Casualties


 

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THAT WARS MAY CEASE........AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM........CHRIST IS ALL. HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP UNTIL THE DAY BREAK........FOR EVER WITH THE LORD........AS I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO........HE PASSED OUT BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE........WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE........SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS........GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS........BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD........EXCELSIOR. REST IN THE LORD........WHOSO BELIEVETH IN JESUS SHALL NEVER DIE........GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN........IN MEMORY OF OUR SON WHO IS SADLY MISSED BY HIS FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS........I STILL THINK I HEAR HIM SAY THE END OF ANOTHER PERFECT DAY. GOD HATH A PART IN ALL........THY WILL BE DONE........BELOVED SON OF JOHN BROWN, BELFAST HARBOUR, DEEPLY REGRETTED........NOT DEAD TO THOSE WHO LOVED HIM........HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR........ONE OF MANY WHO PERISHED NOT IN VAIN AS A TYPE OF OUR CHIVALRY........CALL HIM NOT DEAD, MY FALLEN SOLDIER SON. THE WARFARE WAGED, THE VICTORY WON........BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE........HE COUNTED NOT HIS LIFE DEAR UNTO HIMSELF........THE WORK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE PEACE........GONE FROM A WORLD OF SIN AND STRIFE, GONE TO A NEW AND BETTER LIFE........HE DIED FOR US........HAVING SERVED HIS GENERATION BY THE WILL OF GOD HE FELL ON SLEEP........GOD LOVED HIM AND TOOK HIM TO HIS HEAVENLY REST........THOU WILT SHEW ME THE PATH OF LIFE, IN THY PRESENCE IS FULNESS OF JOY........WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW, BUT THOU SHALT KNOW HEREAFTER........THE LORD HATH GIVEN AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY. UNTIL THE DAY DAWN........HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE........THE GLORY DIES NOT AND THE GRIEF IS PAST........SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL........I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE........DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY........I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH........FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING, LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING........THERE REMAINETH A REST FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD........UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY........COME UNTO ME YE WEARY AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST........DEUS EST QUI REGIT OMNIA........FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN........THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE........HE DID WHAT HE COULD AND NOBLY FIGHTING, NOBLY FELL, THAT WE MIGHT LIVE........ASLEEP IN JESUS, TIME NOR SPACE DEBARS THIS PRECIOUS HIDING PLACE........JESUS WEPT........IN LOVING MEMORY OF A BROTHER, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN........THY WILL BE DONE: HIS LOVING MOTHER, SISTERS AND BROTHERS

This page shows all officers and other ranks of the North Irish Horse who died as a result of the war and are commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Included are all officers posted to, and men who enlisted in, the North Irish Horse or its predecessor the North of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry from 1902 to 1918, regardless of which regiment they were serving in at the time of their death.

Also included are officers and men from other regiments who were attached to a unit of the North Irish Horse at the time of their death (for example, Army Service Corps Driver Matthew Callanan, who was killed while attached to A Squadron, North Irish Horse). This includes those attached to the NIH reserve depot at Antrim and the five NIH squadrons that served in France and Belgium as GHQ escort, divisional and corps cavalry and corps cyclists.

Casualties of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (Service Squadron), which was attached to the 2nd North Irish Horse Regiment from June 1916 to September 1917, are not included in this list, as they maintained a separate regimental identity duing this period. They are shown on a separate list here.

The words scrolling above are the personal inscriptions placed on the gravestones of North Irish Horsemen by their families.

 

Chronological list

 

1914

Date Name and rank Unit How died Buried/ commemorated

September 1

Driver Matthew Callanan

Army Service Corps, attached North Irish Horse

Accidentally killed

La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France

September 15

Private William Moore

North Irish Horse

Killed in action

La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France

Private Henry St.George Layard Scott

North Irish Horse

Killed in action

La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France

September 30

Lieutenant Samuel Barbour Combe

North Irish Horse

Died of wounds

Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 1

October 23

Corporal Edmond Buchanan

North Irish Horse

Died

Epsom Cemetery, Surrey, England, grave D.220A

November 1

Captain the Hon Andrew Edward Somerset Mulholland

Irish Guards

Killed in action

Ypres Town Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave E2.3

 

1915

Date Name and rank Unit How died Buried/ commemorated

March 2

Private William Irwin

North Irish Horse

Spinal meningitis

Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave I.A.47

March 17

Corporal David William Ritchie

North Irish Horse

Cerebro spinal meningitis

Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave I.A.65

April 22-26

Lance Corporal William Thomas Graham

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Killed in action

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper. West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Bay 10 Stone S

May 24

Private George Harper

North Irish Horse

Spinal meningitis

Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England, grave C.E.1693

September 25

2nd Lieutenant Robert Hutchinson Andrews

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Bois Grenier Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, grave F.1

November 13

Private Townley Sherwood Gillespie

North Irish Horse

Died

Belfast City Cemetery, Northern Ireland, grave H2.15

 

1916

Date Name and rank Unit How died Buried/ commemorated

April 27

Private James McArow

North Irish Horse

Spotted fever

Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France, grave I.D.15

June 23

Private William James Finlay

North Irish Horse

Killed in action

Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave I.E.11

June 30

2nd Lieutenant Johnston Shaw Kirker Hunter

Royal Field Artillery

Killed in action

St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France, grave III.H.9

July 1

Private Albert Holland

Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier 15 Face A

July 14

2nd Lieutenant John William McVicker

King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Killed in action

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier 1 Face C

July 28

Private Thomas Wright

North Irish Horse

Died of wounds

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave IX.A.11A.

August 9

Lieutenant James Robert Dennistoun

Royal Flying Corps

Died of wounds, prisoner of war

Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany, grave IV.H.2

October 3

Lieutenant James Kenneth MacGregor Greer

Irish Guards

Died of wounds

St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, grave A.11.2

October 27

Private Albert Milton Boyle

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Drumcree Church of Ireland Churchyard, Northern Ireland, grave 141 - near north boundary.

December 3

Sapper William James McFerran

Royal Engineers

Drowned

Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave IV.B.1

 

1917

Date Name and rank Unit How died Buried/ commemorated

February 12

Captain Charles Norman

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, attached Royal Field Artillery

Accidental injuries

Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France, grave III.B.10

Private William McKee Murphy

North Irish Horse

Pneumonia

St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Seine-Maritime, France, grave O.V.C.7

March 6

Lance Corporal John McSparron

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, Somme, France, grave VIII.D.23

Rifleman William Nixon

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, Somme, France, grave VIII.D.26

March 7

Rifleman Thomas Hall

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in acton

Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France, grave XII.A.2

Rifleman John Nixon Gibson

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15A and 15B

April 1

Rifleman Robert O'Hara

Royal Irish Rifles

Died of wounds

Hamilton (Bent) Cemetery, Lanarkshire, Scotland, grave New 754

May 2

Lieutenant Lancelot Charles Wise

3rd Lancers (Skinner's Horse)

Illness

Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan, grave 4.A.6

May 6

Private Richard Moore

North Irish Horse

Pneumonia

Annahilt Presbyterian Churchyard, County Down, Northern Ireland, grave located south of the Church

May 7

David McCleery Gilpin

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Carnmoney (Church of the Holy Evangelists) Church of Ireland Churchyard and Extension, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, grave D.70.

May 20

Lance Corporal Roland Irvine Bradley

Royal Flying Corps

Killed in action

Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord. France, grave I.E.23

June 7

Private James Talbot

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in action

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Panel 22

June 26

Sergeant Robert Alexander Wylie

North Irish Horse

Died of wounds

Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France, grave I.D.19

July 20

Private Clement Douglas Turner

North Irish Horse

Died of wounds

Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave II.F.2

Lance Corporal Stewart Lyttle Turner

North Irish Horse

Killed in action

Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave II.F.1

July 31

2nd Lieutenant Samuel McCullagh Linden

Royal Garrison Artillery

Killed in action

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper. West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 9

August 8

Corporal William Hanna Adams

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in action

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper. West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 22

August 9

Private Samuel Robinson

North Irish Horse

Self-inflicted wound

Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave IV.B.23

August 10

Rifleman Edward Lennox

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper. West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 40

 

August 16

 

Rifleman Neason Henry Hale

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Memorial Panel 139

2nd Lieutenant George Herbert Farley

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Memorial Panel 70

2nd Lieutenant Wilfred Lawrence Stewart Reavie

Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Memorial Panel 144

Lance Corporal Thomas Stevenson

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Memorial Panel 138

Rifleman John Baxter

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, grave I.D.48

Rifleman John Connell

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Memorial Panel 139

Rifleman Alexander Johnston

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Memorial Panel 139

Rifleman Armour John Knox

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Memorial Panel 139

Rifleman Cyril Aubrey Morrison

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Memorial Panel 139

Private Henry Mortimer

9th (Service) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 141

Private William Beattie

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave XVII A.A.9A

Rifleman Ernest Augustus Stevenson

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Panel 140

Lance Corporal William John Robinson

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Panel 138

Rifleman John William Raphael Smith

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut,, Belgium, Memorial Panel 9

September 5

Lieutenant William Shields

Royal Flying Corps

Killed in action

Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave I.H.41

September 19

Private Frederick Thomas Cordwell

North Irish Horse

Accidentally drowned

Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave II.H.27

September 30

Lieutenant James Acheson MacLean

Royal Field Artillery

Killed in action

Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave L.26

October 9

Private Thomas Alexander McReynolds

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Memorial Panels 26

October 13

2nd Lieutenant Alfred McClelland

Royal Irish Rifles

Died of wounds

Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France, grave II.A.24

October 22

2nd Lieutenant Robert James McCullough

Cheshire Regiment

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, Panel 61

October 26

Private Victor Nelson Bell

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Neuville-Bourjonval British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave E.19

Private John Dunn

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Neuville-Bourjonval British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave E.20

Private Thomas Dickinson

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Neuville-Bourjonval British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave E.21

October 30

CQMS John Henry Shaw

Canadian Infantry

Killed in action

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper. West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Bay 30 Stone D

November 3

Sergeant Richard Irwin

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Neuville-Bourjonval British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave E.17

Private John Ford

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Cambrai East Military Cemetery, Nord, France, grave VII.B.3

Private Robert Heathwood

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 15 A

Private John Donaldson King

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Cambrai East Military Cemetery, Nord, France, grave VII.B.2

November 20

Private Alexander Martin

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in action

Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France, Panel 6

November 22

Captain David McCausland

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France, Panel 10

Lance Corporal Hugh Edmond Flanagan

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France, Panel 10

Private William Joseph Shaw Petty

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France, Panel 10

November 23

Lance Corporal Frederick Thomas Scanlon

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France, Panel 10

Private James Sleator

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France, Panel 10

November 24

Private George Galbraith

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave VIII.B.2

November 25

Private Thomas Kearney

Royal Irish Regiment

Killed in action

Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, Paris, grave II.D.12

December 1

Private John Smyth

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, grave P.V.C.6B

December 6

Private William Thomson

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France, grave VI.D.13

December 10

Private Samuel Cosgrove

Royal Engineers

Tuberculosis

Belfast City Cemetery, grave D1, 277.

December 12

Private George Turkington Murray

Royal Irish Regiment

Killed in action

Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France, grave II.G.41

December 17

Private David Cameron

Royal Irish Regiment

Died of wounds

Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France, grave III.G.15

 

1918

Date Name and rank Unit How died Buried/ commemorated

March 3

Private Richard Elliott

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial, England

March 21

Captain Archibald McLay

Leicestershire Regiment

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 29

Private David Hunter Ransom

Machine Gun Corps

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 92B.

March 22

Lance Corporal William Govan

Military Mounted Police

Died of wounds

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 95

March 24

2nd Lieutenant Robert Victor Lyons

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 74

Rifleman Cecil Charles Hunter Barr (alias Charles Russell)

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 74

Rifleman Thomas Johnston

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 75

Private Thomas Ernest Cundy

1st (Royal) Dragoon Guards

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 2

March 26

Captain George Waller Vesey

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Vignemont French National Cemetery, Oise, France, grave F.3.

2nd Lieutenant Archibald Moore

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 74

Lance Sergeant George Adams Henry

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, grave P.VI.H.12B

Private Reginald George Armstrong

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Toutencourt Communal Cemetery, Somme, France, grave I.B.2A

Private John James Durneen

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Toutencourt Communal Cemetery, Somme, France, grave I.B.2

March 27

Corporal Thomas John McCormick

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, grave II.C.2

March 21-27

 

Private Thomas Cartmill

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 77

Private Arthur Sidney Crawford

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 77

Private John Forbes

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 77

Private Thomas Lyons

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 77

Private John Moon

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 77

Private Thomas Sittlington

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 77

Private Francis Tate

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Noyon New British Cemetery, Oise, France, grave II.B.5.

March 30

Private William Patrick Stuart

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds, prisoner of war

Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, Somme, France, Villers St Christophe Churchyard Memorial 29

April 3

Private William Biggart

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds, prisoner of war

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 76; but see also Bouchoir New British Cemetery, Somme, France, grave IV.C.60.

April 8

Corporal Hubert Roe

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Wimmereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave X.B.3.

April 9

Private William Alexander Morrow

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Hinges Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave C.41

April 11

Private William John McAuley

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave XXVI.H.11

April 12

2nd Lieutenant David Joseph Miller

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 140

Private John Alexander Bell

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave V.C.23

April 13

Lieutenant Edward Myles Meredith

Royal Air Force

Flying accident

Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave II.B.8

Private William John Donnelly

Tank Corps

Killed in action

Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 136

April 15

Major Holt Waring

Royal Irish Rifles

Died of wounds

Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave II.E.7

April 9-18

Private Joseph Arthur Bowden

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 140

Private Frederick St George Cooke

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 140

Private William George Leinster

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 141

Private Robert McConnell

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 141

Private Robert Park

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 141

April 18

Private Allen Davey

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 141

April 20

Lance Corporal Robert James Hanna

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Died of wounds, prisoner of war

La Capelle-en-Thierache Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France, grave located on the right hand side of the main path in the French war graves plot

April 22

Captain Samuel Treherne Bassett Saunderson

Royal Air Force

Flying accident

Shawbury, St Mary's Churchyard, Shropshire, England, grave in the south-east of the grounds

May 11

Lance Corporal William John Leckey

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Gwalia Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, grave II.E.23

May 18

Private Thompson Harpur

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds, prisoner of war

Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, grave D.12

June 6

Private James Magill

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds, prisoner of war

Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, Somme, France, grave II.E.27

July 8

Private George William Stronge

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died, prisoner of war

Hautmont Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, grave V.B.5

July 22

Private William Frederick Christy Arthur

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France, grave III.F.108

2nd Lieutenant Francis John Elliott McFarland MC

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 140

August 3

Private John Edward Riddell

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Bertenacre Military Cemetery, Fletre, Nord, France, grave I.C.7

Private Samuel William Speers

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Bertenacre Military Cemetery, Fletre, Nord, France, grave I.C.5

August 6

Private Robert McCready

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

Skin disease

Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, grave A.235

August 11 or 12

Private William Johnston Brown

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Mont Noir Military Cemetery, St Jans Cappel, Nord, France, grave II.E.3

August 12

Private Andrew Pepper

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, Memorial Panel 9

August 16

Private Charles Wesley McClelland

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France, grave VII.E.56

Private William Waller

9th Lancers (Queen's Royal)

Died of wounds

St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, grave R.II.I.12

August 21

Captain Edwin Sinton

Royal Engineers

Killed in action

Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave XI.C.19

Private Thomas Bryson

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave IV.E.17

Private John Roberts

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France, Memorial Panel 3

Private Robert Ross

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France, grave VII.F.34

August 26

Private George Gill

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France, grave IX.H.7

Private Adam Gordon Kelly

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France, grave XIII.W.10

Private Frederick Livingstone

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France, grave XI.A.1

Private John McVea

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France, Memorial Panel 3

August 30

Private Alfred Henry Huggins

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment, attached 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)

Died of wounds

Fienvillers British Cemetery, Somme, France, grave C.36

August 31

Lieutenant Robert Campbell Russell

North Staffordshire Regiment

Died of wounds

Baku Memorial, Azerbaijan

Private Robert George Donaldson Montgomery

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Bertenacre Military Cemetery, Fletre, Nord, France, grave II.A.8

September 2

A/g Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Annesley West

Tank Corps

Killed in action

Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave III.G.4

Private Alexander Blair

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Died of wounds

Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France, grave III.J.13

September 3

Gunner Leopold George Weston

Canadian Field Artillery

Died of wounds

Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave III.F.25

September 4

Private George Mark

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, Memorial Panel 9

Private William Fairburn Timbey

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, Memorial Panel 9

September 5

Private James Kelly

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Arneke British Cemetery, Nord, France, grave III.D.28

September 7

Rifleman Thomas McCready Henderson

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlanderen, Belgium, grave I.A.11

September 14

Rifleman Thomas McKillop

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, Memorial Panel 9

October 1

2nd Lieutenant Samuel Warner

12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave IV.B.5

Private William Henry Dundas

1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 141

October 2

Corporal Charles Edward Houston

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in action

Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave IV.B.15

October 3

Private Francis James Best

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave II.D.4

October 6

Lieutenant Harold Plumer Kellock

Royal Field Artillery

Died of wounds

Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France, grave IV.F.19

October 8

Private John Scott

19th Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal)

Killed in action

Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France, grave VI.C.28

October 10

Lance Corporal Alexander Parker Erskine

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave XXX.B.10

Private Samuel Thomas Sheils

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Drowned at sea

Ballybay First Presbyterian Churchyard, County Monaghan, Ireland, grave located north-east of the Church

October 11

2nd Lieutenant Thomas John Savage

Rifle Brigade

Killed in action

St Aubert British Cemetery, Nord, France, grave I.A.36

Lance Corporal Joseph Deery

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave IV.B.16

Private Robert John Hull

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave I.D.10

October 14

Lance Corporal William James Reid

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave I.D.17

October 15

Private Charles Henry McDaniel

Staffordshire Yeomanry

Illness

Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria, grave A.36

October 17

Private Matthew Hagan

Staffordshire Yeomanry

Malaria

Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon, grave 31

October 20

2nd Lieutenant William Anderson

Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action

Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave X.B.4

Private Robert Samuel Richmond

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Killed in action

Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave VII.A.14

October 23

2nd Lieutenant James Denny

Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave VI.A.1

2nd Lieutenant John Knox

Royal Irish Rifles

Died of wounds

Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France, grave VI.B.43

October 24

Private George Killough

Royal Irish Regiment

Pneumonia

Deir-el-Belah War Cemetery, Gaza, grave B.189

October 25

Private John Evans

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Died of wounds

Awoingt British Cemetery, Nord, France, grave I.C.16

Private Michael Dominick McVeigh

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave VI.B.12

Private George Moorhead Shannon

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Killed in action

Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave VI.B.13

October 26

2nd Lieutenant Harold Percival Nixon

Wiltshire Regiment

Died of wounds

Warcoing Churchyard, Pecq, Hainaut, Belgium, grave location in the north-west part, close to the entrance

November 3

Private Herbert Brennan

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Pneumonia

Awoingt British Cemetery, Nord, France, grave II.C.13

November 4

Private John Cully

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Died of wounds

Forest Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, grave B.6

November 7

Private Charles Elder

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Killed in action

Dourlers Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France, grave I.D.17

November 8

Private Charles Richard Woodside

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Pneumonia

Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France, grave XIII.B.4

November 9

Private Robert Sailes Evans

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Tuberculosis

Derriaghy Christ Church Churchyard, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, grave 50

November 10

Lance Corporal Robert Henry Hill

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Pneumonia

Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France, grave VIII.O.9A

Private William Hillocks

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Pneumonia

Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France, grave VIII.O.9B

November 12

Private John Johnston

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Died

Caudry British Cemetery, Nord, France, grave I.C.19

November 14

Private James Adair

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Pneumonia

St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, grave S.III.AA.21

November 30

Private William Mills

North Irish Horse Cyclist Regiment

Pneumonia

Ballybay First Presbyterian Churchyard, Ireland, grave in north-east part of grounds

December 7

Private Brownlow Thompson

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Pneumonia

Eglish (Drumsallen) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Armagh, Northern Ireland, grave 123

December 9

Private Patrick Sheridan

9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Died of wounds

Drumcor Catholic Churchyard, in south-west part of the grounds

December 11

Private John Weir

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Carnmoney Cemetery, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, grave K.114.

 

1919

Date Name and rank Unit How died Buried/ commemorated

January 4

Captain Robert Livsey Yates

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial, England

January 28

Lieutenant Thomas Humphrey Hesketh

21st Lancers (Empress of India's)

Scarlet fever, pneumonia

Cathcart Cemetery, Renfrewshire, Scotland

February 19

Private Frederick McConnell

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial, England

March 6

Private James Allen

Royal Irish Rifles

Tuberculosis

Knockbreda Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland, grave B.370.

March 25

Lieutenant Leslie Ernest McNeill

4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

Influenza

Sanderstead (All Saints) Churchyard, Surrey, England, grave to the west of the Church

April 6

Private Edward Hargan

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial, England

June 17

Private James Montgomery

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery, Northern Ireland, grave C3.699

September 29

Millar McGuigan

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Ballyclare New Cemetery, County Antrim, grave C.32.

October 9

Major Eustace Anthony Whaley Maude

Tank Corps

Drowned at sea

Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial, England

November 11

Sapper Robert William Nesbitt

Royal Engineers

Tuberculosis

Belfast City Cemetery, grave P.136

 

1920

Date Name and rank Unit How died Buried/ commemorated

March 29

Private John Morrison

Labour Corps

Nephritis

Kilkenny (St Mary) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Ireland

August 22

Private Thomas James Thompson

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Unknown at present, County Fermanagh.

 

1921

Date Name and rank Unit How died Buried/ commemorated

February 14

Rifleman Alfred Johnston Bagnall

Royal Irish Rifles

Tuberculosis

Kilronan (St Thomas) Church of Ireland Churchyard, County Roscommon, Ireland.

May 1

Private Robert Bruce (alias Black)

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Unknown at present, Glasgow, Scotland.

May 20

Private Robert John Bell

North Irish Horse

Tuberculosis

Blaris Old Burial Ground, Lisburn, County Antrim.

May 24

Lance Corporal Percy Reid

Army Service Corps

Tuberculosis

Knockbreda Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland, A.210 (middle of west wall).

August 30

Private William Kennedy

Royal Irish Fusiliers

Heart disease

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt, P.134.