North Irish Horse recruits
Nos 501-750
These North Irish Horsemen enlisted between April 1910 and October 1912. Click on a name for details of that man's background and military record.
Rank shown is the highest achieved while in the North Irish Horse.
Unless otherwise stated, those who served overseas embarked for service with the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium.
(*) indicates that the man's service file is available.
indicates that the man was a casualty of the Great War.
| NAME | RANK | NO. | EMBARKED | REMARKS | |
| Unknown | 501-504 | ||||
| Sheridan | Walter Cooper | Farrier-Sergeant | 505 | 20-Jan-15 |
Enlisted March-April 1910. Class Z Army Reserve 1 July 1919. Enlisted in 8th Hussars. Served in Iraq post-war. |
| Turbitt | James | Private | 506 | 20-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 8 April 1910. Discharged time expired 7 April 1916. |
| Unknown | 507-510 | ||||
| Moore |
William H | Private | 511 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted April-May 1910. Killed in action 15 September 1914. |
| Unknown | 512 | ||||
| McCausland | John | Private | 513 | 20-Jan-15 |
Enlisted 11 May 1910. Discharged time expired 10 May 1916. |
| Unknown | 514-523 | ||||
| Watson | Guy | Sergeant | 524 | 20-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 16 August 1910. Commissioned to Royal Inniskilling Fisiliers 26 September 1917. Prisoner of war from 21 March 1918. |
| Unknown | 525-526 | ||||
| Houston | Robert | Private | 527 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 16-20 August 1910. Class Z Army Reserve 24 February 1919. |
| Hoy | Richard | Corporal | 528 | 11-Jan-16 |
Enlisted 16-20 August 1910. Class Z Army Reserve 24 February 1919. |
| Unknown | 529 | ||||
| Richardson | Gordon | Private | 530 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 20 August 1910. Discharged time expired 19 August 1915. |
| Beckett | Robert | Private | 531 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted August-September 1910. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917. Prisoner of war 27 March 1918. |
| Unknown | 532-534 | ||||
| Walker | Isaac | Private | 535 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted August-September 1910. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917. |
| Collins | Thomas William | Private | 536 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted August-September 1910. Class Z Army Reserve 2 March 1919. |
| Unknown | 537 | ||||
| Vaughan | Walter | Lance Corporal | 538 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted August-September 1910. Discharged para 392(xvi) King's Regulations 23 April 1918. |
| Kennedy | Alexander Michael | Farrier Sergeant | 539 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted August-September 1910. Prisoner of war August 1914. Class Z Army Reserve 1 March 1919. |
| Espey | Isaac Wingfield | Private | 540 | 20-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 16 September 1910. Discharged time expired 15 September 1915. |
| Unknown | 541 | ||||
| Carter | Isaac | Lance Corporal | 542 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 19 September 1910. Discharged time expired 18 September 1915. |
| Unknown | 543 | ||||
| Seawright | Thomas | Sergeant | 544 | 20-Aug-14 |
*Enlisted 29 September 1910. Discharged time expired 28 September 1915. |
| Unknown | 545-552 | ||||
| Brown | Robert William | Private | 553 | No overseas service |
* Enlisted 29 November 1910. Discharged under paragraph 154(xi) Special Reserve Regulations 10 November 1914. |
| Unknown | 554-557 | ||||
| Wherry | James Malcolm | 2nd Lieutenant | 558 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Served in North of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry and joined North Irish Horse 6 June 1908. Re-enlisted in North Irish Horse 14 December 1910. Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Commissioned to North Irish Horse 22 February 1918. |
| White | James | Lance Corporal | 559 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted November-December 1910. Class Z Army Reserve 11 February 1919. |
| Unknown | 560 | ||||
| Watkins | Robert | Private | 561 | 9-Feb-15 |
Served in the King's Liverpool Regiment 1905-07. Enlisted in the North Irish Horse 10 December 1910. Discharged time expired 9 December 1915. Joined Royal Garrison Artillery March 1916. |
| Unknown | 562-563 | ||||
| McCartney | Walter James | Sergeant | 564 | 4-16 Aug-14 |
Enlisted December 1910 to January 1911. First North Irish Horseman to France. Class Z Army Reserve 27 August 1919. |
| Mooney | James | Farrier Quartermaster-Sergeant | 565 | No overseas service |
* 5th and 17th Lancers 1878-88; Imperial Yeomanry 1901-02. Enlisted in the North Irish Horse 25 January 1911. Discharged paragraph 392(xvi) King's Regulations 13 March 1918. |
| Reagh | James | Private | 566 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 23 December 1910. Discharged time expired 22 December 1915. |
| Wilson | James | Private | 567 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 23 December 1910. Discharged time expired 22 December 1915. |
| McGinn | Peter | Private | 568 | 20-Aug-14 |
* Served 14 years with Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from 1890. Enlisted North Irish Horse 17 January 1911. Discharged time expired 16 January 1916. Enlisted 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 4 September 1916. Discharged para 392(xvi) King's Regulations 16 June 1917. |
| Unknown | 569-571 | ||||
| Wetherall | Alexander Robert Davison | Sergeant | 572 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted January-February 1911. Class Z Army Reserve 17 March 1919. |
| Unknown | 573 | ||||
| Hutchinson | Samuel | Private | 574 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted January-February 1911. Class Z Army Reserve 7 March 1919. |
| Wray | James Freeborn | Lance Corporal | 575 | 20-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 11 February 1911. Discharged time expired 10 February 1916. |
| Unknown | 576 | ||||
| Oldcroft | Albert | Private | 577 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted January-February 1911. Class Z Army Reserve 10 February 1919. |
| Unknown | 578 | ||||
| Wilson | Robert | Corporal | 579 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 18 February 1911. Discharged time expired 17 February 1916. |
| Wilson | William | Private | 580 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 18 February 1911. Class Z Army Reserve 21 February 1919. |
| Wylie | James Thomas | Private | 581 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 18 February 1911. Discharged time expired 17 February 1916. |
| Unknown | 582 | ||||
| Brown | Samuel George | Shoeing Smith | 583 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted January-February 1911. Transferred to Royal Engineers July 1918. |
| Hassard | Francis George Alexander | Private | 584 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 8 February 1911. Discharged time expired 7 February 1916. |
| McClelland | Hugh | Lance Corporal | 585 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 8 February 1911. Discharged time expired 7 February 1916. |
| Unknown | 586 | ||||
| Gillespie | Robert | Private | 587 | No overseas service |
* Enlisted 6 March 1911. Discharged unfit 17 December 1914. |
| Unknown | 588-589 | ||||
| Colhoun | Francis James | Lance Corporal | 590 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 24 February 1911. Medaille Militaire (France). Discharged time expired 23 February 1916. |
| McMahon | William James | Private | 591 | 20-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 24 February 1911. Discharged time expired 23 February 1916. |
| Unknown | 592 | ||||
| McLenaghan | William John | Private | 593 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted February-April 1911. Discharged Para 392(xvi) King's Regulations 28 June 1915. |
| Unknown | 594-602 | ||||
| Toomey | George William | Corporal | 603 | No overseas service | * Enlisted 24 April 1911. Transferred to King's (Liverpool) Regiment 8 January 1915. Discharged Time Expired 23 April 1916. |
| Unknown | 604-612 | ||||
 Bryson |
Thomas | Private | 613 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted April-June 1911. Killed in action 21 August 1918. |
| Unknown | 614-616 | ||||
| Kinnear | Robert McAllen | Private | 617 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 5 June 1911. Discharged time expired 4 June 1916. |
| Montford | John Alexander | Sergeant | 618 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted June-October 1911. Commissioned Connaught Rangers 17 March 1919. |
| Unknown | 619 | ||||
| Dundas |
William Henry | Private | 620 | 20-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 2 October 1911. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917. To 1 Royal Irish Fusiliers 8 January 1918. Killed in action 1 October 1918. |
| Unknown | 621-623 | ||||
| Livingstone | William | Private | 624 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 11 August 1911. Discharged no longer physically fit 9 January 1917. |
| Lyons | Joseph | Private | 625 | No overseas service |
* Enlisted 26 October 1911. Discharged no longer physically fit 16 January 1915. |
| Irwin |
William | Private | 626 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted October-November 1911. Died in France 2 March 1915. |
| Mehaffey | Robert John | Private | 627 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted October-November 1911. Transferred to Royal Irish Rifles 28 September 1915; to Royal Irish Regiment 1918. Class Z Army Reserve 24 July 1919. |
| Sands | John | Private | 628 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 29 November 1911. Transferred to Labour Corps 1916-18. Discharged 25 October 1918. Enlisted Northumberland Fusiliers 26 June 1919. Discharged 27 October 1919. |
| Unknown | 629 | ||||
| Hanna | Robert Alexander | Lance Corporal | 630 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted October-November 1911. Class Z Army Reserve 12 February 1919. |
| McIldoon | George | Private | 631 | 17-Nov-15 |
Enlisted 2 December 1911. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917. Wounded 1918. Discharged 7 January 1919. |
| Morton | William Henry | Private | 632 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted October-November 1911. Class Z Army Reserve 25 February 1919. |
| Robinson | Hiram | Private | 633 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 10 November 1911. Class Z Army Reserve 5 March 1919. |
| Lynn | William Thomas | Private | 634 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 13 November 1911. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917. Wounded November-December 1917. Discharged 18 June 1918. |
| McDonagh | James | Private | 635 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 14 November 1911. Discharged no longer physically fit 28 June 1915. |
| Elliott | James Alexander | Private | 636 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 16 November 1911. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917; to Royal Irish Regiment 6 March 1918. Class Z Army Reserve 23 February 1919. |
| Davis | James | Lance Corporal | 637 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 16 November 1911. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusliers 20 September 1917. |
| Unknown | 638 | ||||
| Smith | Andrew | Private | 639 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted November-December 1911. Captured wounded 27 August 1914. Class Z Army Reserve 25 March 1919. |
| Fyfe | Henry | Lance Corporal | 640 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted November-December 1911. Class Z Army Reserve 3 March 1919. |
| Kelly | Robert | Private | 641 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted November-December 1911. Class Z Army Reserve 13 March 1919. |
| Unknown | 642-644 | ||||
| Lockhart | Maxwell | Lance Corporal | 645 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted November-December 1911. Class Z Army Reserve 11 February 1919. |
| Unknown | 646-649 | ||||
| Potts | Louis (Lewis) | Private | 650 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 28 December 1911. Discharged paragraph 392(xvi) King's Regulations 10 February 1919. |
| Reid | Thomas Frederick | Lance Sergeant | 651 | 11-Jan-16 |
* Enlisted 3 January 1912. Commissioned to Royal Irish Fusiliers 30 October 1918. |
| Johnston | John | Private | 652 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 3-18 January 1912. Still serving March 1920. |
| Unknown | 653 | ||||
| Craig | John Frederick Alexander | Lieutenant | 654 | 17-Nov-15 |
* Enlisted 18 January 1912. Commissioned to North Irish Horse 17 April 1917. Attached to 9th Lancers April 1918. |
| Hanna |
Robert James | Private | 655 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 18-24 January 1912. Transferred to Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 31 May 1917. Died of wounds 20 April 1918. |
| Unknown | 656 | ||||
| Carter | Christopher | Private | 657 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 18-26 January 1912. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917. |
| Birnie | Robert | Sergeant | 658 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 12 January 1912. Commissioned to Leinster Regiment 1 May 1918. |
| Buchanan | John David | Shoeing Smith | 659 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 28 January 1912. Discharged 6 March 1919. |
| Watson | Robert | Private | 660 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted January-February 1912. Class Z Army Reserve 25 February 1919. |
| Unknown | 661 | ||||
| Armstrong | William J | Private | 662 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| McClelland |
Charles Wesley | Private | 663 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted January-February 1912. Killed in action 16 August 1918. |
| O'Brien | James | Private | 664 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| Clarke | Andrew | Private | 665 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| Graham | Andrew | Private | 666 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Unknown | 667 | ||||
| Wright | Charles | Private | 668 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Wallace | William | Private | 669 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| Taylor | Samuel William | Sergeant | 670 | 17-Nov-15 |
* Enlisted 16 February 1912. Commissioned to 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment 21 December 1916; attached to Essex Yeomanry. Transferred to 11th Hussars September 1918. |
| Unknown | 671 | ||||
| Montgomery | Thomas | Private | 672 | 17-Nov-15 |
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| Evans | Robert | Private | 673 | 14-Apr-15 |
* |
| Armstrong | Robert | Private | 674 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted February 1912. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 1 January 1918. DCM. |
| McMahon | Arthur Edwin | Sergeant | 675 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 23 February 1912. Commissioned to Reserve Cavalry Regiment 19 October 1918. |
| Reagh | Samuel | Lance Corporal | 676 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted February-March 1912. Transferred to Military Mounted Police 1 October 1916. |
| Cherrie | William John | Private | 677 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 16-23 February 1912. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917. Prisoner of war 21-28 March 1918. |
| Unknown | 678-679 | ||||
| Teer | John Wesley | Corporal | 680 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted February-March 1912. Class Z Army Reserve 17 February 1919. |
| Holden | John | Private | 681 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Unknown | 682 | ||||
| Henry |
George Adams | Lance Corporal | 683 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted February-May 1912. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917. Died of wounds 26 March 1918. Military Medal. |
| Ewart | William George | Private | 684 | 17-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 19 March 1912. Transferred to Labour Corps 10 October 1917. Class Z Army Reserve 16 April 1919. |
| Kelly | Richard | Private | 685 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted March 1912. Class Z Army Reserve 19 February 1919. |
| Buchanan |
Edmund | Corporal | 686 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted March 1912. Died in England 23 October 1914. |
| Burke | Robert | Private | 687 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Unknown | 688-689 | ||||
| Robb | Isaac | Private | 690 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted February-March 1912. Class Z Army Reserve 21 February 1919. |
| Unknown | 691 | ||||
| Arbuthnot | William John | Private | 692 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted February-March 1912. Discharged time expired 24 November 1916. |
| Crozier | George | Private | 693 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| Matchett | Samuel | Private | 694 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 28 March 1912. Wounded 24 March 1918. Discharged (para 392xvi a) 25 February 1919. |
| Armstrong | David | Sergeant | 695 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted February-April 1912. Transferred to 8 then 19 Hussars March 1918. Class Z Army Reserve 17 March 1919. |
| Wilson | James | Private | 696 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Holden | Joseph | Private | 697 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Unknown | 698 | ||||
| Clarke | John William Patterson | Private | 699 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted March-April 1912. Transferred to Military Mounted Police 18 July 1917. |
| McCollough | Henry | Private | 700 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Caufield | William | Private | 701 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Evans | George | Private | 702 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Abery | Henry Charles | Private | 703 | 1916-18 |
* Enlisted 30 April 1912. Transferred to Royal Irish Rifles 19 March 1915; to Tank Corps October 1918. Reenlisted in the Labour Corps 29 May 1919. Demobilised 28 April 1920. |
| Unknown | 704 | ||||
| Fisher | Joseph | Private | 705 | 28-Jun-15 |
* |
| Jolliffe | Henry | Private | 706 | No overseas service | * |
| Unknown | 707 | ||||
| Sloan | Thomas | Private | 708 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted April-June 1912. Transferred to Staffordshire Yeomanry early 1918 and served in Palestine. Class Z Army Reserve 9 March 1919. |
| Unknown | 709 | ||||
| Fleming | Robert Bagnall | Private | 710 | No overseas service |
* Enlisted 28 June 1912. Discharged 4 September 1914. |
| Creighton | Henry | Private | 711 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| Wilson | James | Private | 712 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Watson | John | Private | 713 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted June-July 1912. Transferred to Military Foot Police 13 January 1917. Discharged 12 March 1919. |
| Wilson | Robert | Private | 714 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| Somerville | John | Private | 715 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| Crawford | John | Private | 716 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| Foster | Thomas | Private | 717 | 1-May-15 |
Enlisted June-July 1912. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps June 1918. Class Z Amry Reserve 4 March 1919. |
| Unknown | 718 | ||||
| Ritchie | Samuel | Private | 719 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Unknown | 720 | ||||
| Knox | Frederick | Private | 721 | No overseas service |
* Enlisted 29 July 1912. Discharged (392xvi) 12 May 1915. |
| Thompson | Thomas J | Private | 722 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Knox | William James | Shoeing Smith | 723 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted July 1912. Served in Germany in 1919 before demobilisation. |
| Downey | Henry Andrew | Private | 724 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted July-August 1912. Transferred to Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9 January 1917. Wounded 1917. Transferred to Army Service Corps. Class Z Army Reserve 30 July 1919. |
| Dalton | A | Private | 725 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Unknown | 726 | ||||
| Doulton | Robert | Private | 727 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Unknown | 728 | ||||
| Walker | James | Private | 729 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| Espie | Samuel | Sergeantl | 730 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted July-August 1912. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917; to Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers October-December 1917. |
| McConnell | James | Private | 731 | 21-Aug-14 |
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| Rodgers | James | Private | 732 | 16-Aug-14 |
Enlisted August-September 1912. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 September 1917. Prisoner of war 21 March 1918. |
| Hopkins | James | Private | 733 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| McIntosh | Albert | Private | 734 | 20-Aug-14 |
Enlisted 19 September 1912. Transferred to 9 Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 Sptember 1917. Wounded March 1918. Discharged 15 November 1918. |
| Unknown | 735 | ||||
| Hall | Robert J | Private | 736 | 17-Aug-14 |
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| Reilly | George Henry | Private | 737 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted September-October 1912. Class Z Army Reserve 10 February 1919. |
| Unknown | 738 | ||||
| Nixon | Robert | Saddler | 739 | 20-Aug-14 |
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| Unknown | 740 | ||||
| Bennett | Hugh John | Private | 741 | No overseas service |
Enlisted 23 October 1912. Discharged para 154(xi) Special Reserve Regulations 28 November 1914. |
| Matchett | David | Corporal | 742 | 17-Aug-14 |
Enlisted October 1912. Transferred to 8th Hussars. Class Z Army Reserve 29 February 1919. |
| Bates | David Roulston | 743 | Same as No.24. | ||
| Faulkner | Robert Henry | Private | 744 | No overseas service |
* Enlisted 25 October 1912. Discharged 28 October 1914. |
| Unknown | 745 | ||||
| Wilson | David | Private | 746 | 20-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 29 October 1912. Transferred to Military Mounted Police 28 June 1918. Class Z Army Reserve 10 May 1919. |
| Unknown | 747-748 | ||||
| Jackson | William Frederick | Lance Corporal | 749 | 20-Aug-14 |
* Enlisted 19 October 1912. Class Z Army Reserve 11 February 1919. |
| Unknown | 750 | ||||