KILLORGLIN'S GREAT WAR SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMAN

KILLORGLIN’S GREAT WAR SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMAN

A COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND STORIES ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM KILLORGLIN PARISH WHO SERVED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Stephen Thompson

The author wishes to gratefully acknowledge the financial support of St. Finnian’s Trust in the publication of this book I

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RITA THOMPSON For her patience and support during the preparation of this book MY TEAM: JAMES GALVIN & TOM DOYLE Whose encyclopaedic knowledge of Killorglin enabled us to locate and make contact with relatives of many of the servicemen TOM BURNELL Whose book “Kerry’s World War 1 Dead” provided the impetus for the project ALL THOSE RELATIVES WHO GAVE WILLINGLY OF FAMILY MEMENTOS AND INFORMATION JERRY KENNELLY and his staff at TWEAK For design, presentation and assistance TOMMY MARTIN & PAUL RUBY For help on military details and provision of photographs GEAROID O’SULLIVAN For his constant encouragement (and supply of books) TEMMLER IRELAND LTD. For office and IT facilities ADRIAN FOLEY, COLETTE COLLINS & FRANCIS O’CONNOR of the ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS ASSOCIATION For provision of information from their database IAN McHENRY & GRAEME COOPER For expert guidance around some of the battlefield sites of the Somme and Flanders CLIVE HARRIS & STEPHEN CHAMBERS For expert guidance around some of the battlefield sites of Gallipoli MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT KILLORGLIN ARCHIVE SOCIETY COMMITTEE and TRACEY SPENSER & MIKE FOLEY

II

Plaque unveiled August 4th, 2014 in Library Place, Killorglin

III

In Flanders Fields

By John McCrae, May 1915

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

IV

LEST WE FORGET THE MEN FROM KILLORGLIN PARISH WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 BUTLER, MAURICE FRANCIS CAREY, DANIEL CASEY, MICHAEL CLIFFORD, DANIEL MICHAEL CLIFFORD, TIMOTHY CONNOR, HENRY COTTER, DANIEL DILLON, EDWARD DILLON, JEREMIAH DODD, FRANCIS JOSEPH DODD, JOHN O’CONNELL DODD, WALTER de COURCEY DOHERTY, PATRICK EVANS, GEORGE ERNEST KNIGHTLY FLYNN, JOHN FLYNN, MICHAEL FLYNN, PATRICK GEEHAN, PATRICK GRIFFIN, JAMES GRIFFIN, JOHN HANNON, WILLIAM HUNT, HAMO MM HURLEY, MICHAEL JOHNSTON, MYLES JOHNSTON, PHILLIP KISSANE, DANIEL LUCEY, TIMOTHY LYNCH, PATRICK O’DONOGHUE, JEREMIAH O’REILLY, MICHAEL O’RIORDAN, TIMOTHY O’SHEA, DANIEL O’SHEA, JOHN O’SULLIVAN, JEREMIAH O’SULLIVAN, PATRICK POWER, RAPHAEL JOSEPH REILLY, PETER RORKE, GEORGE MM RUSSELL, TIMOTHY SHEA, DANIEL SHEA, THOMAS SULLIVAN, MICHAEL SULLIVAN, WILLIAM MARTIN WARNER, HENRY V

REMEMBER ALSO THOSE FROM KILLORGLIN PARISH WHO SERVED IN AND RETURNED FROM THE WAR BARRETT, RICHARD BARRY, TOM BOURKE, MARTIN BOURKE, THOMAS BRAY, HUMPHREY BREEN, PATRICK JOSEPH BRETT, JOHN JOSEPH BUTLER, WILLIAM CAREY, JOHN CLIFFORD, DANIEL CLIFFORD, DANIEL CLIFFORD, MICHAEL CLIFFORD, TIMOTHY COFFEY, PATRICK CONNELLY, JOHN MICHAEL CONNORS, MICHAEL E CORCORAN, PATRICK CORCORAN, PATRICK THOMAS CORKERRY, JOHN COSTELLO, MICHAEL COTCHER, ROBERT GEORGE COTCHER, WILLIAM JOHN DALY, JOHN DALY, MICHAEL DIGGIN, PATRICK DOHERTY, BARTHOLOMEW DOYLE, DENIS DOYLE, DENIS JEREMIAH DOYLE, JAMES DOYLE, MARTIN DCM DOYLE, PATRICK DOYLE, PATRICK DUFFY, HUGH MM DUFFY, MICHAEL DUFFY, PATRICK EGER, MICHAEL FERARD, CECIL MC FITZMAURICE, DESMOND FLEMING, PATRICK FLEMING, PATRICK JOSEPH FLYNN, JAMES FLYNN, JOHN CORNELIUS FOLEY, MICHAEL MM FOLEY, PATRICK FOLEY, WILLIAM (BAZZIE) FRANKLIN, JOHN GALLIVAN, MICHAEL MM GALVIN, JOHN (JACK) GORDON, LADY EDITH GRIFFIN, FRANCIS GRIFFIN, JOHN JOSEPH GRIFFIN, JOHNNY

GRIFFIN, MICHAEL JOHN GRIFFIN, WILLIAM GUERIN, JAMES GUINAN, JAMES HARTNETT, TIMMY HEALEY, EDWARD HENSEY, WILLIAM J HOGAN, PATIE HUBBARD, GEORGE HUBBARD, JAMES HUGGARD, STEPHEN McCARTHY, DENNIS McCARTHY, JEREMIAH McENERY, MICHAEL McENERY, RICHARD McINTYRE, PATRICK MEADE, MICHAEL MORIARTY, PATRICK MORIARTY, PATRICK MORONEY, DANIEL MORONEY, JOHN MORONEY, TIMOTHY MURPHY, MICHAEL O’BRIEN, DANIEL O’BRIEN, JAMES O’CONNOR, JAMES JOSEPH O’CONNOR, JEREMIAH O’CONNOR, JOHN C O’CONNOR, PATRICK O’NEILL, PATRICK (SONNY) O’REILLY, JAMES FRANCIS O’RILEY, JERRY O’SHEA, PATRICK M O’SULLIVAN, JOHN O’SULLIVAN, MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN, PATRICK OVENS, WILLIAM REILLY, PATRICK RIORDAN, JAMES ROCHFORT, JOHN SHEATHER, CHARLES T DSM SHEATHER, WALTER H OdeL SHEEHAN, DANIEL JOSEPH SHEEHAN, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN, JOHN JAMES SULLIVAN, THOMAS SWEENEY, JOHN TAYLOR, JAMES TEAHAN, JOHN CdeG. WALKER, FRANCIS S. CBE WARNER, WILLIAM CARTER

VI

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 SECTION ONE: OVERVIEW ..................................................................... 8 1.1 MAPS, CHARTS & PHOTOGRAPHS ................................................. 9 1.2 BANDS OF BROTHERS .................................................................... 19 1.3 REGIMENTAL ENLISTMENTS ....................................................... 20 1.4 THEATRES OF OPERATION ........................................................... 32 1.5 LOCATIONS (Townland, Enlistment, Regiment & Service) ............ 34 2 SECTION TWO: FATALITIES ................................................................. 39 2.1 KEY INFORMATION ABOUT EACH SERVICEMAN .................... 40 2.1.1 KILLORGLIN’S WW1 SERVICEMEN (FATALITIES) ............. 40 2.1.2 KILLORGLIN'S WW1 Servicemens’ Fatalities by Date ............ 41 2.1.3 REGIMENTAL ANALYSIS (FATALITIES) ............................... 45 2.2 DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT EACH SERVICEMAN......... 46 2.2.1 BUTLER, MAURICE FRANCIS ................................................. 47 2.2.2 CAREY, DANIEL ......................................................................... 50 2.2.3 CASEY, MICHAEL ...................................................................... 52 2.2.4 CLIFFORD, DANIEL MICHAEL ................................................ 55 2.2.5 CLIFFORD, TIMOTHY ............................................................... 58 2.2.6 CONNOR, HENRY ...................................................................... 61 2.2.7 COTTER, DANIEL....................................................................... 63 2.2.8 DILLON, EDWARD ..................................................................... 66 2.2.9 DILLON, JEREMIAH .................................................................. 71 2.2.10 DODD, FRANCIS JOSEPH ....................................................... 75 2.2.11 DODD, JOHN O'CONNELL ...................................................... 77 2.2.12 DODD, WALTER de COURCEY ............................................... 79 2.2.13 DOHERTY, PATRICK ............................................................... 82 2.2.14 EVANS, GEORGE ERNEST KNIGHTLY ................................ 90 2.2.15 FLYNN, JOHN ........................................................................... 94 2.2.16 FLYNN, MICHAEL.................................................................... 97 2.2.17 FLYNN, PATRICK ..................................................................... 99 2.2.18 GEEHAN, PATRICK ............................................................... 103 2.2.19 GRIFFIN, JAMES .................................................................... 113 2.2.20 GRIFFIN, JOHN ...................................................................... 117 2.2.21 HANNON, WILLIAM .............................................................. 119 2.2.22 HUNT, HAMO L. B. MM ......................................................... 121 2.2.23 HURLEY, MICHAEL ............................................................... 126 2.2.24 JOHNSTON, MYLES .............................................................. 130 2.2.25 JOHNSTON, PHILLIP ............................................................ 133 2.2.26 KISSANE, DANIEL ................................................................. 135 2.2.27 LUCEY, TIMOTHY .................................................................. 138 2.2.28 LYNCH, PATRICK .................................................................. 140 2.2.29 O’DONOGHUE, JEREMIAH .................................................. 142 2.2.30 O'REILLY, MICHAEL ............................................................. 144 2.2.31 O'RIORDAN, TIMOTHY.......................................................... 147 2.2.32 O’SHEA, DANIEL .................................................................... 151 2.2.33 O'SHEA, JOHN ........................................................................ 153 2.2.34 O’SULLIVAN, JEREMIAH ..................................................... 156 2.2.35 O'SULLIVAN, PATRICK ......................................................... 159 2.2.36 POWER, RAPHAEL JOSEPH ................................................. 171 1

2.2.37 REILLY, PETER ...................................................................... 204 2.2.38 RORKE, GEORGE MM ........................................................... 206 2.2.39 RUSSELL, TIMOTHY ............................................................. 208 2.2.40 SHEA, DANIEL........................................................................ 212 2.2.41 SHEA, THOMAS ...................................................................... 214 2.2.42 SULLIVAN, MICHAEL. .......................................................... 216 2.2.43 SULLIVAN, WILLIAM MARTIN. ........................................... 218 2.2.44 WARNER, HENRY .................................................................. 223 3 SECTION THREE: SURVIVORS ........................................................... 227 3.1 LIST OF SURVIVORS...................................................................... 227 3.1.1 BARRETT, RICHARD ............................................................... 228 3.1.2 BARRY, TOM ............................................................................. 230 3.1.3 BOURKE, MARTIN ................................................................... 232 3.1.4 BOURKE, THOMAS .................................................................. 235 3.1.5 BRAY, HUMPHREY .................................................................. 237 3.1.6 BREEN, PATRICK JOSEPH ..................................................... 240 3.1.7 BRETT, JOHN JOSEPH ........................................................... 245 3.1.8 BUTLER, WILLIAM .................................................................. 246 3.1.9 CAREY, JOHN ........................................................................... 248 3.1.10 CLIFFORD, DANIEL............................................................... 249 3.1.11 CLIFFORD, DANIEL............................................................... 251 3.1.12 CLIFFORD, MICHAEL ........................................................... 254 3.1.13 CLIFFORD, TIMOTHY ........................................................... 256 3.1.14 COFFEY, PATRICK ................................................................. 257 3.1.15 CONNELLY, JOHN MICHAEL .............................................. 259 3.1.16 CONNORS, MICHAEL E ........................................................ 261 3.1.17 CORCORAN, PATRICK .......................................................... 263 3.1.18 CORCORAN, PATRICK THOMAS ......................................... 264 3.1.19 CORKERRY, JOHN ................................................................. 266 3.1.20 COSTELLO, MICHAEL........................................................... 269 3.1.21 COTCHER, ROBERT GEORGE.............................................. 271 3.1.22 COTCHER, WILLIAM JOHN ................................................. 273 3.1.23 DALY, JOHN ............................................................................ 276 3.1.24 DALEY, MICHAEL .................................................................. 278 3.1.25 DIGGIN, PATRICK .................................................................. 281 3.1.26 DOHERTY, BARTHOLOMEW................................................ 283 3.1.27 DOYLE, DENIS........................................................................ 284 3.1.28 DOYLE, DENIS JEREMIAH .................................................. 286 3.1.29 DOYLE, JAMES ....................................................................... 289 3.1.30 DOYLE, MARTIN DCM........................................................... 292 3.1.31 DOYLE, PATRICK (SAAR) ..................................................... 299 3.1.32 DOYLE, PATRICK (AIF) ......................................................... 303 3.1.33 DUFFY, HUGH MM ................................................................ 305 3.1.34 DUFFY, MICHAEL .................................................................. 310 3.1.35 DUFFY, PATRICK ................................................................... 312 3.1.36 EGER, MICHAEL .................................................................... 314 3.1.37 FERARD, CECIL LEONARD MC ........................................... 316 3.1.38 FITZMAURICE, SIR DESMOND FITZJOHN ....................... 319 3.1.39 FLEMING, PATRICK .............................................................. 321 2

3.1.40 3.1.41 3.1.42 3.1.43 3.1.44 3.1.45 3.1.46 3.1.47 3.1.48 3.1.49 3.1.50 3.1.51 3.1.52 3.1.53 3.1.54 3.1.55 3.1.56 3.1.57 3.1.58 3.1.59 3.1.60 3.1.61 3.1.62 3.1.63 3.1.64 3.1.65 3.1.66 3.1.67 3.1.68 3.1.69 3.1.70 3.1.71 3.1.72 3.1.73 3.1.74 3.1.75 3.1.76 3.1.77 3.1.78 3.1.79 3.1.80 3.1.81 3.1.82 3.1.83 3.1.84 3.1.85 3.1.86 3.1.87 3.1.88

FLEMING, PATRICK JOSEPH .............................................. 325 FLYNN, JAMES ....................................................................... 328 FLYNN, JOHN CORNELIUS ................................................. 331 FOLEY, MICHAEL MM .......................................................... 334 FOLEY, PATRICK ................................................................... 338 FOLEY, WILLIAM (BAZZIE) .................................................. 340 FRANKLIN, JOHN .................................................................. 345 GALLIVAN, MICHAEL MM ................................................... 348 GALVIN, JOHN (JACK) .......................................................... 354 GORDON, LADY EDITH......................................................... 361 GRIFFIN, FRANCIS ................................................................ 363 GRIFFIN, JOHN JOSEPH ...................................................... 366 GRIFFIN, JOHNNY................................................................. 370 GRIFFIN, MICHAEL JOHN ................................................... 371 GRIFFIN, WILLIAM ............................................................... 372 GUERIN, JAMES..................................................................... 379 GUINAN, JAMES .................................................................... 382 HARTNETT, TIMMY ............................................................... 383 HEALEY, EDWARD ................................................................ 388 HENSEY, WILLIAM J ............................................................. 390 HOGAN, PATIE ....................................................................... 392 HUBBARD, GEORGE THOMAS COSTIN ............................. 394 HUBBARD, JAMES COSTIN ................................................. 396 HUGGARD, STEPHEN ........................................................... 402 McCARTHY, DENNIS ............................................................. 404 McCARTHY, JEREMIAH ........................................................ 406 McENERY, MICHAEL ............................................................. 411 McENERY, RICHARD ............................................................. 413 McINTYRE, PATRICK ............................................................ 415 MEADE, MICHAEL ................................................................. 418 MORIARTY, PATRICK (RGA) ................................................ 421 MORIARTY, PATRICK (RMF) ................................................ 424 MORONEY, DANIEL .............................................................. 427 MORONEY, JOHN .................................................................. 428 MORONEY, TIMOTHY ........................................................... 430 MURPHY, MICHAEL .............................................................. 432 O’BRIEN, DANIEL .................................................................. 434 O’BRIEN, JAMES .................................................................... 436 O’CONNOR, JAMES JOSEPH ................................................ 438 O’CONNOR, JOHN C .............................................................. 440 O’CONNOR, JEREMIAH ........................................................ 442 O’CONNOR, PATRICK ............................................................ 444 O’NEILL, PATRICK (SONNY) ................................................ 446 O’REILLY, JAMES FRANCIS ................................................. 448 0’RILEY, JERRY ...................................................................... 450 O’SHEA, PATRICK M.............................................................. 452 O’SULLIVAN, JOHN ............................................................... 453 O’SULLIVAN, MICHAEL ........................................................ 456 O’SULLIVAN, PATRICK ......................................................... 458 3

3.1.89 3.1.90 3.1.91 3.1.92 3.1.93 3.1.94 3.1.95 3.1.96 3.1.97 3.1.98 3.1.99 3.1.100 3.1.101 3.1.102 3.1.103

OVENS, WILLIAM .................................................................. 460 REILLY, PATRICK .................................................................. 463 RIORDAN, JAMES .................................................................. 466 ROCHFORT, JOHN ................................................................. 469 SHEATHER, CHARLES THOMAS DSM ............................... 473 SHEATHER, WALTER HENRY OdeL ................................... 476 SHEEHAN, DANIEL J0SEPH ................................................ 479 SHEEHAN, JEREMIAH.......................................................... 480 SULLIVAN, JOHN JAMES ..................................................... 481 SULLIVAN, THOMAS ............................................................. 483 SWEENEY, JOHN ................................................................... 486 TAYLOR, JAMES................................................................... 488 TEAHAN, JOHN .................................................................... 489 WALKER, FRANCIS SPRING CBE ..................................... 490 WARNER, WILLIAM CARTER ............................................ 493

4

THE SOMME 1916 (courtesy of The Imperial War Museum, London) 5

PASSCHENDAELE 1917 (courtesy of The Imperial War Museum, London) Note the lone soldier in the foreground.

6

SOMME TRENCHES July 1916

(courtesy of The Imperial War Museum, London) Aerial photograph, with North at top, showing German trenches north of Thiepval, France. The two German forward lines are at lower left, connected by four communications trenches ('Fiennes Street', unnamed, 'Price Street' and 'Market Trench') running SW-NE to the third-line trench and the Schwaben Redoubt at upper right.

7

1 SECTION ONE: OVERVIEW

8

1.1 MAPS, CHARTS & PHOTOGRAPHS Map of Western Front Battlefields 1914-1918

9

Killorglin’s World War 1 Soldiers and Sailors: Enlistment & Fatal Action

Enlisted

Killed/Fatally Wounded

Map kindly provided by Colm Conway

10

Killorglin’s World War 1 Soldiers: Theatres of Active Service

Map kindly provided by Colm Conway

11

Country of Enlistment 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Ireland

Australia

USA

UK

New Zealand

Canada

Rhodesia South Africa

Theatre of Operation 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Served Fatalities

12

Theatre of Fatal Action (KIA / Wounding / Illness) 40 30 20 10 0 Western Front

Gallipoli

Naval

Africa

Survivors: Final Theatre of Service 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Fatalities by Year 14

No. of Fatalities

12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1914

1915

1916

1917 Year

13

1918

1919

Regimental Enlistments Royal Munster Fusiliers Australian Infantry US Army Royal Navy Irish Guards Royal Garrison Artillery Royal Army Service Corps Royal Engineers New Zealand EF Canadian Infantry Leinsters Royal Irish Regiment Undetermined at present US Navy Fatalities

Royal Field Artillery

Total

Royal Dublin Fusiliers Royal Welsh Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Scots Guards Punjabi Regiment Royal Irish Fusiliers Royal Naval Reserve London Irish Rifles South African Artillery King's Royal Rhodesian Rifles Mercantile Marine Royal Army Medical Corps Voluntary Aid Detachment Kings (Liverpool) Regiment 0

5

10

14

15

20

25

30

Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France 15

Menin Gate, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium

Last Post Ceremony, Menin Gate, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium

16

Island of Ireland Peace Park, Messines, Belgium

17

Launch of project in “Chapel on the Hill”, Killorglin on March 1 st 2013

Exhibition of project in “Chapel on the Hill”, Killorglin on March 2nd/3rd 2013

18

1.2 BANDS OF BROTHERS Four Killorglin families each sent three sons to the War: Joseph Francis Dodd* John O’Connell Dodd Walter de Courcy Dodd

Hugh Duffy Michael Duffy Patrick Duffy

Denis Doyle Martin Doyle Patrick Doyle

James Flynn John Flynn Patrick Flynn

Pairs of Brothers Maurice Francis Butler William Butler

Michael O’Reilly, James Francis O’Reilly

Daniel Clifford Timothy Clifford

Patrick Reilly Peter Reilly

Edward Dillon Jeremiah Dillon

Charles Thomas Sheather DSM Walter Henry Sheather OdeL

Myles Johnston Phillip Johnston

Henry Warner William Carter Warner

*Note: Fatalities in red

19

1.3 REGIMENTAL ENLISTMENTS Royal Munster Fusiliers

Casey, Michael (re-assigned to Royal Engineers) Dodd, John O’Connell Dodd, Walter de Courcey (reassigned to Royal Flying Corps) Flynn, Patrick Johnston, Myles O’Donoghue, Jeremiah Shea, Daniel Shea, Thomas

Clifford, Daniel Coffey, Patrick Corkerry, John Doherty, Bartholomew Duffy, Michael Foley, Michael Gallivan, Michael J Hensey, William J Meade, Michael Moroney, Timothy Moriarty, Patrick O’Brien, James O’Connor, John C O’Sullivan, John O’Sullivan, Michael O’Sullivan, Patrick

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Butler, Maurice F Geehan, Patrick Kissane, Daniel

Butler, William Teahan, John

20

Australian Infantry Force

Clifford, Daniel M Dillon, Edward Dillon, Jeremiah Flynn, John O’Reilly, Michael O’Riordan, Timothy Russell, Timothy Sullivan, William M

Clifford, Daniel Diggin, Patrick Doyle, Denis J Doyle, Patrick Eger, Michael Flynn, James Flynn, John Cornelius Foley, Patrick Griffin, John Joseph Huggard, Stephen McCarthy, Dennis McCarthy, Jeremiah Moroney, John O’Connor, Jeremiah O’Reilly, James Francis Sullivan, John James

Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment

Clifford, Timothy Evans, George E K Hunt, Hamo MM Ovens, William (later Royal Dublin Fusiliers) 21

Irish Guards

Griffin, James Lucey, Timothy O’Shea, Daniel O’Sullivan, Patrick Bray, Humphrey Daly, John Fleming, Patrick Galvin, John (Jack) Royal Irish Regiment

O’Shea, John Sullivan, Michael Barrett, Richard

22

Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Dodd, Francis Joseph Royal Irish Fusiliers

Carey, Daniel London Irish Rifles

Duffy, Patrick

23

Royal Army Service Corps

Flynn, Michael Hartnett, Timothy Hogan, Patrick Hubbard, James Rochfort, John Royal Engineers

Connor, Henry Doyle, James FitzMaurice, Desmond Guerin, James O’Neill, Patrick (Sonny)

24

Royal Navy

Cotter, Daniel Warner, Henry Reilly, Peter Clifford, Michael Connelly, John Michael Corcoran, Patrick Thomas Doyle, Denis Franklin, John McEnery, Michael McIntyre, Patrick Reilly, Patrick Sheather, Charles Thomas DSM Sheather, Walter Henry OdeL Sweeney, John Warner, William Carter

Royal Naval Reserve

Hannon, William

25

Canadian Infantry

Doherty, Patrick Bourke, Martin Cotcher, William John Sullivan, Thomas US Army

Lynch, Patrick Bourke, Thomas Clifford, Timothy Corcoran, Patrick Fleming, Patrick J Griffin, William McEnery, Richard O’Connor, James J O’Riley, Jerry Riordan, James Taylor, James

Breen, Patrick J Connors, Michael E Costello, Michael Griffin, Michael J Healey, Edward Murphy, Michael O’Connor, Patrick O’Shea, Patrick M Sheehan, Jeremiah

26

Punjabi Regiment

Power, Raphael J Royal Garrison Artillery

Rorke, George MM Duffy, Hugh MM Foley, William (Bazzie) Griffin, Francis Hubbard, George T C Moriarty, Patrick East Yorkshire Regiment

Griffin, John 27

Royal Welsh Regiment

O’Sullivan, Jeremiah King’s Royal Rhodesian Corps

Doyle, Martin DCM South African Artillery

Doyle, Patrick

28

Royal Field Artillery

Barry, Tom Ferard, Cecil Leonard MC

US Navy U.S. INDEPENDENCE Carey, John E Daly, Michael Sheehan, Daniel J

Mercantile Marine

Brett, John Joseph

29

Scots Guards

Johnston, Phillip Royal Army Medical Corps

Walker, Francis Spring British Red Cross – Voluntary Aid Detachment

Gordon, Lady Edith

30

The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment

Cotcher, Robert George

Regiments unknown at present: Griffin, John (Johnny) Guinan, James Moroney, Daniel

31

1.4 THEATRES OF OPERATION Fatalities: Final Theatre of Operation Butler, Maurice Francis Carey, Daniel Casey, Michael Clifford, Daniel Michael Clifford, Timothy Dillon, Edward Dillon, Jeremiah Dodd, Francis Joseph Dodd, John O’Connell Dodd, Walter de Courcy Doherty, Patrick Evans, George Ernest K Flynn, John Flynn, Michael Geehan, Patrick Griffin, James Griffin, John Hunt, Hamo

Western Front Hurley, Michael Johnston, Myles Johnston, Phillip Kissane, Daniel Lucey, Timothy Lynch, Patrick O’Donoghue, Jeremiah O’Reilly, Michael O’Riordan, Timothy O’Shea, Daniel O’Shea, John O’Sullivan, Jeremiah O’Sullivan, Patrick Rorke, George Shea, Daniel Sullivan, Michael 34

Gallipoli Flynn, Patrick Russell, Timothy Shea, Thomas Sullivan, William Martin 4

Naval Cotter, Daniel Hannon, William Reilly, Peter Warner, Henry 4

Africa Connor, Harry Power, Raphael J 2

32

Survivors: Final Theatre of Operation Western Front Barrett, Richard Bourke, Martin Bourke, Thomas Bray, Humphrey Breen, Patrick J Butler, William Clifford, Daniel Clifford, Timothy Coffey, Patrick Corcoran, Patrick Corkerry, John Costello, Michael Cotcher, William John Daly, John Diggin, Patrick Doherty, Batt Doyle, Denis J Doyle, James Doyle, Martin Doyle, Patrick Duffy, Hugh Duffy, Michael Duffy, Patrick Eger, Michael FitzMaurice, Desmond Fleming, Patrick Fleming, Patrick J Flynn, James Flynn, John C Foley, Michael

Western Front Foley, Patrick Foley, William Gallivan, Michael J. Galvin, John (Jack) Griffin, Francis Griffin, Johnny Griffin, John J Griffin, Michael J Griffin, William Guinan, James Healey, Edward Hensey, William J Hubbard, George Hubbard, James Huggard, Stephen McCarthy, Dennis McCarthy, Jeremiah McEnery, Richard Moriarty, Patrick Moroney, Daniel Moroney, John Moroney, Timothy O’Brien, James O’Connor, Jeremiah O’Connor, John C O’Connor, Patrick O’Reilly, James F O’Shea, Patrick M O’Sullivan, John O’Sullivan, Michael

Western Front Ovens, William Riordan, James Rochfort, John Taylor, James Teahan, John 65

Naval Brett, John Carey, John E Clifford, Michael Connelly, John M Corcoran, Patrick T Daley, Michael Doyle, Denis Franklin, John McEnery, Michael McIntyre, Patrick O’Brien, Daniel Reilly, Patrick Sheather, Charles T Sheather, Walter H Sheehan, Daniel L Sweeney, John Warner, William C 17

33

Gallipoli/Balkans Ferard, Cecil L Hogan, Patie Meade, Michael Moriarty, Pat O’Neill, Patrick O’Sullivan, Patrick 6

“Home” Clifford, Daniel Gordon, Lady E Guerin, James Walker, Francis Spring 4

Middle East Barry, Tom Hartnett, Timmy 2

India Cotcher, Robert G 1

Africa Doyle, Patrick Sullivan, John J 2

USA Connors, Michael E Murphy, Michael O’Connor, James J O’Riley, Jerry Sheehan, Jeremiah 5

Canada Sullivan, Thomas 1

1.5 LOCATIONS (Townland, Enlistment, Regiment & Service) Surname

Forename(s)

Townland

Enlistment

Regiment

First Posting

Barrett Barry Bourke Bourke Bray Breen Brett Butler Butler Carey Carey Casey Clifford Clifford Clifford Clifford Clifford Clifford Coffey Connelly Connor Connors Corcoran Corcoran Corkerry Costello Cotcher Cotcher Cotter

Richard Tom Martin Thomas Humphrey Patrick Joseph John Joseph Maurice Francis William Daniel John E Michael Daniel Daniel Daniel Michael Michael Timothy Timothy Patrick John Michael Henry Michael E Patrick Patrick Thomas John Michael Robert George William John Daniel

Killorglin* Killorglin Town Dungeel Killorglin* Killorglin Town Glencuttane Killorglin* Coolbane West Coolbane West Tullig Upper Killorglin* Cromane Upper Ardmoniel Killorglin* Laharan Dooks Ardmoniel Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Laharan Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Cromane Cromane Killorglin*

Ireland Ireland Canada USA Ireland USA Ireland New Zealand New Zealand Ireland USA Ireland Ireland Australia Australia Ireland Ireland USA Ireland Ireland Ireland USA USA Ireland Ireland USA England Canada Ireland

Royal Irish Regiment Royal Field Artillery Canadian Infantry US Army Irish Guards US Army Mercantile Marine New Zealand Exp. Force New Zealand Exp. Force Royal Irish Fusiliers US Navy Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Australian Infantry Australian Infantry Royal Navy Leinster Regiment US Army Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Navy Royal Engineers US Army US Army Royal Navy Royal Munster Fusiliers US Army Kings (Liverpool) Regiment Canadian Exp. Force Royal Navy

Western Front Middle East Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front At sea Western Front Western Front Western Front At sea Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front At sea Western Front Western Front Western Front At sea Gallipoli Western Front Western Front At sea Western Front Western Front India Western Front At sea

34

Surname Daly Daly Diggin Dillon Dillon Dodd Dodd Dodd Doherty Doherty Doyle Doyle Doyle Doyle Doyle Doyle Duffy Duffy Duffy Eager Evans Ferard FitzMaurice Fleming Fleming Flynn Flynn Flynn Flynn Flynn Foley

Forename(s) John Michael Patrick Edward Jeremiah Francis Joseph John O’Connell Walter de Courcy Bartholomew Patrick Denis Denis Jeremiah James Martin Patrick Patrick Hugh Michael Patrick Michael George Ernest K Cecil Leonard Desmond Patrick Patrick J James John John Cornelius Michael Patrick Michael

Townland Killorglin* Reen Killorglin* Rangue Rangue Ballymacprior Ballymacprior Ballymacprior Ardmoniel Ardmoniel Killorglin* Ballymacprior Killorglin* Ballymacprior Ballymacprior Ownagarry Killorglin Town Killorglin Town Killorglin Town Knocknaboola Killorglin Town Glounaguillagh Ownagarry Killorglin Killorglin Stealroe Stealroe Killorglin Killorglin* Stealroe Ardmoniel

Enlistment Ireland USA Australia Australia Australia Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Canada Ireland Australia Ireland Rhodesia South Africa Australia Ireland Ireland England Australia Ireland England England Ireland USA Australia Ireland Australia Ireland Ireland Ireland

35

Regiment Irish Guards US Navy Australian Infantry Australian Infantry Australian Infantry Royal Dublin Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Canadian Infantry Royal Navy Australian Infantry Royal Engineers King’s Royal Rhodesians South African Artillery Australian Infantry Royal Garrison Artillery Royal Munster Fusiliers London Irish Rifles Australian Infantry Leinster Regiment Royal Field Artillery Royal Engineers Irish Guards US Army Australian Infantry Australian Infantry Australian Infantry Royal Army Service Corps Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers

First Posting Western Front At sea Western Front Western Front Western Front Gallipoli Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front At sea Western Front Western Front Western Front Ger. East Africa Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Middle East Gallipoli Western Front

Surname Foley Foley Franklin Gallivan Galvin Geehan Gordon Griffin Griffin Griffin Griffin Griffin Griffin Griffin Guerin Guinan Hannon Hartnett Healey Hensey Hogan Hubbard Hubbard Huggard Hunt Hurley Johnston Johnston Kissane Lucey Lynch

Forename(s) Patrick William (Bazzie) John Michael J. John (Jack) Patrick Lady Edith Francis James John John Joseph Johnny Michael John William James James William Timmy Edward William J Patie George James Stephen Hamo L B Michael Myles Phillip Daniel Timothy Patrick

Townland Lonart Ardmoniel Cromane Stookisland Garrahadoo Meanus Glounaguillagh Glounaguillagh Knocknaboola Killorglin* Clooncarraig Knocknaboola Killorglin* Cromane Upper Killorglin Town Annadale Killorglin Town Killorglin Town Killorglin* Killorglin Town Killorglin Town Cromane Cromane Mount Rivers Glounaguillagh Killorglin* Glounaguillagh Glounaguillagh Meanus Knocknaboola Tulligbeg

Enlistment Australia Wales Ireland Ireland Ireland New Zealand England Ireland Ireland England Australia Ireland USA USA Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland USA Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Australia Ireland Canada Ireland Ireland New Zealand Ireland USA

36

Regiment Australian Infantry Royal Garrison Artillery Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Irish Guards New Zealand Exp. Force VAD / British Red Cross Royal Garrison Artillery Irish Guards East Yorkshire Regiment Australian Infantry Not found US Army US Army Royal Engineers Not found Royal Navy Royal Army Service Corps US Army Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Army Service Corps Royal Garrison Artillery Royal Army Service Corps Australian Infantry Leinster Regiment Canadian Exp. force Royal Munster Fusiliers Scots Guards New Zealand Exp. Force Irish Guards US Army

First Posting Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Home Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Not found Western Front Western Front England Not found At sea Middle East Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front

Surname McCarthy McCarthy McEnery McEnery McIntyre Meade Moriarty Moriarty Moroney Moroney Moroney Murphy O’Brien O’Brien O’Connor, O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor O’Donoghue O’Neill O’Reilly O’Reilly O’Riordan O’Riley O’Shea O’Shea O’Shea O’Sullivan O’Sullivan O’Sullivan O’Sullivan

Forename(s) Dennis Jeremiah Michael Richard Patrick Michael Patrick Patrick Daniel John Timothy Michael Daniel James James Joseph Jeremiah John C Patrick Jeremiah Patrick (Sonny) James Francis Michael Timothy Jerry Daniel John Patrick M Jeremiah John Michael Patrick

Townland Killorglin* Ballymacprior Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Ballymacprior Ownagarry Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Killorglin* Ownagarry Killorglin* Killorglin* Rangue Killorglin* Rangue Killorglin Town Coomnafanida Glencuttane Dromin Killorglin* Killorglin*

Enlistment Australia Australia Ireland USA Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Australia Ireland USA Ireland Ireland USA Australia Ireland USA England Ireland Australia Australia Australia USA Ireland Ireland USA Wales Ireland Ireland Ireland

37

Regiment Australian Infantry Australian Infantry Royal Navy US Army Royal Navy Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Garrison Artillery Royal Munster Fusiliers Not found Australian Infantry Royal Munster Fusiliers US Army Royal Navy Royal Munster Fusiliers US Army Australian Infantry Royal Munster Fusiliers US Army Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Engineers Australian Infantry Australian Infantry Australian Infantry US Army Irish Guards Royal Irish Regiment US Army Welsh Regiment Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers

First Posting Western Front Western Front At sea Western Front At sea Balkans Balkans Western Front Western Front Western Front Unknown Western Front At sea Unknown Western Front Western Front Unknown Western Front Western Front Balkans Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front Unknown Balkans

Surname Forename(s) Townland O’Sullivan Patrick Ballyledder Ovens William Annadale Power Raphael Joseph Clooncarraig Reilly Patrick Killorglin* Reilly Peter Killorglin* Riordan James Killorglin* Rochfort John Killorglin Town Rorke George Glounaguillagh Russell Timothy Nauntinane Shea Daniel Killorglin* Shea Thomas Killorglin* Sheather Charles Thomas Cromane Sheather Walter Henry Cromane Sheehan Daniel Joseph Killorglin* Sullivan John James Lonart Sullivan Michael Killorglin* Sullivan Thomas Killorglin* Sullivan William Martin Killorglin* Sweeney John Killorglin* Taylor James Killorglin* Teahan John Cromane Walker Francis Spring Glounaguillagh Warner Henry Killorglin* Warner William Carter Killorglin* Killorglin*= Townland of birth not shown

Enlistment Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland USA Ireland England Australia Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland USA Australia Ireland Canada Australia Ireland USA New Zealand England Ireland Ireland

38

Regiment Irish Guards Royal Dublin Fusiliers Punjabi Regiment Royal Navy Royal Navy US Army Royal Army Service Corps Royal Garrison Artillery Australian Infantry Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Navy Royal Navy US Navy Australian Infantry Royal Irish Regiment Canadian Infantry Australian Infantry Royal Munster Fusiliers US Army New Zealand Exp. Force Royal Army Medical Corps Royal Navy Royal Navy

First Posting Western Front Western Front India At sea At sea Western Front Western Front Western Front Gallipoli Western Front Gallipoli At sea At sea At sea Middle East Western Front Western Front Gallipoli Western Front Western Front Western Front Western Front At sea At sea

2 SECTION TWO: FATALITIES THE MEN FROM KILLORGLIN PARISH WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR

PART 2.1: KEY INFORMATION ABOUT EACH SERVICEMAN PART 2.2: DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT EACH SERVICEMAN (in alphabetical order & where available)

39

2.1 KEY INFORMATION ABOUT EACH SERVICEMAN 2.1.1 KILLORGLIN’S WW1 SERVICEMEN (FATALITIES) Surname

Christian Name(s) Service (First Enlistment)

Butler Carey Casey Clifford Clifford Connor Cotter Dillon Dillon Dodd Dodd Dodd Doherty Evans Flynn Flynn Flynn Geehan Griffin Griffin Hannon Hunt Hurley Johnston Johnston Kissane Lucey Lynch O’Donoghue O’Reilly O’Riordan O’Shea O’Shea O’Sullivan O’Sullivan Power Reilly Rorke Russell Shea Shea Sullivan Sullivan Warner

Maurice Francis Daniel Michael Daniel Michael Timothy Henry Daniel Edward Jeremiah Francis Joseph John O’Connell Walter de Courcey Patrick George Ernest Knightly John Michael Patrick Patrick James John William Hamo Michael Myles Phillip Daniel Timothy Patrick Jeremiah Michael Timothy Daniel John Jeremiah Patrick Raphael Joseph Peter George Timothy Daniel Thomas Michael William Martin Henry

40

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Royal Irish Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Australian Infantry Leinster Regiment Royal Engineers Royal Navy Australian Infantry Australian Infantry Royal Dublin Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Canadian infantry Leinster Regiment Australian Infantry Royal Army Service Corps Royal Munster Fusiliers New Zealand Expeditionary Force Irish Guards East Yorkshire Regiment Royal Naval Reserve Leinster Regiment Canadian infantry Royal Munster Fusiliers Scots Guards New Zealand Expeditionary Force Irish Guards US Army Royal Munster Fusiliers Australian Infantry Australian Infantry Irish Guards Royal Irish Regiment Welsh Regiment Irish Guards Punjabi Regiment Royal Navy Royal Garrison Artillery Australian Infantry Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Munster Fusiliers Royal Irish Regiment Australian Infantry Royal Navy

2.1.2 KILLORGLIN'S WW1 Servicemens’ Fatalities by Date Surname

Forename(s)

Date of Death

Age

Theatre

Sullivan

Michael

26.08.1914

32

Western Front

Battle of Le Cateau

La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France

O’Sullivan

Jeremiah

29.10.1914

17

Western Front

First Battle of Ypres

Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Warner

Henry

01.11.1914

18

Naval

Battle of Coronel (Chile)

Cenotaph, Cork

Griffin

James

19.03.1915

N/R

Western Front

No named battle

Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France

Shea

Thomas

25.04.1915

29

Gallipoli

Not known at present

Helles Memorial, Turkey

Flynn

Patrick

01.05.1915

N/R

Gallipoli

Not known at present

Helles Memorial, Turkey

Sullivan

William Martin

25.05.1915

37

Gallipoli

Not known at present

Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey

Russell

Timothy

22.08.1915

28

Gallipoli

Not known at present

Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey

Flynn

Michael

18.09.1915

N/R

Died at sea

On army service

Plymouth (Weston Mill), Devon, England

Griffin

John

01.10.1915

N/R

Western Front

Battle of Loos

Loos Memorial, France

O'Shea

Daniel

02.04.1916

30

Western Front

No named battle

Potijze Cemetery, Belgium

Hurley

Michael

06.04.1916

36

Western Front

Trenches near St. Eloi

Ridgewood Military Cemetery, Belgium

Cotter

Daniel

31.05.1916

31

Naval

Battle of Jutland

Plymouth Naval Memorial

41

Fatal Action

Cemetery / Memorial

Surname

Forename(s)

Date of Death

Age

Theatre

O'Sullivan

Patrick

02.07.1916

19

Western Front

Raid on enemy trenches

Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium

Connor

Henry

18.07.1916

27

Gallipoli

Gallipoli (Died Of Wounds)

Salonika Military Cemetery, Greece

O'Donoghue

Jeremiah

28.07.1916

N/R

Western Front

No named battle

Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France

Dillon

Edward

15.08.1916

27

Western Front

Battle of Pozieres (Somme)

Courcelette British Cemetery, France

Dillon

Jeremiah

15.08.1916

28

Western Front

Battle of Pozieres (Somme)

Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France

Clifford

Timothy

25.08.1916

23

Western Front

Battle of Delville Wood (Somme)

Thiepval Memorial, France

Evans

George Ernest Knightly

03.09.1916

26

Western Front

Battle of Pozieres (Somme)

Delville Wood, Longueval, France

Johnston

Myles

06.09.1916

24

Western Front

Battle of Guillemont (Somme)

Thiepval Memorial, France

Lucey

Timothy

17.09.1916

24

Western Front

Battle of Flers-Courcelette (Somme)

Thiepval Memorial, France

Doherty

Patrick

21.10.1916

39

Western Front

Attack at Regina Trench, Courcelette (Somme)

Vimy Memorial, France

Clifford

Daniel Michael

04.06.1917

28

Western Front

Just before Battle of Messines

Villiers-Bretonneux Memorial, France

Butler

Maurice Francis

07.06.1917

30

Western Front

Battle of Messines

Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial, Belgium

Kissane

Daniel

15.07.1917

N/R

Western Front

No named battle

Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium

Power

Raphael Joseph

19.07.1917

20

German East Africa

Action at Narangombe, German East Africa

Dar-Es-Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania

42

Fatal action

Cemetery / Memorial

Surname

Forename(s)

Date of Death

Age

Theatre

Rorke

George

20.08.1917

N/R

Western Front

No named battle (Died Of Wounds)

Noeux-Mines Communal Cemetery, France

O’Reilly

Michael

20.09.1917

26

Western Front

Battle of Menin Road (Third Ypres / Passchendaele)

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

O'Riordan

Timothy

01.10.1917

24

Western Front

Battle of Menin Road (Third Ypres / Passchendaele)

Longuenesse (St. Omer) Ctry, Pas de Calais, France

Flynn

John

08.10.1917

22

Western Front

Third Battle of Ypres / Passchendaele)

The Huts Cemetery, Belgium

Dodd

Walter de Courcey

31.10.1917

21

Western Front

Air fight over Bourlon Wood (near Cambrai)

H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, Pas-De-Calais, France

Johnston

Phillip

25.11.1917

24

Western Front

No named battle

Chapelle-D’Armentieres Old Military Cemetery, France.

O'Shea

John

12.12.1917

18

Western Front

No named battle

Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France

Hunt

Hamo Louis B

15.04.1918

19

Western Front

Battle of Lys

Wimereux Communal Ctry.

Pas de Calais, France

Geehan

Patrick

21.07.1918

35

Western Front

Allied Breakthrough, in the Bapaume area near Arras

Gommecourt Wood New Ctry, Foncquevilliers, France

Hannon

William

13.09.1918

16

Died in England

Died of illness during training

Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery

Lynch

Patrick

24.09.1918

37

Western Front

Not known at present (Died Of Wounds)

Unknown at present

Shea

Daniel

04.10.1918

N/R

Western Front

Battle of Beaurevoir

Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France

Dodd

Francis Joseph

31.10.1918

29

Western Front

Grantham Cemetery, Lincolnshire, England

Carey

Daniel

06.11.1918

30

Died in England

Wounded in German Spring Offensive in front of Bapaume Not known at present (Died Of Wounds)

43

Fatal Action

Cemetery / Memorial

North Ormesby RC Ctry.

Yorkshire, England

Date of Death

Age

Theatre

John O'Connell

07.11.1918

35

Western Front

Battle of Valenciennes

Reilly

Peter

12.02.1919

30

Died in England

Died of disease

Monceau St. Waast Communal Ctry. Nord, France Midleton, Co. Cork

Casey

Michael

18.06.1919

35

Died in Wales

Not known at present (Died Of Wounds)

Dromavalla Graveyard, Killorglin

Surname

Forename(s)

Dodd

44

Fatal Action

Cemetery / Memorial

2.1.3 REGIMENTAL ANALYSIS (FATALITIES) Year Royal Munster Fusiliers Irish Guards Leinsters Royal Irish Fusiliers New Zealand Expy. Force Royal Engineers Australian Infantry Royal Dublin Fusiliers Canadian Infantry Royal Army Service Corps East Yorkshire Regt.

Royal Irish Regt.

Punjabi Regt.

Royal Garrison Artillery Royal Navy Welsh Regiment Royal Naval Reserve Scots Guards US Army TOTAL

1914

1915 2 1

1916 2 3 2

1 2

2

1917 1

1918 2

2

1 1 1

1919 1

4 1

2 1 1 1

1 1 1

1 1

1

1 1 1

3

7

13

45

11

1 8

2

TOTAL 8 4 3 1 3 1 8 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 44

2.2 DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT EACH SERVICEMAN (In alphabetical order & where available)

46

2.2.1

BUTLER, MAURICE FRANCIS

Son of Francis and Catherine Butler, of Coolbane, Killorglin, Co. Kerry.

Note: Brother of William Butler NZEF (see Survivors’ section).

Next of kin (sister): Mrs. J Mamaton, Plough Hotel, Rangiora, N.Z. Enlisted on 11.01.1916 at Trentham.

Occupation on enlistment: labourer.

Assigned to Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Unit: "B" Coy. 1st Battalion, 12th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion.

Service Number 11812. Rank: Private.

Embarked on 01-May-1916 from Wellington, on board the ‘Ulimaroa’ bound for Suez.

Disembarked at Suez 09.06.1916.

Embarked at Alexandria 26.07.1916.

Disembarked at Southampton 07.08.1916.

Left for France on 26.09.1916.

Joined Battalion “In the Field” 12.10.1916.

Killed in action, Messines, 07.06.1917.

He has no known grave but is listed on the Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial in Belgium.

Awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Photographs of the Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial are shown overleaf.

A copy of his Attestation Record is shown overleaf.

47

Inscription on Messines Ridge (NZ) Memorial

Messines Ridge (NZ) Memorial.

48

Attestation Record for Maurice Francis Butler 49

2.2.2

CAREY, DANIEL

Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Fusiliers. Unit: 3rd Reserve Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No: G/31744(CWGC), 31744(SDGW).

Age at death: 30. Date of Death: 06-November-1918.

Enlisted in Limerick while living in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Supplementary information: Son of Patrick Carey, of Upper Tullig, Killorglin, Co. Kerry. Born in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Served in “Home” theatre. Died of pneumonia at Red Cross Auxillary Hospital, Holgate, Middlesbrough.

Grave or Memorial Reference: H. 407. Cemetery: North Ormesby (St Joseph’s) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Middlesbrough Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, UK.

Daniel Carey’s headstone

50

Daniel Carey Death Plaque - kindly provided by his family 


51

2.2.3

CASEY, MICHAEL

Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers (3/6316).

Secondary Regiment: Royal Engineers.

Rank: Sapper. Service No: WR/283120.

Age at death: 35. Date of Death: 18-June-1919.

Died of wounds at 14 Coychurch Road, Bridgend, Glamorgan.

(Mother and Sister) Mrs. Casey and Mary, Cromane, Killorglin, County Kerry. Supplementary information: Son of Mrs. Mary Casey, of Cromane, Killorglin.

Grave or Memorial Reference: Near South boundary. Cemetery: Dromavally Burial Ground Killorglin, County Kerry.

Attestation Record and Medal Roll shown on following pages.

52

Attestation form for Michael Casey

53

Medal Roll for Michael Casey. 


54

2.2.4

CLIFFORD, DANIEL MICHAEL

Regiment or Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit: 44th Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No: 523.

Date of Death: 04-June-1917.

Place and date of enlistment: 24-January-1916. Perth, Western Australia.

Occupation on enlistment: Labourer. Age on enlistment: 27 years 6 months.

Address on enlistment: Great Western Hotel.

Weight: 170 lbs. Height: 6 feet-0 inches. Complexion: dark. Eyes: blue. Hair: dark.

Born: Killorglin, Ireland. Next of kin details (father) Michael Clifford, Laharan, Killorglin, County Kerry.

Listed as “missing in action”, later changed to “killed in action” after a Court of enquiry in Belgium. Margaret (mother) and Michael (father) each received a pension of 20 shillings per fortnight from August-1917.

Description of fatal action: Just before Battle of Messines.

A statement concerning his death was made by Lieutenant Linnott: ‘I was O.C. of a daylight raid on 04-June-1917 near Messines. Pte. Clifford D.M. was one of the members of my platoon on this occasion; after entering the Bosche trenches Pte. Clifford D.M. was shot through the legs near the buttock, he was helped over the parapet, given instructions to make his way to our trenches as quickly as possible he made off and that was the last seen of him. He was rather badly hit; I did not expect him to get right back to our trenches without help so, intended picking him up on our way back. I had a thorough look among the killed lying in No Man’s Land but could not locate Clifford so reported him missing when I came in. An intense barrage was put down on No Man’s Land by the Bosche during the whole time the stunt was going on and this had to be passed through before anyone could regain our own trenches, probably this would have some bearing on the disappearance of Clifford.’ Dated at Larkhill this 31st Day of August 1917.

55

Another statement by Sergeant Yule: ’ On the 4th of June 1917 Pte. Clifford was in a daylight raid to the right of Messines made by the 44th Battalion.

He was believed to have been shot by a German at the door of the dugout but nothing really definite could be found out so that he may be prisoner but the fellows in his squad who came back reckoned he had been killed.’

Another report by Pte. Smith J: - ‘On June 4th in raid Plugstreet Wood sector left Pte. Clifford in No Man’s Land wounded and the Battalion holding the line said that he crawled in about two hours after the raid, but was never seen or went through the dressing station. When the patrols went out at night, Pte. Clifford could not be found.’ Report by Pte. Treby; ‘On 4th June 1917 when raiding the enemy trenches near Messines No. 523 Pte. Clifford D.M. was wounded. He was told by the N.C.O. in charge of the party to go back to our own lines. He was seen to get over the parapet, but did not report back to any dressing station to my knowledge. The Battalion scouts searched the ground but could not find him.’ Report by Sgt. Poland; ‘Clifford and about 30 other men went over in a bombing raid at Messines on June 4th 1917. He was sniped in the German line and told his mates that he would be able to get back to our lines. He was never seen again. There was a heavy barrage on at the time. He was an Irishman about 5’11”, dark heavy build, about 25 years of age.’

Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery in France.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

56

Attestation form for Daniel Michael Clifford 57

2.2.5

CLIFFORD, TIMOTHY

Regiment or Service: Leinster Regiment. Unit: 2nd Battalion.

Rank: Pte. Service No: 10171.

Date of Death: 25-August-1916. Age at Death: 23. Killed in action.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Cork.

Supplementary information: Son of Michael P. and Margaret Clifford.

Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave, but is listed on Pier and Face 16 C on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

Description of fatal action: Battle of Delville Wood (Somme).

Inscription on Thiepval Memorial to the Missing

58

Memorial plaque, kindly provided by his family.

Memorial plaque for Timothy Clifford.

59

Medal Roll for Timothy Clifford

60

2.2.6

CONNOR, HENRY

Regiment or Service: Corps of Royal Engineers. Unit: 66th Field Company.

Rank: Sapper. Service No: 18979.

Date of Death: 18-July-1916. Age at Death: 27.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Cork. Died in Egypt.

Supplementary information: Husband of E. D. Connor, of Church Rd., Crosshaven, Co. Cork.

Grave or Memorial Reference: 264. Cemetery: Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery in Greece.

Awarded the Victory and British War medals.

Description of fatal action: Died of wounds received at Gallipoli.

Copy of Medal Roll shown on following page.

61

Medal Roll for Henry Connor

62

2.2.7

COTTER, DANIEL

Born 19.07.1889 to James and Bridget Cotter of “Killorglin”. Baptized in Killorglin Catholic Church. The family moved to Cork at some time prior to 1911.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. M/14437.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy on 22.05.1915, aged 26, with rating of “Carpenter’s Crew”.

Previous occupation: “carpenter and joiner”.

Underwent training on HMS Vivid II (shore based).

Joined HMS Defence on 24.05.1916, as “Carpenter’s Crew”.

Killed in action during the Battle of Jutland on 31.05.1916.

Commemoration: Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Service record for Daniel Cotter shown overleaf.

Internet information about HMS Defence overleaf.

63

Service Record for Daniel Cotter 64

65

2.2.8

DILLON, EDWARD

Edward Dillon was born in Gurteen, Co. Limerick. His mother, Hannah (nee MacGillycuddy) came from Rangue, Killorglin, and married Jeremiah Dillon in Templeglantine, Co. Limerick.

A younger brother, Jeremiah, was also born in Gurteen.

The family moved to Rangue before 1901, and lived with Hannah’s family on her father’s farm.

Edward emigrated to Fremantle, Western Australia in August 1911 (nine months after Jeremiah had made the journey.

He enlisted in the AIF, along with his brother, at Ravensthorpe WA, on 16.08.1915, aged 27.

His occupation was given as “smelter hand”.

Edward was initially assigned to 6th Reinforcements 28th Battalion, with the rank of Private. On 03.03.1916 he was transferred to the 51st Battalion, and allocated the Service Number 2631A. He embarked at Fremantle per HMAT Ulysses on 02.11.1915 for Egypt, where he spent several months training before proceeding to Marseilles – arriving on 12.06.1916.

Edward was deployed to the Somme.

He was killed, at the same time and together with his brother on 15.08.1916 at Pozieres.

The very sad circumstances of his death were described in a witness statement (shown on following pages): “Edward was wounded by a shrapnel bullet immediately after climbing out of his trench and his brother Jeremiah went out to bring him in, when a shell exploded and killed both of them.”

Edward was posthumously awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

He was buried in Courcelette British Cemetery.

The following pages show: Edward’s headstone in Courcelette British Cemetery, The witness statement regarding his death, His name on the Australian War Memorial Wall in Canberra, and His Attestation Record.

66

Edward Dillon’s headstone

67

Witness statement for Edward Dillon

68

Edward Dillon: Australian War Memorial Wall

69

Edward Dillon’s Attestation Record 70

2.2.9

DILLON, JEREMIAH

Jeremiah Dillon was born in Gurteen, Co. Limerick. His mother, Hannah (nee MacGillycuddy) came from Rangue, Killorglin, and married Jeremiah Dillon in Templeglantine, Co. Limerick.

An elder brother, Edward, was also born in Gurteen.

The family moved to Rangue before 1901, and lived with Hannah’s family on her father’s farm.

Jeremiah emigrated to Fremantle, Western Australia in August 1911 (nine months before Edward made the journey.

He enlisted in the AIF, along with his brother, at Ravensthorpe WA, on 16.08.1915, aged 26.

His occupation was given as “labourer”.

Jeremiah was initially assigned to 6th Reinforcements 28th Battalion, with the rank of Private. On 03.03.1916 he was transferred to the 51st Battalion, and allocated the Service Number 2632.

He embarked at Fremantle per HMAT Ulysses on 02.11.1915 for Egypt, where he spent several months training before proceeding to Marseilles – arriving on 12.06.1916.

Jeremiah was deployed to the Somme.

He was killed, at the same time and together with his brother on 15.08.1916 at Pozieres.

The very sad circumstances of his death were described in a witness statement (shown on following pages): “Edward was wounded by a shrapnel bullet immediately after climbing out of his trench and his brother Jeremiah went out to bring him in, when a shell exploded and killed both of them.”

Jeremiah was posthumously awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

His name is listed on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

The following pages show: The witness statement regarding his death, His name on the Australian War Memorial Wall in Canberra, and His Attestation Record.

71

Witness statement for Jeremiah Dillon

72

Jeremiah Dillon: Australian War Memorial Wall

73

Jeremiah Dillon’s Attestation Record

74

2.2.10

DODD, FRANCIS JOSEPH

Regiment or Service: 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers – Machine Gun Section (Infantry).

Rank: Second Lieutenant.

Age at death: 29.

Date of Death: 31-October-1918.

Supplementary information: Son of Ellen Mary Dodd, of Ballymacprior House, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, and the late Dr. Dodd.

Enlisted in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Sept. 1914.

Grave or Memorial Reference: I. I. 16. Cemetery: Grantham Cemetery, Lincolnshire, UK. Description of fatal wounding: Bapaume, facing the German Offensive of Spring 1918.

Further information overleaf (kindly provided by his family).

75

Family note about Francis Joseph Dodd

76

2.2.11

DODD, JOHN O'CONNELL

Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd Battalion.

Rank: Lieutenant.

Date of Death: 07-November-1918, four days before the war ended.

Age at death: 35. Killed in action.

Supplementary information: Son of William and Ellen Dodd, of Ballymacprior House, Killorglin, Co. Kerry. Three Dodds are listed on a plaque inside the front porch in the Catholic Church in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Grave or Memorial Reference: Near South-West corner. Cemetery: Monceau St.Waast Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.

Description of fatal action: Battle of Valenciennes.

John O’Connell Dodd’s headstone 77

Further information (kindly provided by his family).

Family note about John O’Connell Dodd

78

2.2.12

DODD, WALTER de COURCEY

Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Secondary Regiment: Royal Flying Corps.

Rank: Lieutenant.

This officer was in 5th Battalion of Munster Fusiliers and attached to the 11th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.

Date of Death: 31-October-1917. Age at death: 21.

Supplementary information: Son of Ellen Mary Dodd, of Ballymacprior House, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, and the late Dr. William Henry Dodd.

Grave or Memorial Reference: VIII. A. 46. Cemetery: H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, Pas-De-Calais, France.

Description of fatal action: Air fight over Bourlon Wood (near Cambrai).

Limerick Leader and Limerick Chronicle, January 1916.

Commission for Bank Official.

Mr. W. de Courcey Dodd, Limerick Branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, has been granted a commission in the 5th battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers.

This is the fifth official of the Limerick branch who has joined the Army since the war began.

Limerick Chronicle, April 1918.

Second Lieutenant W de C Dodd.

Second Lieutenant Walter de Courcy Dodd, Royal Flying Corps, who was reported missing on October 31st 1917, is now reported to have been killed on that date. He was the youngest son of the late Dr. Dodd, and Mrs. Dodd, Killorglin, County Kerry.

Further information overleaf (kindly provided by his family).

79

Family note about Walter de Courcey Dodd

80

PLAQUE IN St. JAMES’ CHURCH, KILLORGLIN, ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF FRANCIS JOSEPH DODD JOHN O’CONNELL DODD WALTER DE COURCEY DODD

81

2.2.13

DOHERTY, PATRICK

Regiment or Service: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).

Unit: 102nd Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No: 704020.

Date of Death: 21-October-1916. Age at death: 39. Killed in Action.

Next of kin (listed as father), Florence Doherty, Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland County Kerry. Address on enlistment, Prince Rupert, B.C. Place of birth, Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland. Date of birth: 1880, month not known by the enlistee. Occupation on enlistment: miner. Place and date of enlistment: 08-March-1916, Prince Rupert, B.C. Height: 5 feet, 10 ½ inches.

Complexion: fair. Eyes, blue. Hair: light brown. Previous military experience: 9 years with the Royal Munster Fusiliers in England.

Supplementary information: Son of Mrs. Julia Doherty, of Ardmoniel, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland. He has no known grave but is listed on the Vimy Memorial, France.

Description of fatal action: Attack at Regina Trench, Courcelette (Battle of the Somme).

Extract from the Regimental diary of the 102nd Battalion, CEF: At Tara Hill we remained until the 18th, which was to mark the first step in the series of operations which culminated in the capture of Regina Trench, the first great achievement of the 102nd Bn., and it was during this period of waiting that the practice of referring to the companies by numerals was abandoned in favor of alphabetical letters, No. 1 Co. becoming "A" Co. and so on. Regina Trench had already been the object of two determined attacks by the Canadian Corps, the first commencing on Oct. 1st, and the second on Oct. 8th. In both attacks the trench had been reached, but violent counterattacks had forced a retirement from the position when won, and it was left for the 4th Canadian Division both to capture and to hold this important position. As the three senior Divisions had been withdrawn from the area immediately after the arrival on the scene of the 4th Division, the latter was attached to the 2nd Corps for all its operations on the Somme.

82

The following narrative of the capture is taken from the official report of the operation forwarded by Colonel Warden to 11th Brigade Headquarters, and only concerns that portion of Regina Trench which was allotted to the 102nd Bn. as its objective.

On the evening of Oct. 18th the 102nd Bn. took over from the 87th Bn. the front line trenches on the left sector of the Brigade, situated on a line running from R. 18, c. 4, 0. to M. 13, d, 2, 2., this being a front of 500 yards extending from Courcelette Trench on the left flank to Ross Communication Trench on the right. The night was very dark and it was raining hard, so that the ground was a sea of mud with quagmires on every side, making the trenches almost impassable. As the men were lining up in the Support Trench the enemy delivered a bombing attack on the left flank of the 87th Bn. Word was passed down that the Hun was attacking and that the 102nd was to come up on the double. This was done in absolute silence and as the men passed Headquarters, jumping over trenches and shell-holes, they looked like phantoms in the dark, illuminated by the light of German flares and leaping to the crash of bursting shells. Here and there a man was seen to fall, the shelling being very heavy, but the bombers were driven off and the rest of the night spent in preparation for the morrow's work. Rain continued and throughout the night there was constant shelling.

Day broke with rain pouring down in torrents, making the ground absolutely impassable and the Higher Command decided to postpone operations until the 21st inst. "B", "C", and "D" Coys. therefore returned to camp at Tara Hill, leaving "A" Co. to hold the line. Never did the men of the 102nd better deserve their reputation for physique and tenacity of purpose than in their fight against the mud after their exhausting night in the trenches. The mud was hip-high between the trenches and the Bapaume Road and the men had to be literally dug out by their comrades as they sank exhausted in the liquid, glue-like substance. The weather cleared, the ground becoming somewhat more dry and on the evening of the 20th the three companies were again brought into the front line, relieving "A" Co. which went into Support. During the night of Oct. 20-21 the three companies worked hard at digging assembly trenches in which to mass and at forming battalion dumps; the men worked magnificently and at dawn all was ready.

Zero hour was fixed for 12-06 P.m. and at that hour the barrage opened and the men of the 102nd went "over the top"; following the barrage like a wall lying down until it again lifted and advancing as it moved, all in perfect uniformity. The first two waves consisted of "C" Co. under Maj. J. S. Matthews on the left and "B" Co. under Maj. H. E. H. Dixon on the right.

The remaining two waves were furnished by "D" Co. under Major G. Rothnie. The moment that the barrage lifted over Regina Trench the men were over the parapet; the assault was carried out with such dash, vigour and impetuosity that the Germans were completely demoralized and immediately threw up their hands in surrender. The first wave passed 150 yards beyond the trench, forming a screen; the second rounded up the prisoners and consolidated the positions secured, in which they were assisted by men of the third wave, whilst the fourth wave was occupied in carrying up supplies from the old dumps to the new. For his magnificent 83

services in this work of consolidation under heavy fire Lieut. R. P. Matheson received the Military Cross. The casualties sustained in the assault itself were very light, amounting to about five killed and ten wounded, as the enemy barrage did not come down until about six minutes after ours had started; the Germans, however, had suffered heavily and their trench was piled with dead and wounded.

Our casualties were to occur later, when within an hour and a half, three separate counter-attacks were launched; these were all successfully opposed, but during the remainder of the day and the ensuing night and day, when "A" Co. under Capt. J. F. Brandt arrived to; relieve "D" Co., a constant barrage of shell fire was poured into our positions, with the result that the total casualty list showed six officers and 46 Other Ranks killed with eight and seventy wounded.

Copies of Patrick Doherty’s Casualty Report, Memorial Plaque, Attestation Form and CEF Death Certificate are shown on the following pages.

84

Casualty Report for Patrick Doherty

85

VIMY MEMORIAL

Memorial plaque: Patrick Doherty (kindly provided by his family) 86

Attestation form for Patrick Doherty 87

Attestation form for Patrick Doherty 88

Patrick Doherty: CEF Death Certificate

89

2.2.14

EVANS, GEORGE ERNEST KNIGHTLY

Regiment or Service: Leinster Regiment.

Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment.

Rank: Second Lieutenant.

Date of Death: 03-September-1916. Killed in Action. Age at death: 26.

Killed during the capture of the villages of Ginchy and Guillemont. He is also listed on the Blackrock College Memorial. Supplementary information: Son of George Knightly Evans, of Killorglin and Towers Hotel, Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry.

Grave or Memorial Reference: XVI. M. 9. Cemetery: Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval in France.

Description of fatal action: Battle of Pozieres (Somme).

Memorial plaque (kindly provided by his family)

90

Stained glass window in Glenbeigh Church, erected in memory of George Ernest Knightly Evans by his parents George Ernest and Julia Evans.

91

G. E. K. Evans’ Headstone in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval 92

Medal Roll for G.E.K. Evans

93

2.2.15

FLYNN, JOHN

Regiment or Service: Australian Field Artillery.

Unit: 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Column.

Rank: Driver. Service No: 27588.

Date of Death: 08-October-1917. Age at Death: 22.

Killed in action in Belgium.

Supplementary information: Son of Damien and Mary Flynn. Native of Killorglin, Ireland. War medals were sent to his eldest brother.

Born: Killorglin, Ireland.

Place and date of enlistment: 18-May-1916. Victoria. Weight: 160 lbs.

Height: 5 feet, 4 inches. Complexion: fair. Eyes: grey. Hair: brown.

Occupation on enlistment: Labourer. Age on enlistment: 23 years - months.

Next of kin details: (eldest brother) Dan Flynn, Coffs Harbour Jetty, P.O., North Coast, NSW. Address later changed to Gipps St, Concord, NSW. Grave or Memorial Reference: X. B. 2 The Huts Cemetery, Ypres.

Description of fatal action: Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele).

Family information: John Flynn was one of five sons born to Damian and Mary Flynn at Stealroe, Killorglin.

Patrick Flynn remained in Ireland, and enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers (see later in the Fatalities section).

Two of the brothers emigrated to Australia (see this and other entries): John Flynn - killed in action in Belgium, James Flynn – served on the Western Front, and survived the War, John and James enlisted separately and, by a remarkable coincidence, met behind the Front Lines.

Following John’s death, his wages were sent to James – with a deduction of two shillings and sixpence from his paybook. On enquiry, James was informed that it was for the blanket his brother had been buried in.

94

Extract from Service Record John Flynn enlisted as a Private in the Australian Imperial Force, at Marybyrnong, Victoria, on 3rd January 1916; and was initially assigned to 23rd Howitzer Battalion. Service Number 21992.

He was re-assigned on 18th May 1916 as a Driver to 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Column, Service Number 2758.

John embarked from Australia on 20th October 1916 on HMAT Borda, and landed in Plymouth on 9th January 1917. From there he was transferred to France, and joined the 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Column, on 29th May 1917. He was killed in action in Belgium on 8th October 1917.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

95

Attestation Form for John Flynn 96

2.2.16

FLYNN, MICHAEL

Regiment or Service: Royal Army Service Corps. Unit: 11th Field Bakery.

Rank: Corporal. Service No.: S2/015490.

Date of Death: 18-September-1915.

Died at sea.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Dublin while living in Dublin.

Grave or Memorial Reference: R.C. C. 11051. Cemetery: Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery, Devon, UK. Description of fatal action: Died at sea while on Army service.

Medal Roll shown on following page.

97

Medal Roll for Cpl. Michael Flynn

98

2.2.17

FLYNN, PATRICK

Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st Battalion.

Rank: Pte. Service No.: 8494.

Date of Death: 01-May-1915. Killed in action in Gallipoli.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Enlisted in Tralee while living in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Panel 185 to 190 on the Helles Memorial in Turkey (See photograph on following page).

Description of fatal action: Killed in action at Krithia Nullah, Helles, during the Turkish assault on the night of May 1st 1915.

Family information: Patrick Flynn was one of five brothers born to Damian and Mary Flynn at Stealroe, Killorglin.

He remained in Ireland, and enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Two of Patrick’s brothers emigrated to Australia (see other entries): John Flynn - killed in action in Belgium, James Flynn – served on the Western Front, and survived the War.

99

Patrick Flynn’s Service Bible, kindly provided by his family.

100

Medal Roll for Patrick Flynn

101

Patrick Flynn’s name on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli

102

2.2.18

GEEHAN, PATRICK

Regiment or Service: Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Unit: 2nd Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No: 51158.

Killed in action. Age at death: 35. Date of Death: 21-July-1918.

Occupation on enlistment: teamster.

Next of kin: (father), Batt Geehan, Meanus, Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland.

Embarked for the front with 26th Reinforcements F Company on 09-June 1917 from Wellington, New Zealand on board the ‘Willochra’ bound for Devonport, England.

Supplementary information: Son of Bartholomew and Johanna Geehan, of Meanus, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

Grave or Memorial Reference: Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, France.

Description of fatal action: Allied advance in the Bapaume / Rossignol Wood area, near Arras.

Family information: PRIVATE PATRICK GEEHAN Patrick, born February 10th 1880, was the eldest son of Bartholomew and Johanna Guihan, of Meanus, Killorglin.

He emigrated to New Zealand in 1910, and worked on a sheep station near Canterbury, South Island.

In February 1917 he enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Following training, he was sent to England. He was transferred to the Western Front in September 1917, and was attached to the No. 2 N.Z. Light Trench Mortar Battery, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. He was killed in action on Sunday, July 21st, 1918, during the Allied advance in the Bapaume / Rossignol Wood area, near Arras.

His headstone is located in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers.

Patrick Guihan was an uncle (mother’s brother) of the late Timothy (Chub) O’Connor, Fianna Fail T.D. for Kerry South 1961-1981.

Service Record, photos of headstone and medals shown on following pages.

103

Patrick Geehan: Attestation Record 104

Patrick Geehan: Attestation Record

105

Patrick Geehan: N.Z.E.F. History Sheet

106

Patrick Geehan: Statement of Service Form

107

Patrick Geehan: Casualty Form

108

Patrick Geehan: Field Service Form

109

Patrick Geehan: Personal Record Form

110

Patrick Geehan’s medals

111

Patrick Geehan’s Headstone in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevilliers, France

112

2.2.19

GRIFFIN, JAMES

Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 1st Battalion.

Rank: Lance Corporal. Service No: 4629.

Date of Death: 19-March-1915.

Enlisted in Dublin on 16-December-1913.

Disembarked France 13th August 1914 with the British Expeditionary Force.

Killed in action at Givenchy.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Grave or Memorial Reference: I. D. 10. Cemetery: Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy in France.

Awarded the 1914 Star, Victory and British War medals.

Description of fatal action: No named battle.

Photograph of headstone, and copies of Attestation Record & Medal Roll shown on following pages.

113

James Griffin’s headstone

114

James Griffin’s Attestation Record 115

Medal Roll for James Griffin

116

2.2.20

GRIFFIN, JOHN

Regiment or Service: East Yorkshire Regiment. Unit: 2nd Battalion.

Rank: Pte. Service No: 18204.

Date of Death: 01-October-1915. Formerly he was with the North Staffordshire Regiment where his number was 9489.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Enlisted in Stoke-on-Trent.

Killed in action.

Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Panel 40 and 41 on the Loos Memorial in France.

Description of fatal action: Battle of Loos.

Medal Roll shown on following page.

117

Medal Roll for John Griffin

118

2.2.21

HANNON, WILLIAM

William Hannon was born in Killorglin on 14.07.1902.

He commenced service in the Royal Naval Reserve on 23.07.1918 aged 16, with the rank of Signal Boy. Service Number SB2219.

His (very short) period of service was on the shore-based training establishment HMS Vivid.

He died of pneumonia on 13.09.1918 in the Royal Naval Hospital, Portsmouth.

William Hannon is commemorated in Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery.

His family moved from Killorglin when William was very young.

Copy of his Service Record is shown overleaf.

119

William Hannon’s Service Record

120

2.2.22

HUNT, HAMO L. B. MM

HUNT, HAMO L. B. Regiment or Service: Leinster Regiment. Unit: 2nd Battalion.

Rank: Corporal. Service No.: 10178.

Date of Death: 15-April-1918. Died of wounds.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Cork.

Decoration: Military Medal.

Grave or Memorial Reference: X. D. 6. Cemetery: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Description of fatal action: Battle of Lys. Limerick Chronicle, April 1918: Roll of Honour.

Mr. H Hunt.

“Corporal Hamo Hunt, Leinster Regiment, was the only child of Lieutenant H B Hunt, R.N.R, and Lady Ernestine Hunt, and was born at Caragh Villa, Caragh Lake, County Kerry, on November 1st, 1898. He was educated at St Martin’s School, Long Ashton, near Bristol, and on H.M.S Conway. At the age of 15 years, prior to the outbreak of the war, he enlisted as a drummer in the Prince of Wales Leinster regiment (Royal Canadians). On the battalion going to the front, he, being too young to serve in the firing line, was transferred to another battalion (Special Reserve), in which he served for three years. On November 23rd, 1917, he rejoined the senior battalion, serving overseas. He was dangerously wounded on 23rd March, and died on 15th April at a hospital abroad, aged 19 years, having served four out of his seven years service with the colours. The gallant young soldier was grandson of Mr. L Hunt, of Glin, County Limerick, and Henry, fifth Marquis of Aylesbury.”

He is commemorated on the Great War Memorial in St. Anne’s Shandon Church in Cork.

121

Great War Memorial in St. Anne’s Shandon Church, Cork 122

A CONWAY HERO DISCOVERED - HAMO HUNT (12-14) The name Hunt HLB, inscribed on the Conway War Memorial Board, was the starting point. First stop was the CWGC website revealing only one HLB Hunt who lost his life when serving as a Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, the Leinster Regiment; he died on 15th April 1918 and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery in the Pas de Calais in France. Unusually, the entry does not list his forenames, age, or his next of kin. These sparse details were entered into our first-run WW1 Memorial list compilation with a category C identification and posted on the Conway website.

In July 2011 an email arrived from a cyber contact who, while researching Cpl Hunt and the family, discovered he had been in Conway, and that he had been awarded the Military Medal, gazetted in the August after his death. Also provided was an obituary notice showing the names of his parents: Lieut Cdr HB Hunt RNR and Lady Ernestine Hunt of the Lusty Islands, Fermanagh. A grandson of the 5th Marquis of Ailesbury, Hunt was aged 19 when he died of wounds sustained in action.

Hunt’s Military Medal was not shown on our WW1 Honours Boards, so more research was needed: what transpired is an intriguing tale of adventure, romance and feminism. A young Irish mariner, Harry Hunt, up for Masters in Liverpool in 1898, was apparently much taken by a fellow student: a feisty 28-year-old aristocratic lady who was aiming to be the first woman to hold a Yachtmaster’s Certificate. They married and young Hamo Lewis Brady Hunt was born on 1st November 1898. The life story of his mother, Lady Ernestine Hunt (née Brudenell-Bruce), entrepreneur, horse breeder, rancher and dealer, intrepid ocean-going yachtswoman, Boer War auxiliary nurse, and founding member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) in 1909 is material for a book in its own right.

123

After attending St Martin’s School, Long Ashton near Bristol, Hamo Hunt was sent to Conway in 1912. At the age of 15, in 1914, he abandoned life at sea and joined the Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) as a boy soldier on a seven-year enlistment with the rank of Drummer. When war came, he was deemed too young for the front line, so served with the Leinsters’ reserve battalion until November 1917 and was then sent to France with the 2nd Battalion and promoted to Corporal. The Leinsters, as part of the 16th Irish Division, took the whole force of a German onslaught, as described by the contact thus: Cpl. Hunt was wounded on the 23/3/1918 while serving with the 2nd Leinsters of the 16th Irish division. The 16th had just received a severe mauling during the German ‘kaiserschlacht’ and were virtually wiped out.

Cpl. Hunt was transferred to a hospital where he later succumbed to his wounds A contemporary obituary for Hamo in The Times describes him as ‘the only child of Lady Ernestine Hunt, born at Caragh Lake, Co Kerry’. There was no mention of the MM because it was not gazetted until August, thus: LG 30873 (page 10124) dated 29.08.1918 is one of 39 pages of names in two columns of those awarded the Military Medal, simply citing For Bravery in the Field. Hamo Hunt was among their number (not even noted as posthumous), and 93 years later, the Conway records stand corrected.

124

Medal Roll for Hamo Hunt

125

2.2.23

HURLEY, MICHAEL

Regiment or Service: Canadian Expeditionary Force. Unit: 29th Battalion (British Colombia Regt.)

Rank: Private. Service No.: 75363.

Date of Death: 06-April-1916.

Age at Death: 36 Born in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Enlisted in Vancouver, BC. Killed in action.

Grave or Memorial Reference: Ridgewood Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Grave II. P. 2.

Description of fatal action: Trenches near St. Eloi.

His Attestation Paper and Casualty record are shown on following pages.

126

Attestation Paper for Hurley, Michael.

127

Attestation Paper for Hurley, Michael.

128

Casualty Record for Hurley, Michael

129

2.2.24

JOHNSTON, MYLES

Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: Y Company, 1st Battalion.

Rank: Lance Corporal. Service No.: 5601.

Date of Death: 06-September-1916. Age at Death: 24. Killed in action.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Son of Phillip and Jane Johnston, of Glannagillagh, Killorglin.

Enlisted in Cork while living in Charleville, County Cork.

Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Pier and Face 16C on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

Description of fatal action: Battle of Guillemont (Somme).

Note: Myles’ brother, Phillip Johnston, enlisted in the Scots Guards, and was KIA in France on 25.11.1917 (See next entry).

See overleaf for Myles Johnston’s inscription on Thiepval Memorial, and Medal Roll.

130

Myles Johnston’s inscription on Thiepval Memorial to the Missing

131

Medal Roll for Myles Johnston

132

2.2.25

JOHNSTON, PHILLIP

Regiment or Service: Scots Guards.

Rank: Private. Service No.: 10278.

Date of Death: 25 November 1917. Killed in Action.

Age at Death: 24.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Son of Phillip and Jane Johnston, of Glannagillagh, Killorglin.

Enlisted in Glasgow.

Grave or Memorial Reference: C.5 Chapelle-D’Armentieres Old Military Cemetery, France.

Description of fatal action: No named action.

Note: Phillip’s brother, Myles Johnston, enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and was KIA in France on 06.09.1916 (See previous entry).

See overleaf for Phillip Johnston’s Medal Roll.

133

Medal Roll for Phillip Johnston

134

2.2.26

KISSANE, DANIEL

Regiment or Service: Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Unit: 3rd Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No.: 36870.

Date of Death: 15-July-1917. Killed in action in Ypres.

Occupation on enlistment: labourer.

Embarked for the front with New Zealand Rifle Brigade, Reinforcements J Company on 19-January-1917 from Wellington, New Zealand on board the ‘Waitemata’ bound for Plymouth, England.

Next of kin, (uncle), Michael Kissane, 119 Cameron Street, Ashburton, N.Z. Supplementary information: Son of John Kissane, of Meanus, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Grave or Memorial Reference: A. 20.

Cemetery: Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

Description of fatal action: No named battle.

Photograph below – kindly provided by his family.

Copy of Attestation Record on second next page.

Daniel Kissane (2nd from right) 135

Daniel Kissane: Attestation Record 136

Daniel Kissane’s Headstone in Motor Car Corner Cemetery 137

2.2.27

LUCEY, TIMOTHY

Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 1st Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No.: 8268.

Age at death: 24. Date of Death: 17-September-1916. Killed in Action.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry.

Supplementary information: Son of John and Ellen Lucey, of Knocknaboola, Killorglin, Co. Kerry.

Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Pier and Face 7 D of the Thiepval Memorial in France.

Description of fatal action: Battle of Flers-Courcelette (Somme).

Inscription on Thiepval Memorial to the Missing

138

Attestation Record for Timothy Lucey

139

2.2.28

LYNCH, PATRICK

US Army.

Found by internet search.

Born in Killorglin on 07.01.1891, to Daniel & Bridget (Moriarty) Lynch.

Leather worker, resident in Massachusetts four years.

Died of disease 24.09.1918 in France.

Ent. 30.05.1918, 25th Recruit Co., General Service Inf., Fort Slocum, NY. 03.06.1918 to Btry B, 13th Bn., Camp Jackson, SC. 14.07.1918 to [8th Co.] Provisional Replacement Bn., 3rd Army Corps.

Overseas 21.07.1918.

Copies of his Draft Registration and Service Cards are shown below and overleaf.

Lynch, Patrick: US Army Draft Registration Card

140

Lynch, Patrick: US Army Service Card

141

2.2.29

O’DONOGHUE, JEREMIAH

Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st Battalion.

Rank: Pte. Service No.: 7660.

Date of Death: 28-July-1916. Died of wounds.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Liverpool while living in Liverpool.

He arrived in Gallipoli on 16.08.1915, and was subsequently transferred to the Western Front.

Grave or Memorial Reference: I. J. 24. Cemetery: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe in France.

Description of fatal action: No named battle.

Medal Roll shown on following page.

142

Medal Roll for Jeremiah O’Donoghue

143

2.2.30

O'REILLY, MICHAEL

Note: Michael O’Reilly had a younger brother, James Francis O’Reilly, who also enlisted in the AIF. James also served on the Western Front, and survived (see Survivors’ Section below).

Regiment or Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit: 11th Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No: 5448.

Age at death: 26. Date of Death: 20-September-1917.

Supplementary information: Son of Hugh O'Reilly and Mary Kennedy, his wife. Native of Co. Kerry, Ireland. Born: Killorglin, County Kerry.

Occupation on enlistment: Labourer. Age on enlistment: 24 years 9 months.

Next of kin details: (eldest brother) James O’Reilly, Australian Imperial Force, Blackboy Hill Camp. Address later changed to Court Hotel, Perth, Western Australia. Another brother is also listed as Robert O’Reilly, Commercial Hotel, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Place and date of enlistment: 21-January-1916. Blackboy Hill, W Australia. Weight: 161 lbs.

Height: 5 feet, 10 inches. Complexion: fair. Eyes: blue. Hair: light brown.

Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. He has no known grave but is listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium.

Description of fatal action: Battle of Menin Road (Third Ypres – Passchendaele).

Extract from Service Record: Michael O’Reilly enlisted as a Private in the Australian Imperial Force, at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on 21st January 1916; and was initially assigned to 17th Reinforcements, 11th Battalion. Service Number 5448.

Michael embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on 17th April 1916 on HMAT Aeneas, via Suez, and landed in England. From there he was transferred, on 14th August 1916 to France, and joined the 11th Battalion on 1st September 1916.

He was killed in action in Belgium on 20th September 1917 [Battle of

Menin Road (Third Ypres – Passchendaele)].

144

Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing

Attestation Record shown on following page.

145

Attestation form for Michael O’Reilly 146

2.2.31

O'RIORDAN, TIMOTHY

Regiment or Service: Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery. Unit: 14th.

Rank: Private. Service No.: 3632.

Date of Death: 01-October-1917.

Supplementary information: Place and date of enlistment: 21-August-1915. Coolamundra, NSW. Weight: 155 lbs. Height: 5 feet, 8 ½ inches. Complexion: fair. Eyes: blue. Hair: dark brown.

Occupation on enlistment: Labourer. Age on enlistment: 22 years 8 months.

Son of John J. and Mary O'Riordan, of Rangue, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Born, Ireland.

Next of kin details: (mother) Mary O’Riordan, Killorglin, County Kerry later changed to (father) John O’Riordan, Rangue, Killorglin, County Kerry.

Treated for trench fever in August-1917.

Accidentally wounded (detonation wounds to hand and face) 17-September1917. Treated at the 14th Australian Field Ambulance and No. 58 General Hospital in St Omer. Killed in action by a hostile aircraft two weeks later.

The death report comes from the Officer Commanding the 58th General Hospital, St Omer, which may indicate that the aircraft attacked the hospital. Initially listed as missing in action. Killed by enemy aircraft on the night of 30th Sept-1st Oct, now reported killed in action, body identified.

Parents Mary and John each received a pension of 30 shillings per fortnight from 06-December-1917.

Grave or Memorial Reference: IV. E. 12. Cemetery: Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery. Pas de Calais, France.

Description of fatal wounding: Battle of Menin Road (Third Ypres – Passchendaele) A photograph and a copy of his attestation record are shown overleaf; as is a copy of the receipt by his parents of his personal effects.

147

Private Timothy O’Riordan 148

Timothy O’Riordan: Attestation Record 149

Timothy O’Riordan: Personal Effects Receipt

150

2.2.32

O’SHEA, DANIEL

Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 1st Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No: 7656.

Date of Death: 02-April-1916. Age at death: 30. Killed in Action.

Supplementary information: Son of James and Margaret O'Shea, of Rangue, Killorglin, Co. Kerry. Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry.

Grave or Memorial Reference: E. 17. Cemetery: Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery in Belgium.

Description of fatal action: No named battle Copy of his attestation record is shown overleaf

Daniel O’Shea’s Headstone in Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery 151

Attestation Record for Daniel O’Shea

152

2.2.33

O'SHEA, JOHN

Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Regiment.

Unit: 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No.: 25687.

Date of Death: 12-December-1917. Age at death: 18. Killed in Action.

Supplementary information: Son of Michael and Catherine O'Shea, of Killorglin, Co. Kerry. Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Grave or Memorial Reference: II. H. 30. Cemetery: Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery in France.

Information kindly provided by his family:

Private John O’Shea 153

Michael O’Shea and Catherine Coffey, both of Lower Bridge Street, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, married in 1896 and had eight children – Maireen, Catherine, John, Frank, James, Bridget, Patrick (Duffy) and Frances.

Their son John (b. 1899) enlisted in the British Army to fight in World War One. He became Private John O’Shea 25687, 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Joining the Army represented new experiences, adventures and paid employment for many young men who were so desperate for work that they gave false birth dates to enlist in the Army.

Private John O’Shea was killed in action in France on 12th December 1917, aged 18. He is buried in Plot 2, Row H, Grave Number 30 in Templeux-LeGuerard British cemetery, France. Templeux-Le- Guerard is a village 26 km (16 miles) east of Peronne (Somme).

John O’Shea’s Headstone in France.

154

John O’Shea’s memorial plaque

155

2.2.34

O’SULLIVAN, JEREMIAH

Regiment or Service: Welsh Regiment. Unit: 2nd Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No.: 8763.

Date of Death: 29-October-1914. Age at death: 17. Killed in Action.

Supplementary information: Son of Jeremiah and Catherine O'Sullivan, of Glencuttane, Killorglin, Co. Kerry. Born in Glencuttane, Killorglin, Co. Kerry.

He entered the Western Front on 27.08.1914.

Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 37, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium.

Description of fatal action: First Battle of Ypres Photograph of name (spelt as “Sullivan”) on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing shown on the following page.

Medal Roll shown also.

156

Jeremiah O’Sullivan’s (8763) name on the Menin Gate

157

Medal Roll for Jeremiah O’Sullivan

158

2.2.35

O'SULLIVAN, PATRICK

Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 2nd Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No.: 6699.

Date of Death: 02-July-1916. Age at death: 19. Killed in Action.

Supplementary information: Son of Thomas and Ellen O'Sullivan, of Ballyledder, Beaufort, Co. Kerry. Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Dublin.

Grave or Memorial Reference: II. F. 2. Cemetery: Essex Farm Cemetery in Belgium.

Information kindly provided by his family.

Patrick O’Sullivan’s Headstone in Belgium 159

Letter sent by the Regimental Chaplain to Patrick O’Sullivan’s mother.

160

Patrick O’Sullivan: Family note by his nephew, Brendan O’Sullivan

by Brendan O'Sullivan

A Kerry Soldier Of World War One

At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year 1918, the First World War finally came to an end.

Thousands of Irishmen died in this war and among them was my uncle, Patrick O'Sullivan from Ballyleddar, Beaufort, Co Kerry.

My father, his brother, was only a child when Patrick went to Dublin to find work. The war started and within months Patrick had joined up. The war would be of short duration, he would be paid and he would see some of the world.

He saw England, he saw Flanders and he died on July 2 1916. The dreaded telegram arrived in that remote part of Kerry. My aunt, who was then aged 11, decades later told me how she saw the postman down in the valley giving the telegram to her father. She described her horror at knowing what it almost certainly contained and how the news had to be hidden from her mother as another child had just been born.

My grandparents grieved but life went on. When my father came to Dublin in the 1930s and another war broke out, my grandmother needlessly worried that he too would be overtaken by foolishness and go away to that war.

In the 1980s a new generation began to take an interest in their uncle Patrick. Letters were exchanged with the Commonwealth Graves Commission and his grave was located. In August 1990 I travelled to the town of Ypres in Belgium to visit Essex Farm Cemetery. Neat well-kept rows of graves just like 1200 other cemeteries in that part of Europe. Plot 11, row F, grave 2. The headstone read 6690 GUARDSMAN P O'SULLIVAN IRISH GUARDS 2ND JULY 1916 AGE 19 FORMERLY OF BALLYLEDDAR BEAUFORT ON HIS SOUL SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY It was deeply moving to be the first member of my family to pay respects to my father's brother and to see the home place Ballyleddar Beaufort inscribed on that gravestone so far from the foothills of Carrauntoohill where he was brought up.

161

Eventually I returned to Ypres, in time for the ceremony which takes place at 8.00 at the New Menin Gate. The Dead of World War 1 are commemorated - every day of the year. The crowd gathers, the buglers arrive, the Last Post is played. The Memorial at the New Menin Gate contains the names of almost 55,000 men whose bodies were never recovered. At least my uncle had a grave.

The years passed, other relatives visited Belgium but for me, there was a sense of unfinished business about my uncle's life and death so last summer I travelled to London to examine British military records in the National Archives at Kew. There were Patrick O'Sullivans from other parts of Ireland but none from Kerry. The records of the Irish Guards remained with the Irish Guards.

I returned to Ireland and after some correspondence an envelope arrived containing the military record of my uncle. It starts with his enlistment form - almost all filled in by the enlisting officer Capt.

Irwin. I see for the only time my uncle's signature - Pat O'Sullivan handwriting uncannily like my father's. The date 29 January 1915. He joins for the DOW- duration of the war. Page 2 of this form contains his subsequent career - 199 days serving at home, 322 days in the British Expeditionary Force - a total of 1 year 156 days. One blemish on his record - missed parade on July 21 1915.

Another form called "casualty active service" is next. It shows that he left England for France from Southampton in August 1915. He was wounded in October - a head wound which required hospital treatment. He rejoined his battalion in November and the last entry is "killed in action 2-7-16".

Then there is correspondence from Irish Guards headquarters to my grandparents after my uncle's death. A letter informing them of his burial place - Essex Farm Cemetery. Another forwarding his personal effects -and what were they? An accompanying note lists them – 1 Hymn Book, 1 Crucifix.

Finally, there is a receipt signed by my grandfather in April 1922 acknowledging receipt of a British War Medal.

So that was all my grandparents had left as mementoes of their son 1 Hymn Book, 1 Crucifix, 1 War Medal.

They thought he had died at the Battle of the Somme but Kipling's "The Irish Guards in the Great War" revealed how he probably died.

His battalion was stationed near Ypres, well north of the Somme. A decision was taken to attack the German line at 10.00 P.M. on Sunday July 2. 30 men and 2 officers took part. They reached the German line but were eventually repelled by gunfire from the second German line. They retreated and most casualties occurred as the men climbed the parapet back into their own trench. So in this engagement, lasting 20 minutes, my uncle Patrick died and he was buried nearby in Essex Farm Cemetery.

162

My grand parents did not have these facts about his death and because of the coincidence of date they thought he had been killed at the Somme. They seem to have been informed about his burial place but strangely this information had to be rediscovered in the 1980s.

They were never likely to visit Belgium and many decades were to pass before Irishmen who died wearing a British uniform could be honoured.

But the tide has turned in recent years and in Sept. 2009 the President of Ireland unveiled a memorial in Killarney commemorating all those men from the region including Patrick O'Sullivan who fought and died in the British army in World War One. Every November, on the anniversary of the ending of that most obscene war, supposedly the Great War, supposedly the war to end all wars, the millions who died are honoured.

In his poem, "On Passing the New Menin Gate", written some years after the war the English anti-war poet Siegfried Sassoon, himself a war veteran, wonders Who will remember, passing through this gate the unheroic dead who fed the guns?

He thinks people will not remember them. But he was wrong. We remember those who died in all wars. In our family we remember Guardsman Patrick O'Sullivan, Ballyleddar, Beaufort, Co Kerry - killed in action July 2 1916 - aged 19.

163

Patrick O’Sullivan’s service record (kindly provided by his family)

Patrick O’Sullivan: Service Record

164

Patrick O’Sullivan: Service Record

165

Patrick O’Sullivan: Service Record

166

Patrick O’Sullivan: Service Record

167

Patrick O’Sullivan: Service Record

168

Patrick O’Sullivan: Service Record 169

Patrick O’Sullivan: Service Record 170

2.2.36

POWER, RAPHAEL JOSEPH

Regiment or Service: 46th Punjabis. Secondary Regiment: 33rd Punjabis.

Rank: Lieutenant.

Age at death: 20. Date of Death: 19-July-1917. Killed in Action.

Supplementary information: Son of Richard Power. Born at Cluincarraig, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Also listed on a plaque inside the front porch in the Catholic Church in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Grave or Memorial Reference: 4. D. 6. Cemetery: Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery in Tanzania (see below).

Description of fatal action: Action at Narangombe, German East Africa.

Information kindly provided by his family: Diary on following pages.

171

Raphael J. Power’s Headstone in Tanzania

172

PLAQUE IN St. JAMES’ CHURCH, KILLORGLIN, ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF RAPHAEL JOSEPH POWER

173

2.2.36.1 DIARY FROM THE FRONT: GERMAN EAST AFRICA 1917

174

175

176

177

178

179

180

181

182

183

184

185

186

187

188

189

190

191

192

193

194

195

196

197

198

199

200

201

Medal Roll for Lt. R. J. Power

202

Lt. R. J. Power: London Gazette 203

2.2.37

REILLY, PETER

Born in “Killorglin” on 18.05.1888.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. 231076.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in June 1904, aged 16, with the rating of “Boy 2”.

Previous occupation: “scholar”.

Underwent initial training on the frigate HMS Emerald – reclassified as “Boy 1”.

Had further training on the sail training ship HMS Impregnable, the cruiser HMS St. George, and HMS Vivid 1 (shore based).

Reclassified as “Ordinary Seaman” on his 18th birthday (18.05.1906), at HMS Vivid I. Promoted to “Able Bodied Seaman” on 24.06.1907 on board the cruiser HMS Amphitrite.

In the period before the War, he served on a total of ten ships/training bases.

During the War, he served on the battleship HMS Erin, HMS Vivid I, the battle cruiser HMS Tiger, and the battleship HMS Marlborough.

He was invalided out of the Royal Navy in February 1919.

Died 12.02.1919, in RN Hospital Plymouth, from Broncho Pneumonia.

Service record is shown overleaf.

204

Service Record for Peter Reilly

205

2.2.38

RORKE, GEORGE MM

Regiment or Service: Royal Garrison Artillery.

Unit: 235th Siege Battery.

Rank: Bombardier. Service No.: 138781.

Date of Death: 20-August-1917. Died of wounds.

He won the Military Medal and is listed in the London Gazette. Formerly he was with the Lancashire and Cheshire Royal Garrison Artillery where his number was 2014.

Born in Caragh Lake, County Kerry. Enlisted in Liverpool while living in Sallins, County Kildare. Supplementary information: Son of James and Elizabeth Rorke, of Osbertown, Sallins, Co. Kildare.

Grave or Memorial Reference: II. K. 19. Cemetery: Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery in France.

Description of fatal action: No named battle.

Medal Roll for George Rorke shown on following page.

206

Medal Roll for George Rorke

207

2.2.39

RUSSELL, TIMOTHY

Regiment or Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit: 13th Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No.: 1376 Date of Death: 22-August-1915. Killed in Action.

Born Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland.

Age on enlistment: 27 years 2 months. Occupation: Farm Labourer.

Place and date of enlistment: 09-October-1914. Rosehill Camp, NSW. Weight: 151 lbs. Height: 5 feet, 6 ¾ inches. Complexion: dark. Eyes: brown.

Hair: brown. Previous military experience: 6 months Militia Regiment.

Next of kin details: (mother) Mary Russell, Nauntinane, Killorglin, Kerry.

Wounded with a gunshot wound to the right arm and treated on hospital ship ‘Dunluce Castle’ and the No. 2 Hospital in Cairo. Rejoined his unit 6 weeks later in Gallipoli. Five weeks later he was listed as wounded and later changed to “killed in action” on the Gallipoli Peninsula after a Court of Enquiry at Serapeum. Grave or Memorial Reference: 39. Memorial: Lone Pine Memorial in Turkey.

LONE PINE MEMORIAL, GALLIPOLI 208

Timothy RUSSELL Service Number Place of birth Religion Occupation Marital status Age at embarkation Next of kin Enlistment date Rank on enlistment Unit name AWM Embarkation Roll number Embarkation details Rank from Nominal Roll Unit from Nominal Roll Fate Commemoration details Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Other details

1376 Ireland Roman Catholic Farm hand Single 27 Mother, Mrs. Mary Russell, Nantinaune, Killorglin, Kerry, Ireland 9 October 1914 Private 13th Battalion, E Company 23/30/1 Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914 Private 13th Battalion Killed in Action 22 August 1915 The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 39), Gallipoli, Turkey 70

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Timothy Russell: Summary Record

209

Attestation Form for Timothy Russell 210

Timothy Russell’s name on Lone Pine Memorial

211

2.2.40

SHEA, DANIEL

Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd Battalion.

Rank: Pte. Service No.: 20509.

Date of Death: 04-October-1918. Killed in action.

Formerly he was with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers where his number was 63553.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Hereford while living in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Grave or Memorial Reference: I. H. 46. Cemetery: Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery in France.

Description of fatal action: Battle of Beaurevoir.

Medal Roll for Daniel Shea shown overleaf.

212

Medal Roll for Daniel Shea

213

2.2.41

SHEA, THOMAS

Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: "D" Coy. 1st Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No.: 8586.

Age at death: 29. Date of Death: 25-April-1915. Killed in Action in Gallipoli.

Enlisted in Tralee while living in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Supplementary information: Son of Mrs. Mary Shea, of 5, Lower Abbey St., Tralee, Co. Kerry. Born in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Panel 185 to 190 of the Helles Memorial in Turkey.

Medal Roll for Thomas Shea shown overleaf.

214

Medal Roll for Thomas Shea

215

2.2.42

SULLIVAN, MICHAEL.

Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Regiment. Unit: 2nd Battalion.

Rank: Private. Service No.: 6576.

Date of Death: 26-August-1914. Age at death: 32. Killed in Action at Coudry.

Enlisted in Tralee while living in Killorglin, County Kerry.

Supplementary information: Son of the late Michael and Ellen Sullivan, of Killorglin, Co. Kerry. Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. (Cousin) Miss Margaret Brennan, Dromin East, Killorglin, County Kerry.

He has no known grave but is listed on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial in France.

Description of fatal action: Battle of Le Cateau (part of the retreat from the Battle of Mons).

Medal Roll for Michael Sullivan shown overleaf.

216

Medal Roll for Michael Sullivan

217

2.2.43

SULLIVAN, WILLIAM MARTIN.

Regiment: 6th. Battalion, Australian Infantry Force.

Rank: Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant. Service No.: 1053.

Age at death: 37. Date of Death: 25.05.1915.

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Melbourne 29.08.1914.

Died of wounds sustained in action at Gallipoli.

Buried at sea off Gaba Tepe.

Commemorated on Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey (see photograph overleaf).

Previous service: Royal Munster Fusiliers (10 years) comprising 6 years as an NCO, and 3 years in Cape Mounted Police during the South African War, including the Zulu Rebellion of 1906.

At the time of enlistment, William Martin was a fireman with the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board, Melbourne.

Following his death, an enlarged photograph of him was presented to the Mess in connection with this Brigade.

A copy of his Attestation Record is shown overleaf; as is a copy of a letter from the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board, Melbourne, requesting information about date of death.

218

Attestation Form for William Martin Sullivan 219

William Martin Sullivan’s name on Lone Pine Memorial

220

William Martin Sullivan: letter from Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board, Melbourne

221

William Martin SULLIVAN Regimental number Religion Occupation Marital status Age at embarkation Next of kin Enlistment date Rank on enlistment Unit name AWM Embarkation Roll number Embarkation details Rank from Nominal Roll Unit from Nominal Roll Fate Commemoration details Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Other details

1053 Roman Catholic Fireman Single 36 Uncle, James Sullivan, Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland 29 August 1914 Colour SGT

6th Battalion, B Company 23/23/1 Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914 Private 6th Battalion Died of wounds 24 May 1915 The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 25), Gallipoli, Turkey 48

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

222

2.2.44

WARNER, HENRY

Born in Killorglin on 20.07.1896. Parents: William Wellington Warner and Elizabeth Anne Warner. Family moved to Cork shortly afterwards.

Note: Henry’s younger brother, William Carter Warner, also joined the Royal Navy. He served in, and survived the War (see entry in the “Survivors” section).

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. J16675.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in April 1912, aged 16, with the rating of “Boy 2”.

Previous occupation: “messenger”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Impregnable – reclassified as “Boy 1”.

Had further training on HMS Vivid 1 (shore based).

Served on several ships.

Reclassified as “Ordinary Seaman” on his 18th birthday (July 31st, 1914), on board HMS Monmouth.

Killed in action on 01.11.1914 during the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile.

Awarded the Star, Victory and British War medals.

He is commemorated on the Cenotaph in Cork (shown overleaf).

Service record is shown overleaf.

Internet information about HMS Monmouth overleaf

223

Service record for Henry Warner

224

Henry Warner RN, shown on the Cenotaph in Cork

225

226

3 SECTION THREE: SURVIVORS 3.1 LIST OF SURVIVORS BARRETT, RICHARD BARRY, TOM BOURKE, MARTIN BOURKE, THOMAS BRAY, HUMPHREY BREEN, PATRICK JOSEPH BRETT, JOHN JOSEPH BUTLER, WILLIAM CAREY, JOHN CLIFFORD, DANIEL CLIFFORD, DANIEL CLIFFORD, MICHAEL CLIFFORD, TIMOTHY COFFEY, PATRICK CONNELLY, JOHN MICHAEL CONNORS, MICHAEL E CORCORAN, PATRICK CORCORAN, PATRICK THOMAS CORKERRY, JOHN COSTELLO, MICHAEL COTCHER, ROBERT GEORGE COTCHER, WILLIAM JOHN DALY, JOHN DALY, MICHAEL DIGGIN, PATRICK DOHERTY, BARTHOLOMEW DOYLE, DENIS DOYLE, DENIS JEREMIAH DOYLE, JAMES DOYLE, MARTIN DCM DOYLE, PATRICK DOYLE, PATRICK DUFFY, HUGH MM DUFFY, MICHAEL DUFFY, PATRICK EGER, MICHAEL FERARD, CECIL MC FITZMAURICE, DESMOND FLEMING, PATRICK FLEMING, PATRICK JOSEPH FLYNN, JAMES FLYNN, JOHN CORNELIUS FOLEY, MICHAEL MM FOLEY, PATRICK FOLEY, WILLIAM (BAZZIE) FRANKLIN, JOHN GALLIVAN, MICHAEL MM GALVIN, JOHN (JACK) GORDON, LADY EDITH GRIFFIN, FRANCIS GRIFFIN, JOHN JOSEPH GRIFFIN, JOHNNY

GRIFFIN, MICHAEL JOHN GRIFFIN, WILLIAM GUERIN, JAMES GUINAN, JAMES HARTNETT, TIMMY HEALEY, EDWARD HENSEY, WILLIAM J HOGAN, PATIE HUBBARD, GEORGE HUBBARD, JAMES HUGGARD, STEPHEN McCARTHY, DENNIS McCARTHY, JEREMIAH McENERY, MICHAEL McENERY, RICHARD McINTYRE, PATRICK MEADE, MICHAEL MORIARTY, PATRICK MORIARTY, PATRICK MORONEY, DANIEL MORONEY, JOHN MORONEY, TIMOTHY MURPHY, MICHAEL O’BRIEN, DANIEL O’BRIEN, JAMES O’CONNOR, JAMES JOSEPH O’CONNOR, JEREMIAH O’CONNOR, JOHN C O’CONNOR, PATRICK O’NEILL, PATRICK (SONNY) O’REILLY, JAMES FRANCIS O’RILEY, JERRY O’SHEA, PATRICK M O’SULLIVAN, JOHN O’SULLIVAN, MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN, PATRICK OVENS, WILLIAM REILLY, PATRICK RIORDAN, JAMES ROCHFORT, JOHN SHEATHER, CHARLES T DSM SHEATHER, WALTER H OdeL SHEEHAN, DANIEL JOSEPH SHEEHAN, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN, JOHN JAMES SULLIVAN, THOMAS SWEENEY, JOHN TAYLOR, JAMES TEAHAN, JOHN CdeG. WALKER, FRANCIS S. CBE WARNER, WILLIAM CARTER

227

3.1.1

BARRETT, RICHARD

Private Richard Barrett, born in Killorglin, worked as a painter.

Compiled from his Service Record: He enlisted in the Connaught Rangers at Kinsale on 20th November 1915, aged 45.

Subsequently, he was transferred to the Royal Irish Regiment.

Richard served in Company Headquarters in France until the end of the War. He was demobilised on 1st September 1919.

Copy of Richard Barrett’s Attestation Record overleaf.

228

Attestation Form for Richard Barrett 229

3.1.2

BARRY, TOM

Tom Barry was born in Killorglin, County Kerry. He was the son of a Royal Irish Constabulary policeman. Four years later, Thomas Barry Senior resigned and opened a business in his hometown of Rosscarbery, County Cork.

Tom Barry enlisted in the 14th Battery, Royal Regiment of Artillery on 30.06.1915.

Service Number 100399.

He served in the British Expeditionary Force in Mesopotania (modern day Iraq) as a “Gunner” from 21.01.1916 to 20.05.1918.

Then he was posted to Egypt from 08.06.1918 to 19.02.1919.

He was demobilised upon return to England on 04.03.1919.

“In June, in my seventeenth year, I had decided to see what this Great War was like. I cannot plead I went on the advice of John Redmond or any other politician, that if we fought for the British we would secure Home Rule for Ireland, nor can I say I understood what Home Rule meant. I was not influenced by the lurid appeal to fight to save Belgium or small nations. I knew nothing about nations, large or small. I went to the war for no other reason than that I wanted to see what war was like, to get a gun, to see new countries and to feel a grown man. Above all I went because I knew no Irish history and had no national consciousness”.

He fought in Mesopotamia (then part of the Ottoman Empire, present day Iraq). He rose to the rank of sergeant. Barry was offered a commission in the Royal Munster Fusiliers but refused it. While outside Kut-el-Amara, Barry first heard of the Easter Rising.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

230

Attestation Record for Tom Barry.

231

3.1.3

BOURKE, MARTIN

Martin Burke was born on May 3rd. 1896 at Dungeel, Killorglin, Co. Kerry.

His parents were Martin and Ellen Burke, farmers.

Martin emigrated to Canada sometime after 1911.

He enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on April 5th 1916 at Vanguard, Saskatchewan.

Martin served in France, and returned to Canada.

Attestation Record shown on following pages.

232

Attestation Form for Martin Bourke (page 1 of 2)

233

Attestation Form for Martin Bourke (page 2 of 2)

234

3.1.4

BOURKE, THOMAS

US Army.

Found Draft Registration Card (Illinois), but not Service Card.

The 1930 US Census showed “Thomas Bourke, born Ireland 1889, WW veteran” living in Cook County, Chicago.

Draft Registration Card and 1930 Census Return shown below.

Thomas Bourke: Draft Registration Card

235

Thomas Bourke: 1930 Census Return

236

3.1.5

BRAY, HUMPHREY

Native of Co. Offaly (King’s County).

Stationed in Killorglin RIC Barracks at time of enlistment.

Enlisted in the Irish Guards in Dublin on 03.11.1915, aged 35, with the rank of Private.

Service Number 10133.

Transferred to the Western Front on 12.10.1916 with the BEF. Promoted several times, to the rank of Sergeant.

Demobilised on 01.03.1919.

Copies of Attestation Record and Medal Roll on following pages.

237

Attestation Record for Humphrey Bray

238

Medal Roll for Humphrey Bray

239

3.1.6

BREEN, PATRICK JOSEPH

US Army

Photograph taken when he joined the Army (kindly provided by his family) 240

Patrick Joseph Breen was born in 1890, at Cappaganeen, Beaufort, Co. Kerry.

He emigrated to America in his early 20s.

He enlisted in the United States Army on July 27th 1918 at Worcester, Mass..

His occupation was shown as “moulder”.

He served on the Western Front until the end of the War. Patrick Joseph Breen was given an Honourable Discharge from the US Army, with the grade of Private 1st Class, on January 28th 1919 at Camp Devens, Mass.

His character entry was given as “very good”.

His Certificate was signed by the Camp Commander, Col. Day. He later returned to Ireland, and settled in Glencuttane, in Killorglin Parish.

Draft Registration card for Patrick Joseph Breen His Certificate of Honourable Discharge, Enlistment Record and Service Card are shown on the following pages.

241

Patrick Joseph Breen: Certificate of Honourable Discharge

242

Patrick Joseph Breen: Enlistment Record

243

Patrick Joseph Breen: Service Card

244

3.1.7

BRETT, JOHN JOSEPH

Born Killorglin 29.04.1898.

Service: Mercantile Marine (forerunner of Merchant Navy).

Service Number: RS2 No. 207769.

Position: Wireless Officer.

Awarded the Mercantile Marine Medal and the British War Medal on 13.06.1921.

Copy of Medal Card shown below.

245

3.1.8

BUTLER, WILLIAM

Son of Francis and Catherine Butler, of Coolbane, Killorglin, Co. Kerry.

Note: Brother of Maurice Butler NZEF KIA 07.06.1917 (see Fatalities Section) Next of kin (sister): Mrs. J Mamaton, Plough Hotel, Rangiora, N.Z. Enlisted 02.03.1917 at Gisborne.

Occupation on enlistment: labourer.

Assigned to F Coy. 27th Reinforcements, 3rd. Btn., Wellington Regiment.

Service Number 51151. Rank: Private.

Embarked on 12.06.1917 from Wellington.

Disembarked at Devonport 16.08.1917.

Left for France 01.10.1917.

Joined Battalion “In the Field” 12.10.1917.

Had several hospital stays.

Returned to England 15.12.1917.

Embarked at Liverpool for New Zealand on 01.02.1918, per HMS Tahiti.

Discharged on 16.04.1918 “as no longer physically fit for War Service”.

Awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.

A copy of his Attestation Record is shown overleaf.

246

Attestation Record for William Butler

247

3.1.9

CAREY, JOHN

US NAVY Chief Special Mechanic

John Carey: Registration and Service Cards

248

3.1.10

CLIFFORD, DANIEL

Born Ardmoniel, Killorglin in 1890.

Brother of Timothy Clifford who was killed at the Somme in 1916 (see Fatalities Section).

Daniel emigrated to Australia in 1908. He worked initially on a farm in NSW, and then moved to Sydney.

He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on May 6th 1916 at the Royal Australian Sport Grounds, Sydney; and was sent to a training camp at Kiama, on the NSW South Coast.

Daniel was initially assigned to the 20th Reinforcements, 13th Battalion, with the Service Number 6489.

Copy of his attestation Record is shown overleaf.

Photograph kindly provided by his family.

249

Attestation Record for Daniel Clifford.

250

3.1.11

CLIFFORD, DANIEL

Royal Munster Fusiliers. Service Numbers 3365 & 4885.

Daniel Clifford, of “Killorglin”, enlisted aged 18 at Tralee, on 19.03.1890 in the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Rank: Private. Service number 3365.

Previous occupation: “Tailor”.

His career was as follows: “Home” 1890-1900 East Indies 1900-1901 South Africa 1901-1902 (awarded SA (Queen’s) badge with clasp 1902) “Home” 1902-1904 Gibralter 1904-1907 “Home” 1907-1911 Discharged 18.03.1911 after 21 years service.

On the outbreak of war, Daniel re-enlisted in The Royal Munster Fusiliers in Tralee, aged 43. He was assigned to the Army Reserve, Service Number 4885.

He served on the “Home (British)” front for the duration of the conflict (possibly in Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee), until demobilisation on 24.01.1919.

Copies of both Attestation Forms are shown on the following pages.

251

Attestation form for Daniel Clifford 1890 252

Attestation form for Daniel Clifford 1914 253

3.1.12

CLIFFORD, MICHAEL

Born in Dooks on 13.08.1891.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. J226.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in January 1908, aged 17, with the rating of “Boy 2”.

Previous occupation: “farm labourer”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Impregnable – reclassified as “Boy 1”.

Had further training on HMS Vivid 1 (shore based).

Served on several ships.

Reclassified as “Ordinary Seaman” on his 18th birthday (13.08.1909), on board the cruiser HMS Aboukir.

Promoted to “Able Seaman” on 25.01.1912, on board the battleship HMS Temeraire.

Served on a total of five fighting and training ships during the War, during which he was promoted to “Leading Seaman” on 18.05.1916 on board the cruiser HMS Devonshire.

Following the War, he served on a total of four ships of the line and training vessels.

He left the Royal Navy in June 1922.

Service record is shown overleaf.

254

Service Record for Michael Clifford

255

3.1.13

CLIFFORD, TIMOTHY

US Army Information taken from his Registration and Service Card: Born Killorglin 1892.

Inducted at Hartford, CONN, on June 20, 1917.

Rank: Private.

Army Serial Number: 63,268.

Served overseas (Western Front) with several Infantry Cos. from September 17 1917 till May 11, 1919.

Honourably discharged on demobilisation May 23 1919.

Copies of his Draft Card & CONN Archives Service Record are shown below.

256

3.1.14

COFFEY, PATRICK

Name found in list kindly provided by Jean Prendergast, Royal Munster Fusiliers Association.

Information gleaned from RMFA list and Medal Index Card: Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Private, Service Number 2724.

Theatre of war: France 02.09.1914.

Wounded: June 1918.

Medals awarded: Victory Medal, British War Medal & 1914 Star.

Discharged 27.01.1920 A copy of his Medal Index Card is shown overleaf.

257

Medal Index Card for Patrick Coffey

258

3.1.15

CONNELLY, JOHN MICHAEL

Born in “Killorglin” on 22.09.1884.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. 310339.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in July 1906, aged 21, with the rating of “Stoker 2”.

Previous occupation: “machinist in woollen factory”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Vivid II (shore based) .

Had further training on the battleship HMS Hannibal at Devonport, during which he was reclassified as “Stoker 1” on 07.02.1907.

Served on several ships prior to the outbreak of the War. He was stationed for the entire war on the depot ship HMS Colleen at Queenstown (Cobh).

Promoted to “Acting Leading Stoker” on 20.02.1919, on board HMS Colleen.

Promoted to “Leading Stoker” on 20.08.1919, on board the depot ship HMS Greenwich at Scapa Flow.

Served on the training ships HMS Vivid II and HMS King George V 19191923.

He was seconded to the New Zealand Naval Force 1923-1926, serving on the administrative and training depot ship HMS Philomel.

On return to England he served on the training ships HMS Osprey and HMS Vivid II until he was shore pensioned on 30.07.1928, after a career spanning 22 years.

He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct medals on 01.04.1917.

Service record is shown overleaf.

259

Service Record for John Michael Connelly

260

3.1.16

CONNORS, MICHAEL E

US Army

Michael E. Connors: Draft Registration Card

261

Michael E. Connors: Service Card

262

3.1.17

CORCORAN, PATRICK

US Army Born 28.01.1889, Laharan, Killorglin.

Rank: Private.

Regiment: Battery “D”, 301 Field Artillery, (Massachusetts) U. S. Army.

Part of 76th Division, at Camp Devens (see below).

Departed for France at the beginning of July 1918.

Died 23.10.1961.

Commemorated: Headstone in Dromavalla graveyard, Killorglin.

“Steam heat for the National Army what. I wish you could see the way these fellows are putting up for the winter.” Letter from Sam Avery, 12/26/17 World War I Named after Union General and Judge Charles Devens of the Civil War, Camp Devens was established in 1917 as the primary National Army cantonment (training center) for the Northeast Military Department.

Built on a tract 7 miles long by 2 miles wide, Camp Devens covered 5000 acres of land along the Boston and Maine railway obtained from the contiguous communities of Ayer, Harvard, Shirley and Lancaster, Massachusetts.

263

3.1.18

CORCORAN, PATRICK THOMAS

Born in “Killorglin” on 05.06.1888.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. K609.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in April 1908, aged 19, with the rating of “Stoker 2”.

Previous occupation: “fireman”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Vivid II (shore based).

Between 1909 and 1912 he served on the battleship HMS Hibernia, during which time he was reclassified as “Stoker 1”.

Between 1912 and 1914 he served on the training ship HMS President at Blackfriars in London.

During the War he served on HMS Colleen (depot ship at Queenstown/Cobh), HMS Vivid II, the depot ship HMS Diligence and the destroyer HMS Narwhal.

He was invalided out of the Royal Navy in February 1917.

Service record is shown on the following page.

264

Service Record for Patrick Thomas Corcoran

265

3.1.19

CORKERRY, JOHN

Name: John Corkerry.

Date / Place of Birth: 1st May 1877 at Gurrane, Killorglin.

Parents: Stephen and Johanna Corkerry (nee Sullivan).

Enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers as a Private.

Service Number 6476.

Details of war service: not known at present.

Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Discharged on demobilisation 31.03.1920.

He resumed his work as a tailor, and died in 1944.

Copies of his Medal Index Card and Medal Award Rolls are shown overleaf.

266

Medal Index Card for John Corkerry

267

Service Medal and Award Roll for John Corkerry.

268

3.1.20

COSTELLO, MICHAEL

US Army Information taken from his Registration and Service Card: Born Killorglin 1893.

Inducted at Depot LB166, NY, on November 26th 1917.

Rank: Private.

Army Serial Number: 237,495.

Trained at HQ until February 24th 1918 Served overseas (Western Front) in logistics (Ammunition Train) from January 16th 1918 till August 17th, 1919.

Honourably discharged on demobilisation August 19th 1919.

Copies of his Registration Card and Service Card are shown below.

269

Michael Costello: Service Card

270

3.1.21

COTCHER, ROBERT GEORGE

2/The Kings (Liverpool) Regiment

Information taken from the 1911 England Census, Medal Roll Index and the 1901 Census of Ireland (Service Record not found): Robert George Cotcher was born in Cromane in 1887.

He enlisted in the Second Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, as a Private. Service No. 9777.

He entered the Asian (India) theatre in April 1915.

The 2nd Battalion was stationed on the North-West Frontier from 1908 until 1920.

He received the Victory and British Medals, as well as the 1915 Star.

271

Robert George Cotcher: Medal Roll Card

272

3.1.22

COTCHER, WILLIAM JOHN

William John Cotcher was born in Cromane in 1880.

He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (British Colombia Regiment), as a Private Service No. 77673, in Victoria, BC, on 10th November 1914.

He had previously served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

A copy of his Attestation Paper is shown on the following pages.

273

274

Attestation Paper for Cotcher, William John 275

3.1.23

DALY, JOHN

Compiled from his Service Record: John Daly enlisted in the Irish Guards at Tralee on 20th April 1915.

Service Number 7684.

Following training, he was transferred to France on 21st December 1915.

He served on the Western Front until the end of the War. He was re-assigned to the Army Service Corps, Shropshire, on 16th November 1918. Service Number S/445548.

On 12th July 1919 John was demobilised.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

276

Attestation Record for John Daly

277

3.1.24

DALEY, MICHAEL US Navy

Seaman 2nd Class Originally from Caherpierse, Annascaul, Michael Daly served in the US Navy.

Sometime after the War, he settled in Reen, Killorglin Commemoration: Headstone in Dromavalla graveyard.

Draft Registration and Service cards are shown overleaf.

Photograph and caps (shown below) kindly provided by his family.

278

Michael Daley’s Caps

279

Michael Daley: Registration & Service Cards

280

3.1.25

DIGGIN, PATRICK

Extract from Service Record: Born “Killorglin” in 1887.

Emigrated to Australia.

Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force at Perth, WA, on 19.01.1916.

Assigned to 3rd Reinforcements, 23rd Howitzer Brigade, with the rank of Gunner. Service Number 16004.

Embarked at Melbourne 28.03.1916 on HMAT “Commonwealth”.

Disembarked at Plymouth 09.07.1916.

Transferred to France on 31.12.1916.

Taken on strength of 7th Field Artillery Brigade “in the field” on 06.07.1917.

Served “in the field” until going on leave in England on 07.08.1918.

Had several hospital stays in England and Tralee.

Departed England on 21.12.1918 on “Marmari” for return to Australia.

Copy of Attestation Record on following page.

281

Attestation record of Patrick Diggin

282

3.1.26

DOHERTY, BARTHOLOMEW

Bartholomew Doherty, Ardmoniel, enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Service Number 6468.

He served on the Western Front with 2nd Battalion, B Company.

He was reported wounded in October 1916.

283

3.1.27

DOYLE, DENIS

Born in “Killorglin” on 17.02.1885.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. 215616.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in July 1901, aged 11, with the rating of “Boy 2”.

Previous occupation: “labourer”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Black Prince – reclassified as “Boy 1” on 01.05.1902.

Served on the battleship HMS Minotaur, and was reclassified as “Ordinary Seaman” on his 18th birthday (17.02.1903), on board the frigate HMS Agincourt.

Prior to the War, he served successively on HMS Vivid (training ship), HMS Sirius (cruiser- promoted to “Able Seaman” on 25.04.1904), HMS Defiance (torpedo school), HMS Queen (battleship), HMS Orion (corvette), HMS Emerald (frigate) and HMS Hood (receiving ship at Queenstown/Cobh).

He served the entire period of the War on the battleship HMS Lion, which saw action in the Battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland.

He was shore pensioned in April 1919.

Service record is shown overleaf.

284

Service Record for Denis Doyle 285

3.1.28

DOYLE, DENIS JEREMIAH

Information kindly provided by his family: Denis, Martin and Patrick Doyle were members of a large family. Their parents farmed a large (for the time) holding on the banks of the river Laune at Ballymacprior. As only one of the sons could inherit the farm, many of the children had to emigrate in order to find work.

Denis Doyle emigrated to Australia in 1888, and settled in Queensland. He was initially employed as a cab driver in Toowoomba, near Brisbane.

Patrick Doyle went to South Africa in 1898, and secured employment in the diamond mines at Kimberly.

Martin Doyle, one of the younger members of the family, emigrated to South Africa in 1906. He also found work in the diamond mines at Kimberly.

All three brothers served in the War, and all survived – though Martin was severely wounded.

Extract from Service Record: Denis Doyle enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Brisbane on 21st January 1916, aged 43. He was assigned to 11th Field Company Engineers His unit departed from Outer Harbour, South Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 31st May 1916. He served on the Western Front until October 1917 – when he was classified as “medically unfit on age grounds”.

He returned to Australia in January 1918.

Copies of his Attestation Record and Service Summary Page are shown overleaf.

286

Dennis J. Doyle: AIF Summary Record

287

Service Record for Denis Jeremiah Doyle

288

3.1.29

DOYLE, JAMES

Compiled from his Service Record: Sapper James Doyle enlisted, aged 18, in Tralee on 30th August 1897, into the Royal Engineers. Service Number 1163. Rated as a “skilled carpenter”.

He was born in Killorglin, though his family subsequently moved to Tralee.

He had a very long service (21 years) in the British Army, finally leaving on 9th April 1919.

During the years 1897 – 1912 James was stationed in South Africa. He served in the South African Campaign of 1899-1900. He was awarded the Queen’s South African medals and clasps.

On 12th March 1912, after 15 years service, he was transferred to the RE Reserve.

James married in England in May 1912.

He was called up for active duty on 16th September 1914; and was sent with the British Expeditionary force to the Western Front. While there, Patrick was promoted to Lance Corporal. Following the end of the War, he returned home, and remained in the RE Reserve until his discharge on 9th April 1919.

James was awarded the Victory and British War medals, the 1914 Star; and also the Silver Medal for long service and the Good Conduct medal.

Attestation Record and Medal Roll shown on following pages.

289

James Doyle: Attestation Record

290

James Doyle: Medal Roll

291

3.1.30

DOYLE, MARTIN DCM

Kerry Evening Post 30 Aug. 1916 DCM for Killorglin Man “Lance Corporal Martin Doyle, Rhodesian Platoon, King’s Royal Rhodesian Corps, has won the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was born in Killorglin, Co. Kerry, and received his education in Castleknock College, Dublin. He joined a “Pals” section from Rhodesia, and was attached to the KRR Corps in France.

For bringing in a comrade under heavy enemy fire he was recommended for a DCM in May last.

For conspicuous bravery in occupation of German trenches in the “Big Push” he was again recommended for the DCM; and he has now been awarded the much-coveted distinction.

Lance Corporal Doyle is severely wounded, but is progressing favourably in hospital in London.”

Information kindly provided by his family: Denis, Martin and Patrick Doyle were members of a large family. Their parents farmed a large (for the time) holding on the banks of the river Laune at Ballymacprior. As only one of the sons could inherit the farm, many of the children had to emigrate in order to find work.

Denis Doyle emigrated to Australia in 1888, and settled in Queensland. He was initially employed as a cab driver in Toowoomba, near Brisbane.

Patrick Doyle went to South Africa in 1898, and secured employment in the diamond mines at Kimberly.

Martin Doyle, one of the younger members of the family, emigrated to South Africa in 1906. He also found work in the diamond mines at Kimberly.

All three brothers served in the War, and all survived – though Martin was severely wounded.

292

By 1913, Martin Doyle was working in mining in Rhodesia.

He enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 17th November 1915, aged 29.

The Corps left South Africa, in late 1915 on board the Union Castle passenger ship, the Walmer Castle. Training took place at the corps’ depot at Sheerness in Kent.

In January 1916, R/16943 Rfn. Martin Doyle, as a member of the Rhodesian Platoon, 2KRRC, arrived in Dunkirk. The Battalion was one of four which formed the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, responsible for holding the Loos Sector between Laventie and Vimy.

In mid-1916, immediately prior to the start of the Battle of the Somme, Martin was seriously wounded in an act of conspicuous bravery. In a selfless act, he had picked up a German trench mortar, which had landed amongst a group of wounded soldiers; but as he lobbed the bomb it exploded, resulting in the loss of his hand. For his bravery, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

Martin was consequently retired from the army in March 1917.

A copy of his Citation of the DCM is shown below

Copy of Martin Doyle’s Medal Index Card is shown overleaf, and Regimental information on following pages (kindly provided by his family)

293

Medal Index Card for Martin Doyle

294

295

296

297

298

3.1.31

DOYLE, PATRICK (SAAR)

Information kindly provided by his family: Patrick Doyle went to South Africa in 1898, and secured employment in the diamond mines at Kimberly.

Patrick Doyle enlisted in a South African Artillery Regiment in 1916, and was posted to German East Africa (now Tanzania). His battery served under Generals Smuts and Van Deventer in the campaign against the very successful German General Von Lettow-Vorbeck (the Rommel of World War One). The latter, in this relatively unpublicised campaign, had, with his Schutzgruppe of about 13,000 men, tied down 250,000 Imperial troops throughout the four years of war, spanning German East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia.

A copy of Patrick Doyle’s Attestation Form is shown overleaf, and a portion of Patrick Doyle’s diary (kindly provided by his family) is shown on the following pages.

299

Patrick Doyle’s SAEF Attestation Form

300

301

302

3.1.32

DOYLE, PATRICK (AIF)

Extract from Service Record: Born Ownagarry, Killorglin in 1883.

Emigrated to Australia.

Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force at Warwick, Queensland, on 02.04.1916.

Assigned to 18th Reinforcements, 25th Battalion. Service Number 6435.

Embarked at Sydney 22.12.1916 on HMTS Demosthenes.

Disembarked at Plymouth on 05.03.1917.

Transferred to France on 19.06.1917.

Joined Unit on 07.07.1917.

Wounded in action on 13.10.1917 at Ypres, Belgium.

Transferred to hospital in England on 18.10.1917.

Departed England on 16.12.1917 for return to Australia.

Copy of Attestation Record on following page.

303

Attestation Form for Patrick Doyle

304

3.1.33

DUFFY, HUGH MM

Information kindly provided by his family: DOB: 07-07-1893, Castleisland, Co. Kerry.

DOD: 24-05-1957, Dublin.

Enlisted in the British Army, 27-06-1916 in Tralee, Co. Kerry, aged 23, as a Private.

Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery. Post: Gunner.

Regimental Number: 98417 In his application to join the army, Hugh stated he was a teacher, and listed Mr. J. O’Gorman, O’ Connell Street, Limerick as his last employer before joining the Army.

Hugh qualified with a First Class in Signaling and Telegraphing in a UK Camp (possibly Catterick), 22-11-1916.

Promoted to Bombadier at Catterick, UK, 19-12-1916.

Given a posting 27-12-1916.

Qualified as a Regimental Instructor in Anti-Gas Measures, 04-08-1917.

Appointed Bombadier Signaler 21-08-1918.

War Experience: Went to France 29-03-1918 with the British Expeditionary Forces, as part of the 306th Siege Battery.

Theatre of War: Western Front.

Campaigns: not listed.

Wounded ‘at duty’ 30-08-1918 and stayed at his post.

Wounded Record: War Office Casualty List 61684.

Hugh was the first of the Duffy brothers to be wounded.

Demobilized 11-12-1919 to Dover, UK.

305

Supplementary information about Hugh Duffy (kindly provided by his family) Name:

Hugh Duffy

Date of Birth Attended National School: Secondary School: GAA: Post Secondary School: World War 1 Service:

7 June 1893 Portmagee, Co. Kerry Killorglin and Tralee Played on Laune Rangers team that won Kerry County Senior Football Championship in 1911.

Worked as Secondary School teacher in Limerick Joined British Army in 1916 Trained as Signaler and Bombadier Service in France with 306th Siege Battery, RGA. Awarded Military Medal (“For Bravery in the Field�)

306

Information about Hugh Duffy, kindly provided by his son, Hugh Duffy DSJ.

These are two photographs taken during a Garda Siochana pilgrimage to Rome in 1928.

The photo above shows the whole group gathered on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica. The man in front of the whole group is General Eoin O'Duffy, then Commissioner of the Garda (He is no relation). My father, then Superintendent Hugh Duffy, seems to be the person standing to the left of the Irish tricolour. To the left of him as we look at the photo is an Irish Passionist priest. The Passionists at Mt. Argus, Dublin, are traditionally chaplains to the Garda Siochana.

The photo below shows my father leading a detachment of Gardai past the Castel San Angelo on their way to St. Peter's Square.

They had an audience with the Pope.

Incidentally, each man who went on the pilgrimage was a volunteer and paid his own way.

307

Photo of the soccer team of the 306th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. My father, Hugh Duffy, is seated in the middle row, second from the left. Apparently the team won a league that was played from November 1918 (when the ceasefire took effect) until February 1919 (when my father was demobilised).

308

Note written in my father's handwriting on the back of the photo shown above.

309

3.1.34

DUFFY, MICHAEL

Information kindly provided by his family: Michael John Duffy DOB: 12-01-1895, Castleisland, Co. Kerry.

DOD: 03-01-1957, Dublin.

Enlisted in the British Army, September 1915, Tralee, Co. Kerry, aged 20 as a private.

Regiment: Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Battalion: 8th Service Battalion, 16th Division.

Regimental Number: 5190.

War Experience: With the British Expeditionary Forces he went to War 17-12-1915.

Theatre of War: Western Front.

Campaigns: unknown.

Mick, as he was known to his family, was the first of three Duffy brothers to see active service.

The 8th Service Battalion was subjected to heavy casualties and was absorbed first into 1st Service Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and subsequently into the Royal Irish Regiment where Michael became Recruit Number 260065.

Medals: Victory Medal British Medal Both medals were earned when Michael was with the Royal Irish Regiment 49th Brigade, 2nd Battalion.

Michael returned the medals to the War Office after the war. This fact is recorded in the British War Records 1743/KR1912 8153/Adt. Demobilised: 19-03-1919.

A letter which Michael Duffy wrote to his father at the end of December 1915 is shown on the following page.

310

311

3.1.35

DUFFY, PATRICK

Information kindly provided by his family: The Duffys of Killorglin in World War 1 Patrick J. Duffy DOB: 24-02-1896, Castleisland, Co. Kerry.

DOD: 09-05-1977, Dublin.

Paddy was working in the London Library when he enlisted in the British Army as a Private 25-04-1915, aged 19. Lady Gordon, who lived near Killorglin in Caragh Lake, knew the Duffy family. She also knew the then librarian of the London Library, and recommended Paddy to him for a position there. Paddy was the first of the three Duffy brothers to enlist.

Regiment: Second London Irish Rifles.

Regimental Number: 116776.

War Experience: Records state Paddy served overseas.

He left the UK with the Second London Irish Rifles, but was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, Class 3, due to a knee injury suffered through football. Records show Paddy went to France in 1917, and was part of the 16th Irish Division there.

Promoted to Lance Corporal.

312

Family folklore has it that two of the Duffy brothers passed each other, marching in the opposite direction, sometime during the war. It is possible that it was Mick and Paddy when both were part of the 16th Irish Division in France, probably in the Somme, although to date no record has been found to substantiate this event.

Medals: Paddy was awarded the Victory Medal.

He was also awarded the British Medal.

In addition, Paddy received the Silver War Badge, given to those who were regarded as “having done their bit�.

To date very few records of Paddy have been found in Kew. After 1918, Paddy was transferred to the 9th Scottish Division.

In April 1919 Paddy was stationed for 6 months in Cologne at the Second Army School.

313

3.1.36

EGER, MICHAEL

Compiled from his Service Record: Michael Eger was born in 1888 at Knocknaboola, Killorglin. His parents were Thomas and Mary. He emigrated to Australia sometime after 1911, and found work as a miner.

He enlisted as a Private in the Australian Imperial Force, at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on 15th January 1916; and was assigned to 17th Reinforcements, 11th Battalion. Service Number 5385.

Michael embarked from Australia on 17th April 1916 on HMT Aeneas, and landed in Suez on 14th May. Following training in Egypt, he was shipped on 15th August to Packham Downs, Southampton. From there he was transferred to France, and joined the Base Depot at Etaples on 1st September.

He was wounded in action on 15th March 1917; and moved to hospital in Fulham, London.

Following discharge from hospital and recuperation, Michael rejoined the Battalion in France on 21st October 1917.

He was again wounded in action on 23rd June 1918. This time the wounds were more serious – fractured leg, and he was invalided to England.

Michael returned to Australia on board HMS Czaritza, landing on 16th March 1919.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

314

Michael Eger: Attestation Record

315

3.1.37

FERARD, CECIL LEONARD MC

316

Information kindly provided by his family: Cecil Leonard Ferard was born in British India on 11.11.1894. He was educated at Winchester School, and then went up to read science at University College Oxford.

Upon the outbreak of war he joined up, with his friends, in the 114 th Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery; and was appointed a Temporary Second Lieutenant on 08.12.1914. He saw action on the Western Front (Belgium and France) between 17.9.1915 and 7.1.1916.

From 15.1.1916 he moved to the Eastern European war theatre and was active in Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the Aegean islands. He was mentioned in dispatches on 06.12.1916 and promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant on 2.2.1917.

Cecil Leonard Ferard was awarded the Military Cross on 6.6.1917, and was again mentioned in dispatches on 21.7.1917. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 16.11.1918, with seniority from 1.7.1917. He was also awarded the 1914-15 Star, and the Victory and British War medals.

Following the War, Cecil remained in the army. He served in Nigeria and Somalia (attached to the West African Frontier Force and later the King’s African Rifles and the Somali Camel Corps). He was raised to Captain on 28.7.1928. For a number of years from 1930 he was based in the North West Frontier of India.

On 16.12.1936 he was raised to Major, and on 15.11.1937 became Major Inst. in Gunnery South Command. During World War II, he commanded gunnery experimental establishments and coastal defenses on the Home Front. On 11.06.1943 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

Cecil Leonard Ferard retired on 11.04.1946 and was granted the honorary rank of Colonel. Following his retirement Cecil lived at Caragh Lake, Killorglin, until his death in 1970.

A copy of Cecil Leonard Ferard’s Medal Index Card is shown on the following page.

317

Medal Index Roll for Col. Cecil Leonard Ferard MC

318

3.1.38

FITZMAURICE, SIR DESMOND FITZJOHN

Information kindly provided by his family: Sir Desmond FitzJohn Fitzmaurice was born in his grandfather Dr. Robert FitzMaurice’s house, Cloghers, Tralee in 1893.

He was educated at Bradfield School, near Reading, Berkshire, then at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent.

He enlisted in the Royal Engineers as a Second Lieutenant, and entered the Western Front (France) on 23.01.1915, where he was mentioned in dispatches. He was promoted to the rank of Captain, and was awarded the 1914-15 Star, Victory and British medals.

His elder brother, Maurice, also enlisted in the Royal Engineers as a Second Lieutenant. He was killed in action in France on 06.08.1915.

Following the War, Desmond graduated from Queen’s College, Cambridge University in 1922 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Civil Engineering.

He then taught engineering at Woolwich; after which he spent a year in Budapest overseeing the development of the electrical cable system in Hungary.

He then began a long career in the Indian Civil Service, during which he was appointed Deputy Master of the Mint, Bombay and Calcutta between 1929 and 1933; then Master of Security Printing, and Controller of Stamps, Nasik between 1934 and 1948.

He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.) in 1941.

He gained the rank of Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Royal Engineers.

He was invested as a Knight Bachelor in 1946.

Upon his retirement, Sir Desmond lived for many years at Mount Rivers, Ownagarry, Killorglin.

A copy of Sir Desmond’s Medal Index Card is shown on the following page.

319

Desmond FitzMaurice: Medal Roll Card

320

3.1.39

FLEMING, PATRICK

Patrick J. Fleming, born at Currowross, Farranfore, Co. Kerry, joined the RIC in 1908.

He was selected for service in the Irish Guards, and enlisted in Dublin on 27th January 1915. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, Service Number 6628.

Patrick was sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force on 16th August 1915, and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

He was severely wounded on 15th September 1916 at Ginchy (during the Battle of the Somme) and spent about one year in hospital in England.

He was given an Honourable Discharge, on health grounds, from active service on 25th September 1917; and subsequently rejoined the RIC until its disbandment in 1922.

Copies of his Attestation Record and Medal Index Card, and photographs of his medals are shown overleaf.

321

Patrick Fleming: Attestation Record 322

Patrick Fleming: Medal Roll Card

323

Sgt. Patrick J Fleming’s medals (kindly provided by his family)

324

3.1.40

FLEMING, PATRICK JOSEPH

US Army Patrick Joseph Fleming was born in Killorglin on 29.12.1890.

When he was young, the family emigrated to America, and settled in New Jersey.

He enlisted in the US Army on 28.07.1917 at Newark, NJ. He was appointed a Wagoner, Service Number 41276059.

He sailed for France on 15.06.1918.

He served as an ambulance driver.

He took part in the Battle of Meuse-Argonne, Alsace, France.

Meuse-Argonne was the largest U.S. Military battle in their history to date.

It was fought over 40 days – with 1.2 million soldiers. Over 25,000 U.S. soldiers died – making it the bloodiest battle in U.S. history up to that time.

Photograph of Patrick Joseph Fleming, showing the Red Cross insignia on his shoulder.

He returned to America on 20.05.1919, and was demobilised on 27.05.1919, with a character description of “excellent”.

Patrick Joseph Fleming died in 1960 at Summit, Union, NJ. Copies of PJF’s Discharge Certificate are shown on the following pages.

325

Patrick Joseph Fleming: Discharge Certificate

326

Patrick Joseph Fleming: Discharge Certificate

327

3.1.41

FLYNN, JAMES

Postcard, which James Flynn sent to home, prior to departure for France.

328

Family information: James Flynn was one of five brothers born at Stealroe, Killorglin.

Patrick Flynn remained in Ireland, and enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers (see fatalities section).

Three brothers emigrated to Australia (see this and other entries): John Flynn - killed in action in Belgium, James Flynn – served on the Western Front, and survived the War, John and James enlisted separately and, by a remarkable coincidence, met behind the Front Lines.

Extract from Service Record: James Flynn enlisted as a Private in the Australian Imperial Force, at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on 9th September 1915; and was initially assigned, as a driver, to 23rd Howitzer Battalion. Service Number 12279.

He was re-assigned on 8th March 1916 as a gunner in the 12th Army Brigade, Service Number 26993, at Maribrynong.

John embarked from Australia on 7th September 1916, and landed in Plymouth on 29th October 1916. From there he was transferred to France on 2nd January 1917.

He was assigned as a gunner to 112th Howitzer Battery, 12th (Army) Field Artillery Brigade, on 11th January 1917.

He served in France until the end of the War, and remained there until transfer to England on 8th April 1919.

James returned to Australia on board HMS ”Bremen”.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

329

James Flynn: Attestation Record 330

3.1.42

FLYNN, JOHN CORNELIUS

Photograph and Information kindly provided by his family: John Cornelius Flynn’s parents, Michael and Catherine (Clifford) emigrated from Killorglin to Francis, South Australia during the 1880s. John C. was born there in 1897.

331

Extract from Service Record: John Cornelius Flynn enlisted as a Private in the Australian Imperial Force, at Adelaide, South Australia, on 24th February 1916; and was initially assigned, to C Coy, 2nd Depot Pioneers, 3rd Military District, Service Number 1143.

He was re-assigned on 7th April 1916 to D Coy, 3rd Australian Pioneer Battalion.

John embarked from Melbourne on 6th June 1916, and landed in Plymouth on 26th July 1916. From there he was transferred to France on 24th Nov. 1916.

His service on the Western Front is summarized: 20.03.1917 Detached for railway construction work, West Cappel 27.04.1917 Rejoined 3rd Pioneer Battn.

04.06.1917 Wounded in Action and remained on duty 07.06.1917 Wounded in Action on second occasion, admitted to Australian Field Hospital 08.06.1917 Transferred to 8th Sty. Hospital, Wimereux 10.06.1917 Transferred to Horton County of London War Hospital, Epsom 08.08.1917 Discharged from Hospital and granted sick leave 09.10.1917 Admitted to Military Hospital, Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee while on sick leave 30.01.1918 Reported for duty 21.02.1918 Proceeded overseas to France 10.03.1918 Rejoined unit Upon his return home, John Cornelius worked for the well-known Coopers Brewery.

A copy of his attestation form is shown on the following page.

332

John Cornelius Flynn: Attestation Record 333

3.1.43

FOLEY, MICHAEL MM

Information received from his family: Private No.10251 Michael Foley MM Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Born Killorglin 18th January 1890.

Son of Patrick Foley and Joanne Hassett, lived in Ardmoniel Cottage.

Enlisted Royal Munster Fusiliers 24th March 1914 in Tralee.

Served with 2nd Battalion on the Western Front – entered theatre on 26.08.1914.

Awarded Military Medal (London Gazette page 10577 10 th August 1919).

Also awarded 1914 Star, Victory Medal and British War Medal.

On return to England 1918 stationed at Fort Stamford, Plymouth, Devon.

Transferred to Reserve 21st March 1921.

Michael was a brother of William (Bazzie) Foley – see second next entry.

Photograph, Discharge Certificate and Medal Roll shown below.

Michael Foley MM 334

Discharge Certificate for Michael Foley MM (page 1 of 2)

335

Discharge Certificate for Michael Foley MM (page 2 of 2) 336

Michael Foley’s Medal Roll

337

3.1.44

FOLEY, PATRICK

Extract from Service Record: Born Lonart, Killorglin in 1893.

Emigrated to Australia.

Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force at Brisbane, Queensland, on 01.10.1915.

Assigned to 10th Reinforcements, 26th Battalion. Service Number 4135.

Embarked at Brisbane 28.03.1916 on HMAT “Commonwealth”.

Transferred to France on 05.09.1916.

Taken on strength of 2nd Div. “in the field” on 20.09.1916.

Had several hospital stays.

Wounded in action on 20.09.1917 in Belgium (3rd Ypres).

Transferred to hospital in England on 25.09.1917.

Departed England on 12.03.1918 on Kenilworth Castle for return to Australia.

His parents had been advised in error of his death by the War Office.

Subsequently he arrived home on leave, hale and hearty (see newspaper cutting below).

Copy of Attestation Record on following page.

338

Attestation record for Patrick Foley 339

3.1.45

FOLEY, WILLIAM (BAZZIE)

William (Bazzie) Foley lived in a cottage at the foot of Ardmoniel Hill, where Doherty's boreen meets the road. He had a long (15 years) service in the British Army.

Compiled from his Service Record: He first enlisted in the Royal Garrison of Artillery in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, on 8th August 1903, Service Number 15990, and was posted to Bermuda for 5 years.

While in Bermuda, he gained his “1st Gunner Badge”.

On return to England, he was based in the RGA Depot. On 7th August 1911 he was transferred to the Army Reserve and sent home – as per the terms of the “Short Service” enlistment.

Following the outbreak of War, Willie was mobilized at Queenstown (Cobh) on 5th August 1914 and posted to Manchester.

He was posted to France on 29th July 1916 with the 71st Heavy Battery Coy. On 30th November 1917, Willie was reported missing.

He had been captured and interned as a prisoner of war.

After the end of the War, he was repatriated to England on 25th November 1918.

On 30th November 1918, Willie was discharged from the army, having served for 15 years and 4 months.

He was granted a pension of 11 shillings a week; and was awarded the Victory and British War medals.

William was a brother of Michael Foley – see second previous entry.

Attestation Record and photographs shown on following pages.

340

Attestation Form for William Foley

341

342

343

William (Bazzie) Foley’s Prisoner of War Record

344

3.1.46

FRANKLIN, JOHN

Born in Cromane on 15.05.1886.

Parents: Father worked in Cromane Coastguard Station.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. 224353.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in January 1903, aged 17, with the rating of “Boy 2”.

Previous occupation: “Boatman”.

Assigned to the training ship HMS St. Vincent – reclassified as “Boy 1”.

Reclassified as “Ordinary Seaman” on his 18th birthday (15.05.1904), while still on board HMS St. Vincent.

Promoted to “Able Bodied Seaman” on 27.04.1905, on board the cruiser HMS Grafton.

Between 1905 and the outbreak of war he served on several ships.

For the majority of the War he was stationed on the depot ship HMS Blenheim at Chatham.

Promoted to “Leading Seaman” on 01.02.1917, again on board the depot ship HMS Blenheim.

During 1918 he served on the training ships HMS Victory 1 and HMS Vernon.

He retired from the Royal Navy in February 1919, and enlisted in the Royal Fleet Reserve.

For a brief period in 1920, John Franklin worked in the Mercantile Marine.

Two voyages were logged: 14.01.1920 Almanzara ON 136353 of Belfast (Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.) 01.04.1920 Arlanza ON 132021 of Belfast (Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.) John Franklin re-joined the Royal Navy on 19.07.1921.

He served on various ships and shore-based establishments until 06.08.1928, whereupon he again enlisted in the Royal Fleet Reserve.

Service record shown overleaf.

345

Service Record for John Franklin RN (Page 1 of 2) 346

Service Record for John Franklin RN (Page 2 of 2) 347

3.1.47

GALLIVAN, MICHAEL MM

Sgt. Michael J. Gallivan, Stookisland.

Royal Munster Fusiliers. 2nd Battalion, A Company. Service Number 8040.

Extract from book “THE 2nd MUNSTERS IN FRANCE” by Lt-Col H. S. Jervis, M.C. (1922), kindly provided by his family: This chapter graphically depicts the terrible conditions endured by the “Munsters” during the latter stages of the Battle of the Somme during August-December 1916.

Sgt. M. Gallivan is mentioned on the fourth page (note the typographical error in his name), where he took part in a trench raid. He was subsequently awarded the Military Medal for his bravery during this action – excerpt from the London Gazette appended.

348

349

350

351

352

353

3.1.48

GALVIN, JOHN (JACK)

354

Much of the following detail relating to Jack Galvin and his participation in World War 1 has been compiled from research undertaken by Michael Sugrue, who has been patiently and laboriously working on Jack’s biography over a prolonged period. Michael resides in Wales.

His mother, Bridie Sugrue (nee O’Mahony), is originally from Laune View, Killorglin and his late father, Denis, was from Castleisland, Co. Kerry.

James Galvin, March 1st, 2013 Name: John (Jack) Galvin Date / Place of Birth: 22nd April 1894 at Garrahadoo, Killorglin Parents: Patrick and Catherine Galvin (nee Costello) Service: 1st Battalion Irish Guards and Royal Engineers Rank: Private Jack signed up to join the British army on 11th February 1913, in Killorglin.

It was still peacetime and eighteen months before the start of World War One, or the Great War as it was also known at the time. He had worked as a labourer for a local farmer, Florence Doherty of Ardmoniel, Killorglin.

Jack had signed up for ‘short service’ which was three years with the Regiment (Colours) followed by nine years in the Reserves. Although the recruiting officers were from the Royal Munster Fusiliers, Jack was signed up for the Irish Guards, as a Private with the Regimental number 4367.

He travelled to England in February 1913 for training at the centre in Catherham, Surrey, from which he was posted to his battalion, 1st Battalion Irish Guards at Wellington Barracks, London.

World War 1 started on 28th July 1914, when Austria – Hungary invaded Serbia. On 3rd August 1914 Germany invaded Belgium.

Next day, Britain declared war on Germany in defence of Belgium and the Irish Guards received orders to mobilise for war.

On 12th August 1914 they departed Southampton and next day arrived in Le Havre, France. On 14th August 1914 they were entrained at Le Havre and travelled north to the Front.

Jack’s Casualty Form shows that he suffered bayonet wounds to his thigh, hip and side in the Battle of the Marne, just a few weeks after arriving in France. He also received a gunshot wound to the chest in action at Givenchy in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on 12th March 1915, and was admitted to station hospital. Jack was returned to Britain and admitted, on 3rd April 1915, to the 2nd Northern General Hospital in Leeds, Yorks.

He was formally discharged from the Irish Guards, on 16th June 1915, as he was considered medically unfit for war service. He had served 2 years and 126 days in the Irish Guards.

Apart from the foregoing there is little in Jack’s file to indicate where he was on any particular date or the conditions he experienced. However, most of that time was spent in the trenches of Northern France until injury forced his return to Britain.

355

The experiences of the Irish Guards in WW1 have been expertly documented by Rudyard Kipling, the author and poet, in his book ‘The Irish Guards in the Great War’.

Indications would suggest that Jack returned to Killorglin, about 20th June 1915, to recover from his injuries.

A report in The Kerryman newspaper, dated 15th April 1916, tells of Jack’s involvement in the rescue from drowning of two girls at Farrantoreen Lake, Killorglin on 9 April 1916. He was awarded a Bronze Medal by the Royal Humane Society for his bravery.

Under conscription regulations introduced by the British government in 1916 Jack, although having been previously discharged as medically unfit, was deemed fit on re-examination for other forms of work to help the war effort. From summer 1916 to February 1917 he worked in the munitions factory at East Riggs, Scotland. On 27th February 1917 he was recalled to the army and considered fit for service abroad but not for fighting in the battlefield. He was assigned to the Royal Engineers, Road Construction Company and arrived in Le Havre, France on 17th March 1917, St. Patrick’s Day. No information is presently available about Jack’s deployment in France. The Royal Engineers’ records were lost or are in very poor condition due to fire / water damage following bombing of the War Office’s Record Store in London in September 1940.

On 9th August 1918 Jack was hospitalized having suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm while not on duty. He was transferred, on 23rd August 1918, to Fulham Military Hospital, London. It is unclear how long he was a patient in the hospital.

World War I ended on 11th November 1918.

Jack was formally discharged from the army on 22nd November 1918. He was awarded three British Campaign Medals, namely the 1914 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

Jack died on 30th September 1922, during the Irish Civil War. He had been taken prisoner by Free State forces in Killorglin during a Republican attack, on 28th September 1922, on the military outposts in the town. A column escorting the Republican prisoners from Killorglin to Tralee stopped at Ballyseedy, where Jack’s captors took him aside and shot him several times.

His body was found next day, on 30th September 1922, inside the graveyard wall close to Ballyseedy Cross.

The official version of this event was that the escorting troops were attacked

by Republicans and that he was killed in the ensuing firefight.

Jack was buried in the Galvin family grave at Dromavalla, Killorglin.

356

Newspaper cutting about John Galvin’s rescue of party in Farrantoreen Lake

357

John Galvin: Medal Roll Card

358

John Galvin’s letter acknowledging receipt of his 1914 Star,

359

John Galvin’s 1914 Star official receipt.

360

3.1.49

GORDON, LADY EDITH

Lady Edith Gordon built, and lived in, Ard-na-Sighe, Caragh Lake.

During the War, she was a member of the Co. Kerry section of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) of the British Red Cross.

Information taken from her autobiography “The Winds of Time”: Sailed with Lord Dunraven on his yacht Grianaig to Boulogne in order to bring wounded officers back to England.

Arranged to have eight green flags embroidered with the Royal Munster Fusiliers badge (the Bengal tiger). The flags were carried by the Munsters into the Battle of the Rue de Bois; and they figure prominently in Fortunino Matania’s famous painting “The Last General Absolution of the Munsters” of 8th May 1915.

Major Willie Redmond visited Lady MacDonnell’s depot for packing parcels for Irish prisoners-of-war, where Lady Gordon was helping.

A list of the Co. Kerry, 4, V.A.D., British Red Cross Society members, including Lady Edith Gordon, is shown overleaf.

361

The Co. Kerry, 4, V.A.D., British Red Cross Society members, including Lady Edith Gordon.

362

3.1.50

GRIFFIN, FRANCIS

Extract from Service Record: Francis Henry Griffin, of “Woodview House”, Caragh Lake, enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery at Tralee on 18th January 1907 – service number 26071.

He was transferred to Plymouth, and given the rank of Gunner in the 43 rd Cpy. RGA. Francis was posted to Sudan on 9th April 1911.

He was promoted to Bombardier on 1st November 1912.

At the end of his term of service, Francis joined the RIC. On the outbreak of war, he re-enlisted, and was posted to France with the 2nd Siege Battery, RGA. He served on the Western Front for the duration of the War, earning several promotions – the last being Acting Sergeant.

Francis was transferred to the Reserve on 22nd June 1919, and re-joined the RIC.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

363

Francis Griffin: Attestation Record

364

Photograph of Francis Griffin –second row, left (kindly provided by his family)

365

3.1.51

GRIFFIN, JOHN JOSEPH

Information kindly provided by his grandnephew, Hugh George Griffin, from the latter’s book “John Joseph Griffin: The Life and Times of an Irish Emigrant”.

John Joseph (Jack) Griffin was born on 09.02.1881 in Killorglin. His parents were Edward and Elizabeth (nee Mansfield). Both were teachers in the Church of Ireland primary school situated in the townland of Clooncarraig, Killorglin; and the family lived in the adjoining house.

Photograph (2012) of the wall and entrance gate leading to the site of the Church of Ireland school – the only remaining part of the property (S. Thompson).

Following his education, Jack worked for three years in Hilliard’s Ironmongers on New Street, Killarney.

366

In 1900 Jack emigrated to Australia, to work on Maroonah Station, a sheep station in the Ashburton District in the northwest of Western Australia, owned by his maternal uncle John Harmon Mansfield. Upon the death of his uncle, Jack bought the station from Mrs. Mansfield.

Jack married Mary Glass in 1909. However, Mary died of pneumonia within a year. Due to a continuing drought, Jack was forced to sell his property in 1913. He found work as a drover on a neighbouring station.

Following the outbreak of the War, Jack enlisted as a private in the Australian Imperial force, in Blackboy Hill, WA, on 29.12.1915. He was assigned the regimental number 4797 in the 11th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement. The unit embarked from Fremantle, WA, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 01.04.1916. They sailed via the Suez Canal and Egypt to France. Whilst training in Egypt, the 11th Battalion was transferred to a new Battalion, the 51st, predominantly composed of men from Western Australia. The 51st Battalion became part of the 13th Brigade of the newly formed 4th Australian Division. Within a fortnight of arriving in France, Jack was in the trenches of the Western Front.

Jack was wounded in his right arm on 14.08.1916 during the Battle of Mouquet Farm, near Pozieres, during the Battle of the Somme campaign.

His battalion suffered casualties equivalent to a third of its strength during the action. He was evacuated to England on board the hospital ship HS Stad Antwerpen, and was admitted to the Second Eastern General Hospital in Brighton.

He convalesced in the No. 2 Australian Command Depot Weymouth. While there, he had the photograph taken, as shown on the next page.

367

Jack began his return voyage to Australia on 13.02.1917 on board HMAT Benalla. He was discharged from the army, on medical grounds, on 11.06.1917.

He returned to work at Mulga Downs Station, as Station Overseer.

Jack died on 20.05.1926, aged 45, following a month’s illness.

He was buried at Roebourne Cemetery, WA. Attestation Form for John Joseph Griffin is shown on the following page.

368

Attestation Record for Griffin, John Joseph 369

3.1.52

GRIFFIN, JOHNNY

Johnny Griffin (Patrick Houlihan Collection) Exact birthplace, regiment and theatre of service are unknown at present.

370

3.1.53

GRIFFIN, MICHAEL JOHN

US Army

371

3.1.54

GRIFFIN, WILLIAM

William Griffin was born in Cromane in 1894. His family were small farmers near the Lake. At the age of eighteen, he emigrated to New York, and worked for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit authority.

He enlisted on Nov. 16th 1917, at Camp Upton Yaphank in New York, into F Company, 305th Infantry, 77th Division of the US Army.

Following training at the Camp, the Division sailed from New York on April 16th 1918 on board the Cedric and the Vauban, and berthed in Liverpool on the 28th. They immediately transferred, via train and steamer, to Calais.

305th Infantry was involved in actions in Flanders, Lorraine, at the Vesle and the Aisne, and, finally, the Argonne and Meuse.

The Battalion remained in France after the War ended. They sailed from Brest on board HMT Aquilania on April 18th 1919, arriving in New York on the 24th. Following a parade in New York on May 5th, they returned to Camp Upton for demobilisation.

William Griffin was given an Honourable Discharge at Camp Upton on May 9th 1919.

On return to civilian life, he resumed his work on the railroads.

He returned to Ireland in 1924, to live in his native Cromane.

Information (kindly provided by his family) overleaf:

372

William Griffin 373

William Griffin 374

William Griffin

375

William Griffin 376

William Griffin

377

William Griffin

378

3.1.55

GUERIN, JAMES

Born Langford Street, Killorglin in 1873.

Enlisted in Royal Engineers in Tralee on 24.08.1894 for “Short Service”.

Service Number 28396.

Previous occupation shown as “Cooper”.

Assigned the rank of Sapper, and assessed as “Skilled Cooper”.

Served at depot “Home” 24.08.1894 till 14.07.1899.

Posted to South Africa 15.07.1899 till 18.05.1900.

Decorations: Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Battles of Belmont, Modder River and Paardeberg.

Served at depot “Home” 19.05.1900 until 20.08.1910 when he was discharged on completion of 16 years service.

Re-enlisted in Tralee on 12.10.1915, in the Royal Munster Fusiliers, aged 41.

Service Number 3/6510, assigned the rank of Private.

Served in the RMF depot, Tralee, until 25.02.1916.

Transferred to the Royal Engineers, and re-assigned the rank of Sapper.

Service Number 146585.

Served in depot “Home”.

Discharged on 17.10.1916, as “no longer physically fit for War Service”.

Both Attestation Records shown on the following pages.

379

Attestation Record (1894) for James Guerin

380

Attestation Record (1915) for James Guerin

381

3.1.56

GUINAN, JAMES

RIC member in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

Served in France during WW1.

Housed in one of The Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust cottages at Ardmoniel, Killorglin (adjoining William Ovens).

Served later in the Irish Army.

Plaque on wall of cottage

382

3.1.57

HARTNETT, TIMMY

Timmy Hartnett lived in Langford Street, where he ran a saddlery business.

Photograph of Timmy Hartnett (kindly provided by his family) 383

Compiled from his Service Record: He enlisted at Cork on 29th March 1915 in the Royal Army Service Corps.

Service number TS/6950. While in Cork, he was assessed and rated as a “Skilled Harness Maker”.

Timmy was immediately transferred to Woolwich depot in London.

In 1916 he was sent to the Middle East as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) making, among other items, saddles for camels.

On 4th February 1917 his commanding officer (246 Coy. RASC) recorded Timmy as “ a good workman”, “very tactful” and “able to take charge of a workshop”.

He was promoted to the rank of Corporal while with the EEF. At the end of the War, he returned to Woolwich, and was discharged on 12th July 1919.

Timmy was awarded the Victory Medal, British War Medal and the 1914/15 Star.

He returned to Killorglin, and resumed his leather working business.

Timmy Hartnett’s WW1 slouch hat (photo kindly provided by his family).

Timmy Hartnett’s Attestation Record and selected pages from his Service Record are shown on the following pages.

384

Timmy Hartnett: Attestation Record

385

Timmy Hartnett: Attestation Record

386

Timmy Hartnett: Service Record

387

3.1.58

HEALEY, EDWARD

US Army Information taken from his Registration and Service Cards: Born Killorglin 1890.

Inducted at Providence, Rhode Island, on April 27th 1918.

Rank: Private.

Army Serial Number: 1,756,503.

Initially with 153 Depot Brigade (processing of new draftees) to June 5th 1918 Served overseas (Western Front) with Company D 147th Infantry from June 23th 1918 till March 19th 1919.

Returned to Camp Devens.

Honourably discharged on demobilisation April 1, 1919.

Copies of his Registration and Service Cards are shown below.

388

Service and Bonus Cards for Healey, Edward

389

3.1.59

HENSEY, WILLIAM J

Private William J Hensey enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Service Number 10201.

He entered the Western Front theatre on 13.08.1914.

He was taken prisoner at Mons on 27.08.1914, and interned at Limburg for the duration of the War. His father was clerk to the Killarney Board of Fishery Conservators, Killorglin. The family lived in Killorglin at least for the period 1901-1911 (from Census data). William was born in Belfast, and is shown in both Censuses (aged 16 in 1911).

A copy of his Medal Roll is shown overleaf.

390

William J. Hensey’s Medal Roll

391

3.1.60

HOGAN, PATIE

Patrick Hogan enlisted in the Army Service Corps with the rank of Private.

Service Number S4/140008 and later ES/49356.

He served in the Balkans and on the Western Front.

He was awarded the Victory and British Medals, and the 1915 Star.

Copy of Patie Hogan’s Medal Roll shown overleaf.

392

Medal Roll for Patrick Hogan

393

3.1.61

HUBBARD, GEORGE THOMAS COSTIN

George Thomas Costin Hubbard was born in Cromane in 1897.

His father, George, was a Coast Guard, stationed at the time in Cromane.

In 1899 the family moved to Beldergbeg, Co. Mayo.

In 1904 the family moved to Yorkshire, where George Snr. was stationed in Scarborough.

Note: George’s elder brother, James, who had also been born in Cromane, enlisted in the British Army (see following entry).

George Thomas enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery, 3rd Siege Battery, with the rank of Gunner and Service Number 26797.

He entered The Western Front on 17.09.1914 and, like his brother, survived the conflict, though no records of his service are available.

George Thomas Costin Hubbard (photograph kindly provided by his family) 394

Medal Roll for George Thomas Costin Hubbard.

As can be seen from his Medal Roll, he was awarded the 1914 Star, and additionally “clasp & roses�. This indicates that he served under fire during the period 4th August to 22nd November 1914.

395

3.1.62

HUBBARD, JAMES COSTIN

James Costin Hubbard was born in Cromane in 1895.

His father, George, was a Coast Guard, stationed at the time in Cromane.

In 1899 the family moved to Beldergbeg, Co. Mayo.

In 1904 the family moved to Yorkshire, where George was stationed in Scarborough.

Note: James’ younger brother, George Thomas, who had also been born in Cromane, enlisted in the British Army (see previous entry).

James Costin Hubbard (photograph, taken in France, kindly provided by his family)

396

Description of military service (kindly supplied by his family): James Hubbard enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps (Horse Transport) at Wharram, Yorkshire in July 1913. He was assigned duty as a “Waggoner” (driver) with Service Number CHT/313.

He was sent to France on August 20th, 1914; and served at Ypres and on the Somme.

Following the War, he served in the Army Reserve until he was demobilised in March 1920.

James’ Discharge Certificate (copy shown below) provides the information that he had amassed five chevrons on his uniform – 1 red and 4 blue. This indicates that he served overseas (France and Flanders in his case) for five years [red for 1914 and blue for each of the years 1915-1918].

Copies of his Medal Roll, Discharge Certificate and one page of the Regimental Diary are shown on the following pages.

As can be seen from his Medal Roll, he was awarded the 1914 Star. This indicates that he served during the period 4th August to 22nd November 1914.

Also shown on the following pages are two photographs, included by the very generous permission of his family: (a) his medals, and (b) a photo montage of James, his medals, his war service razor and his riding stirrups.

397

James Hubbard’s Medal Roll

398

James Hubbards’s Discharge Certificate

399

Single day (30.10.1914) entry in the Regimental Diary of No. 6 Reserve Park, Army Service Corps.

Note the sentence at the top of the page “Sounds of much firing in the direction of Ypres”. This most likely refers to the Battle of Gheluvelt (Oct. 29-31, 1914), which was part of “First Ypres”.

400

James Costin Hubbard’s medals

Photomontage of James Costin Hubbard’s WW1 memorabilia 401

3.1.63

HUGGARD, STEPHEN

Extract from Service Record: Born Mount Rivers, Killorglin in 1878.

Emigrated to Australia.

Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force at Brisbane, Queensland, on 27.07.1915.

Assigned to 11th Reinforcements, 9th Battalion. Service Number 3374.

Embarked at Brisbane 21.10.1915 on HMAT Seang Bee. Disembarked at Cairo on 05.03.1917. Hospitalised with mumps.

Transferred to France on 05.06.1916.

Taken on strength of 4th Pioneer Battn., Marseilles, on 07.07.1916.

Served in permanent Base Duties in Corps Area.

Admitted to hospital in Rouen on 30.01.1917.

Transferred to hospital in England on 18.06.1917.

Departed England on 27.07.1917 for return to Australia.

Copy of Attestation Record on following page.

402

Attestation Form for Stephen Huggard 403

3.1.64

McCARTHY, DENNIS

Extract from Service Record: Born Cromane in 1892.

Emigrated to Australia.

Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force at Black Boy Hill, WA, on 14.02.1916.

Assigned to No. 6 Tunnelling Cpy, then to 23/11 Battalion.

Service Number 6958.

Rank: Private.

Embarked at Fremantle 28.12.1916 on HMAT “Berrima�.

Disembarked Devonport 16.02.1917.

Found to be medically unfit for active duty.

Employed as Hut Orderly until re-embarkation for Australia on 28.8.1917.

Following medical review, he was discharged on 02.11.1917.

Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Copy of Attestation Record on following page.

404

Dennis McCarthy: Attestation Record

405

3.1.65

McCARTHY, JEREMIAH

Born Killorglin in 1890.

Emigrated to Australia.

Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force at Black Boy Hill, WA, on 03.01.1916.

Assigned to 40 Depot, then to 118th Howitzer Battery, as a Gunner.

Service Number 29548.

Rank: Private.

Embarked at Melbourne 02.10.1916 on HMAT “Aeneas”.

Disembarked Plymouth 19.11.1916.

Proceeded to France from Southampton 18.06.1917.

Served on Western Front until end of the War, both as a gunner and a driver.

Departed to Australia per HMS “Euripides” on 03.03.1919.

Discharged on 27.04.1919.

Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

The following biographical study of Jeremiah McCarthy was researched by his Western Australian grandniece Cathryn Cavaney in part-fulfillment of a Diploma in Family History.

Note: the very extensive footnotes and bibliography in the paper have been omitted for the purposes of this book.

Copy of Attestation Record is shown after the family note.

406

Family note.

Jeremiah McCarthy had immigrated to Fremantle, Australia from Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland in 1909. Jeremiah (also known as Jerry) enlisted in January 1916. A research paper by Colonel K.H. Jobson shows that over 20,000 men enlisted in January 1916. While Jobson notes that political fervour caused by the Conscription debate caused an increase in enlistments during 1916, we cannot be sure that this was what influenced Jeremiah. We can examine Jeremiah’s enlistment records to determine possible factors that influenced Jeremiah’s enlistment. His address was listed as “Transcontinental Railway”. While no occupations were “reserved” during World War One, the construction of the Transcontinental Railway was considered a necessity for national defence, as “it would provide WA with a strong defence in times of war by allowing for the transport of men and equipment.” This occupation as a labourer on the railway construction may have led to his delayed enlistment, however it may also indicate a sense of patriotism.

Jeremiah was initially enlisted as a Private at Blackboy Hill, and was attached to the 118th Howitzer Battery as a Gunman. The artillery reinforcements from Western Australia moved to Victoria. Here the artillery reinforcements trained at Maribyrnong camp, which specialised in field artillery training. This training continued for a period of 7 months, when Jeremiah embarked on troopship HMAT Aeneas, disembarking in Great Britain in November 1916. For Jeremiah, this training was interrupted by an extended period in the Maribyrnong base hospital. While Jeremiah spent 9 weeks in the base hospital, his record does not indicate what this hospitalisation was for.

On arrival in Britain, the 118th Howitzers were disbanded due to insufficient howitzers being available; the artillery was reorganised. These Howitzer Brigades then became Field Artillery Brigades (F.A.B.). Jeremiah was assigned to the Australian General Base Depot, in general reinforcements. Training continued at Larkhill camp. Larkhill Camp was the designated school of instruction for Royal Horse and Field Artillery.

While a British Army training Camp, it housed field artillery training for forces from Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Jeremiah was shipped out to France, where he was taken on strength by the 10th FAB. On 3/8/1917 he joined the 37th Battalion whose Captain Robert Grieves wrote "It reaches a point of suffocation to be subject to continual exertion with a gas mask on … it was pitiful to see the horses and mules affected by it." The war diary for August 1917 notes “It is wonderful how the men stick with it, and yet carry on hard work, especially when so many of their mates have been killed, wounded & gassed. It is the usual example of the Australian grit and spirit.” On 15/8/1917, Jeremiah was appointed Driver, replacing Driver Brady.

Jerry was Absent Without Leave from 4pm 24 May 1918 to 11pm 28 May 1918. In April 1918, the 37th had marched from Ypres to the Somme and had endured a severe gassing attack combined with mortar barrage on 5 April 1918.

407

In May 1918, a sports competition was organised, of which the Commanding Officer remarked “a very high standard was shown”. There is some evidence Jerry profited from wagers taken at these events, this may have been why he went AWOL. Or it may have been related to the actions in which the 10th F.A.B were involved. On 25th May 1918, they were shelled heavily with “Phosgene & yellow cross gas…Casualties from this 22 but did not develop till expiration of about 24hrs mostly slight and due to mustard gas”.

Overnight during 17/18th June 1918, an enemy raid was attempted and repelled by the 10th F.A.B., resulting in 3 dead and 2 wounded. Perhaps Jerry’s involvement in repelling the enemy resulted in a moderate sentence of the loss of 14 days pay as a punishment for going A.W.O.L. Two memoirs of fellow soldiers refer to the preparations that the 10th F.A.B. made for actions at Villiers-Bretonneux whilst at the Chateau in Cocquerel.

Jeremiah was listed as ill on 10/11/1918, having been subject to mustard and phosgene gas - in the field. He was taken to 48th Casualty Clearing Station Hospital at Rouen. He was described as having severe influenza. He was transferred to Kings College Hospital, then onto Birmingham. He remained there for seven weeks. He was transferred to King George’s Hospital Dublin, a specialist neurological unit that dealt with severe cases of shellshock. Given that Jack Campbell, a member of the Irish army spoke of his time in Dublin "I couldn’t get out quick enough…One evening I was in uniform. I was walking down Westmoreland Street. …Two women and two men were coming towards me and when they got alongside me, the two women stepped over in front of me and spit [sic] on me. That was their way of saying they didn’t like British soldiers. They didn’t ask me if I was Irish or Dutch or what.” One wonders whether Jeremiah was treated as a Digger or an Irishman. Would he have been subject to such contempt as an Irishman in uniform? As Killorglin is 313 kilometres from Dublin, would he have received visits from his family, in particular his mother? A stay in his native Ireland may not have been as pleasant as Jerry may have imagined.

He had three weeks in Dublin and was transferred to Command Depot 2 in Weymouth Harefield. He was transported back to Australia on HMAT Euripides, on which Sister Beatrice Gibbings was Sister in Charge. He was demobbed from the Army on 27th May 1919.

Jeremiah settled on a wheat and sheep farm near Morowa, 370 kilometres north of Perth. The author could not determine whether this was granted by the Soldiers Settler’s Board or whether he took up a forfeited block, originally allotted to another returned soldier. He was allocated this land through the Discharged Soldier’s Settlement Board. Under this scheme, land was purchased by the state government, and then sold to returned soldiers. The soldiers were offered loans to purchase the land and make improvements. A Royal Commission into the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act, 1918, was commissioned on 22 September 1922, due to the large number of returned servicemen facing difficulties on their farms.

408

Testimony to the commission was taken in Moora, Geraldton districts and outlying centres, including Morowa. Testimony from these farmers highlighted that the land was overpriced, fencing that was supposed to be included in the purchase price of the land was not constructed, machinery included in the sale price was obsolete and large amount of arable land was under wild radish and other plants poisonous to stock. Many soldier settler farmers requested re-valuations to reduce their outstanding loans, or the deferment of interest payments. While the names of individual witnesses were not noted, it is reasonable to presume that Jeremiah testified to the Commission when it visited his district. The commission made a number of recommendations to reduce the burden on soldier settlers when it tabled its report to the Parliament of Western Australia in August 1923.

Whether Jeremiah would have been heartened by the Commission’s recommendations is a moot point. Jeremiah took his own life, while temporarily insane, on 23rd April 1923. Jeremiah was buried outside the boundary fence at the Morawa cemetery, there is no mention of his World War One service on his gravestone which he shares with several others, nor does he appear on memorials honouring returned servicemen in the area.

Jeremiah’s brother, Florence – called Florrie - and sister in law, Kate, remained on the farm after his death; the loan was handed to the Commonwealth Bank and ceased being a Soldier Settler’s loan at his death.

The family continued to farm for a further eight years, however the bank foreclosed on the farm. His family had requested the lower Soldier Settler’s interest rate, but were denied on several occasions.

For Jeremiah, the outbreak of war did not mean the beginning of his service; nor did his demobbing result in the end of his suffering.

409

Jeremiah McCarthy: Attestation Record

410

3.1.66

McENERY, MICHAEL

Born in “Killorglin” on 20.11.1880.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. 194205.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in March 1897, aged 16, with the rating of “Boy 2”.

Previous occupation: “farming”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Impregnable – reclassified as “Boy 1” on 18.11.1897.

Served on several ships.

Reclassified as “Ordinary Seaman” on his 18th birthday (20.11.1898), on board the battleship HMS Hannibal.

Promoted to “Able Bodied Seaman” on 19.05.1901 on board the battleship HMS Revenge.

He served on a total of 14 ships up to 18.10.1913, when he was promoted to “Leading Seaman” on board the battleship HMS Dreadnought.

During the War he served on HMS Dreadnought (promoted to “Petty Officer [Temporary]” on 01.09.1915), HMS Victory I (shore based), and the battleship HMS Malaya.

He left the Royal Navy in December 1920, after a career spanning 23 years.

Service record is shown overleaf.

411

Service Record for Michael McEnery

412

3.1.67

McENERY, RICHARD

US Army Information taken from his Registration and Bonus Cards (Service Card not available): Born Killorglin 1890.

Inducted in Rhode Island.

Rank: Private.

Army Serial Number: not found.

Service: Inf. Div. 82, Reg. 326, Co. M. Copies of his Draft Registration and Bonus Cards are shown below.

413

Richard McEnery: Bonus Card

414

3.1.68

McINTYRE, PATRICK

Born in “Killorglin” on 24.11.1885.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. 214080.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in March 1897, aged 16, with the rating of “Boy 2”.

Previous occupation: “farming”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Impregnable – reclassified as “Boy 1” on 18.11.1897.

Served on several ships.

Reclassified as “Ordinary Seaman” on his 18th birthday (20.11.1898), on board the battleship HMS Hannibal.

Promoted to “Able Bodied Seaman” on 19.05.1901 on board the battleship HMS Revenge.

He served on a total of 14 ships up to 18.10.1913, when he was promoted to “Leading Seaman” on board the battleship HMS Dreadnought.

During the War he served on HMS Dreadnought (promoted to “Petty Officer [Temporary]” on 01.09.1915), HMS Victory I (shore based), and the battleship HMS Malaya.

He left the Royal Navy in December 1920, after a career spanning 23 years.

Service record is shown overleaf.

415

Patrick McIntyre: Service Record (page 1 of 2) 416

Patrick McIntyre: Service Record (page 2 of 2) 417

3.1.69

MEADE, MICHAEL

Born in Killorglin 1876.

Enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers in Tralee on 19.06.1894, aged 18.

Occupation shown as “labourer”.

Family shown as living in Sneem at time of enlistment.

Service number 4686 (Private).

Extract from Service Record.

Posted to East Indies 26.11.1896 till 12.12.1901 Posted to South Africa 13.12.1901 till 20.10.1902 Decorations: South Africa Medal 1901-02 & 4 clasps (Orange Free State and Transvaal).

Posted to East Indies 21.10.1902 till 10.01.1915 Campaigns: Mohmand Expedition NW Frontier 1908 Khargali 04.05.1908 Decorations: Indian General Service Medal 1908 with clasp NW Frontier Medal 1908 Embarked on Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 16.03.1915 Wounded (GSW) at Gallipoli (V Beach) on 26.04.1915 Treated in Hospitals in Malta and Alexandria Posted to Salonika 20.12.1915 Promoted to Lance Corporal 20.02.1916 Wounded (GSW) on 04.10.1916 Treated in hospital at Salonika Transferred to Labour Corps in Salonika 19.10.1917 Service number 393517 Discharged on 19.12.1918, aged 45, as “physically unfit”.

Copies of Attestation Record and Medal Roll shown on following pages.

418

Michael Meade: Attestation Record 419

Medal Roll for Michael Meade

420

3.1.70

MORIARTY, PATRICK (RGA)

Born Glosha, Cromane in 1884.

Enlisted in Royal Garrison of Artillery in Tralee on 09.11.1905 aged 21.

Occupation shown as “Farm Labourer”.

Service Number 23977 Assigned to No. 3 Depot RGA, with the rank of “Gunner”.

Extract from Service Record: Posted to India with the 2nd Mountain Battery.

He was treated for malaria at Quetta (modern-day Pakistan) in 1909 and 1910.

At the outbreak of War he embarked at Bombay on 24.08.1914 for France.

He entered the Western Front on 09.12.1914.

He transferred to Salonika on 30.12.1915, where he remained till the end of the War. He was treated for malaria at Larkhill Hospital, and transferred to the Reserves on 29.05.1919.

Copies of Medal Roll and Service Record are shown on following pages.

421

Patrick Moriarty’s Medal Roll

422

Service Record (part) for Patrick Moriarty (RGA)

423

3.1.71

MORIARTY, PATRICK (RMF)

Born Killorglin 1876.

Served in Connaught Rangers for 16 years.

Enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers in Tralee on 05.04.1911, aged 35.

Occupation shown as “Labourer�.

Service Number 3/4254.

Assigned to RMF Special Reserve.

Re-engaged on 25.06.1914.

Posted to Western Front on 02.09.1914 with the British Expeditionary Force.

Transferred to the Royal Irish Regiment on 17.08.1915.

Service Number 4008.

Discharged on termination of engagement on 02.04.1919.

Re-enlisted into 47th Royal Fusiliers on 09.02.1920.

Service Number GS/143296.

Copies of Attestation Record and Medal Roll shown on following pages.

424

Attestation Record for Patrick Moriarty (RMF) 425

Medal Roll for Patrick Moriarty (RMF)

426

3.1.72

MORONEY, DANIEL

Daniel Moroney (on left).

Photograph kindly provided by his family.

FAMILY INFORMATION Kindly provided by his family.

427

3.1.73

MORONEY, JOHN

Extract from Service Record: Born Ownagarry, Killorglin in 1883.

Emigrated to Australia.

Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force at Brisbane, Queensland, on 10.12.1915.

Assigned to 3rd Reinforcements, 44th Battalion. Service Number 2224.

Embarked at Brisbane 04.09.1916 on HMTS “Clan MacGillivray�.

Transferred to France on 02.05.1917.

Joined 41st Battn. on 17.05.1917.

Wounded in action on 20.06.1917 at Wimeraux, France.

Transferred to hospital in Calais on 11.08.1917.

Had several hospital stays.

Departed England on 06.05.1919 for return to Australia.

Copy of Attestation Record on following page.

428

Attestation record for John Moroney 429

3.1.74

MORONEY, TIMOTHY

Name found in Killarney Echo & South Kerry Chronicle of 30.11.1918.

“Wounded: T. Moroney, Killorglin, Royal Munster Fusiliers 6863”.

Information gleaned from Medal Index Card and other sources: 6th Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Lance Corporal, Service Number 6863.

Enlistment date: unknown.

Entered theatre of war: Unknown.

Later – Acting Corporal 2nd Battn. RMF. Wounds received.

Discharged 21.02.1920.

Medals awarded: Victory Medal, 1915 Star & Silver War Badge.

A copy of his Medal Index Card is shown overleaf.

430

Medal Index Card for Moroney, Timothy

431

3.1.75

MURPHY, MICHAEL

US Army

432

Michael Murphy: Service Card

433

3.1.76

O’BRIEN, DANIEL

Information taken from 1911 Census of England and RN Service Record: Born in “Killorglin” on 25.09.1877.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. 290333.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in October 1898, aged 19, with the rating of “Stoker, 2nd Class”.

Previous occupation: “boat builder”.

Served on several ships.

Promoted to “Mechanic” on 19.05.1901 on board the battleship HMS Vanguard.

During the War he served on HMS Berwick, HMS Vivid II (shore based), and the light cruiser HMAS Sydney.

Service record is shown overleaf.

434

Daniel O’Brien: Service Record

435

3.1.77

O’BRIEN, JAMES

Name found in list kindly provided by Jean Prendergast, Royal Munster Fusiliers Association.

Information gleaned from Fr. Gleeson’s Diary and Medal Index Card: 2nd Battn. B Company, Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Private, Service Number 15149.

From MIC: also Private 5715 Royal Irish Regiment.

Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs. O’Brien, GPO, Killorglin.

Theatre of war: Unknown.

Medals awarded: Victory Medal, British War Medal.

A copy of his Medal Index Card is shown overleaf.

436

Medal Index Card for James O’Brien

437

3.1.78

O’CONNOR, JAMES JOSEPH

US Army Information taken from Petition for Naturalisation: Born Killorglin 1879.

Emigrated to USA 05.05.1887.

Entered US Army on 26.07.1918.

Served on the Home Front in the Quartermaster Corps in Washington DC. Applied for US citizenship on 07.08.1918 “while still in the service”.

A copy of his Petition for Naturalisation is shown on the following page.

438

James Joseph O’Connor: Petition for Naturalisation 439

3.1.79

O’CONNOR, JOHN C

Name found in list kindly provided by Jean Prendergast, Royal Munster Fusiliers Association.

Information gleaned from RMFA list & Medal Index Card: Private, Service Number 4022.

Entered theatre of war: France 17.12.1915.

Wounded October 1916 and June 1918.

Medals awarded: Victory Medal, British War Medal & 1915 Star.

A copy of his Medal Index Card is shown overleaf.

440

Medal Index Card for John C. O’Connor

441

3.1.80

O’CONNOR, JEREMIAH

Born Killorglin in 1883.

Served for 10 years with the Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Emigrated to Australia and found employment as a miner.

Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force at Brisbane, Queensland, on 11.02.1916.

Assigned to 17th Reinforcements, 16th Battalion. Service Number 5476.

Embarked at Brisbane 17.04.1916.

Arrived in France on 14.06.1916.

Joined 16th Battn. on 22.07.1916.

Wounded in action on 10.08.1918.

Transferred to hospital in Boulogne on 28.08.1916.

Had several hospital stays in France and England, with intervening returns to duty.

Departed England on 20.06.1918 for return to Australia, recommended for discharge due to ill health.

Returned to Australia on 08.08.1918.

Discharged from the AIF on 04.09.1918 at Perth, WA, as Medically Unfit.

He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

A copy of Jeremiah O’Connor’s Attestation Paper is shown overleaf.

442

Jeremiah O’Connor: Attestation Record

443

3.1.81

O’CONNOR, PATRICK

US Army Information taken from his Registration and Service Cards: Born Killorglin 1893.

Inducted at Centredale, Rhode Island, on June 1st 1918.

Rank: Private.

Army Serial Number: 388,888.

Initially with 156 Depot Brigade (processing of new draftees) to July 20, 1918.

Served overseas (Western Front) with Company H 53rd Pioneer Infantry from August 1st 1918 till February 11th 1919.

Honourably discharged on demobilisation July 11th 1919.

Copies of his Draft Registration and Service Cards are shown below.

444

Patrick O’Connor’s Service and Bonus cards

445

3.1.82

O’NEILL, PATRICK (SONNY)

Sapper Patrick (Sonny) O’Neill was born in Mount Rivers, Groyne, Killorglin.

Compiled from his Service Record: He first enlisted, aged 20, in Tralee on 4th February 1899, into the Royal Engineers. Service Number 2767.

He had a very long service (21 years) in the British Army, finally leaving on 1st March 1920.

During the years 1899 – 1914 Patrick was stationed variously in Sierra Leone, Malta and Gibralter. He passed classes of instruction in mine laying, electricals and photography.

On 19th March 1914, after 15 years service, he was transferred to the RE Reserve.

He was called up for active duty on 21st September 1916; and was sent with the British Salonika force to the Balkans. While there, Patrick was promoted to Corporal. Following the end of the War, he remained in the Balkans until 5th January 1919.

He returned home, and remained in the RE Reserve until his discharge on 1st March 1920.

Patrick was awarded the Victory and British War medals.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

446

Patrick O’Neill: Attestation Record

447

3.1.83

O’REILLY, JAMES FRANCIS

Note: James was a younger brother of Michael O’Reilly, who also enlisted in the AIF, and was killed in the Ypres Salient (see Fatalities section above).

Extract from Service Record: James Francis O’Reilly enlisted as a Private in the Australian Imperial Force, at Perth, Western Australia, on 8th January 1916, aged 22, and was initially assigned to 12th Reinforcements, 28th Battalion.

Service Number 4658.

His occupation was shown as “Platelayer”.

James embarked for active service abroad on 17th April 1916, and joined the base unit at Etaples on 16th August 1916.

He was assigned to the 11th Battalion in the field (France) on 8th September 1916, and was appointed Lance Corporal. He was successively promoted to Corporal (Temp.), Corporal and Sergeant (Temp.).

James was Wounded in Action on 2nd March 1917. He was treated in hospitals in France and England.

He rejoined the Battalion in France, as Corporal, on 30th November 1917.

He was promoted to Sergeant on 9th February 1918.

James was WIA for a second time on 23rd August 1918; and was treated in hospital in France.

He rejoined the Battalion on 12th September 1918.

James left England on 6th October 1919 for return to Australia on board HT ”Pakeha”.

He was discharged from the AIF at Perth on 20th March 1920.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

448

Attestation form for James Francis O’Reilly

449

3.1.84

0’RILEY, JERRY

US Army

450

Jerry O’Riley: Service Card

451

3.1.85

O’SHEA, PATRICK M

US Army Patrick M. O’Shea, from the townland of Coomnafanida, enlisted in the US Army.

He died in 1965, and was buried in Dromavalla cemetery.

His headstone is inscribed:

“Patrick M. O’Shea Massachusetts Pvt. HQ DET. SALVAGE DIV. WW1”

452

3.1.86

O’SULLIVAN, JOHN

John O’Sullivan was born in Dromin, Killorglin.

Enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers in Tralee on 18.09.1898, aged 21.

Occupation shown as “labourer”.

Service number 6033 (Private).

Extract from Service Record: Posted to South Africa 24.08.1899 till 23.08.1902.

Posted to “Home” 24.09.1902 till 04.09.1903.

Discharged on termination of his first period of engagement.

Re-attested on 10.10.1910.

Discharged due to wounds on 01.11.1918.

Copies of John O’Sullivan’s Attestation Record and Medal Index Card are shown overleaf.

453

Attestation Record for John O’Sullivan 454

Medal Index Card for John O’Sullivan

455

3.1.87

O’SULLIVAN, MICHAEL

Name found in list kindly provided by Jean Prendergast, Royal Munster Fusiliers Association.

Information gleaned from Fr. Gleeson’s Diary and Medal Index Card: 2nd Battn Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Private, Service Number 6874.

Next of Kin: James Sullivan, Glencuttane, Killorglin.

Theatre of war: Unknown.

Wounded: October 10/10/1917.

Medals awarded: Victory Medal, British War Medal.

A copy of his Medal Index Card is shown overleaf.

456

Medal Index Card for Michael O’Sullivan

457

3.1.88

O’SULLIVAN, PATRICK

Name found in Killarney Echo & South Kerry Chronicle of 09.11.1918.

“Wounded: P. O’Sullivan, Killorglin, Royal Munster Fusiliers 4609”.

Information gleaned from Medal Index Card and other sources: 3rd Battn Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Private, Service Number 4609.

Enlisted 14.08.1914.

Entered theatre of war: Balkans 19.08.1915.

Wounds received: October 1915 & October 1918.

Transferred to Special Reserves.

Medals awarded: Victory Medal, 1915 Star & Silver War Badge.

A copy of his Medal Index Card is shown overleaf.

458

Medal Index Card for O’Sullivan, Patrick

459

3.1.89

OVENS, WILLIAM

William Ovens was born in 1894 in Kenmare, where his father was an officer in the Royal Irish Constabulary.

Compiled from his Service Record: He enlisted in the 5th. Battalion, Leinster Regiment at Longford on 4th February 1916.

Service number 5442.

On 11th March 1916 he was promoted to Lance Corporal and attached to the 11th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Service Number 26368, then sent to the Western Front.

He was severely wounded in November 1916, and spent several months in hospitals in both France and England.

On leaving hospital, he was transferred to the Command Depot in Ballykinlar.

However, his injury was ultimately deemed to be too serious for active service; and he was discharged from the Army on 22nd December 1917, with a War Badge and Certificate.

Following his discharge he resumed working in banking for a period. He married Mary Curtayne of the Railway Hotel, Killorglin in 1920. In 1933 they moved with their three children to one of The Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust cottages at Ardmoniel, Killorglin (adjoining James Guinan).

These cottages were two of the approximately 3,700 built by the Trust throughout Ireland, and bear the plaque shown below.

William Ovens died March 19th 1950.

Attestation Record shown on second next page.

460

The Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust

461

William Ovens: Attestation Record

462

3.1.90

REILLY, PATRICK

Born in “Killorglin” on 20.03.1891.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. 239259.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in August 1907, aged 16, with the rating of “Boy 2”.

Previous occupation: “scholar”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Impregnable – reclassified as “Boy 1 (Telegraphist)” on 19.03.1908.

Served on several ships.

Reclassified as “Ordinary Telegraphist ” on his 18th birthday (20.03.1909), on board the battleship HMS Queen.

Promoted to “Telegraphist” on 29.11.1909 on board the cruiser HMS Blake.

Promoted to “Acting Leading Telegraphist” on 19.07.1912 on board the torpedo school ship HMS Defiance.

Promoted to “Leading Telegraphist” on 19.07.1913 on board the battleship HMS Cornwallis.

During the War he served on the battleship HMS Caesar (promoted to “Petty Officer Telegraphist” on 10.01.1915), HMS Vivid I, HMS Defiance and HMS Colleen (depot ship at Queenstown/Cobh).

Promoted to “Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist” on 01.06.1920.

Served on a total of 17 postings on ships and training establishments until he left the Royal Navy in 1931, after a career spanning 23 years.

Service record is shown overleaf.

463

Service Record for Patrick Reilly (page 1 of 2)

464

Service Record for Patrick Reilly (page 2 of 2)

465

3.1.91

RIORDAN, JAMES

US Army Information taken from his Registration and Service Cards: Born Killorglin June 23, 1889.

Inducted at Allentown, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, on May 28, 1918.

Rank: Private.

Army Serial Number: 2,716,927.

Enlisted in 304th Infantry Regiment.

Served overseas (Western Front) from July 8, 1918 till May 26, 1919.

Honourably discharged on demobilisation May 31, 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey.

Copies of his Draft Registration, Service and Bonus Cards are shown below.

Note on 304th Regiment: Organized as part of the 79th Division A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Force), the men of the 314th were trained at Camp Meade (later renamed Fort George G. Meade in 1929), Maryland. Arriving at the camp in September 1917, the unit completed training and sailed to France aboard the USS Leviathan in July 1918. Upon arrival at Brest, France, they continued training until September 1918, and then took part in the Meuse Argonne Offensive. Capturing the town of Malancourt on 26 September 1918, they assisted the 313th Infantry on the following day in the capture of the town of Montfaucon-d'Argonne.

Montfaucon was a heavily defended area and observation post of the German army. Of the four Infantry regiments of the 79th Division involved in the offensive, the 314th was hardest-hit. It took several days to account for all the missing personnel and bring the regiment up 50 percent manning.

The 79th Division was relieved on 30 September and transferred to the Troyon sector. While there, they assumed a variety of duties, including holding the front. They shared the trenches with the 313th, 315th, and 316th Infantry Regiments. During this time, they were harassed with mustard gas, shelling, and enemy trench and air raids but held the line.

At the end of October, the 79th Division was again ordered to move to participate in the third phase of the Meuse Argonne Offensive. On 1 November 1918, the 314th advanced. By 9 November, they captured the towns of Crepion, Waville, and Moirey. The following day the unit captured Buisson Chaumont, Hill 328. On 11 November, the 314th advanced against Cote de Romagne and stopped firing at 11 a.m., at the time of the Armistice. By the end day, the 314th had made the greatest advance into German lines east of the Meuse River.

The regiment continued training, passed a review by General Pershing, and shipped home on 15 May 1919, aboard the USS Princess Matoika. Arriving at Hoboken, New Jersey on 26 May 1919, they were discharged from service at Camp Dix, New Jersey.

466

Draft Registration Card for Riordan, James

Service Card for Riordan, James

467

Veteran’s Compensation Application Form for Riordan, James.

468

3.1.92

ROCHFORT, JOHN

John Rochfort lived in Milltown, where he worked in Larkin’s Bakery.

A letter of recommendation from his employer, Michael Larkin, is shown overleaf.

Compiled from his Service Record: He enlisted as a Private in Tralee, on 17th January 1915, and was attached to the Royal Army Service Corps. Service Number S2/SR/02631. He was immediately transferred to Aldershot Barracks, where he was assessed and certified as a baker.

John was sent to the Western Front, and joined the 52nd Field Bakery in Dieppe.

He remained there until the end of the War, when he transferred to Woolwich Barracks in London.

He received his discharge papers on 19th April 1919, and was awarded the Victory and 1914/15 Star medals (see following page).

After the War, John worked as a baker in England.

On return to Ireland he lived in Daly’s Lane, Killorglin.

Attestation Record shown on the second next page.

469

John Rochfort’s medals

470

John Rochfort: Letter of Reference 471

John Rochfort: Attestation Record

472

3.1.93

SHEATHER, CHARLES THOMAS DSM

Born in Cromane on 05.12.1886.

Parents: Charles H. Sheather (Coastguard) and Mary Sheather.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. 220621.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in May 1902, aged 15, with the rating of “Boy 2”.

Previous occupation: “Diver”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Caledonia – reclassified as “Boy 1”.

Reclassified as “Ordinary Seaman” on his 18th birthday (05.12.1904), on board the cruiser HMS Good Hope.

Promoted to “Able Bodied Seaman” on 11.04.1906, again on board HMS Good Hope.

Between 1906 and 1912 he served on several ships.

Promoted to “Diver II” on 30.08.1912, on board the depot ship HMS Excellent.

Promoted to “Leading Seaman” on 01.06.1913, on board the battleship HMS Zealandia.

Promoted to “Petty Officer” on 01.03.1915, again on board the battleship HMS Zealandia.

During the remainder of the War he served on the shore based HMS Victory I and the depot ship HMS Excellent.

During this period he was seconded to the Royal Army Service Corps, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal “For Service in Land Operations”.

He was promoted to “Chief Petty Officer” on 01.03.1921, and to “Diver I” on 23.03.1921, both on board the depot ship HMS Excellent.

Between 1921 and 1928 he served on several shore-based establishments, and on the battleship HMS Tiger.

He retired from the Royal Navy in November 1928, after a career spanning 26 years.

Service record and DSM citation shown overleaf.

473

Service Record for Charles Thomas Sheather 474

London Gazette Citation for Charles Thomas Sheather DSM 475

3.1.94

SHEATHER, WALTER HENRY OdeL

Born in Cromane on 08.03.1888.

Parents: Charles H. Sheather (Coastguard) and Mary Sheather.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. 346140.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in March 1903, aged 15, with the rating of “Boy Writer”.

Previous occupation: “Scholar”.

Underwent initial training on the shore-based ship HMS Pembroke at Chatham.

Reclassified as “Third Writer” on his 18th birthday (08.03.1906), on board the sloop HMS Cleo.

Promoted to “Second Writer” on 08.03.1910, on board the sloop HMS Merlin.

Between 1906 and 1912 he served on several ships.

Promoted to “First Writer” on 08.03.1914, on board HMS Pembroke.

For most of the War he served on the monitor HMS Prince Eugene.

He was conferred with the Ordre de Leopold II (Chevalier) by the King of the Belgians on 12.01.1917.

Promoted to “Chief Writer” on 08.03.1918, on board HMS Prince Eugene.

After the War he served on HMS Pembroke and the sloop HMS Veronica.

Promoted to “Chief Petty Officer Writer” on 04.01.1924, on board HMS Veronica.

He retired from the Royal Navy in October 1938, after a career spanning 35 years.

Service record and Ordre de Leopold citation are shown overleaf.

476

Service Record for Walter Henry Sheather 477

Ordre de Leopold citation for W. H. Sheather

478

3.1.95

SHEEHAN, DANIEL J0SEPH US NAVY

Machinist’s Mate, 2nd Class

479

3.1.96

SHEEHAN, JEREMIAH

US Army Jeremiah Sheehan was born in Killorglin in 1885. He emigrated to the USA. Compiled from his Service Record: He first enlisted in the US Army on 17th April 1917, in New Orleans, Louisiana. – initially as a Private, with promotion to 1st Sergeant.

Jeremiah served in the US mainland till the end of the War. He was Honourably discharged on 4th June 1920.

A copy of his service record is shown below.

480

3.1.97

SULLIVAN, JOHN JAMES

Extract from Service Record: John James Sullivan enlisted as a Private in the Australian Imperial Force, at Liverpool, New South Wales, on 16th March 1915; and was initially assigned, as a driver, to 12th Reinforcements, 12th Light Horse Battalion.

Service Number 1967.

Before emigrating to Australia, he had served for 4 years with the Royal Munster Fusiliers.

John embarked, on HMT “Kabina” from Sydney on 12th September 1916, and landed in Suez on 24th October 1916.

Following training, he was transferred to 4th Light Horse Battery, Machine Gun squadron, on 23rd February 1917.

He served both as a driver and machine gunner in Egypt until the end of the War. John returned to Australia on board HT ”Demosthenes”.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

481

John James Sullivan: Attestation Record

482

3.1.98

SULLIVAN, THOMAS

Thomas Sullivan was born in “Killorglin” on 7th January 1879. He emigrated to Canada, where he trained as an electrician.

Compiled from his Service Record: He first enlisted in the Imperial Army on 5th February 1899 – initially as a Sapper, with promotion to Lance Corporal.

After seven years service, Thomas attested in Victoria B. C. on 14th May, 1906 in the Royal Canadian Engineers. Service Number 2735010.

Thomas served in No. 11 Engineering Depot of the Royal Canadian Engineers from 1906 till the end of the War. He was successively promoted to Corporal, Sergeant and finally to Company Quarter Master Sergeant.

He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medals.

Attestation Record shown on following page.

483

Thomas Sullivan: Attestation Record

484

Thomas Sullivan: Attestation Record

485

3.1.99

SWEENEY, JOHN

Born in Cromane on 21.12.1898.

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. J44096.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in September 1915, aged 16, with the rating of “Boy 2”.

Previous occupation: “farm labourer”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Impregnable – reclassified as “Boy 1”.

Reclassified as “Ordinary Seaman” on his 18th birthday (21.12.1916), on board the cruiser HMS Shannon.

Promoted to “Able Bodied Seaman” on 04.10.1917, again on board HMS Shannon.

During the remainder of the War he served on the shore based HMS Pembroke.

Between January 1919 and June 1920 he served on shore-based establishments, and on the cruiser HMS Hermione.

He retired from the Royal Navy in June 1920.

Service Record is shown overleaf.

486

Service Record for John Sweeney RN 487

3.1.100

TAYLOR, JAMES

US Army Information taken from his Registration Card.

Born Killorglin 1892.

Inducted at Dunkirk, New York, on July 22, 1918.

Rank: Private.

Army Serial Number: 3,676,510.

Initially with 153 Depot Brigade (processing of new draftees) to August 6, 1918.

Served overseas (Western Front) with Company G 59th Pioneer Infantry from August 31, 1918 till July 5, 1919.

Promoted to Private 1st Class on April 17, 1919.

Honourably discharged on demobilisation July 8, 1919.

Copy of his Draft Card is shown below.

488

3.1.101

TEAHAN, JOHN

John Teahan. Born Cromane 25.08.1885.

Enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Canterbury Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Service Number 27987.

Served on Western Front. Promoted to Lance Corporal.

Awarded the Crois de Guerre in 1918 by the President of France, for “Distinguished Service�.

Promulgated in London Gazette 30945, 08.10.1918.

Died 11.02.1968.

489

3.1.102

WALKER, FRANCIS SPRING CBE

Information collected from the Internet: Francis Spring Walker was born on 06.01.1876 in Glenbeigh, where his father was a doctor.

05.04.1894: He enlisted as a Midshipman on the Royal Naval Reserve List.

29.07.1898: He received his Diploma for Licentiate Midwifing from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. He was also educated at Trinity College, Dublin.

25.04.1900: Commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps, as a Lieutenant.

18.06.1900: Sailed to South Africa with the 9th General Hospital. Served in the Second Boer War in the Orange River colony and Cape Colony from June to December 1900, before being invalided. He returned to England.

1902-1914: Served in India.

25.04.1903: Promoted to Captain.

29.03.1908: Stationed at Ferozepore.

25.04.1912: Promoted to Major.

11.09.1914: On the outbreak of War F. S. Walker sailed to France with the 26th Field ambulance of the British Expeditionary Force. He was invalided on 15.01.1915.

17.02.1915: Mentioned in Dispatches for the first time.

490

Gallipoli: 03.08.1915: Arrived at Malta.

20.08.1915: Embarked as Medical Officer in command of the Hospital Carrier HMHS Vladivian at Suvla Bay and Malta. Subsequently as O.C. No. 3 Convalescent Camp, Ghain Tuffeyh, Malta.

05.01.1916: Returned to England.

Served as O.C. Military Hospital, Taunton and Military Hospital, Cork.

26.12.1917: Promoted Lieutenant Colonel.

03.06.1919: Decorated as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for valuable service in connection with the War. 10.07.1919: Mentioned in Dispatches for the second time.

29.07.1919: Mentioned in Dispatches for the third time.

15.05.1920: He retired from the Army, with the following medals: 1914 Star with clasp British War Medal Victory Medal Queen’s South Africa Medal with the Orange Free State and Cape colony clasps He lived with his daughter in Crosshaven, Co. Cork, where he served as MD to the Harbour Forts from 1920 until they were handed to the Irish government in 1937.

His wife was Rosamund Margaret Chute of Tralee and Ripley, Caragh Lake.

In 1937 he moved to Caragh Lake, Killorglin, where he died in 1941.

F. S. Walker had been a founder member of Dooks Golf Club.

A copy of his Medal Index Card is shown overleaf.

491

Medal Index Roll for Francis Spring Walker CBE

492

3.1.103

WARNER, WILLIAM CARTER

Born in Killorglin on 08.08.1898. Parents: William Wellington Warner and Elizabeth Anne Warner. Family moved to Cork shortly afterwards.

Note: Henry’s elder brother, Henry Warner, also joined the Royal Navy. He was killed in action during the War (see entry in the “Fatalities” section).

Service: Royal Navy.

Service No. J29696.

Extract from service record: Joined the Royal Navy in February 1914, aged 15, with the rating of “Boy II”.

Previous occupation: “office boy – architect’s apprentice”.

Underwent initial training on HMS Impregnable – reclassified as “Boy 1”.

During the War he served on the battleships HMC Redoubtable and HMS Collingwood, the cruiser HMS Cumberland (promoted to “Able Seaman” on his 18th birthday 08.08.1916), and the shore based HMS Vivid I. Promoted to “Able Bodied Seaman” on 23.05.1918, on board HMS Collingwood.

Following the War, he served on HMS Vivid I, the cruiser HMX Fox and the torpedo school ship HMS Defiance.

He left the Royal Navy in 1919.

Service record is shown overleaf.

493

Service Record for William Carter Warner 494