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The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
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The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Battalions during the Great War 1914-1918.
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Those known to have served with The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918.
Select a story link or scroll down to browse those stories hosted on this site.
- Pte. Edward Lyon Alexander Read their Story.
- Pte. W. Allan (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Herbert Allen (d.5th Aug 1917) Read their Story.
- Pte. James Baird (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Act. Capt. Eric Norman Frankland Bell VC. Read their Story.
- Pte. R. R. Bellis (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. James Bennett (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. G. Bodle (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Cpl. J. Bonner (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. E. Bowen (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Robert Boyd (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. C. Brown (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. A. Bryans (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. R. Bryans (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. D. Caldwell (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. W. Carroll (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. Cathergood (d.1st Jul 1916)
- L/Cpl. Robert Chesnutt (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. W. Christie (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Joshua Cooper Read their Story.
- Pte. John Arnott Taylor Craig (d.1st Jul 1916)
- William J Cunningham Read their Story.
- Sgt. Michael Dunne (d.1st Jul 1916) Read their Story.
- Cpt. Patrick Joseph "Connaught" Dunworth M.C. Military Cross
- Pte. H. Eames (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. T. Elliott (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. W. Ellis (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. William Ellison (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. S. Fairbrother (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. W. Flemming (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Richard Fowler (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Samuel Gardiner (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. W. Gates (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. W. Gill (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. James Gilmour (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. M. Goldsmith (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Harold Gourley
- Pte. James Gourley (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. Greer (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. Hammond (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. James Hamriding (d.16th Aug 1917)
- Pte. H. Heslip (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. G. Hoye (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. T. Hunter (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Private William Hunter (d.4th Feb 1918) Read their Story.
- Pte. Peter Samuel Hutchings (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. S. Irvine (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Angus Johnson (d.1st Jul 1916)
- John "Jack" Keaveney Read their Story.
- Pte. J. Kerr (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. T. Knight (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. G. Kyle (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. G. H. Ledson (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Private Michael Joseph Leonard (d.1st May 1915) Read their Story.
- Pte. N. Lowes (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. Lyttle (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. John Lyttle (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. John Mackenzie (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. W. R. McCaffrey (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. T. McCurry (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. A. McFarland (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. James Mckee Read their Story.
- Pte. C. McKendrick (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. W. McKinley (d.1st Jul 1916)
- 2nd Lt. Thomas McKnight (d.21st Feb 1917) Read their Story.
- Pte. Daniel McLaughlin (d.7th Jun 1917) Read their Story.
- Pte. Charles McManus (d.24th Jul 1916) Read their Story.
- Pte. David Moore McVitty
- Pte. David Menarry (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. H. Mills (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. Mitchell (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. Mitchell (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. H. Moffett (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. Morrison (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Samuel Mulligan (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. Neely (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. A. Noble (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. M. Noble (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. G. Pearson (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. W. Quinn (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Cpl. Robert Boyd Rainey (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. Henry James Reilly (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. William Rice (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. John Roulston (d.24th Jun 1916)
- Pte. T. A. Rutherford (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. James Tees Scott (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. John Simm
- Pte. W. J. Smylie (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. George W. Spence (d.7th June 1917) Read their Story.
- Pte. W. J. Spence (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Nicholas Stephenson (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. W. J. Stratton (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. D. Sutherland (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. F. Thompson (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. Vincent (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Robert Wallace (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. C. Wasson (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. Samuel Watson (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. H. Weightman (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. J. L. White (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Pte. James Wylie (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Sjt. Edward John Young (d.1st July 1916) Read their Story.
The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add,, or any recollections or photos of those listed,
please get in touch.
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703 John "Jack" Keaveney Inniskilling Fus John(Jack) of Beechwood Av, Londonderry was reared as an orphan in a Manse, Sligo with his two older brothers, both professional soldiers before him (see Enniskillen War Memorial). He served in Ireland, on the Nile and in Crete before the War.
As one of the Old Contemptibles he was engaged on the left flank of the British Army - family has it before the Battle of Mons proper. There he was wounded in his right hand and bottom when his position was overrun in an Infantry pincher movement. The Germans found him beside a machine gun with the belt in his teeth. They admired him and gave him the best of attention, which included having his sinews and bottom passage fixed by a Vienesse surgeon.
He was a POW and awarded with a ham by the Kaiser for his POW Camp vegetable garden.
He converted to RC and lost his inheritence - the northern Whig family of Boyle were aunts?
He served afterwards as a Barrack warden in Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry.
In WW2 he was employed in runs to east Anglia supplying intercept missiles?
I have not been able to find the skirmish on the left flank but the historians attribute the delay forcerd on the German Advance by the Inniskilling Fus as one of the causes of the war being won. |
798 William J Cunningham Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers I have been told that my father, William Joseph Cunningham, joined the Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers in Belfast. I don't know if he joined before or after WW1 started. His home was in Kilkeel, Co Down. He never talked about his service, but my mother told me that he served in the trenches in France and witnessed some gruesome sights. Am trying to do some family history and would certainly like to know more about him, can anyone help? |
108022 Private Michael Joseph Leonard 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.1st May 1915) My Great Uncle was in Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, but died aged 22 of Pythisis in India in 1915 - any information, or pointers in right direction as to how he would have lived and died. I know he is remembered on the War Memorial at Chennai, or Madras. WOuld love to know more, please. All we have is a photograph of him as a young boy. He was originally from Ireland. |
984 Pte. George W. Spence 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusilliers (d.7th June 1917) George Spence lost his life on the 7th of June 1917, he is buried at Irish House Cemetery near Wijschate. |
206374 Sjt. Edward John Young 9th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.1st July 1916) My Great Uncle, Serjeant Edward John Young, died on July 1, 1916 aged 35, at the Battle of the Somme fighting for freedom with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers with the 36th Ulster Division of the British Empire trying to take the Thiepval Plateau. He died with his men, and his family would like his name to be forever remembered as a proud Irish farmer that fought for freedom. He is buried in the Bray Vale British Cemetery, in the village of Bray-Sur-Somme, France, having been moved there in 1923 from the Fields of Thiepval where he fell in defense of freedom. I visited his grave, the first member of my family to do so on September 13, 2010, and it was one of the most moving experiences of my life.
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205971 2nd Lt. Thomas McKnight 10th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.21st Feb 1917) Thomas Mcknight was my great uncle. He is buried in Berks Cemetry in Belgium. |
205817 Private William Hunter 9th Btn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.4th Feb 1918) My uncle William died in St Steeven's Hospital in Dublin "as a result of wounds" according to the official War Office notification. I have no information on where he served or was wounded.
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205505 Pte. Charles McManus 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.24th Jul 1916) Wounded in battle in France and died later as a result of his wounds on 24th July 1916.. |
205366 Pte. Joshua Cooper 9th Btn Royal Inniskilling Fusilliers Joshua Cooper was my Grandad, and unfortunately I know very little about him. He was born in Wolverhampton, England but moved to Belfast when he was around 2 or 3. In Dec 1915 he joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusilliers in Belfast as an engineer. I believe he was in France between July 1916 and December 1917 where he received gun shot wounds to his left hand. I believe he was sent to Birmingham to one of the military hospitals, where I think he was demobbed in March 1919 and met and married my Grandmother. In September 1919 he re-enlisted in the RAMC for a 12 month short service.
I would appreciate if anyone has any information they think may help me. |
1518 Pte. James Mckee 10th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers My Grandfather James McKee was Private 40652, 10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Formally 2090 North Irish Horse), he was badly wounded Passchendaele in August 1917, suffering wounds to his neck and waist.
On release from hospital he was transferred to The Royal Army Service Corps, Horse transport section. |
1519 Pte. Daniel McLaughlin 7th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.7th Jun 1917) Daniel McLaughlin was born 1898, to James and Ellen. His sister Miss M. McLaughlin lived in Ballyleighery, Bellarena, Limavady, Co. Londonderry.
Daniel lost his life on the 7th of June 1917 and is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery.
The family wish to obtain as many records of Daniel as possible and none of the family members currently alive have any idea of where Daniel's medals are or where any documents have gone to. We would be grateful for any info or help.
Editors Note: Bailleul is several miles behind the front line and was the location of a number of Casualty Clearing Stations, it is safe to assume that Daniel was wounded in the opening attack of the Battle of Messines, evacuated via the medical routes and succumbed to his injuries whilst being treated at one of the Casualty Clearing Stations. |
1570 Pte. Herbert Allen 8th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.5th Aug 1917) Bert was the son of Edward and Margaret Edith Allen, of Chapel Road. Born in Epping, he enlisted into the Dorsetshire Regiment in Chiseldon, Wiltshire, and later transferred to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was killed in action during the Third Battle of Ypres. There is a memorial to him on the Allen family grave headstone in Epping Cemetery, and he is commemorated in a memorial tablet in Epping Methodist Church. |
207389 Pte. Edward Lyon Alexander 5th Battalion (Buchan & Formartin),D Company Gordon Highlanders My grandfather, Edward Alexander volunteered for the 5th Battalion (Buchan & Formartin),D Company Turriff, Gordon Highlanders in 1914. I think he was wounded in 1915.
He was transferred to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers & Labour Corps. I am trying to find out why he would have been transferred and if there are any records of him in the Inniskillings.
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207599 Sgt. Michael Dunne 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.1st Jul 1916) Michael Dunne was 1 of 4 boys in his family. His father was Patrick and his mother Anne. His younger brother Patrick also joined the army with him. Their other brother, John, also joined up. Sadly, Michael lost his life. His brother, Patrick, lost his life on the 17 of April 1916. John, was wounded and was sent home and was discharged. He tried to rejoin but was not allowed.Michael was married to a woman by the name of Margaret. I do not know her surname. They had a child but when Margaret heard the news of Michael being killed she fled, to where no one knows. Family stories say she went to America with the child but no trace can I find. I've searched for a long time and as a last resort I'm trying to find Margaret's grandchildren, if any have. I am the great grand nephew of Sargent Michael Dunne 1st Bat., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, can anyone help me to find what happened to Michael's child? |
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Ireland's Unknown Soldiers: The 16th (Irish) Division in the Great War Terence Denman
The Great War of 1914-18 saw the Irish soldier make his greatest sacrifice on Britain's behalf. Nearly 135,000 Irishmen volunteered (conscription was never applied in Ireland) in addition to the 50,000 Irish who were serving with the regular army and the reserves on 4 August 1914. Within a few weeks of the outbreak of the war no less than three Irish divisions - the 10th (Irish), 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) - were formed from Irishmen, Catholic and Protestant, who responded to Lord Kitchener's call to arms. An estimated 35,000 Irish-born soldiers were killed before the armistice came in November 1918. Over 4,000 of those who died were with the 16th (Irish) Division.
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