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Royal Irish Rifles

14th Battalion (Young Citizens)

ROYAL IRISH RIFLES

109th Brigade / 36th (Ulster) Division

 

1st July : Attack of Schwaben Redoubt.

2nd July : Martinsart Wood.

3rd July : Hedauville.

 

96 names

13969    Rifleman

Charles

ADAMS

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19372    Rifleman

William

AGNEW

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20    Rifleman

Hugh

ANDERSON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19383    Rifleman

John

BELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17257    Rifleman

Alexander

BENNETT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16241    Rifleman

Joseph

BLACK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1239    Rifleman

Thomas

BLAIR

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

16248    Sergeant

Samuel

BOND

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3969    Rifleman

Hudson

BOOTH

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16250     Lance Corporal

Robert

BOTHWELL

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

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

17207    Lance Corporal

Robert

BURROWS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16282    Sergeant

John

BURTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17208    Lance Corporal

Joseph

BUSTARD

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19411     Lance Corporal

William Ewart

BUSTARD

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

17409    Rifleman

William

CAMPBELL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

William John White

CARSON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14229    Rifleman

Joseph Maxwell

COCHRANE

Died of wounds on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

14393    Sergeant

Duncan

DARROCH

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17569    Lance Corporal

Alfred Boyd

DEARDEN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16412    Rifleman

Robert

DEMPSTER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17570     Lance Corporal

William

DEVLIN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

16437    Rifleman

James

DICKSON

Died of wounds on the 28th June 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Cemetery Ext.

 

876     Rifleman

James

DOBBIN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

14401    Rifleman

Samuel

DONALDSON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14522    Rifleman

James

ELLIOTT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6329    Rifleman

John

FAULKNER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14596     Lance Corporal

Walter

FERGUSON

Died of wounds as POW on the 8th July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Caudry Old Communal Cemetery

 

14603     Corporal

John Henry

FITZSIMONS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

17621    Lance Corporal

David

FOY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery

 

17664    Lance Corporal

John

FULTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery

 

1004    Rifleman

David

GIBSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17773    Rifleman

Joseph

GREGG

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1888    Rifleman

John

HAFFERN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6724    Rifleman

William

HANNA

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

Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Benjamin Chapman

HARLEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17842    Rifleman

John

HART

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6625    Rifleman

John

HENDERSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

17875    Lance Corporal

Alexander

HILDERSLEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17879    Rifleman

Samuel

HILLAND

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Henry Hurst

HOOTON

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

17904    Rifleman

Robert

HUGHES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

James Valentine

HYNDMAN

Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Wimereux Communal Cemetery

 

17938    Rifleman

William

JACKSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17943    Rifleman

Robert

JAMISON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

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

 

14985    Rifleman

John

JEFFS

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17985    Rifleman

Robert John

JOHNSTON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17976    Rifleman

William

JOHNSTON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6948    Rifleman

Francis

KEENAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16658    Rifleman

James

KENNEDY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18030    Lance Corporal

William

KING

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16661    Rifleman

Joseph

KYLE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Reginald Lambert

LACK

Died of wounds on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Thames Ditton (St Nicholas) Churchyard

 

16674    Rifleman

George

LARMOUR

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15139    Rifleman

Albert

LAUGHLIN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4638    Rifleman

Griffith

LEWIS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery

 

15536    Rifleman

Samuel

MAGOWAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2743    Rifleman

William

MAJURY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16728    Rifleman

Samuel

McCALL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15351    Rifleman

Henry

McCASHIN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15364    Rifleman

Austin

McCLEERY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

18225    Lance Corporal

Joseph

McCLUNE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15387    Lance Corporal

James

McCUNE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18278    Rifleman

William Frederick

McFADZEAN, VC

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18299    Rifleman

Robert Henry

McILROY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16755    Rifleman

Frederick

McINTYRE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4905    Lance Corporal

Joseph

McMURTRY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18464    Lance Corporal

Samuel

MERCER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15613    Rifleman

George

MOLYNEUX

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16894    Rifleman

Arthur Galway

MORROW

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

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

6322    Lance Corporal

Albert Ernest

NELSON

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

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

671    Rifleman

Frederick

NELSON

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

Rest in peace in Tincourt New British Cemetery

 

16926    Rifleman

James Patterson

PARKES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15790    Rifleman

James Hamilton

PURDY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

George Kan

RADCLIFFE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18681    Lance Sergeant

William

RIDGWAY

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

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

 

3231    Rifleman

James

RITCHIE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery

 

15869    Rifleman

William

RODDY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15870    Rifleman

Robert

RODGERS

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

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

476    Rifleman

Peter

ROGERS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery

 

18704    Rifleman

Peter

ROONEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15931    Rifleman

Edgar

SAVAGE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15937    Sergeant

William John

SCOTT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4640    Rifleman

John James

SHANKS

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18745    Rifleman

Robert

SHANNON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Charles Owen

SLACKE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 44

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

18783    Rifleman

Alexander Ferguson

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

17012    Sergeant

Aubrey

STEVENSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19811    Rifleman

Patrick Joseph

WALLACE

Died of wounds as POW on the 20th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Caudry Old Communal Cemetery

 

4901    Rifleman

Samuel

WELLS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4902    Rifleman

Thomas

WELLS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17081    Rifleman

David

WILLIAMSON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19823    Rifleman

Frederick

WILLIAMSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Samuel

WILLIS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 43

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16107    Corporal

Wallace McMullan

WOODSIDE

Died of wounds on the 5th July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Matthew John

WRIGHT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4679    Rifleman

Robert James

WRIGHT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS

Second Lieutenant

Thomas Eyre

BARTON

2nd Royal Irish Rifles

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Rest in peace in Ovillers Military Cemetery

1903    Rifleman

Samuel

McILROY

109th Trench Mortar Battery

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

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

15627    Sergeant

John Reid

MOORE

109th Trench Mortar Battery

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

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

15930    Rifleman

Francis Robert

SAMPSON

109th Trench Mortar Battery

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial