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3rd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
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Those known to have served with3rd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Ashwell Charles William. Pte. (d.18th May 1917)
- Bagley MC. Arthur Bracton. Capt. (d.29th October 1918)
- Carroll Stanislaus Joseph Mary . Lt.
- Clare Patrick. Pte. (d.1st March 1916)
- Coulter Michael. Pte. (d.14th August 1914)
- Housham Thomas Henry. Cpl.
- Humphrey MC. William. 2Lt. (d.24th October 1918)
- Hyland Martin. Pte. (d.19th September 1916)
- Meehan C.. Sgt. (d.20th December 1918)
- Peel Charles William. 2Lt. (d.24th April 1915)
- Potts Alfred James. Pte.
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Cpl. Thomas Henry Housham 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers At the age of 17, Thomas Housham enlisted into the regular Army with the Wiltshire Regiment at Devises on 8th of September 1914. He was transferred to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 17th of September 1914, joining the 6th (Service) Battalion at Naas, Southern Ireland. On 11th of July 1915, the Battalion sailed to Mitillini on the island of Levos, Greece off the west coast of Turkey. He was wounded in action and was posted on 23rd of August 1915 to Depot in Cork, Southern Ireland.
On 23ed of March 1916, Thomas was posted to the 1st Battalion, which was placed within the 86th Brigade, 29th Division and deployed to the Picardie, Flanders, and Normandy regions of France. On 28th of August, he was promoted to unpaid Lance Corporal during the battle of the Somme (he always stated this was because of his tea-making excellence). He was promoted to Corporal on 6th of March 1917. Wounded on the Somme, he was sent to 3rd (Reserve) Battalion to convalesce in Cork, Southern Ireland. Afterwards, in July 1917, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion in France and then to the 9th (Service) Battalion, which later become 8/9th Battalion. He also served with the 2nd Battalion.
In April 1918, he was assigned back to the 1st Battalion due to the 2nd Battalion being reduced to cadre. On 5th of October 1918, he was posted to Depot, which by all accounts was in the Grimsby area of England. On 5th of December 1918, he was posted to Command Depot in Tipperary, Southern Ireland. On 10 January 1919, he was sent to the dispersal area in Purfleet, Essex. One month later, on 9th Feb 1919, Thomas was demobbed at the age of 21.
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2Lt. William Humphrey MC. 4th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.24th October 1918) Bill Humphrey was my grandmother's first cousin. She was very close to Bill and he was about 6 years older than her.
He was conscripted into the Army in 1916 and attached to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was wounded on about 6th October 1918 near Villers Farm in Northern France, attached to the 3rd Royal Dublin Fusiliers, when he was leading an assault on a fortified farm and his platoon took 6 machine gun posts and 76 prisoners. He was evacuated to the military hospital near Etaples and died of his wounds on 24th iof October 1918.
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Pte. Charles William Ashwell 3rd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.18th May 1917) Charles Ashwell joined the 3rd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 25th January 1915 and served as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. The MEF was part of the British Army that commanded all Allied Forces at Gallipoli and Salonika. Charles was injured during battle on the 16th September 1915 while serving in Gallipoli. He was first taken to Malta before being admitted to the 4th London General Hospital on 12th October. He was discharged from the Army as medically unfit for service on 5th April 1916.
The Medical Board report reads "Charles was in action in Dardanelles on 4th Sept 1915 and received a gunshot wound to the spine and chest. He lost the use of his legs directly after being struck and then coughed up blood for the following 2 days. He has never regained the use of his legs or control of sphincters. Injury to mid-dorsal vertebrae. Paraplegia complete".
Charles died on 18th of May 1917 after never fully recovering from his injuries. He is buried in Tottenham Cemetery.
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Lt. Stanislaus Joseph Mary Carroll 3rd(Tank)Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Stanislaus Carroll was commissioned August 1916 and seconded to 3rd Tank Battalion in France in December 1916.
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Capt. Arthur Bracton Bagley MC. 8th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.29th October 1918) Arthur Bagley was born 6th of March 1891 in Rangoon, Burma. The 1901 census shows he was a boarder at Stoneygates School in Leicester. On 26th October 1910 he was commissioned as Second Lieutenant (on probation) with the 3rd Battalion The Royal Dublin Fusiliers from the Cambridge University contingent Officers Training Corps. The 1911 census shows him based at Tournay Barracks, Marlborough at Aldershot.
On 2 October 1914 he was awarded an aviator's certificate by the Royal Aero Club following a flight in a Maurice Farman biplane at the Central School of Flying at Upavon Airfield. In 1915 he married Kathleen Georgina Nelson Fernslade-Speed.
On 17 April 1917, having been promoted to Captain he was awarded the Military Cross, the citation reads, His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Military Cross in recognition of conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in the Field. He forced his way through uncut wire into the trench and killed two of the enemy. Later, finding his company could not get through the wire, he returned and organised bomb-throwing parties while the wire was being cut.
He was serving with the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers attached to the 8th Battalion when he died of his wounds on 29 October 1918 aged 27 years. He is buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France and is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.
Probate records shows that at the time of his death his widow Kathleen was living at The Paveys, Langton Green, Kent and his address was given as 7 Upper Mount Street Dublin. It is not sure why he is commemorated on the Acton War Memorial but the 1911 census shows an Ann Bagley, aged 54 and unmarried, living at 56 Maldon Road from her age she may have been his aunt.
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Pte. Michael Coulter 3rd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.14th August 1914) Private Coulter was the Son of Mrs. M. Coulter, of Ballyhair, Fahy, Offaly.
He is buried in the South-East part of the Upper Aghada Cemetery, Aghada, Co. Cork, Ireland.
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Sgt. C. Meehan 3rd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.20th December 1918) Serjeant (Drummer) Meehan was the Husband of Julia Lawlor (formerly Meehan), of 29, St. Finbarr's Place, Cork.
He was 36 when he died and is buried near the north boundary of the Kilkenny (St. Maul's) Graveyard, Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Pte. Patrick Clare 3rd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.1st March 1916) Private Clare is buried near the south west corner of the Kilcommon Cemetery, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
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Pte. Martin Hyland 3rd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.19th September 1916) Private Martin Hyland was 29 when he died. He is buried in the south-west part of the Athy (St. Michael's) Cemetery.
He was the husband of M. Hyland, of Offaly St., Athy.
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Pte. Alfred James Potts 10th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers James Potts was born in 1882 and died 1958. His full name was Alfred James Potts. He joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 3rd November 1914. He was 32 years old but the records state that he was 30. He spent time in the 3rd battalion on several occasions and went back and forth to France several times during the war. He spent time in the 8th battalion and the 10th Battalion during the war. He joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Dubsters) in honour of his mother who was Irish. He was wounded in France early in the war and spent time in Eastbourne recuperating before being sent back to France.
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