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Curragh History Archives Curragh Military Cemetery 14 October 1869 Not long after the temporary encampment was established on the Curragh, it was clear to the Camp planners that a cemetery would be needed for the deceased occupants, so a suitable site had to be selected close to the camp. Instructions were sent from Army Headquarters in Dublin that advice should be sought from the rector of Ballysax and the clergyman in the camp, and from the Curragh Ranger and with help from the Royal Engineers. Capt. Rich, Royal Engineers thought that an old foxcovert near the camp could be cleared and establish the cemetery there, but Lord Seaton, the General Commanding in Ireland, suggested that it would be better to select a site close to the rector's house in Ballysax where it could be supervised and maintained. However it's present location was finally decided, the site would be on the north-east side of the plains close to Walshestown. So on the 14 October 1869 the Archbishop of Dublin, Richard Chenevix, Primate and Metropolitan of Ireland and Bishop of Glendalough and Kildare, issued the Act of Consecration for the burial place of the military encampment of Her Majesty's Forces stationed on the Curragh of Kildare. www.curragh.info [email protected] Page 1 of 23 Curragh History Archives For the next fifty years Military funerals with their bands and final volleys of shots rang out over the Curragh plains in respect for their deceased comrades. But not only Military funerals took place here as the families of the military were also buried here and the gravestones record the short lives of the men and their families. The early demise of so many is also indicative of the state of medical science at the time. Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Headstones Date of Name Rank Service No Regiment Death Age 16th (The Queen's) AIRD, ALEXANDER, A Serjeant GS/3988 Lancers 06/12/1914 Unknown AMOS, JAMES ERNEST, J Royal Flying E Airman 19304 Corps 17/02/1916 40 16th (The ASKEW, GEORGE Queen's) WILLIAM, G W Corporal GS/10747 Lancers 27/05/1916 Unknown 21st (Empress of India's) BALDOCK , H W Serjeant L/1805 Lancers 09/07/1919 Unknown Royal Field BARLOW, SAMUEL, S Gunner 97530 Artillery 26/09/1914 Unknown Black Watch (Royal BAXTER, JOHN, J Private S/26596 Highlanders) 27/07/1918 21 Royal Field BIRD , W Driver 97511 Artillery 08/04/1915 Unknown King's Own Scottish BOYCE, EDWARD, E Private 46511 Borderers 06/11/1918 Unknown BRADSHAW, JOHN Army Service BARNET, J B Corporal S/28055 Corps 23/08/1915 Unknown Royal Dublin BROWN, EDWARD, E Private 12320 Fusiliers 10/11/1914 44 Army Veterinary BULL, BERT, B Private SE/7942 Corps 20/01/1918 Unknown Reserve Cavalry BULLEN, FREDERICK, F Private GS/10386 Regiment 07/09/1915 24 Royal Dublin BYRNE, PATRICK, P Private 24746 Fusiliers 06/02/1916 42 Royal Dublin BYRNE, RICHARD, R Private 12770 Fusiliers 01/04/1915 Unknown Cheshire CAMPBELL , W Private TR/4/52465 Regiment 08/08/1918 Unknown CAMPBELL, PERCY JOHN, Sapper 263600 Royal 12/04/1917 38 www.curragh.info [email protected] Page 2 of 23 Curragh History Archives P J Engineers CARROLL , E Private 200429 Labour Corps 11/09/1917 45 Royal Air CARTER, GEORGE, G Private 278363 Force 19/03/1919 Unknown Leinster CHESTER, JOHN, J Private 4233 Regiment 30/04/1916 36 Connaught CLANCY , P C Private 5349 Rangers 26/06/1915 Unknown Royal Field CORLETT, ALFRED, A Driver 30086 Artillery 13/09/1914 31 Royal Field CRANE, SYDNEY, S Driver 13677 Artillery 23/09/1914 Unknown Royal Dublin DALTON, MICHAEL, M Private 15143 Fusiliers 23/05/1916 Unknown Reserve Cavalry EDE, ARTHUR JAMES, A J Private GS/4846 Regiment 06/04/1916 Unknown North Staffordshire EGERTON , C Private 5040790 Regiment 14/04/1921 Unknown 17th Lancers ERRINGTON, WALTER (Duke of LOUIS, W L Private L/7355 Cambridge) 03/10/1916 46 EVANS, WILLIAM JAMES, Leinster W J Lieutenant Regiment 27/05/1916 47 Royal FARLIE, LEONARD WADE, Serjeant Engineer L W Major 26118 Services 23/07/1916 46 FARROW, LEONARD Royal Scots STANLEY, L S Private 50589 Fusiliers 16/10/1917 19 FITTON, BENJAMIN Royal Flying ARTHUR, B A Airman 17729 Corps 17/02/1916 Unknown 16th (The Queen's) FREEMAN, JOHN, J Private L/7552 Lancers 27/03/1915 30 North Staffordshire GANDEE , J S Bandmaster 6758 Regiment 05/01/1920 Unknown GILLINGS, JAMES Royal ROBERT, J R Sapper 263539 Engineers 12/04/1917 35 GRAY, FRANK, F Private 302414 Royal Scots 18/12/1917 Unknown 8th (King's Royal Irish) HALL, JOHN, J Private 30333 Hussars 13/03/1919 18 1st King HAM, FRANK Edward's LIVINGSTONE, F L Lieutenant Horse 13/02/1916 Unknown Royal Field HARRISON , J Driver 281148 Artillery 17/03/1920 Unknown Leinster HART, WILLIAM, W Private 4918 Regiment 17/07/1916 Unknown Royal Dublin HEGARTY, WILLIAM, W Private 11992 Fusiliers 23/12/1914 Unknown Army HEGGIE, THE REV. DAVID, Chaplains' D Chaplain Department 23/10/1917 33 Surrey HENDERSON, JOHN, J Private 18737 Yeomanry 15/05/1918 Unknown www.curragh.info [email protected] Page 3 of 23 Curragh History Archives (Queen Mary) 2nd King HERRIG, ALFRED ERIC Edward's MAX, A E M Private 2039 Horse 11/07/1918 20 12th (Prince of Wales's) HESELTINE , F Private L/4242 Lancers 08/09/1915 Unknown 3rd County of HOLDEN, SAMUEL London CHARLES, S C Private 875 Yeomanry 30/12/1917 47 Royal Army HOLLAND, RALPH, R Lieutenant Medical Corps 21/08/1916 Unknown Leinster HOLMES, FREDERICK, F Private 1248 Regiment 24/08/1915 Unknown Royal Munster HOULIHAN, ROBERT, R Private 6857 Fusiliers 20/03/1916 Unknown Reserve Cavalry HUNT, EDGAR, E Private 26124 Regiment 01/02/1915 20 Reserve Cavalry HUXTABLE, ERNEST, E Private L/12127 Regiment 12/03/1918 Unknown Connaught JACKSON, ALFRED, A Private May-68 Rangers 01/07/1915 35 JOHNSTON, WILLIAM Royal Army VINCENT, W V Captain Medical Corps 12/12/1917 Unknown Royal Army JONES , J W Private 493387 Medical Corps 03/05/1918 Unknown KETTEL, ALBERT 4th (Queen's GEORGE, A G Boy 30460 Own) Hussars 24/10/1918 Unknown Royal KIRBY, JOHN, J Sapper WR/313219 Engineers 06/08/1918 Unknown Reserve Cavalry LAMACRAFT, FRED, F Private GS/10303 Regiment 06/09/1915 18 16th (The Queen's) LANCASTER, JOHN, J Private 4730 Lancers 10/11/1916 36 Connaught LANGRILL, JOHN, J Private 3861 Rangers 31/03/1915 Unknown 10th (Prince of Wales) LEYLAND, ALFRED , A Private 2689285 Hussars 26/07/1921 19 Reserve LILLEY, JOHN WILLIAM, J Cavalry W Private 29246 Regiment 03/11/1915 62 Black Watch (Royal LOCKHART, JOHN, J Serjeant S/9622 Highlanders) 07/08/1918 Unknown LONSDALE, FRANK Lancashire LESLIE, F L Private 2016 Hussars 05/06/1916 Unknown Royal Dublin LYONS, JOHN, J Corporal 9030 Fusiliers 17/11/1915 Unknown MANSFIELD, FRANCIS Leinster CHARLES, F C Serjeant 4486 Regiment 11/05/1916 Unknown MARKHAM, CHARLES Shoeing Royal Field FREDERICK WILLIAM Smith 60696 Artillery 24/09/1914 Unknown www.curragh.info [email protected] Page 4 of 23 Curragh History Archives 16th (The Queen's) MARSHALL, ARTHUR, A Private GS/11088 Lancers 12/12/1914 44 16th (The Queen's) McAFFERY , E Private 10758 Lancers 03/05/1917 Unknown Manchester McCAFFERY , J Private 2481 Regiment 13/02/1919 Unknown Royal Irish McLEAN, MALCOLM, M Rifleman 4121 Rifles 02/12/1917 20 Reserve MEAD, WILLIAM THOMAS, Cavalry W T Private GS/16506 Regiment 07/12/1917 39 Highland Light MEE, JOSEPH, J H Private 333916 Infantry 01/09/1917 19 Royal Field MILLER, JOHN, J Gunner 31509 Artillery 30/10/1917 33 Royal Field MILLIGAN, JAMES, J Serjeant 650937 Artillery 29/03/1917 21 Reserve Cavalry MILNER, FRED, F Private H/83038 Regiment 27/06/1918 30 Reserve Cavalry MOCKLER , P Private 1299 Regiment 22/12/1916 Unknown 4th (Queen's MOORE, EDWARD, E Private 18399 Own) Hussars 10/01/1916 Unknown 6th Dragoon Guards MURPHY, EDWARD, E Private 5807 (Carabiniers) 28/07/1917 Unknown 1st King Edward's MURPHY, LOUIS, L Private 1244 Horse 16/04/1916 Unknown Machine Gun Corps NESBITT , A Private 86039 (Infantry) 04/10/1919 22 Reserve Cavalry NISILL, CHARLES, C Private 12173 Regiment 05/07/1918 21 Royal Irish NOLAN , W Private 375 Fusiliers 24/11/1918 Unknown NUNN, WILLIAM Royal ADOLPHUS, W A Trumpeter 25473 Engineers 04/11/1918 19 Royal Dublin O'BRIEN, JOHN, J Private 25275 Fusiliers 05/05/1916 Unknown O'CLERY, WILLIAM Royal Irish PEREGRINE, W P Corporal 1452 Rifles 11/07/1918 Unknown Royal Dublin OLDHAM , J Corporal 6615 Fusiliers 14/07/1916 Unknown Royal Dublin O'NEILL, THOMAS, T Private 6979 Fusiliers 21/06/1915 Unknown OWEN, SAMUEL JAMES, S Cheshire J Private 1911 Yeomanry 26/03/1916 32 North PHILPOTTS, HENRY Staffordshire BERTRAM, H B L / Serjeant 5038975 Regiment 10/12/1920 28 PURSELL, CHARLES Royal Field ERNEST, C E Driver 182576 Artillery 15/07/1917 39 www.curragh.info [email protected] Page 5 of 23 Curragh History Archives Royal Dublin RAFFERTY, EDWARD, E H L /Corporal 12578 Fusiliers 20/09/1916 38 6th Dragoon RAMSAY, JOHN HAKER, J Guards H Private 394194 (Carabiniers) 09/07/1921 19 King's Own ROSS, JOHN COLTART, J Scottish C Private 45808 Borderers 22/10/1918 Unknown Royal Field SAINSBURY, SAMUEL, S Driver 42636 Artillery 11/08/1917 Unknown Welsh SHUREY, EDWARD, E Lieutenant Regiment 18/07/1918 27 Reserve Cavalry STAUNTON, FRANCIS, F Serjeant 83094 Regiment 22/09/1918 45 STOKES, JAMES, J Driver 13678 Royal Artillery 18/09/1914 Unknown Reserve STUBBS, THOMAS DAVID Cavalry EDWIN, T D E SQMS 11118 Regiment 05/09/1918 53 SWANNELL, HERBERT Royal Field AGUSTA, H A Driver 98420 Artillery 08/02/1915 18 Lincolnshire THOMAS , G H Private 14601 Regiment 07/11/1917 Unknown Cameronians (Scottish THORPE , H G L /Corporal 3234299 Rifles) 09/09/1920 Unknown Leicestershire TWISSELL , A L Private 44304 Regiment 25/08/1920 Unknown Cheshire TYLDESLEY, WILLIAM, W Private TR4/23441 Regiment 15/06/1918 Unknown Army Veterinary WALWYN, PETER, P Serjeant TT/02467 Corps 06/12/1916 Unknown WILSON, FREDERICK Royal Field GERARD SEWARD Gunner 184064 Artillery 21/02/1917 18 Royal YEATMAN, HERBERT Defence GEORGE, H G Private 48494 Corps 20/02/1919 39 www.curragh.info [email protected] Page 6 of 23 Curragh History Archives Military Non-Commonwealth War Graves Commission Headstones In memory of Driver Henry Young died 20th May 1877, Gunner Wm Mathews died 4th Novr 1879, Shoeing Smith Henry Geo Markham died 13th March 1880, Gunner John Greene died 20th April 1880, Gunner Nicholas De Courcy died 3rd Sept 1880.
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    MILITARY UNIT INDEX Australian Army 38th Infantry Brigade, 70 1st Leinster, 184–5 Divisions 2/19th London, 169–70 52nd Lowland Division, 172 Australian Cavalry Division, 156–7, 160 2/10th Middlesex, 169 6th Prince of Wales Cavalry, 196 Other military units Royal Engineers, 50, 89 Australian Light Horse, 193 Royal Field Artillery, 203 Royal Horse Artillery, A Battery, 36 Royal Horse Artillery, N Battery, 36, 51 British Army Royal Horse Artillery, Q Battery, 36 Royal Horse Artillery, U Battery, 36 Armies Royal Horse Artillery, V Battery, 36 3rd Army, 172 Royal Horse Artillery, Y Battery, 36 5th Army, 172 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers, 178, 182, 186 8th Army, 231–44 1st Royal Irish Regiment, 180 10th Army, 233–4 Royal Scots Regiment, 290 14th Army, 254, 274, 276, 295, 301, Royal West Kent Regiment, 290 328–9, 452 72nd Sappers and Miners, 183 53rd Welsh Division, 169 Divisions 1/4th Wiltshires, 169 74th Yeomanry Division, 169 7th Armoured Division, 318 2nd British Division, 277 13th British Division, 69, 98, 125, 135, Canadian Army 139 9th Division (13th Corps), 46, 56 Other military units 10th Irish Division, 169, 178 Canadian Cavalry Brigade, 36, 38, 41, 50 21st Division, 46 Fort Garry Horse, 36, 42, 49, 50, 58 Royal Canadian Dragoons, 36 Other military units Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 36 Bedfordshire Regiment, 382 2nd Black Watch, 95 German Army 5th Connaught Rangers, 179 2/4th Dorset, 169 Armies 1st (Kings) Dragoon Guards, 36 6th Dragoons (Inniskilling), 36 Panzerarmee Afrika, 242, 243 7th Dragoon Guards, 36, 49, 50, 52–7, 59, 201 Divisions
  • Vol. 66, No. 3 (May-June 2015) 35 Figure 3: the 5Th Dragoon Guards at Harbonniéres

    Vol. 66, No. 3 (May-June 2015) 35 Figure 3: the 5Th Dragoon Guards at Harbonniéres

    were once again ordered to march back to Chocolate Hill The 5th Dragoon Guards had served continuously in on August 22. This advance was made without incident France and Flanders since August 1914 and were in under the cover of darkness. After this, they alternated reserve at Amiens in May 1918. Their first significant between tours in the trenches and time spent in reserve, action after Gotts’ arrival, indeed the regiment’s greatest incurring a steady stream of losses along the way. contribution to the war, occurred on August 8, 1918, what later would be dubbed the ‘‘Black Day of the German Gotts remained with the Westminster Dragoons at Suvla Army.” Bay for 11 weeks, before being evacuated on October 31. Like nearly every other unit present, the regiment suffered The artillery barrage began promptly at 4:20am and heavy losses. The Westminster Dragoons landed with 18 successfully weakened the German defensives. Led by officers and 346 men yet departed with only nine officers tanks, the Canadian and Australian Corps attacked and and 139 others ranks still active. Enemy action, illness, were able to reach their first objective by 6:30am. The and the weather had taken their toll on the rest. Allies regrouped and began their next advance to the second objective at 8:20am. The 5th Dragoon Guards, Harry was one of the fortunate soldiers and remained as part of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, were ordered to pass healthy and unwounded throughout the campaign, even through the 2nd Australian Division to exploit the attack. being promoted Corporal on September 7, 1915.