North Irish Horse Casualties in World War One

World War One
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Some information on this page is gleaned from copyright material of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Awarding of the 1914 Star, to those who served in France or Belgium between 5th August and 22nd November in that year, is so indicated.

In mid-1917 the Corps of Hussars allocated NIH the 70000 to 73000 block of Service Numbers. All ORs then on strength were given a new number commencing with H/70001. Subsequent enlistees were given a number without the prefix.























Lieutenant Colonel RICHARD ANNESLEY WEST VC, DSO and Bar, MC
Attached Tank Corps
Saw action in the Boer War.
Killed in Action age 40, Monday, 2nd September, 1918, at Vauix Vraucort, France.
Son of Augustus E. and Sarah West, Whitepark, County Fermanagh.
Husband of Maude E. West, Chelsea, London.
Buried: Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Grave Location: III.G.4
His name is inscribed on the Holy Apostles Church Memorial.

Extract from the Second Supplement to the London Gazette, Issue 30982.
War Office, 30th October, 1918.
"His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to Capt. (A/Lt-Col) Richard Annesley West, DSO., M.C., late North Irish Horse (Cav.S.R.) and Tank Corps.

For most conspicuous bravery, leadership and self-sacrifice.

During an attack, the infantry having lost their bearings in the dense fog, this officer at once collected and re-organised any men he could find and led them to their objective in face of heavy machine-gun fire. Throughout the whole action he displayed the most utter disregard of danger and the capture of the objective was in a great part due to his initiative and gallantry.

On a subsequent occasion it was intended that a battalion of light Tanks under the command of this officer should exploit the initial infantry and heavy Tank attack. He therefore went forward in order to keep in touch with the progress of the battle and arrived at the front line when the enemy were in process of delivering a local counter-attack. The infantry battalion had suffered heavy officer casualties and its flanks were exposed. Realising that there was a danger of the battalion giving way, he at once rode out in front of them under extremely heavy machine-gun and rifle fire and rallied the men. In spite of the fact that the enemy were close upon him he took charge of the situation and detailed non-commissioned officers to replace officer casualties. He then rode up and down in front of them in the face of certain death, encouraging the men and calling to them, "Stick it, men: show them fight; and for God's sake put up a good fight." He fell riddled by machine-gun bullets.

The magnificent bravery of this very gallant officer at the critical moment inspired the infantry to redouble efforts and the hostile attack was defeated."

For a time, the Lt. Colonel's Victoria Cross was on public display at the Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, England.

Extract from Supplement to the London Gazette, Issue 30997. Award of a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order:
"Capt. (A/Maj.) Richard Annesley West, D.S.O., N. Irish Horse, S.R., attd.Tank Corps.
For conspicuous gallantry and good leadership. He commanded a company of light Tanks with great skill. He had two horses shot under him during the day and he and his orderly killed five of the enemy and took seven prisoners. He rendered great services to the cavalry by his personal reconnaissance and, late in the day, under heavy machine-gun fire, he rallied the crews of his disabled Tanks and withdrew them with great skill. He set a splended example of courage and devotion to duty throughout the operation."

The award of the D.S.O. is recorded in a Supplement to the London Gazette Issue 30450.

Awarded 1914 Star - Qualified Wednesday, 21st August 1914.
Posthumously awarded Clasp to 1914 Star, 6.4.21.

Relevant:
The Tank Corps in 1916
Those of Cheltenham who made the Supreme Sacrifice.
South African Military History Society.


Captain SAMUEL TREHERNE SAUNDERSON
Attached 131st Squadron, Royal Air Force
Killed in a flying accident, Monday, 22nd April 1918.
Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard, Shawbury, Shropshire, England.
Grave Location: South-east of the grounds.


Captain EDWIN SINTON MC
Royal Field Artillery
Attached 4th Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers
Award of the Military Cross:
Published in the London Gazette 13th September 1918.
Issue 30901, Page 162.
Killed in Action age 35, Wednesday, 21st August 1918.
Husband of Mabel A. Sinton, St. Leonards, Sussex, England.
Buried: Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Grave Location: XI.C.19.


Lieutenant JAMES ROBERT DENNISTOUN
Attached 23rd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
Died of Wounds age 33, while a Prisoner of War in a hospital in Ohrdruf, Thuringia, Germany, Wednesday, 9th August 1916.
Son of George James and Emily Dennistoun, Peel Forest, Timaru, New Zealand.
Buried: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany.
Grave Location: IV.H.2.
His name is recorded on Geraldine War Memorial, Peel Forest War Memorial and a stained-glass window in Saint Stephen's Church, New Zealand.


Lieutenant JAMES KENNETH MacGREGOR GREER MC
Awarded the 1914 Star - Qualified Wednesday, 21st August 1914. Posthumously awarded Clasp to 1914 Star, 25.5.21.
Enlisted North Irish Horse. Comissioned 6th December, 1914.
Attached 1st Battalion Irish Guards
Died of Wounds in N.2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, age 31, Tuesday, 3rd October 1916, sustained during the attack on the village of Flers, 15th September 1916.
Son of Thomas MacGregor and Margaret Baines Greer, Ballymoney, County Antrim
Buried: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Grave Location: A.11.2.
His name is inscribed on Ballymoney War Memorial Northern Ireland.
Commemorated in 1st Ballymoney Presbyterian Church, the Ballymoney Courthouse and the High Court Buildings, Belfast.
Relevant: His name is listed with others Robert Thompson's 'Ballymoney Heroes'


Lieutenant HAROLD PLUMER KELLOCK
Attached 13th Bty, 17th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of Wounds age 22, Sunday, 6th October 1918.
Birthplace: Totnes, Devon.
Son of William Plumer and Mrs. M.C.Kellock, Allerton, Totnes, Devon, England.
Buried: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Grave Location: IV.F.19.


Lieutenant ROBERT CAMPBELL RUSSELL
Attached 7th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.
Died of Wounds age 28, Saturday, 31st August 1918.
Son of Alfred and Sarah Ellen Russell.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Haidar Pasha Memorial, Turkey.


Lieutenant LANCELOT CHARLES WISE
Attached 3rd Lancers (Skinner's Horse).
Died age 23, Wednesday, 2nd May 1917.
Son of Charles Dacres and Madeline Stella Wise, Alleron, Loddiswell, Devon, England.
Buried: Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan.
Grave Location: 4.A.6.


Second Lieutenant JAMES ACHESON MacLEAN MC
Attached Royal Field Artillery
Killed in Action Sunday, 30th September, 1917.
Son of John and Martha Ann MacLean, Priestland, Coleraine, County Derry.
Buried: Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: L.26.


Second Lieutenant ROBERT JAMES McCULLOUGH
Attached 16th Battalion Cheshire Regiment.
Killed in Action Monday, 22nd October 1917.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 61 to 63, Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.


Second Lieutenant E.M.MEREDITH
Attached 21st Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Killed in a flying accident, Saturday, 13th April 1918.
Buried: Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: II.B.8.


Second Lieutenant HAROLD PERCEVAL NIXON
Attached 6th (Wiltshire Yeomanry) Battalion Wiltshire Regiment.
Died of Wounds age 22, Saturday, 26th October, 1918.
Son of Alexander and Anne Nixon, Belfast.
Buried: Warcoing Churchyard, Pecq, Hainaut, Belgium.
Grave Location: Close to the entrance.


Second Lieutenant WILFRED LAURENCE REAVIE
Attached 3rd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Killed in Action, Thursday, 16th August 1917.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 144 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.


Second Lieutenant THOMAS JOHN SAVAGE
Attached 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade.
Killed in Action, Friday, 11th October 1918, during British "Operation Advance to Victory."
Son of Robert and Martha Savage, Larne, County Antrim.
Buried: St. Aubert British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Grave Location: I.A.36.

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Corporal WILLIAM HANNA ADAMS
Attached 10th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Awarded the 1914 Star - Qualified Tuesday, 20th August 1914.
Killed in Action age 30, Wednesday, 8th August 1917.
Service Number: 40635.
Son of John Adams, Strandtown, Belfast.
Husband of Maggie Adams, Coleraine, County Londonderry.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panel 22, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper. West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
His name is inscribed on Coleraine War Memorial, Northern Ireland.


Corporal W. BEATTIE
Attached 174th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died of Wounds, Sunday 30th September 1917.
Service Number: 18564.
Buried: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: VIII.H.20


Corporal CHARLES EDWARD HOUSTON
2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action age 24, Wednesday, 2nd October 1918.
Service Number: 40645. Son of Thomas and Sarah Houston, Whitehouse, Belfast.
Buried: Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: IV.B.15


Lance Corporal R.J.HANNA
Attached 1st Battalion. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Died of Wounds, Saturday, 20th April 1918.
Service Number: 41309.
Buried: La Capelle-en-Thierache Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France.
Grave Location: On the right hand side of the main path in the French War Graves Plot.


Lance Corporal FRANCIS LOUGHRAN
Attached 7th Battlion South Irish Horse
Died of Wounds, Saturday, 23rd March 1918.
Place of Enlistment: Dublin.
Service Number: 25512 - NIH 1036
Birthplace: Drumcondra, County Dublin.
Buried: Caudrey British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Grave Location: IV.B.22

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Private GEORGE GIBSON
Attached 6th Battalion. Royal Inskilling Fusiliers
Killed in Action, Friday, 24th September 1915.
Service Number: 11685
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 97 to 101, Helles Memorial, Turkey.

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Private M. HAGGAN
Attached 1st Staffordshire Yeomanry
Died while On Active Service, Thursday, 17th October 1918.
Service Number: H/71398.
Buried: Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon.
Grave Location: 31.


Trooper ALFRED HENRY HUGGINS
Attached 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
Died of Wounds age 21, Friday, 30th August 1918, at the 38th Casualty Station.
Place of Enlistment: Antrim.
Service Number: H/71831.
Birthplace: Portlongfield.
Son of Thomas and Susan Huggins, Portlongfield, Kilbracken, County Cavan, Éire.
Buried: Fienvillers British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Grave Location: C.36.

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Private THOMAS KEARNEY
Attached South Irish Horse
Killed in Action age 22, Sunday, 25th November 1917.
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow, Scotland.
Service Number: 25420 - NIH 2404
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland.
Son of Thomas and Mary Kearney, Omagh, County Tyrone.
Buried: Croiselles British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, Paris.
Grave Location: II.D.12.


Private GEORGE KILLOUGH
Attached 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
Died of fever while on Active Service age 27, Thursday 24th October 1918.
Place of Enlistment: Ballymena.
Service Number 20989 - NIH 2363.
Birthplace: Moneyleck, Rasharkin, County Antrim.
Buried: Deir-el-Belah War Cemetery, Israel.
Grave Location: B.189
Relevant: His name is listed with others in Robert Thompson's 'Ballymoney Heroes'
Commemorated in Rasharkin Presbyterian Church.

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Private ALEXANDER MARTIN
Attached 10th Battalion Royal Inskilling Fusliiers.
Killed in Action age 27, Tuesday, 20th November 1917, during the Battle of Cambrai.
Service Number: 40651.
Son of James and Sarah Martin, Stewartstown, County Tyrone.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 5 and 6, Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France.


Private ROBERT GEORGE DONALDSON MONTGOMERY
Attached 2nd Battalion Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers
Died, Saturday, 31st August 1918.
Service Number: 40655.
Son of Robert and Eliza D. Montgomery, Belfast.
Buried: Bertenacre Military Cemetery, Fletre, Nord, France.
Grave Location: II.A.8.


Private GEORGE TURKINGTON MURRAY
Royal Irish Regiment
Killed in Action age 25, Wednesday, 12th December 1917.
Service Number: 25637 - NIH 2369 - SIH 3147
Son of Thomas David and Ann Jane Murray, Belfast.
Buried: , Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Grave Location: II.G.41


Private ROBERT McCREADY
Attached 1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)
Died age 20, Tuesday, 6th August 1918.
Service Number: H/71705.
Son of William and Mary McCready, Belfast.
Buried: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Grave Location: A.235.


Private C.H.McDANIEL
Attached 1st Staffordshire Yeomanry
Died, Tuesday 15th October 1918.
Service Number: 71700.
Buried: Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria.
Grave Location: A.36.

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Private ROBERT RICHMOND
Attached 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Awarded 1914 Star - Qualified Tuesday, 20th August 1914.
Killed in Action age 30, Sunday, 20th October 1918, during "Operation Final Victory."
Service Number: 40661.
Son of Mrs. B . Richmond, Belturbet, County Cavan.
Buried: Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: VII.A.14.

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Private J. SCOTT
Attached 19th Queen Alexandria's Own Royal Hussars
Died of Wounds age 21, Tuesday, 8th October 1918.
Service Number: 71780.
Son of Mrs. Mary Scott, County Antrim
Buried: , Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
Grave Location: VI.C.28


Private JAMES STEVENSON
Attached 11th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusliliers
Killed in Action age 21, Thursday, 16th August 1917.
Service Number: 14492.
Son of Samuel and Maggie Stevenson, Londonderry
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 70 to 72, Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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Private JAMES TALBOT
Attached 10th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusliers
Killed in Action, Thursday, 7th June 1917.
Service Number: 40667.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panel 22, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.

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Private W.WALLER
Attached 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
Killed in Action age 21, Friday, 16th August 1918, during "Operation Advance to Victory."
Service Number: 71117.
Buried: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Grave Location: R.II.I.12.


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