208142 Pte. Alexander Mulholland British Army Royal Irish Rifles from:30 Frankfort Street, Belfast Alexander Mulholland was born in December 1891, the second son of Gawn Alexander and Agnes (nee Morrow) Mulholland in Belfast, Ireland. Until the outbreak of war, he lived at home at 30 Frankfort Street, Belfast and worked as a machinist - presumably in one of the many Belfast linen mills. He served as as Private in the Royal Irish Rifles and qualified for a medal on 5th October 1915, having served in France. One can only guess at the horrors he witnessed during the War which led him, on 2nd October 1919, to take his own life. His death certificate indicates that he died in a War Hospital, but not in Purdysburn, Belfast as there is no record of his admission there. Perhaps he was a patient at Richmond Hospital in Dublin? He was buried on 6th October 1919 in Public Ground at Belfast City Cemetery. As his grave is unmarked, his details are engraved on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Memorial Screen Wall in Section H 444 of the Cemetery.
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