World War One
Attached Royal Irish Rifles
Their Names Liveth For Evermore
Officers NCOs Other Ranks: B C H J K M N O R S
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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.
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Major HOLT WARING
Died of Wounds age 41, Monday15th April 1918, received when the 5th Army was driven back across the former Somme battlefields - German "Operation Michael".
Place of Enlistment: Not known.
Husband of Margaret Waring, Waringstown, County Down
Buried: Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave Location: II.E.7.
Captain DAVID McCAUSLAND
12th Battalion
Served with the Irish Horse in the Boer War, after which he settled in South Africa. He returned to his home town at the outbreak of WW One.
Killed in Action age 38, Thursday, 22nd November, 1917, during the battle for the village of Moeuvres, north of the Bapume/Cambrai Road.
Place of Enlistment: Not known.
Birthplace: St.Johnston.
Son of David and Jane McCausland, St.Johnston, County Donegal.
Husband of Janie McCausland (nee Morgan), Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panel 10, Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France.
Lieutenant WILLIAM ANDERSON
20th Battalion
Killed in Action age 23, Sunday, 20th October 1918.
Son of John and Ronina Anderson, Greenisland, County Antrim.
Buried: > Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: X.B.4
Lieutenant ARTHUR McLAUGHLIN
3rd Battalion
Killed in Action. Sunday, 9th May, 1915
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panel 9, Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.
Second Lieutenant ROBERT HUTCHINSON ANDREWS
1st Battalion
Killed in Action age 27, Saturday, 25th September 1915.
Son of David Andrews, Annaclone, Banbridge, County Down.
Buried: Bois Grenier Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Grave Location: F.I.
Second Lieutenant JAMES DENNY
Killed in Action age 27, Wednesday, 23rd October 1918, during Operation "Advance to Victory."
Son of William Denny, Belfast.
Buried: Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: VI.A.1.
Second Lieutenant JOHN KNOX MC and Bar 13th Battalion
Award of the Military Cross: Gazetted 18th February 1918.Award of Bar to the Military Cross: Gazetted 5th November 1818
Killed in Action age 28, Wednesday, 23rd October 1918, during Operation "Advance to Victory."
Son of Robert Knox, Tierkelly, Rathfriland, County Down.
Buried: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Grave Location: VI.B.43.
Second Lieutenant ROBERT VICTOR LYONS
Killed in Action age 21, Sunday, 24th March 1918, when the 5th Army was driven back across the former Somme battlefields - German "Operation Michael".
Son of Thomas H. and Ruth Lyons, Rosetta Park, Belfast.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 74-76. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Second Lieutenant ARCHIBALD MOORE
Killed in Action, Tuesday, 26th March 1918, when the 5th Army was driven back across the former Somme battlefields - German "Operation Michael".
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 74-76. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Second Lieutenant ALFRED McCLELLAND
1st Battalion
Died of Wounds age 24, 13th October 1917.
Son of James and Charlotte Marion McClelland, Belfast.
Buried: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France.
Grave Location: II.A.24.
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Lance Corporal W. LECKEY
1st Battalion
Killed in Action age 24, Saturday, 11th May 1918, when the 5th Army was driven back across the former Somme battlefields - German "Operation Michael".
Service Number: 40889.
Son of Samuel and Jane Leckey, Belfast.
Buried: Gwalia Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: II.E.23.
Lance Corporal JOHN McSPARRAN
1st Battalion
Killed in Action age 24, Tuesday, 6th March 1917.
Service Number: 40837.
Son of William James and Fanny McSparran, Derrychrier, Londonderry.
Buried: Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, Somme, France.
Grave Location: VIII.D.23.
Lance Corporal W.J.REID
1st Battalion
Killed in Action, Monday, 14th October 1918, during Operation "Advance to Victory."
Service Number: 40838.
Son of Mr. D. Reid, Portstewart, County Derry.
Buried: Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: I.D.17.
Lance Corporal THOMAS STEVENSON
1st Battalion
Killed in Action age 25, Thursday, 16th August, 1917.
Service Number: 40847
Son of Agnes Stevenson, Newtownards, County Down.
Having no known grave, his name is insribed on Panels 138 to 140 and 162 to 162A and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial,, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
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Rifleman JOHN BAXTER
1st Battalion
Killed in Action age 28, Thursday, 16th August, 1917.
Service Number: 40854.
Son of Francis and Anna Maria Baxter, Donaghcloney, Lurgan, County Down.
Buried: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: I.D.48.
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Rifleman JOHN CONNELL
1st Battalion
Awarded 1914 Star - Qualified Tuesday, 20th August 1914.
Killed in Action, Thursday, 16th August, 1917.
Service Number: 40862.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 138 to 140 and 162 to 162A and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
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Rifleman NEASON HENRY HALE
1st Battalion
Killed in Action age 22, Saturday, 11th August 1917.
Service Number: 40841.
Son of William John and Annie Rose Hale, Ballymoney, County Antrim.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 138 to 140 and 162 to 162A and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
His name is also inscribed on a plaque in the entrance hall of the Ulster Bank Building, Waring Street, Belfast.
Relevant: His name is listed with others in Robert Thompson's 'Ballymoney Heroes'
Rifleman THOMAS HALL
1st Battalion
Killed in Action age 26, Wednesday, 7th March 1917.
Service Number: 40842.
Birthplace: Cootehill, County Cavan..
Son on William and Mary Hall,Garvagh, County Derry.
Buried: Bailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Grave Location:XII.A.2.
Rifleman T.N.HENDERSON
1st Battalion
Killed in Action, Saturday 7th September 1918, during Operation "Advance to Victory."
Service Number: 40874.
Buried: Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
Grave Location: I.A.II.
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Rifleman ALEXANDER JOHNSTON DCM
1st Battalion
Killed in Action, Thursday, 16th August 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres.
Service Number: 40880.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 138 to 140 and 162 to 162A and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
Rifleman T.JOHNSTON
3th Battalion.
Killed in Action, age 20, Thursday, 16th August 1917.
Service Number: 19038
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Johnston, of The Warren, Ballywalter, Co. Down.
Buried: Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Grave Location: VII.E.10
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Rifleman ARMOUR JOHN KNOX
1st Battalion
Killed in Action, age 24, Thursday 16th August 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres.
Service Number: 40886.
Son of Armour and Matilda Anne Knox, Lenamore, Gortin, County Tyrone.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 138 to 140 and 162 to 162A and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
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Rifleman CYRIL AUBREY MORRISON
1st Battalion
Killed in Action age 18, Thursday, 16th August 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres.
Service Number: 40933
Son of William Todd and Madeline M. Morrison, Belfast.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 138 to 140 and 162 to 162A and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium. <
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Rifleman WILLIAM NIXON
1st Battalion
Killed in Action age 19, Tuesday, 6th March 1917.
Service Number: 40906.
Son of John and Emily Nixon, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.
Buried: Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, Somme, France.
Grave Location: VIII.D.26.
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Rifleman R.O'HARA
1st Battalion
Died in Scotland, Sunday, 1st April 1917.
Place of Enlistment: Not known.
Service Number: 40908.
Buried: Hamilton (Bent) Cemetery, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Grave Location: New 754.
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Name: Rifleman CHARLES RUSSELL
1st Battalion
Alias: Actual name, Cecil Charles Hunter Barr
Killed in Action age 19, Sunday, 24th March 1918.
Service Number: 20187
Son of Charles A.G. and Annie Barr, Walton, Yorkshire.
Having no know grave, his name in inscribed on Panels 74 to 76, Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
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Rifleman JOHN SMITH
1st Battalion
Killed in Action, Thursday, 6th September 1917.
Service Number: 40917
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panel 9, Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut,, Belgium.
Rifleman ERNEST AUGUSTUS STEVENSON
1st Battalion
Killed in Action age 29, Thursday, 16th August 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres.
Service Number: 40919.
Son of Joseph Stevenson, Derrytrasna, Lurgan, County Armagh.
Having no known grave, his name is inscribed on Panels 138 to 140 ans 162 to 162A and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlanderen, Belgium.
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