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Royal Irish Rifles

11th Battalion (South Antrim)

ROYAL IRISH RIFLES

108th Brigade / 36th (Ulster) Division

 

1st-2nd July : Attack between St Pierre-Divion and Schwaben Redoubt.

2nd July : Martinsart.

3rd July : Forceville.

 

162 names

3021    Rifleman

William

ALLEN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19376    Rifleman

William Henry

ANDERSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

17105    Rifleman

James

ANDREWS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

195    Rifleman

James

ANSELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

136    Rifleman

Alexander

BELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3735    Rifleman

Andrew

BELL

Died of wounds as POW on the 15th July 1916

Rest in peace in Hamburg Cemetery

 

19384    Company Sergeant Major

John

BELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

61    Sergeant

Robert Joseph

BELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

300    Rifleman

Robert

BILL

Killed in action on the 25th June 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

597    Rifleman

Samuel

BLAKELY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

395    Rifleman

Robert

BOOMER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6029    Rifleman

David

BOYD

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Ext.

 

17295    Rifleman

David

BOYD

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Ext.

 

1069    Rifleman

William James

BOYD

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2192    Rifleman

Edmund

BROWN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

985    Rifleman

John

BROWN

Died of wounds on the 28th June 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

6633    Lance Corporal

Samuel

BRYSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19406    Sergeant

Jackson Crawford

BUICK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17341    Sergeant

Harry

BURGESS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14137    Sergeant

Frederick George

BURKE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

986    Rifleman

George

BURKE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4796    Rifleman

Samuel

BUSHE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17391    Corporal

Edward

CAIRNS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery

 

17389    Sergeant

Thomas James

CAIRNS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2558    Lance Corporal

Thomas

CATHCART

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17428    Rifleman

James

CHAMBERS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19438    Rifleman

Arthur

CLARKE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17365    Rifleman

George

CLELAND

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7263    Rifleman

James

COULTER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17489    Rifleman

William

CRAIG

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

732    Rifleman

John Hamilton

CUNNINGHAM

Died of wounds on the 26th June 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Ext.

 

2525    Rifleman

William

CURRY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16426    Rifleman

James Hall

DAVISON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

936    Rifleman

George

DERBY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6456    Rifleman

Samuel

DICKSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19470    Rifleman

Robert

DRENNAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2542    Rifleman

James

DUNLEAVY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 52

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18950    Corporal

Quintin

DUNLOP

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2846    Rifleman

John

DYER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

874    Rifleman

Samuel

EASTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery

 

19472    Lance Corporal

Samuel

ELLIS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Cecil Frederick Kelso

EWART

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

810    Rifleman

James

FISHER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19490    Rifleman

John

FLEMING

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3734    Lance Corporal

John Barkley

FOSTER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6026    Rifleman

Charles Lawrence

GAUSSEN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1290    Corporal

David

GLENDINNING

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3026    Rifleman

Daniel

GORMAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3032    Rifleman

James

GOWDY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7548    Rifleman

David

GRAHAM

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Suzanne Military Cemetery n°3

 

16560    Rifleman

Thomas

HADDOCK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

880    Rifleman

Joseph

HARPER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17788    Rifleman

John

HARVEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7290    Rifleman

Joseph Samuel

HARVEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3028    Rifleman

Thomas

HAWTHORNE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1282    Rifleman

John

HEANEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

737    Rifleman

Waldemar

HEININGER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16587    Rifleman

John

HENDERSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

809    Rifleman

Samuel

HOY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6633    Rifleman

William McCullough

IRVINE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6660    Rifleman

Isaac

KEERY

Died of wounds on the 20th July 1916

Rest in peace in Blaris Old Burial Ground

 

1049    Rifleman

Robert

KENNEDY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

630    Rifleman

Robert James

KENNEDY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18024    Rifleman

George

KIDD

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19593    Rifleman

Frank

KNOX

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19594    Rifleman

James

KYLES

Killed in action on the 28th June 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery

 

18048    Sergeant

William

LAVERY

Killed in action on the 24th June 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18077    Rifleman

William

LEATHEM

Killed in action on the 24th June 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2163    Rifleman

William

LECKEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

18090    Rifleman

Francis John

LENNOX

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7244    Rifleman

Edward

LEWIS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6468    Rifleman

Henry

LINTON

Died of wounds as POW on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in St Souplet British Cemetery

 

18104    Rifleman

Thomas

LOGAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19598    Rifleman

William

LOGAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1099    Rifleman

Henry

LOWRY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18058    Corporal

James

LUNN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

227    Rifleman

John

LUTTON

Killed in action on the 28th June 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19608    Rifleman

Francis

LYTTLE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18118    Rifleman

Samuel

LYTTLE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6205    Rifleman

Robert Doddin

MAGILL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18397    Rifleman

Robert

MARKS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16862    Rifleman

Thomas

MARKS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6028    Rifleman

Andrew

MARSHALL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

428    Rifleman

Charles Dunlop

MARSHALL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

547    Lance Corporal

Samuel

MAWHINNEY

Died of wounds as POW on the 19th July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Le Cateau Military Cemetery

 

6794    Lance Corporal

James

McALEECE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6793    Rifleman

Charles

McCAULEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2216    Rifleman

John

McCLEAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

669    Rifleman

Robert

McCLUGHAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16733    Rifleman

Adam

McCLURG

Killed in action on the 27th June 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

631    Rifleman

William

McCURDY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

2548    Rifleman

William

McDOWELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Cerisy-Gailly French National Cemetery

 

206    Rifleman

James

McGIMPSEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery

 

1016    Rifleman

Robert

McILHATTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

162    Rifleman

Harry

McILROY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18314    Lance Corporal

Robert

McKECHNIE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2997    Rifleman

William

McKEOWN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6863    Rifleman

Robert

McKIBBIN

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Ext.

 

6041    Lance Corporal

Robert

McKNIGHT

Died of wounds as POW on the 24th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Caudry Old Communal Cemetery

 

7286    Rifleman

George

McLARNON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in A.I.F.Burial Ground

 

3045    Rifleman

James

McMULLAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4869    Rifleman

William John

McNEICE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240    Lance Corporal

Samuel

MILLAR

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Ext.

 

221    Rifleman

Henry

MOORE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in A.I.F.Burial Ground

 

18488    Rifleman

Robert

MOORE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7295    Lance Corporal

William Alfred

MOORE

Died of wounds as POW on the 10th July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in St Souplet British Cemetery

 

6013    Rifleman

James

MORROW

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7284    Rifleman

James

MORROW

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18514    Rifleman

Robert

MORROW

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

951    Rifleman

Robert John

MORROW

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6018    Rifleman

Henry

MURDOCK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18535    Lance Corporal

Thomas

MURPHY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18543    Rifleman

James

NEILL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Reginald Henry

NEILL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

920    Rifleman

William

NELSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

87    Rifleman

Thomas

NEWELL

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4646    Rifleman

Robert William

NIXON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18566    Rifleman

George

NOBLE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

358    Rifleman

John

ORR

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16922    Rifleman

Robert

PATTERSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16932    Rifleman

William

PATTERSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16942    Rifleman

Alexander

POLLOCK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

163    Lance Corporal

Robert

PURDY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2197    Rifleman

John

RAMSAY

Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery

 

2198    Rifleman

David

REID

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3745    Rifleman

Edward

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18714    Rifleman

William

RUSSELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18734    Rifleman

Robert

SALLY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19764    Lance Corporal

James

SCOTT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6438    Rifleman

Samuel

SEMPLE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

775    Rifleman

William

SEMPLE

Killed in action on the 25th June 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6791    Rifleman

William

SLOAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2261    Rifleman

Robert

SMITH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

501    Lance Corporal

James

SMYTH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19755    Rifleman

William

SMYTH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2551    Rifleman

John

STEADMAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3024    Rifleman

Joseph

STEPHENSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in A.I.F.Burial Ground

 

6495    Rifleman

James

STEVENSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in A.I.F.Burial Ground

 

16976    Corporal

Peter Mitchell

STEWART

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Cerisy-Gailly French National Cemetery

 

2251    Rifleman

William

STEWART

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19786     Sergeant

James Arthur

SWANN

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Antrim New Cemetery

 

19954    Corporal

David

TATE

Died of wounds on the 24th June 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Ext.

 

2246    Rifleman

John

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6641    Rifleman

Robert

TOLERTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2219    Rifleman

Henry

TOMAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery

 

6407    Rifleman

William

TOTTEN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1035    Rifleman

Adam

TROUTEN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Ezekiel

VANCE

Died of wounds as POW on the 15th July 1916 - Age 45

Rest in peace in Caudry Old Communal Cemetery

 

2193    Rifleman

George

WALKER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

894    Rifleman

Joseph

WALLACE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2253    Lance Corporal

William

WALLACE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19290    Rifleman

James

WARING

Died of wounds on the 30th June 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

1284    Rifleman

Joseph

WATSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

Captain

Oswald Brooke

WEBB

Died of wounds on the 4th July 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

13827    Rifleman

W.

WEBSTER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

1013    Rifleman

Alexander Colvin

WELCH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19819    Rifleman

Joseph

WHITE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5947    Rifleman

Andrew

WILLIAMSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19803    Corporal

William John

WILLIAMSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19343    Rifleman

Samuel

WILLS

Died of wounds as POW on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Hamburg Cemetery

 

604    Rifleman

Thomas

WILSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7273    Rifleman

James

WOODS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

MAN SERVING IN AN OTHER UNIT

 

19522    Rifleman

James

GOW

2nd Royal Irish Rifles

Died of wounds on the 27th September 1916

Rest in peace in Aveluy Wood Cemetery