War Heros - Islandwide, Ireland
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WAR HEROS - ISLANDWIDE, IRELAND

Photo No.0
Stoker J. J. Barr of the Royal Naval Division, killed in
action at the Dardanelles. His wife resides at 46 Sancrott
Street, Belfast.

Photo No.1
Rifleman R. W. Baxter, 1st Batt. Royal Irish Rifles, of 21
Martin Street, Belfast, wounded in action, and now in
hospital at Cardiff. He is a member of East Belfast Regiment
U.V.F., and Tyrone True Blues L.O.L. 497.

Photo No.2
Pte. W. J. Beggs, R.M.L.I, of 10 Swift Street, Belfast,
wounded in action at the Dardanelles on May 7 and at present
in the Naval Hospital, Malta.

Photo No.3
Pte R. Black, 1st Battalion R.I.F., of 13 Hughes Street,
Belfast, wounded and in the General Hospital in France.

Photo No.4
Pte J. Blair, 2nd Batt. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, of 28
Joseph Street, Belfast, wounded on May 17, and at present in
hospital at Glasgow.

Photo No.5
Pte G. Bogle, 1st Batt. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, of 8
Disraeli Street, Belfast, wounded at the Dardanelles on May
19 and now in San Stefano Hospital, Alexandria.

Photo No.6
Pte Joseph Cahill, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers killed in action at the Dardanelles. His widow and
three children live at 82 River Terrace, Belfast.

Photo No.7
Rifleman J. Campbell, (7073), 2nd R.I.R., missing since
October last. Any information concerning him will be
thankfully received by his parents, who reside at 23 Lagan
Street, Belfast.

Photo No.8
Lance-Cpl T. J. Carey, 15th Queensland Infantry, Australian
Imperial Forces, killed in action on 26th May at the
Dardanelles, son of Mr William Carey, Lombard Street,
Belfast.

Photo No.9
Sergt J Carswelll, 1st Batt Royal Irish Rifles, of 130
Durham Street, Belfast, formerly reported missing, now
wounded and a prisoner of war.

Photo No.10
Sergeant S Delury, 1st Batt. Royal Irish Rifles wounded in
action on May 9. His mother resides at 56 Madrid Street,
Belfast.

Photo No.11
Pte W. J Elliott, 3rd Inniskillings, of 9 Ravensdale Street,
Belfast, wounded.

Photo No.12
Rifleman Alex. Elliott, 1st R.I.R., of 9 Ravensdale Street,
Belfast, killed at Neuve Chapelle.

Photo No.13
Rifleman Robert Flack, 1st Batt. Royal Irish Rifles, killed
in action 9th May. The deceased rifleman is a native of
Larne and has two brothers serving the King.

Photo No.14
Pte P. Fogarty, 2nd Batt. R.I. Rifles, 112 Henry Street,
Belfast, severely wounded.

Photo No.15
Lance-Cpl Samuel Forde, 2nd Batt Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers, of 9 Rutherglen Street, Belfast, wounded.

Photo No.16
Pte Arthur Harrison, 2nd R.I.R. of 73 Louisa Street,
Belfast, who at the Aisne battle received twenty-five
shrapnel wounds.

Photo No.17
Rifleman Jas Haverson, of the 1st Batt Royal Irish Rifles,
of 52 Glynn Road, Larne, whose parents have just been
notified by the War Office that he was posted as ‘missing’
after the engagement of 9th May.

Photo No.18
Sergeant C Hueston, 2nd Inniskings, of Grovehill,
Castledawson, wounded.

Photo No.19
Pte J Hughes, 2nd Batt. Royal Irish Rifles, of 19 Moscow
Street, Belfast, killed in action at Hill 60 on May 7.

Photo No.20
Pte John Johnston, 3rd Battalion Canadians, of Portaferry,
wounded and a prisoner of war in Germany.

Photo No.21
Stoker John Jones, 11 Sugarfield Street, lost with H.M.S.
Goliath in the Dardanelles on May 13.

Photo No.22
Stoker Robert Jones of Hurst Street, lost with HMS Goliath
in the Dardanelles.

Photo No.23
Lieut Frederick Chas. Patrick Joy, 3rd Battalion Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, a member of a well-known Belfast
family, killed in action on the 16th inst. He had resided
latterly at Grove House, Stillorgan, Dublin.

Photo No.24
Sgt, Thom. Keating 2nd Batt. Royal Irish Rifles, Killed in
action in France.

Photo No.25
Pte G. Kells, 7th Inniskillings, of Belfast, stationed in
Tipperary, who died of pneumonia.

Photo No.26
Pte W. A. Kerr, 8th Batt. 90th Winnipeg Rifles, a native of
Portadown, wounded last April. His sister resides at 28
Albans Gardens, Belfast

Photo No.27
Sergt-Major F. Kirk, Royal Irish Fusiliers, of 1 Euston
Street, Belfast, killed in action on May 2. Deceased was the
eldest son of Mr J. Kirk, late R.I.C.

Photo No.28
Corporal James Lee, 1st Inniskillings of Ballycassidy,
Ballinamallard, died of wounds received at the Dardanelles.

Photo No.29
Pte Samuel Long, Plymouth, Royal Marine Light Infantry, has
been reported missing since May 13. His parents reside at 90
Tower Street, Belfast.

Photo No.30
Pte S. Lyle, 2nd Batt Royal Inniskiling Fusiliers, of 21
Nore Street, Belfast, wounded on action on May 10.

Photo No.31
Company-Serg Major D. A. Lynes, 2nd Batt Royal Irish Rifles
of 22 Shandon Street, Belfast, reported wounded and missing
last September, and unheard of since.

Photo No.32
Stoker W. Mauger, Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division
dangerously wounded at the Dardenelles. he was a postman at
Knock, and his wife lives at 2 Stewart Street, Belfast.

Photo No.33
Lance-Cpl O. McCann, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
killed in action on May 13. The parents of the deceased
reside at Arthur Street, Lurgan.

Photo No.34
Sapper E. McCosker, of the 1st Canadian Contingent, wounded,
son of Mrs Bridget Hanna, 84 Main Street, Strabane.

Photo No.35
Pte D. McCreedy, 4th Batt King’s Liverpool Regiment of 20
Templemore Street, Belfast, killed in action in France on
May 1.

Photo No.36
Pte John McFarlane, R.M.L.I., of Annsborough, Co. Down,
wounded at the Dardanelles.

Photo No.37
Pte Edward McGeown, 1st Inniskillings, of Killymoon Street,
Cookstown, killed at Dardanelles.

Photo No.38
Rifleman H. McGrady, 1st Batt Royal Irish Rifles, of 35
Gibson Street, Belfast, missing sine April 26, and unheard
of since.

Photo No.39
Pte Hugh McLaughlin, 1st Inniskillings, of 3 Upper Nassau
Street, Derry, killed in action.

Photo No.40
Stoker J. McNally, of Linen street, Belfast, lost with the
H.M.S. Goliath in the Dardanelles on May 13.

Photo No.41
Rifleman T. Meneilly, 1st Batt Royal Irish Rifles, of 148
Crimea Street, Belfast, wounded in action at Atmentieres,
and now in hospital in Dublin.

Photo No.42
Rifleman J. Millar 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, of
Holywood, wounded recently for a second time.

Photo No.43
Pte R. Milligan, 1st Inniskillings, of Mourne view Street,
Portadown, killed in action at the Dardanelles.

Photo No.44
Coy Sgt-Major A. Moore, 2nd Batt Royal Iniskilling
Fusiliers, of 38 Eureka Street, Belfast, wounded on May 15.
He was awarded the D.C.M. for many acts of bravery in
October last.

Photo No.45
Pte Thos. J. Morrison, 10th Battalion Canadians, of 23
Donegall Avenue, Belfast, wounded.

Photo No.46
Pte Geo. Mullin, 2nd Dublin Fusiliers, of Castle Street,
Omagh, killed in action.

Photo No.47
Pte G. A. Munce, Cameron Highlanders killed in action in
France on April 23. Deceased was a son of the late Mr Alex
Munce, butcher, Sandy Row, Belfast.

Photo No.48
Pte WM M Murray, 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers, of 14 Main
Street, Whiteabbey, who has been wounded.

Photo No.49
Rifleman T. O’Hara, 1st Batt Royal Irish Rifles, reported
missing on May 9. Any information will be thankfully
received by his mother at 390 Ligoniel Road, Belfast.

Photo No.50
Pte D L O’Neill, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,
son of Mr John O’Neill, 29 New Lodge Road, Belfast, awarded
the D.C.M. for gallantry at the Dardanelles. About three
weeks later he unfortunately was killed in action. He was
only 19 years of age.

Photo No.51
Pte Henry O’Neill, 2nd Dublin Fusiliers, of Castle Street,
Omagh, killed in action at Ypres, on May 10.

Photo No.52
Lance-Cpl John Patterson of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish
Rifles, who has served in India, Burmah, Aden, and Arabia.
Coming home with the 1st Battalion from Aden, he went to the
front and was invalided home with frost-bitten feet. On
recovering he rejoined the 3rd Battalion at Dublin, and was
drafted out in one of the reinforcements to the 2nd
Battalion, arriving at the front on April 20. He was wounded
in three places at Flanders on the 16th June and is now in
the Royal Infirmary Leicester, where he is progressing
satisfactorily. His wife resides at 34 Carson Street, Larne.

Photo No.53
Pte Wm. Pursley, 1st East Lancasters, of 9 Upper Charleville
Street, Belfast, killed in action on Mar 18.

Photo No.54
Rifleman C. Rainey, 1st Batt Royal Irish Rifles, of 21 Druce
Street, Belfast, died on June 6, of wounds received in
action.

Photo No.55
Sergt W. G. Ramshaw, 7th Batt Durham Light Infantry
(Territorials), killed in action, He was a shipyard
draughtsman at the Queen’s Island, and a member of the choir
of St Mark’s, Dundela.

Photo No.56
Cpl W. A. Richardson, 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, of 3 Olive
Terrace, Waterside, Derry, reported wounded and missing on
30th October, now reported to have died of wounds received
on that date.

Photo No.57
Pte S. Rogers, 1st Batt. Royal Irish Fusiliers, of 20
Houston Street, Ballyhackmore died on May 31 of wounds
received in action.

Photo No.58
Lance-Cpl R. Ross, 1st Batt Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, of
79 Lord Street, Belfast, wounded at the Dardanelles.

Photo No.59
Pte J. Sefton, 1st Batt Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died
on May 29 of wounds received in action at the Dardenelles.

Photo No.60
Pte Thomas Slater, well-known in connection with the First
Derry Boys’ Scouts, of the Mounted Signalling Corps, Royal
Engineers, wounded in Flanders, and now rejoined.

Photo No.61
Lance-Cpl W. J. Sleith, 1st Battalion Irish Guards, severely
wounded on May 18, and now in hospital at Liverpool. His
wife resides at 104 Walmer Street, Ballynafeigh.

Photo No.62
Lance-Cpl G. Smylie, 1st Batt. Royal Irish Rifles, killed in
action in France on May 9. Deceased was a native of Moseley,
and his sister resides there.

Photo No.63
Pte J. Thompson, 2nd Ball Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
missing since November last. His sister Mrs. J. Murphy,
Townshead Street, Ballymoney, would be grateful for
information regarding him.

Photo No.64
Rifleman D. Thompson, 1st Batt Royal Irish Rifles, of 32
Brownlow Street, Belfast, died on May 12 of wounds received
in action.

Photo No.65
Pte T. V. Weir, Shaw’s Bridge, Belfast, 90th Winnipeg
Rifles. Wounded and prisoner of war in Germany.

Photo No.66
Pte C. Whelan, 2nd Batt Royal Irish Fusiliers, formerly of 3
Derby Street, Belfast, killed in action on April 13.

Photo No.67
Pte John Wilson, 2nd Inniskillings, of Ballyclare, who has
been wounded on three occasions.

Photo No.68
Second-Lieut Stanley Yeates, who has received a commission
on the 18th Batt R.I.R. Mr Yeates is son of Mrs Wm Yeates,
Derryvolgie Avenue, Belfast, and a nephew of Mr Thomas
Gallaher. Lieutenant Yeates had previously served in the
Y.C.V.’s and the 6th Batt. Black Watch.

Photo No.69
Pte D. Young, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, of
5 Eton Street, Belfast, wounded in action at the Dardanelles
on May 26.