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Brien, Andrew

Date of Birth
Address
Lightwater, Kilmore, Co. Wexford.
Service No.
5493
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action at the Battle Le Pilly.
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Elizabeth Brien née Walsh. A career soldier. On death his effects and monies due were divided among his four siblings, brothers Thomas and John O'Brien and sisters Elizabeth McKee & Mary Wills. No known grave. His name is inscribed on the Le Touret Monument in Pas de Calais. 

Cheevers, Patrick

Date of Birth
Address
Campile, Co. Wexford.
Service No.
14122
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Kings Liverpool Regiment
13th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Son of James and Catherine Cheevers nee Hanlon of Horeswood, Campile, Wexford.

Cooper, John

Date of Birth
Address
Taghmon
Service No.
7571
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Mary Cooper née Warren of Taghmon, Co. Wexford. Brother of 2273 Michael Cooper.

Cosgrave, Michael

Date of Birth
Address
Wexford
Service No.
31438
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
East Lancashire Regiment
11th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

 Educated in St Peter's College, Wexford. Mother's maiden name was Foley

Donohoe, Patrick

Date of Birth
Address
Hammersmith, London
Service No.
3056
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Irish Guards
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in action in France
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Julie Donohoe. Husband of Agnes Juliana Donohoe of Hammersmith, London.

Doyle, Patrick

Address
Rosslare, Co. Wexford.
Service No.
9102
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of wounds in Palestine.
Other Biographical Details

Son of Mrs Anne Doyle, Moorfield, Rathaspeck, Co. Wexford. Brother of Mrs Mary Rossiter

Doyle, Thomas

Date of Birth
Address
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Service No.
7922
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
10th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in action in France
Other Biographical Details

Son of Martin and Margaret Doyle of 26 South Shamrock Street, Glasgow.

Gorman, Patrick Joseph

Date of Birth
Address
Wexford
Service No.
8904
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Devonshire Regiment
8th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Son of James and Susan Gorman nee Cornish of 29 Market Street, Devonport.

Groves, Charles Henry

Date of Birth
Address
Wexford
Service No.
L/6848
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Middlesex Regiment
4th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in action in France
Other Biographical Details

Son of Harriett Groves, Chipping Norton. Husband of Hannah Mary Groves nee Breen, Upper Dargle Road, Bray. His file is on Ancestry up to 1913 when he left the army. He was mobilised at the beginning of the war, so may well have been residing in Wexford.

James, Edward

Date of Birth
Service No.
52202
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Engineers
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died Llandudno, Wales due to being knocked down by a bus
Other Biographical Details
Son of Joseph and Maria James née Holmes. Widow Kathleen née Bourne at Chatham, Kent.

Kane, Robert Henry

Date of Birth
Address
London E.C.
Service No.
PS560
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Fusiliers
19th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in action in France
Other Biographical Details

Son of John Francis and Mary Kane nee O'Connor of Saunderscourt, Wexford. Brother John Francis Kane.

Kinsella, Matthew

Address
Glynn
Service No.
3965
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Connaught Rangers
6th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Son of John and Margaret Molly Kinsella of Polehore, Glynn.

Menelaws, William Ferguson

Address
Ross Road, Enniscorthy
Service No.
10615
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of wounds to head from bursting shell, France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Born Fort George Invernesshire. Lived at 7 Redmond St. Enniscorthy with Mother Mary and Stepfather James Doherty. Son of William and Mary Menelaws née Bolger. The 1911 Census shows him, aged 16, at 86 Ross Road, Enniscorthy.

Molloy, Patrick Joseph

Date of Birth
Service No.
1550
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Australian Infantry
24th Battalion
Medals
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Rachel Molloy, Askinch, Coolgreaney, Co.Wexford. The 1901 Census shows him with the family at Stepaside, Co. Dublin. His father was an RIC constable. By 1911 his father was a farmer at Askinch, Co. Wexford, but Patrick was not present. Worked as a Farm Labourer in Australia

Awarded the Military Medal (AIF routine order No 16 dated 9th April 1918 and promoted to Sergeant) and is listed in the Commonwealth Gazette No 175 dated 7th November 1918.
Originally buried by the Rev, T.A. Campbell at Verloy. Re-interred  6 miles due north of Lillers 13-08-1918 in Thiemmes Military Cemetery.

Murphy, Henry Arthur

Address
Bridge Row, Gorey.
Service No.
5266
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
5th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died in Egypt
Other Biographical Details
Son of Bandsmaster Murphy. Husband of Elizabeth Murphy of Bridge Row, Gorey. Article from a Wexford newspaper 1915.

Neill, Henry

Date of Birth
Address
Enniscorthy
Service No.
6369
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died in France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Enniscorthy guardian article 1915. Son of Mrs Neill, Island Road, Enniscorthy. Son of John Henry and Mary Grace Neill née Mitchell. Brother of John below.

Nolan, Patrick

Date of Birth
Address
Carrick-on-Suir
Service No.
182
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died from tetanus
Other Biographical Details
Brother of Margaret Hanlon of Upeer Bally Richard Road, Carrick-on-Suir, Co.Tipperary. Son of Richard and Kate Nolan née Delahunty

O'Neill, Lawrence Justin Francis

Date of Birth
Address
Curlew, Alberta, Canada
Service No.
279872
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Canadian Railway Troops
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Liverpool
Other Biographical Details

Son of Larry and Mary O'Neill,. Husband of Mary Ann O'Neill, 465 12th Street, Calgary, Alberta. Stated he was born at Bellcraig, (Kellerig) Wexford at enlistment and was an Air Brake Mechanic. Buried in Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery, U.K. (Grave 11.R.C. 224.)

O’Brien, Arthur

Date of Birth
Address
8 Upper Bride Street, Wexford
Service No.
4172
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Munster Fusiliers
8th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Son of Patrick and Jane O'Brien née Murphy. Husband of Mrs Martha O'Brien nee O'Brien of 8 Upper Bride Street, Wexford. Article in a Wexford newspaper. Son of Mr. Patrick O'Brien of John Street, Wexford. Article in The People 1916.

O’Brien, John

Date of Birth
Address
5 Davis Road, Clonmel
Service No.
5739
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
3rd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died at Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin, from heart disease
Other Biographical Details

Son of Michael and Margaret Brien née Whitty, Clonmel. Husband of Mary O'Brien née Bulbert of 5 Davis Road, Clonmel. 

O’loughlin, James

Date of Birth
Address
Cordangan, Tipperary
Service No.
3123
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Irish Guards
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Son of James and Margaret O'Loughlin née Powell of Cordangan, Tipperary. His father was an RIC constable.

O’rourke, Francis

Address
Cavan, Co.Cavan
Service No.
1339
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Irish Guards
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died at Home
Other Biographical Details
Son of Mary O'Rourke. Siblings James, Bernard, and Mary,

Reilly, John

Address
Boolacreen
Service No.
14102
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Garrison Artillery
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Son of John and Anne Reilly of Boolacreen, Boolavogue, Ferns.

Sheehan, William

Date of Birth
Address
6 Upper William Street, New Ross
Service No.
4378
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of wounds, France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Son of Patrick and Jane Sheehan née Nelson, Red House, New Ross. Husband of Ellen Sheehan née Blanche of 6 Upper William Street, New Ross.

Sherwood, Richard Atwell

Date of Birth
Address
7 Parnell Street, Wexford.
Service No.
9220 (7220 Pension Record)
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Esther Victoria Sarah Sherwood née Atwell, ex-R.I.C. Sergeant, 7 Parnell Street, Wexford. Brother of John above. Buried Bailleul Communal Cemetery (Nord) in France.

Somers, Albert Joseph

Date of Birth
Address
Cloughjordan, Co.Tipperary
Service No.
3-7984 and 7984
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Medals
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Son of Robert Wilson Somers and Charlotte Somers nee Boyse of Cloughjordan, Co.Tipperary.

Awarded Military Medal and Bar

Sullivan, Michael

Date of Birth
Address
William Street, Gorey
Service No.
5320
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action. Struck by a shell at Hill 60.
Other Biographical Details

Son of William and Mary Sullivan of 13 Grattan Street, Gorey. Husband of Bridget Sullivan of 16 Robert Street South, Dublin. Served in the South African War. Enlisted in Wexford while living in Gorey.

Walsh, Patrick

Date of Birth
Service No.
19488
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Grenadier Guards
3rd Battalion
Medals
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Mary Walsh née Grady of Killinick.

Willis, John Henry

Date of Birth
Address
North London
Service No.
219
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
London Regiment
18th
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France
Other Biographical Details

Son of James and Elizabeth Willis née Robinson