col. 11th Btn. Palmer J.. 15th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Parker Robert John. Pte. 15th Btn. (d.19th Aug 1918) Parkes William. Pte. 13th Battalion Patton T. J.. 10th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Paul Alexander Charles. Lt. 11th Btn. (d.2nd October 1917) Peake MM. Walter. Cpl. 9th Btn. Penston Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn. Pirouet Arthur John Francis. Sgt. 7th Btn. (d.9th Sep 1916) Porter Ernest. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.3rd March 1917) Porter John Gillespie. Sgt. 18th Btn. (d.27th March 1917) Price MM F. J.. Pte. 15th Btn. Priestley Dyker Stanton. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Pritchard Robert. Sgt. 13th Btn Pues Frank. Rflmn. 8th Btn. (d.18th Aug 1917) Purdon Herbert. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.9th May 1915) Pyper D.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st September 1916) Ramsey Robert. Sgt. 12th Btn. (d.23rd Aug 1917) Rankin Samuel. Pte 13th (1st County Down) Battalion Rankin Thomas Henry. Rflmn. 11th Btn. Reddick J.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.2nd December 1917) Reid . Lt. 11th Btn. Reid A. D.. Lt -Col. 1st Btn. Reid Martin. Pte. Reid W. E.. Lt. 11th Btn. Richardson I.. 10th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916) Ridgway William Henry. L/Sgt. 14th Battalion (d.1st July 1916) Rilley James Henry. Pte. 18th Btn. (d.14th Feb1918) Riordan Christopher. Sgt. 1st Btn. (d.10th Mar 1915) Robinson David. Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.26th Oct 1914) Robinson J. A.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st September 1916) Robinson John Charles. Cpl. 9th Battalion Robinson W. J.. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. Rock Hugh. Rifleman 11th Battalion (d.8th June 1917) Rooney Peter. Pte. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Ross Edward. Rflmn. 10th Btn. (d.7th June 1917) Ruddock James. Sgt. 2nd Battalion (d.12th October 1914) Russell Christopher. Rfm 15th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916) Russell Christopher. Pte. 15th (North Belfast) Battalion (d.1st July 1916) Ryan John. Rflmn. 7th Btn. (d.3rd June 1915) Salter J. W.. 2nd Lt. B Coy 11th (South Antrim) Btn. Samuels Arthur Purefoy Irwin. Capt. 11th Btn., C Coy. (d.24th Sep 1916) Samuels C. J.H.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn., D Coy. Sands Peter. L/Cpl. 1st Battalion (d.15th Sep 1915) Scanlan M. J.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Scott Henry. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.8th June 1917) Scott James. Rfm 15th Btn. (d.6th Aug 1918) Scott James Herbert. Rflmn. 14th Btn. (d.7th June 1917) Scott Kennedy. Rfl. 15th(North Belfast)Btn. (d.6th Jun 1918) Scott Walter. 2nd Lt. 10th Btn. (d.22nd Nov 1917 ) Sellick Percival James. Rflmn. 3rd Btn. Semple Samuel James. Rflmn. 11th (South Antrim Volunteers) Battalion Shall Henry Charles. Rfmn. 14th Btn. (d.6th May 1917) Sherritt . Rflmn. 11th Btn. Shields James. Sgt. 14th Btn. Shorter Alfred. Pte. 16th Bn (d.2nd Dec 1917) Sinclair W.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.10th May 1916) Sixt Charles Joseph. Rfmn. 15th Btn. (d.9th Aug 1917) Slacke Charles Owen. L/Cpl. 14th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Slater W. W.W.. Rflmn. 11/13th Btn. (d.2nd December 1917) Sloan Samuel. Rfm. 2nd Battalion (d.7th Jun 1917) Sloan Samuel. Rifleman Sloan Samuel. Rifleman 2nd Battalion (d.8th July 1917) Smith E. F.. Capt. 11th Btn., A Coy. Smith George. Sgt. 2nd Btn. Smyth David John. Rflmn. 13th Battalion, B Company (d.1st July 1916) Smyth MC. E. F. Mjr. 11th Btn. Smyth George. Rifleman 1st Batallion (d.30th Dec 1914) Smyth George. Rfm. 1st Btn. (d.30th Dec 1914) Smyth John. Rflmn. 13th Battalion, B Company (d.6th August 1917) Smyth W. J.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.19th August 1916) Snowden John. Cpl. 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. (d.5th May 1917) Snowden Matthew. 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. Somers . Lt. 11th Btn., A Coy. Spalding John. 15th Btn. Spence James. Pte. 8th Bn Sprott MC. Robert. Lt. 15th Battalion Starrett James. Rfm. 12th Btn. (d.21st Mar 1918) Steele A. Pte. Steele David. Rflmn. 1st Btn. (d.25th Sep 1915) Stewart H. H.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.5th September 1917) Stewart Henry John. Rflmn. 9th (West Belfast) Btn. C Coy. (d.6th April 1917) Stewart John. Rfmn. 15th Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Stewart P. M.. Cpl. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Stewart Samuel. CQMS. 10th Battalion Stokes-Hatte Edward. 2nd Lt. (d.15th/16th Aug 1917) Sullivan Bernard. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.26th Oct 1914) Tate David. Cpl. 11th Btn., A Coy. (d.24th June 1916) Tate James. Sgt. 13th (1st County Down) Battalion, C Company. (d.1st July 1916) Templeton James. Rflmn. 15th Btn. (d.19th Mar 1916) Thompson J. C.. 2nd Lt. 1st Btn. Thompson W. H.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.31st May 1917) Thompson William John. Rflmn. 13th Battalion, B Company (d.30th May 1916) Thomson R.. Lt. 11th Btn. Thomson Richard. Rflmn. 10th Batt (d.28th August 1916) Thorneley F. B.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn., B Coy. Thornely T. G.. Lt. 11th Btn., A Coy. Tipping William James. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Toman H.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Toman Patrick. Sgt. 2nd Btn. Topping Samuel. Rflmn. 11th Battalion (d.16th Aug 1917) Torrans Samuel. Rfmn. A Coy,10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Touhy M.. Pte. 2nd Garrison Btn. (d.20th March 1917) Tumilson Robert. Pte. 8th Battalion Tuohey Francis Edward. Pte. 14th Btn. Tweedie Charles. Rflmn. 15th Batt (d.21st March 1918) Tyndall Samuel. Pte. Uprichard Henry Albert. Major 13th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Vance Ezekiel. Lt. 11th Btn., C Coy. (d.15th July 1916) Vint W. P.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn., C Coy. Wade William. Rfmn. 12th Btn. (d.2nd Jun 1917) Wadeley Ernest Benjamin. Sgt. 15th Btn. (d.22nd October 1918) Wagner . 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Walker S. H.. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.29th May 1917) Walsh Hugh. Pte. 14th Btn. Ward Samuel. Rflmn. 11th Btn., A Coy. (d.1st September 1916) Waring C. G.F.. 2/Lt. 11th Btn. Waring H.. Mjr. 13th Btn. Waring J.. Rflmn. 11th Btn., D Coy. (d.26th October 1916) Waring James. Rflmn. 11th Btn., B Coy. (d.30th June 1916) Waring James Banks. Rflmn. 11th Btn., B Coy. (d.23rd May 1917) Waring L.. Lt. 11th Btn. Waring S.. Lt. 11th Btn., A Coy. Waring DCM. Samuel. CSM. Watson David. Rfm. 12th Btn. Watson George Douglas. Pte. 9th Btn. Watson J.. 10th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916) Watson Joseph. 11th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916) Watson William. Rflmn. 11th Btn. (d.8th June 1917) Watt Robert John. Rflmn. 11th Btn., C Coy. (d.29th February 1916) Webb F. R.. Lt. 11th Btn. Webb Joseph. L/Cpl. 11th Btn., B Coy. (d.30th September 1916) Webb O. B.. 11th Btn Webster W.. 11th Btn (d.1st Jul 1916) Wethers Samuel James. Rflmn. 16th Battalion (d.10th April 1917) Whelan William Clement. Sgt. 1st Battalion White Alfred Herbert. L/Cpl. 3rd Battalion White MC. Robert William. Capt. 16th (Pioneer) Battalion Whitty Val. Rfmn. 1st Btn. (d.19th May 1916) Whitworth Richard. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn (d.8th Aug 1917) Wilkinson Francis Ernest. Pte. 14th Btn. Wilkinson Francis Ernest. Pte. 8th Battalion Williams Edward Vaughan. Rflmn. 2nd Btn. (d.14th Oct 1918) Williams MM. Henry Alexander. Cpl. 13th Btn. Wilson Edward. Cpl. 1st Btn. Wixted Michael. Pte. 2nd Btn. Woolf Hyam. Rflmn. 10th Btn (d.27th April 1918) Workman MM. William. Rfmn. 12th Btn. (d.21st Mar 1918) Wright A. O.. 1st Btn. Wright A.. Sgt. 9th Btn. Wright John. Rfmn. 2nd Btn. (d.13th Jan 1915) Young G. O.. Lt. 11th Btn., C Coy. Young William John. Rflmn. 16th Btn. (d.3rd November 1916) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please. Add a Name to this List More Royal Irish Rifles records. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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William John Thompson 13th Battalion, B Company Royal Irish Rifles (d.30th May 1916) After conducting some family history research, I came across William John Thompson, he would have been my 1st cousin twice removed. He served in B Coy 13th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles for the 36th Ulster Division. Prior to the war, he lived with his parents John and Martha Thompson, along with his 4 sisters Agnes, Sarah, Martha and Annie, in High Street, Comber, Co. Down. I don't know exactly how he died, as records say he "Died of Wounds." This was on the 30th May 1916. I know around this time the Battalion were either stationed in Rainneville or St Gratien, so how he died exactly and what wounds were inflicted remains a mystery. He is buried in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension, France. If anyone has any further information as to how he died, I would be very grateful to hear from you. Emma Add to this record. 1206460 L/Cpl. Richard Whitworth 2nd Btn Royal Irish Rifles (d.8th Aug 1917) My brother and I went to Ypres to see grandad's name on the Menin Gate Memorial and honour the fallen at the evening ceremony; the most moving experience of my life Phil Add to this record. 1206348 Sgt. James Shields 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles My father James Shields fought in WW1, a long time before any of his children were born. We would have said that it was as if our father had two lives. One as a single man who got caught up in the worst conflict that the world had ever seen. A time when he lost the whole of his left arm in a battle far from home. Then quite a while later he met and married my mother, a much younger woman, and went on to have 4 children. As we were growing up WW1 was a dim and distant memory and, as far as my father was concerned, it wasn't something he wanted to discuss much with his children. When he eventually died, aged 93, he left us with many happy memories of a great father and medals and papers from his time in the war. More recently my brothers, sister and I have started to piece together his war-time story. We have discovered photographs that we didn't know existed and have just recently discovered what our father looked like as a young man. It was amazing to see him with both arms and looking amazingly like my son, his grandson at the same age 100 years apart. We are incredibly proud of him and how he survived the unimaginable conflict that he endured from 1914 until his discharge in 1917. Catherine McBride Add to this record. 1206341 Rfmn. William Lewis 10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st July 1916) William James Lewis was the son of William James Lewis and Ellen Lewis of 58 Rutland Street, South Belfast. He was my Grandfather's brother. William joined the Royal Irish Rifles, 36th Ulster Division and was sent to war in France on 4th of October 1915. As part of the 107th brigade he was attached to the 4th division Nov 1915 until Feb 1916 to receive trench warfare instruction, and on the 7th Feb 1916 he was moved to the front line between the river Ancre and the Mailly - Maillet to Secre Road. In March 1916 he was moved to Thiepval Wood. He was killed in on the opening day of the Battle of the Somme Rifleman William Lewis 15157, 10th Bn, Royal Irish Rifles is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. I believe William was also the company Bugler. My grandfather Wilfred Lewis was 6 years younger than William so survived the great war, but we will never forget him or the sacrifice he made for our freedom. Add to this record. 1206297 Rflmn. Thomas Robert Corkin 16th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st June 1917) Thomas R Corkin was the only child of James and Rachel Corkin. I have his 3 medals and his death penny. Colin McCusker Add to this record. 1206280 Sgt. Patrick Toman 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Rifles My Grandfather Partick Toman joined the army reserves (5th battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles) in 1906 when he was 18 years old. He was a labourer in the Barbour Linen Mill in Hilden. Upon the outbreak of war in 1914 he was called up to regular service and the battalion went to Belfast to act as a training unit. My grandad was an instructor but on the 25th of December 1914 he was sent to the front with the 2nd battalion of the RIR because of the high losses suffered they needed more experienced men. He left behind his wife Catherine (Nee McCormick) and his three sons Richard, Patrick and John. John had been born in September of 1914 and his other sons were two and four years old. He fought in 15 major battles while in France. He was wounded by shell fragments in 1916 during the Somme offensive. This happened on the 14th of July 1916 after his battalion had been in action at Ovilliers. He returned to his unit 30th of November 1916 and took part in the battle of Messines Ridge, the 1917 campaigns in Flanders, the tank battle at Cambrai, and the German Spring offensives of March 1918. His battalion (the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles) was wiped out almost to the last man on the 24th of March 1918 as it fought desperate rear guard actions to allow the remnants of the 36th Ulster division to escape the German avalanche. Survivors continued to fight with various units until the end of March when the battalion was moved to reserve and the task of rebuilding it began. Pat Toman was part of the re-built battalion until the 2nd of June 1918 when he was wounded while on a night patrol in the Ypres area. During this patrol Major Herbert Musgrave from Corps Intelligence was killed. My Grandad was shot in the thigh by a machine gun bullet but made it back to friendly lines alive. It was thought he might have to lose the leg but it was saved. My granddad made a life after the war but suffered PTSD which he dealt with by prayer, solitude, and by swearing off alcohol. He died in 1952 (15 years before I was born) but I grew up on legends and tales about him all my life and we all love him several generations on. We respect the effort he made to give us the peace and freedom we enjoy today. I was able to visit the battle fields in Belgium, where he fought for so long, in 2007. I was able to walk along the very road where he was wounded for the last time in 1918 and to visit the grave of his patrol mate Herbert Musgrave. Add to this record. 1206248 2nd Lt. Edmund DeWind VC 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st March 1918) Edmund De Wind died on the 21st of March 1918, aged 34 and is commemorated on the Pozieres British Cemetery in France. He was the son of the late Arthur Hughes De Wind, C.E., and Margaret Jane De Wind, of Kinvara, Comber, Co. Down. s flynn Add to this record. 1206113 Pte. Samuel McCrory 10th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st Jul 1916) My great uncle Pte. Samuel McCrory served with the 10th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, part of the 36th Ulster Division and was killed on the 1st July 1916. Samuel McCrory, Army number 395 has no known grave but is recorded on the Thiepval Monument and he came from the Donegal Road area of South Belfast. Add to this record. 1206016 Rfmn. Val Whitty 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.19th May 1916) Val Whitty served as a Rifleman with 1st Batt. Royal Irish Rifles. he was killed in action in France on the 19th of May 1916. Looking for any details about him that might be recorded. His Father was also in that regiment but survived. Margaret Add to this record. 1205995 Rflmn. Robert Birnie 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st July 1916) Robert Birnie was my Great Grandfather. He was 33 years of age and a Lewis Gunner, all we know is that he was B Coy and was killed on the first day of the Somme. His wife was still looking for information about him a year later as he has no known grave. Robert Birnie Add to this record. 1205957 Rflmn. Frederick Bryans 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st Nov 1917) Frederick Bryans was killed in action on the 21st of November 1917, aged 19 and is commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial in France. He was the son of Samuel and Rachel Bryans of Belfast. One of 5 brothers who fought in the war, two were killed; Henry and Frederick, one was badly wounded and the other two came through physically unharmed. s flynn Add to this record. 1205908 Rflmn. Albert Edward Cox 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.21st April 1917) Albert Cox died on the 21st of April 1917, aged 19. Buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in France, he was the son of Fred and Annie Cox, of 123 Whitehorse Rd., Croydon, Surrey. s flynn Add to this record. 1205721 Rfm. David Watson 12th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles My grandfather, David Watson, told me he was a stretcher bearer and that he remembers seeing a hill in flames and because he came from farming background he said he walked through "acres and acres of wounded". He had already fought at the Somme, in 1917 he was 33yrs old, he went on to live to the ripe old age of 99. Austin Cheevers Add to this record. 1205541 Rfm. John Campbell 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.14th Jul 1917) John Campbell died at Richmond Hospital, Dublin, on the 14th of July, 1917, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Messines, leaving his wife Nora and young son Wellington. Add to this record. 500756 2nd Lt. Sydney James Livingston Downey 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (d.7th Jun 1917) Sydney Downey was the second son of James Livingston Downey JP. and his wife Marion, he was the grandson of Rev George Cron. Sydney was born in Belfast and was educated at the Methodist College. He served in France with the BEF from the 15th of June 1916, having been commissioned in January 1916. Sydney was killed in action on the 7th of June 1915 and is laid to rest at Spanbrokmolen close to where he fell. He was 21 years old and was an employee of The Northern Assurance Company Ltd in Belfast, today the company is owned by Aviva and Sydney is amongst those remembered on the Roll of Honour on the company website. Add to this record. 264153 Pte/ George Munn 15th (North Belfast) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Born on 28th Jan 1895 I know that my grandfather, George Munn joined the 15th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles as a private. He must have been transferred to the Labour Corps at some time because according to his Unit Register Card he served 4 years 5 months, 2 years 1 month in the field as a private in the Labour Corps (POW) Unit, 376 Prisoner of War Company. I remember him well, and I remember him telling me that he was wounded on a couple of occasions (shot through & through, and shrapnel wounds), and I remember he once showed me the scars of his wounds, and his hands and arms covered with the black spots of shrapnel. Add to this record. 263774 Rfmn. Denis Humphreys 8th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.24th Mar 1916) Denis Humphreys was born in July 1896 in Layd, Cushendall, Antrim, Northern Ireland to his father Duncan Humphreys and his mother Jane Humphreys (McClarty). He died at the age of 19 on his brother, John Humphreys's birthday. John was serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Victoria Haire Add to this record. 263365 Pte. Michael Wixted 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusilliers Michael Wixted was born in January 1889. He joined the British Army in mid 1915 and was allotted to the 7th Royal Irish Rifles. There is evidence of a Leinster Regiment being formed around this time and it is probable that along with thousands of other young Dubliner's, he enlisted. From his Medal Roll Card, we know he arrived in France with a Draft in early 1916 He had been transferred to the 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers by late 1917, having left his original Regiment for reasons and a date unknown but likely to be due to a wound or sickness He was posted to the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers in February 1918 when the 8th Battalion was disbanded. In total 400 men were absorbed into both the 1st and 2nd Royal Dublin Fusilier Battalions on the 10th of February 1918. 200 men being absorbed into each Battalion. Michael was captured by German forces on the 21st of March 1918 in the town of St. Quentin in France. This was during a very heavy offensive of 500,000 German Troops against some 200,000 Allied Troops. Sometime after his capture, Michael had been transferred to Soltau Prisoner of War Camp, Germany. He was repatriated to England in January 1919. Brian Connolly Add to this record. 263320 Pte. Patrick Creedon MM. 1st Btn Royal Munster Fusiliers Patrick Creedon was born in Cork, Ireland in September 1897. He served as a Private in the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, as an Acting Corporal in the Royal Irish Rifles and an Acting Corporal in the Labour Corps. Patrick was listed in the Casualty Lists on and was awarded the Military Medal on 23rd of October 1916. Add to this record. 262632 Lt. Robert Sprott MC. 15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles Robert Sprott started as a signalman at the start of the war. He had a commendation received in 1917 at Theipval Wood for repairing phone lines constantly under enemy machine gun fire. He was captured on the Somme on 21st of March 1918, on the same day he was awarded the Military Cross. He became a POW. After war he went to Turkey to Gallipoli to assist with the dead where he contracted malaria in 1920. He returned home and married in 1922. I am still trying to piece together his history. Later as a civil servant he was awarded an MBE in 1954 one week before his sudden death aged 59. David Sprott Add to this record.

Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Ireland's Unknown Soldiers: The 16th (Irish) Division in the Great War Terence Denman The Great War of 1914-18 saw the Irish soldier make his greatest sacrifice on Britain's behalf. Nearly 135,000 Irishmen volunteered (conscription was never applied in Ireland) in addition to the 50,000 Irish who were serving with the regular army and the reserves on 4 August 1914. Within a few weeks of the outbreak of the war no less than three Irish divisions - the 10th (Irish), 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) - were formed from Irishmen, Catholic and Protestant, who responded to Lord Kitchener's call to arms. An estimated 35,000 Irish-born soldiers were killed before the armistice came in November 1918. Over 4,000 of those who died were with the 16th (Irish) Division. More information on: Ireland's Unknown Soldiers: The 16th (Irish) Division in the Great War Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War Richard S Grayson This is the story of men from either side of West Belfast's sectarian divide during the Great War. Richard S. Grayson follows the volunteers of the 36th and 16th divisions who fought on the Somme and side-by-side at Messines, recovering the forgotten West Belfast men throughout the armed forces, from the retreat at Mons to the defeat of Germany and life post-war. In so doing, he tells a new story which challenges popular perceptions of the war and explains why remembrance remains so controversial in Belfast today. 'Provocative, meticulously researched and referenced.' --Irish Times More information on: Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War Links Suggest a link

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