The page contains four images, the names of the FALLEN 1914-1918, and a report on the unveiling and dedication ceremony.
Four images below.
Four images below.
L.M.S. RAILWAY COMPANY
ANDERSON, BENJAMIN, 588, Rifleman 9th Bn., Royal Irish Rifles who was previous reported missing on July 1, 1916, and was subsequently declared to have been killed on that date or since. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
ANDERSON, WILLIAM, 23294, Private, 10th Bn., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the July push [1916]. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
BAILEY, THOMAS A., Sergeant, 109th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 15305 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action on 1st July, 1916 at the aged of 26. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
BELL, CHARLES, Private, North Irish Horse (attached to cavalry division signal troop), has been presented with a certificate from the General commanding the division, commending him for his gallantry in action. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
BLACKWOOD JAMES, 2901, Private, 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action 16th May, 1915, age 18. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
BOND, WILLIAM JAMES, 15327, Private 9th/10th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers died on the 30th September, 1918. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
BOYCE, JAMES, BOYCE, JAMES, 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, has been invalided home from France. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
BRADSHAW, WILLIAM ROBERT, Second-Lieutenant, 6th Bn., Connaught Rangers, was killed in action on19th February, 1917, age 34. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
CAMPBELL, W. J., Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles (West Belfast Volunteers) is posted as missing since 1st July, 1916. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
CAREY, JOHN, 23154, Private, 8th Bn., Royal Irish Fusiliers, has succumbed to wounds received in battle on 27th April, 1916. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
CATHCART, ROBERT, Seaman, Royal Navy, has been drowned, the ship in which he served having been sunk by a mine. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
CRAIG, WILLIAM, Corporal, North Irish Horse, is at present in No. 3 General Hospital, France. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
CUNNINGHAM, JOHN, Lieutenant, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, has been seriously wounded in action on 16th August, 1917. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
ESDALE, CHARLES, Private, 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was called up on the General Reserve in August 1914, and was seriously wounded in the right arm in November 1914. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
GEOFREY, THOMAS, ticket clerk at Magherafelt Railway Station has enlisted in His Majesty’s Army. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
GRANT, THOMAS, Rifleman, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles is in hospital in England, suffering from wounds received at Neure Chapelle. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
GRAY, ROBERT, Lance-Corporal, 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (Central Antrim Volunteers), has been wounded in France. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
HIGGINS, WILLIAM JOHN, 7515, Private 1st Bn., Royal Irish Rifles, has succumbed to wounds received in action in France on 12th April, 1916. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
HUNTER, ROBERT, 454250, Private, 20th Bn., Canadian Infantry, was killed in action on 14th February, 1917. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
KANE, DAVID, Private, Royal Irish Rifles, was wounded in action. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
KIDD, FRANK, 18023, Rifleman, “B” Coy., 12th Bn., Royal Irish Rifles (Central Antrim Volunteers), was killed in action on 1st July, 1916. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
LAGAN, PATRICK, Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, has been awarded a certificate by Major-General Hickie, commander of the 16th Division, for gallant conduct and devotion to duty on 16th August, 1917. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
M’CAMBRIDGE, JOHN P., Lance-Corporal, Royal Irish Fusiliers, has been missing since 3rd May, [1917]. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
M’GARVEY, WILLIAM, Corporal, Derry Volunteers, has been wounded in action. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
M’ILWAINE, THOMAS, Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles, youngest son of Mrs. M’Ilwaine, Templepatrick, County Antrim, was killed in action on 30th September, 1918. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
MAWHINNEY, SAMUEL, Lance-Corporal, 11th Bn., Royal Irish Rifles, died of wounds on 19th July, 1916, while a prisoner of war in Germany, aged 22 years. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
McBRINN, J. M., 2261, Private Connaught Rangers, has been awarded a parchment certificate for bravery in the field. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
McCOLLAN, JOHN, Private, Royal Marines, has been wounded at the Dardanelles. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
McCOMAS, GEORGE ANDREW, 14092, Private 11th Bn., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Prior to volunteering he was working as an engine cleaner or shunter. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
McDOWELL, MATTHEW, Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles, died on the 2nd December, 1917, of wounds received in action. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
McGRADY, JAMES, K/21819, Stoker 1st Class, was lost at sea on March 22, 1918 through the sinking of H.M.S. Gaillardia (a destroyer) which struck a mine. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
McGUGAN, WILLIAM JOHN, Private/acting Lance-Corporal, 7911, 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was called up on the General Reserve in August 1914, and took part in the heavy fighting at Mons, and was wounded at the battle of Aisnr, where a portion of shell struck and lodged in his heel. The Northern Whig, October 3, 1914. He was killed in action on 2 August 1917, age 33. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
McKEOWN, J., Sergeant, Connaught Rangers, was presented with the Military Medal at Victoria Barracks, Belfast by Brigadier-General Hacket Pain, C.B., on September 8, 1917.
MONTGOMERY, FRED, Second-Lieutenant, 6th Bn., King’s Own Scottish Borderers, was killed in action 19th October, 1916. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
MULLAN, HUGH, Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles, has been wounded, and is now in hospital in England. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
NIMMONS, JAMES, Private, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Tyrone Volunteers), has been wounded for the second time. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
NOLAN, RICHARD T., Second-Lieutenant, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, has been admitted to hospital at Wimereux, France. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
NOLAN, RITCHARD T., Second-Lieutenant, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, has been admitted to hospital at Wimereux, France. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
PADEN, DANIEL, Corporal, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was wounded in action [1917]. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
PARKE, (PARK?) JOHN, Private, 9th Bn., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died in a Casually Clearing Station in France on the 9th September, 1916, from wounds received in action the previous day. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
READ, ALFRED, Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles is missing in action. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
REID, JAMES, Private, 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, has been wounded in action on the 8th August, 1915, the Dardanelles. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
ROLSTON, HERBERT, Lance-Corporal, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was wounded for the third time on 15th August, 1917. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
ROSS, WILLIAM, Private, No. 3091, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was previously reported missing, was killed in action on the 22nd May [1915] at the Dardanelles. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com.
SUTTER, SAMUEL, 460169?, Private, Canadian Infantry, has been awarded the Military Medal for devotion to duty in carrying dispatches under shell fire. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
SWANN, WILLIAM, Lance-Corporal, 10th Bn., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, has been reported killed in action by the concussion of a bursting shell. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
THOMPSON, RICHARD G., Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was awarded a certificate of gallantry. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
WALLACE, JOHN, Private, 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, was wounded at the Dardanelles on 15th August, 1915. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
WATERMAN, RONALD, 18/210, Lance-Corporal, 12th Bn., “B” Company, (Central Antrim Volunteers), Royal Irish Rifles, was killed in action on 1st July, 1916, age 19 years. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
WATSON, ALEXANDER, Sergeant 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, is in hospital, having been wounded at Neuve Chapelle. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
WILMOT, JAMES, Sergeant, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, has been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
WILSON, ANDREW, 16104, Rifleman, 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (West Belfast Volunteers), succumbed on 17th January 1916, to wounds received in action. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
WRIGHT, WILLIAM J., Sergeant, 12/19265, 14th Bn., Royal Irish Rifles, (36th Division) died on 18th August, 1917, of wounds received in action. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
YIEND, W., Mr., has been appointed assistant manager of transport for the Navy and Army Canteen Board, with headquarters in London. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
YOUNG, THOMAS FORBES, Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, (Ulster Division), has been awarded the Military Cross, ‘For conspicuous gallantry during operations. Additional information available on request ay uwms@outlook.com
Moving and impressive scenes were witnessed in Belfast today when a handsome and striking obelisk in memory of the men of the Midland Railway Company, Northern Counties Committee, who fell and who served in the Great War was unveiled with befitting ceremonial
The memorial has been erected at the York Road Station-the Belfast terminus of the system-where it will in future catch the eye of countless passengers, and induce more than a passing thought of the heroic railwaymen who helped to preserve the Empire in the era of its greatest peril.
On the plinth the following words are inscribed: –
In honour of the members of the staff, who volunteered and served in his Majesty’s forces during the Great War, 1914-19. Erected by the Midland Railway Company (Northern Counties Committee).
Upon the obelisk there are four bronze tablets, one on each of the sides. The tablet on the south side bears the following inscription: – In remembrance of those who laid down their lives.
On the three other tablets are inscribed the names of those who served and returned.
The unveiling ceremony bore striking similarity in many respects to the memorable proceedings at Thiepval on Saturday last, when the memorial tower to the Ulster Division was solemnly dedicated.
Major John A. Torrens, D.L., (chairman of the Northern Counties Committee of the Midland Railway) decided, and made a touching statement in which he paid a moving tribute to the men whose heroism was been called in remembrance that day. The president of the Methodist Church in Ireland (Rev. W. H. Smyth, B.A.) read portions of Scripture from the Old and New Testaments (Psalms 46 verses 1-7) and Revelations vii., 9-17, after which the Moderator of the General Assembly (Right Rev. W. J. Lowe, D.D.) offered prayer.
At the request of the chairman and amid an impressive scene Major General Nugent, C.B., D.S.O., who had commanded the Ulster Division on active service, unveiled the memorial.
The ‘Last Post’ was sounded, and then Major Torrens laid a wreath of remembrance on the memorial.
After a stirring address by Major-General Nugent the tablet was solemnly dedicated by the Dean of Belfast (Very Rev. T. G. C. Collins, B.D.).
The National Anthem was sung in unison, after which several wreaths of remembrance were laid by representatives of various staffs and friends of the fallen.
Belfast Telegraph, Thursday, November, 24, 1921.
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