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Comóradh Céad Bliain chur go Tóin Poill RMS Leinster Commemoration of the Centenary of the Sinking of the RMS Leinster 10.10.2018

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Réamhrá Foreword

Fáilte chuig searmanas an lae inniu elcome to today’s ceremony chun comóradh a dhéanamh ar chéad bliain to commemorate the centenary chur go tóin poill rms Leinster, ar bhuail toirpéid of the sinking of the rms Leinster, ón bhfomhuireán Gearmánach ub-123 í ar an 10 whichW was torpedoed by the German submarine Deireadh Fómhair 1918. ub-123 on 10 October 1918. Tharla an tragóid mí agus lá sular síníodh an The tragedy took place one month and one sos cogaidh, ar an 11 Samhain 1918, a chuir deireadh day before the signing of the Armistice, on 11 leis an troid sa Chéad Chogadh Domhanda. Is í cur November 1918, which ceased combat in World go tóin poill rms Leinster an tubaiste mhuirí ba mhó a War I. The loss of the rms Leinster remains the tharla riamh i Muir Éireann. greatest single maritime disaster in the Irish Sea. Cailleadh 564 dhuine, go bhfios dúinn. 564 people are known to have perished. Ghoill an tragóid seo go mór ar theaghlaigh agus Families and communities on both sides of the Íomhá thuas: Ceann litreach Royal Mail Steamer Leinster ar phobail ar dhá thaobh Mhuir Éireann agus Irish Sea and as far afield as America, Canada, rms Leinster. Le caoinchead chomh fada le Meiriceá, Ceanada, an Astráil Australia and New Zealand, were devastated Karen Walshe Thaler. Thóg an chuideachta Laird Brothers (Birkenhead) agus an Nua-Shéalainn. Cuimhnímid freisin ar by this tragedy. We also remember the 36 crew Above image: rms Leinster letterhead. an long rms Leinster don chuideachta City of Courtesy of Karen Walshe Thaler. Dublin Steam Packet Company sa bhliain 1896. na 36 bhall de chriú ub-123, a maraíodh seachtain members of ub-123, who themselves were killed ina dhiaidh sin. one week later, when their submarine struck a Clúdach tosaigh: Cárta poist Úsáideadh an t-árthach sin agus a chomhlonga, rms Leinster. rms Munster, rms Ulster agus rms Connaught, Cuimhnímid freisin ar an gcúram agus ar mine in the North Sea. Foinse: Ceannt and O’Brennan faoin gconradh a bhí ag an gcuideachta le hOifig an gcineáltas a léirigh na seirbhísí tarrthála agus We also remember the care and kindness Papers, 1851 – 1953. Le caoinchead an pearsanra altranais agus leighis sa fhreagairt shown by the rescue services, nursing Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann an Phoist, chun post agus paisnéirí a thabhairt dhaonnúil ollmhór a slógadh i ndiaidh na tubaiste. and medical personnel, in the immense Front cover: rms Leinster postcard. transa Mhuir Éireann, idir Cé Carlisle, Kingstown Source: Ceannt and O’Brennan (Dún Laoghaire) agus Cé Admiralty, Holyhead. Tá flúirse taispeántas, seimineár, léachtaí, humanitarian response that was mobilised Papers, 1851 – 1953. Courtesy amharclannaíochta agus taibhithe á reáchtáil, faoi following the tragedy. of the National Library of Ireland. Royal Mail Steamer Leinster stiúir Chomhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire Rath Surrounding this important an Dúin faoin gcomóradh tábhachtach seo. Is commemoration, there is a wealth of The rms Leinster was built by Laird Brothers féidir tuilleadh sonraí a fháil ag www.dlrcoco.ie. exhibitions, seminars, talks, theatre and (Birkenhead) in 1896 for the City of Dublin performances led by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Steam Packet Company. The vessel and its County Council. Further details can be found at sister ships, the rms Munster, the rms Ulster www.dlrcoco.ie. and the rms Connaught, serviced the Company’s contract with the Post Office, carrying mail and passengers across the Irish Sea, between the Carlisle Pier, Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) and the Admiralty Pier, Holyhead.

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An Clár 10 Deireadh Fómhair 1918 The Programme 10 October 1918

Mórshiúl na mBratach Procession of Standards I ndiaidh 4 bliana den chogadh, bhí fter 4 years of war, the Allies fogha á thabhairt ag na Comhghuaillithe faoi were driving back the German Army Teacht Pháirtí na Brataí Náisiúnta Arrival of the National Colour Party Arm na Gearmáine sa Fhrainc agus sa Bheilg. in France and Belgium. The German Aitheasc tosaigh ó Fhear an Tí Opening remarks by the Master of Ceremonies Thuig Ardcheannas na Gearmáine nach AHigh Command realised it could not win the war bhféadfadh sé an cogadh a bhuachan agus bhí and had advised the Government to seek peace Fáilte ó Chathaoirleach Chomhairle Welcome by the Cathaoirleach of Dún sé molta aige don Rialtas gur cheart téarmaí terms. Contae Dhún Laoghaire Ráth an Dúin Laoghaire Rathdown County Council síochána a lorg. Thousands of Irish men and women were Bhí na mílte fear agus ban Éireannach serving in the British armed services. Many ag déanamh seirbhíse i seirbhísí armtha others – including those of Irish descent – were Sos Ceoil Musical Interlude na Breataine. Bhí go leor daoine eile - lena serving in the forces of Australia, New Zealand, Seinm Ceoil Thraidisiúnta – Traditional Music Performance – n-áirítear daoine de bhunadh na hÉireann – Canada, the United States of America, India and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann ag déanamh seirbhíse i bhfórsaí na hAstrála, South Africa. na Nua-Shéalainne, Cheanada, Stáit Aontaithe From the start of the war, the Royal Navy Mórshiúl le Siombail a Procession of Symbols Mheiriceá, na hIndia agus na hAfraice Theas. blockaded Germany, cutting its sea access to bhaineann le RMS Leinster associated with the RMS Leinster Ó thús an chogaidh, chuir an Cabhlach the outside world. The Germans retaliated Léamh Readings Ríoga an Ghearmáin faoi imshuí, ag baint di with submarine attacks on British merchant an rochtain mara a bhí aici ar an gcuid eile ships. The first attacks in the Irish Sea occurred Sos Ceoil Musical Interlude den domhan. Bhain na Gearmáinigh díoltas in January 1915. Throughout the war, the City ‘Anthem of the Mailboat Leinster’ ‘Anthem of the Mailboat Leinster’ amach trí ionsaithe fomhuireáin a dhéanamh ar of Dublin Steam Packet Company (CDSPCo) á chanadh ag William Byrne performed by William Byrne longa trádála Briotanacha. Rinneadh na chéad continued to operate a mail and passenger Léamha Readings ionsaithe ar Mhuir Éireann in Eanáir 1915. Lean service between Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) City of Dublin Steam Packet Company (CDSPCo) and Holyhead. During 1918, the Company’s Macnaimh ó scríbhneoir cónaithe Chomhairle Reflection by dlr County Council de sheirbhís poist agus paisnéirí a oibriú idir vessels had a number of narrow escapes Contae Dhún Laoghaire Ráth an Dúin, Sarah Writer in Residence, Sarah Maria Griffin Kingston (Dún Laoghaire) agus Holyhead i when attacked by submarines. As Royal Navy Maria Griffin. rith an chogaidh. Le linn 1918, is minic a tharla destroyers were mainly employed in guarding Paidir ó Shéiplíneach Óglaigh na hÉireann Prayer by Defence Forces Chaplain gur ar éigin a tháinig árthaigh na cuideachta the British fleet and escorting convoys across the slán tríd ionsaithe ó fhomhuireáin. Ó tharla go Atlantic, CDSPCo vessels were only occasionally raibh Scriostóirí an Chabhlaigh Ríoga á n-úsáid provided with escorts. Soldiers and military chun loingeas na Breataine a chosaint agus nurses leaving and returning to Ireland travelled Searmanas Fleascleagain Wreath Laying Ceremony mar gharda ar thionlacain a bhí ag trasnú an through Dublin Port. From late 1917, they began Atlantaigh, is annamh a tugadh garda d’árthaigh to occasionally travel through Kingstown. The Nóiméad Ciúnais Minute of Silence an CDSPCo. Thaistealaíodh saighdiúirí agus RMS Leinster’s journal for 1918 shows it carried Marbhna ó Phíobaire Óglaigh na hÉireann Lament by Defence Forces Piper altraí míleata a bhí ag fágáil Éireann agus ag troops on 33 occasions – a minority of its filleadh uirthi arís trí Chalafort Bhaile Átha sailings to and from Holyhead. Amhrán na bhFiann, á sheinm ag Armbhanna The National Anthem by the Army No 1 Band Cliath. I dtreo dheireadh 1917, thosaigh siad ag Uimh. 1 taisteal trí Kingstown ó am go chéile. Tugtar le Focail scoir Closing Remarks Conclúid Conclusion

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Taismigh agus Marthanóirí Casualties and Survivors fios ó dhialann RMS Leinster don bhliain 1918 gur Shortly before 9 a.m. on 10 October 1918, the Iomlán Cailleadh Mhair Total Lost Survived iompar sí trúpaí 33 huaire - líon beag dá seoltaí RMS Leinster left Kingstown under the command sall chuig Holyhead agus anall uaidh arís. of Captain William Birch (aged 61). The weather Criú 75 37 38 D’fhágRMS Leinster Kingstown go gairid was fine, but the sea was rough following recent Crew roimh 9 a.m. ar an 10 Deireadh Fómhair 1918 storms. The ship’s crew came from Kingstown Sórtálaithe Poist 22 21 1 faoi cheannas an Chaptaein William Birch (61 and Holyhead. Postal sorters manned an on- Postal Sorters bhliain d’aois). Lá breá a bhí ann ach bhí an board mail room. Civilian passengers came from Sibhialtaigh fharraige garbh i ndiadh stoirmeacha le gairid. various parts of Ireland and Britain. The majority 200 148 52 Civilians Ba as Kingstown agus Holyhead do chriú na of passengers on board that day were military loinge. Bhí foireann Sortálaithe Poist i bhfeighil personnel - soldiers, sailors, airmen and nurses, Pearsanra Airm 506 358 148 seomra poist ar bord na loinge. Ba as ceantair who came from Ireland, Britain, the United Military éagsúla ar fud na hÉireann agus na Breataine States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Iomlán 803 564 239 do na paisnéirí siabhialtacha. Pearsanra airm Shortly before 10 a.m., submarine UB-123 fired a Total ab iad formhór na bpaisnéirí ar bord an lá sin torpedo towards the RMS Leinster’s port (left) side. - saighdiúirí, mairnéalaigh, eitleoirí agus altraí It missed the ship, passing across its bow. A Foinse/Source arb as Éirinn, an Bhreatain, na Stáit Aontaithe, second torpedo struck the ship on its port side, www.rmsleinster.com Ceanada, an Astráil agus an Nua-Shéalainn in the vicinity of the mail room. Attempting to dóibh. Go gairid roimh 10 a.m., scaoil an turn, the RMS Leinster was struck on its starboard fomhuireáin UB-123 toirpéad i dtreo bhord clé (right) side by a third torpedo. It quickly sank. RMS Leinster. Níor bhuail sé an long, ach chuaigh Survivors struggled in the rough sea, Ba é John Higgins ó Ghlas Naíon an t-aon John Higgins from Glasnevin was the only sé trasna roimpi. Bhuail an dara toirpéad an long in lifeboats and clinging to life-rafts and Sórtálaí Poist a tháinig slán. Fágadh céad páiste Postal Sorter to survive. His twenty-one ar a bord clé, gar don seomra poist. Nuair a rinne wreckage. Royal Navy ships rescued survivors gan aithreacha nuair a d’éag an fiche a haon colleagues who died left one hundred children RMS Leinster iarracht casadh thar n-ais bhuail an and recovered the remains of the dead. The chomhghleacaí a bhí aige. without fathers. triú toirpéad an long ar a deasbhord. Chuaigh sí injured were brought to St Michael’s Hospital, go tóin poill go tapaidh. Kingstown and a number of Dublin hospitals. Cailleadh an Seiceálaí Ticéad Hugh Rowlands Ticket Checker Hugh Rowlands (aged 43) Bhí na marthanóirí á dtraochadh féin san The sinking of the RMS Leinster resulted in (43 bliana d’aois), mar aon le Hannah Owen was lost, as were Hannah Owen (aged 36) and fharraige gharbh, i mbáid tharrthála agus ag the greatest ever loss of life in the Irish Sea and (36 bliana d’aois) agus Louisa Parry (22 bhliain Louisa Parry (aged 22), two of the ship’s three coimeád greim ar raftaí tarrthála agus gaimbíní the highest death toll on an Irish-owned ship, d’aois), beirt den triúr óstach a bhí ar bord na stewardesses. Louisa brought some women and raice. Shábháil longa an Chabhlaigh Ríoga with 564 lives lost, (see Table on Page 7). loinge. Thug Louisa roinnt ban agus páistí suas children to the upper deck and then returned marthanóirí agus bhailigh siad coirp na marbh. chuig deic uachtair na loinge agus chuaigh sí below. She was helping a woman and child in a Tugadh na daoine a gortaíodh chuig Ospidéal thar n-ais anuas arís. Bhí cabhair á tabhairt aici cabin, when the door slammed shut. Other crew Naomh Mícheál, Kingstown agus chuig ospidéil do bhean agus páiste i gcabán nuair a dhún an members were unable to free the door as water eile i mBaile Átha Cliath. doras de phlab. Ní raibh baill eile den chriú in flooded the ship. B’ionann cur go tóin poill RMS Leinster agus ann an doras a oscailt arís le linn d’uisce a bheith an mhortlaidh ba mhó riamh ar Mhuir Éireann ag líonadh na loinge. agus an líon ba mhó daoine a cailleadh riamh ar bhád de chuid na hÉireann. 564 dhuine a cailleadh ar an iomlán (féach an Tábla ar Leathanach 7).

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Cailleadh na banaltraí sibhialta, Dillie (37 Civilian nurses, Dillie (aged 37) and Norah Bhí Alfred ‘Bob’ King (15 bliana d’aois) agus Alfred ‘Bob’ King (aged 15) and Gerald Palmer mbliana d’aois) agus Norah Davoren (35 bliana Davoren (aged 35) were lost returning to duty in Gerald Palmer (14 bliana d’aois) i measc na (aged 14) were among those also lost, the d’aois) agus iad ag filleadh ar dulagas i Sasana. England. Volunteer Military Nurse Sophia Violet ndaoine a cailleadh freisin, an chéad duine acu former returning to public school, and the latter Cailleadh an Bhanaltra Mhíleata Óglaigh Sophia Barrett (aged 34) was lost returning to France. ag filleadh ar scoil phoiblí agus an dara duine travelling from The Cripples’ Home, Bray to Violet Barrett (34 bliana d’aois) agus í ag filleadh acu ag taisteal ó Theach na Mairtíneach, Bré, Barnardo’s in London. ar an bhFrainc. chuig Barnardo’s i Londain.

Tháinig an t-iarmhairnéalach Michael Joyce, Former seaman Michael Joyce, MP for Limerick Shábháil an Fear Dóiteáin (Tineadóir) William Fireman (Stoker) William Maher saved the life Teachta Parlaiminte do Luimneach, slán. Ba é an survived. It was his fifth shipwreck. Maher an déagóir Dorothy Toppin. Thug sí of teenager Dorothy Toppin. She gave him an cúigiú huair dó a bheith ar longbhriseadh. uaireadóir greanta dó agus bhronn an Cumann engraved watch and the Royal Humane Society Ríoga Daonnachtúil (Royal Humane Society) awarded him a medal for his bravery. Cailleadh Catherine Gould (40 bliain d’aois) Catherine Gould (aged 40) from ‘the lanes’ of bonn air as ucht a chrógachta. ó ‘lánaí’ Luimnigh mar aon lena mac Michael Limerick was lost with her son Michael (aged 8) (8 mbliana d’aois) agus a hiníonacha May, (21 and daughters May, (aged 21), Alice (aged 15), Ba í Josephine Carr (21 bhliain d’aois) ó Josephine Carr (aged 21) from Cork was the first bhliain d’aois), Alice (15 bliana d’aois), Angela Angela (aged 5) and Olive (aged 1). Only 19 year Chorcaigh an chéad bhall de Sheirbhís Ban an member of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (5 bliana d’aois) agus Olive (1 bhliain d’aois). Ba old Essie survived. Catherine and her children Chabhlaigh Ríoga (Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS, popularly known as Wrens) to die on í Essie, a bhí 19 mbliana d’aois, an t-aon duine were en-route to relocate with her husband and - WRNS, nó Wrens a thugtar go minic orthu) a active service. acu a tháinig slán. Bhí Catherine agus a clann ar children’s father, a former soldier now working fuair bás ar fiannas. an mbealach sall chun athlonnú lena fear céile, in a munitions factory in England. athair na bpáistí, iar-shaighdiúir a bhí ag obair i Cailleadh Príomhchonstábla Owen Ward Head Constable Owen Ward (aged 36) of the monarcha mhuinisean i Sasasna ag an am. (36 bliana d’aois) de Chonstáblacht Ríoga na Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was lost on his hÉireann (CRÉ) ar a shlí go Sasana ar ghnó way to England on official business. oifigiúíl.

Tháinig Emily Blackburne slán tríd an longbhá, Emily Blackburne survived the sinking, but ach cailleadh a fear céile, Leifteanantchoirnéal her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Charles Blackburne (42 bhliain d’aois) agus a Blackburne (aged 42) was lost with their n-iníon Audrey (11 bhliain d’aois), a mac Peter (7 daughter Audrey (aged 11), son Peter (aged 7) mbliana d’aois) agus máistreás na bpáistí Rose and the children’s governess Rose de Pury de Pury (61 bhliain d’aois). (aged 61).

Cailleadh an Captaen Robert Ernest Lee (35 Captain Robert Ernest Lee (aged 35), Royal bliana d’aois), Cór Liachta an Airm Ríoga; ba Army Medical Corps was lost; he had been a dhochtúir in Ospidéal Ríoga Chathair Bhaile doctor at the Royal City of Dublin Hospital Átha Cliath (Sráid Bhagóid) roimhe sin é. (Baggot Street). Le caoinchead Brian Ellis Courtesy of Brian Ellis

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Roderick Perry

De na trí lánúin ar bord a bhí ar mhí na meala, Of the three honeymooning couples aboard, Rugadh Roderick Perry (Perry a thugtaí air) Roderick Perry (known as Perry) Taylor was cailleadh Violet agus an Ceathrúsháirsint Violet and Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Taylor in Geneva, i lár Florida, S.A.M., ar an born in Geneva, in central Florida, U.S.A. Reisiminte Samuel McKenna, agus tháinig Samuel McKenna were lost, Anna and 5 Nollaig 1892. D’oibrigh sé mar mheicneoir on 5 December 1892. He later worked as an Anna agus an Leifteanant John Carlisle agus Lieutenant John Carlisle and Cora and Major gluaisteán in Orlando ina dhiaidh sin, agus automobile mechanic in Orlando, where he also Cora agus an Maor Louis Daly slán. Louis Daly survived. fear dóiteáin deonach a bhí ann freisin. Ar an served as a volunteer fireman. On 6 April 1917, 6 Aibreán 1917, d’fhógair na Stáit Aontaithe the United States declared war on Germany. Bhí an Saighdiúir Singil Joseph Barnes (39 Australian Private Joseph Barnes (aged 39), cogadh ar an nGearmáin. Chuaigh sé i Seirbhís Perry joined the U.S. Navy Air Service and was mbliana d’aois) ón Astráil, an Dara Leiftenant New Zealand Second Lieutenant Henry Doyle Aeir Chabhlach na Stát Aontaithe, agus cuireadh posted to the U.S. base at Aghada, County Cork, Henry Doyle (28 mbliana d’aois) ón Nua- (aged 28), Canadian Cadet Frank Higgerty (aged ar post é chuig bunáit na Stáit Aontaithe in Áth near Queenstown (now Cobh). Lost on the Shéalainn, an Dalta Frank Higgerty (31 bhliain 31) and U.S. Sailor Perry Taylor (aged 25) were Fhada, Co. Chorcaí, gar le Queenstown (Cóbh RMS Leinster while going on leave to England, d’aois) ó Cheanada agus an Mairnéalach Perry among the casualties. an lae inniu). Cailleadh é ar RMS Leinster nuair a his body was recovered and buried in Geneva, Taylor (25 bliana d’aois) ó na Stáit Aontaithe i bhí sé ag dul go Sasana ar saoire, thángthas ar Florida. He was twenty-five. On 10 October measc na dtaismeach. a chorp agus cuireadh é in Geneva, Florida. Bhí 2018, Chief Machinist Mate Perry Taylor will be sé fiche a cúig bliana d’aois. Ar an 10 Deireadh remembered in Geneva at a commemoration at Léiríonn na scéalta seo an éagsúlacht a bhí sa These stories shine a light on the diversity of the Fómhair 2018, cuimhneofar ar an bPríomh- his grave, organised by the Geneva Historical chriú, sna sórtálaithe poist, agus sna paisnéirí RMS Leinster’s crew, postal sorters, civilian and Mháta Meaisíneora Perry Taylor ag comóradh and Genealogical Society. sibhialtacha agus míleata ar bord RMS Leinster. military passengers. cois a uaighe arna eagrú ag The Geneva Historical and Genealogical Society. Chuir an fomhuireán UB-123 a raibh Oberleutnant The RMS Leinster was sunk by submarine UB-123, zur See Robert Ramm (27 mbliana d’aois) i commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Robert gceannas air RMS Leinster go tóin poill. Cailleadh Ramm (aged 27). While attempting to return to UB-123 agus a chriú de 36 bhall i log mianach sa Germany, UB-123 and its thirty-six crew members Mhuir Thuaidh. Bhí formhór an chriú naoi deag were lost in a North Sea minefield. The majority nó fiche bliain d’aois. of the crew would have been aged nineteen or twenty.

Philip Lecane Philip Lecane Údar “Torpedoed! The RMS Leinster Disaster” Author of “Torpedoed! The RMS Leinster Disaster” agus“Women and Children of the RMS Leinster: and “Women and Children of the RMS Leinster: Restored to History” Restored to History”

Foinse an íomhá: The Geneva Historical and Genealogical Society, Florida. Image source: The Geneva Historical and Genealogical Society, Florida.

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Hannah Owen Hannah Owen Sophia Violet Barrett, Sophia Violet Barrett, Óstach RMS Leinster. Bhí a hathair RMS Leinster Stewardess. Her father Rannóg Altranais Charraig Carrickmines Nursing Division, fostaithe ag CDSPCo mar Shaoiste was employed by the CDSPCo as Mhaighin, Briogáid St John Ambulance Brigade was na bPóirtéirí Guail. Bhí Hannah a Foreman Coal Porter. Hannah Otharsheirbhíse Naomh Eoin, returning to duty in France. fostaithe ag CDSPCo ar feadh was employed by the CDSPCo for a bhí ag filleadh ar dualgas Known to her family as Violet, 12 bhliain, agus bhí sí 36 bliana 12 years, she was 36 years old when sa Fhrainc. Violet a thug a she was mentioned in despatches d’aois nuair a d’éag sí ar RMS she lost her life on the RMS Leinster. muintir uirthi agus luadh í i in January 1918. Her remains were Leinster. (Courtesy of the Maritime dteachtaireachtaí in Eanáir 1918. laid to rest with military honours (Le caoinchead ó Mhusaem Museum Holyhead.) Cuireadh le honóracha míleata í in Kilternan Churchyard Muirí Holyhead.) i Reilg Chill Tiarnáin (Co. Bhaile (Co. Dublin). Violet Barrett was 34 Átha Cliath). Bhí Violet Barrett 34 years old when she lost her life on bliana d’aois nuair a d’éag sí ar RMS the RMS Leinster. Leinster. (Courtesy of the Armstrong Family.) (Le caoinchead Mhuintir Armstrong.)

Hugh Rowlands Hugh Rowlands Owen Ward, Príomhchonstábla Owen Ward, RIC Head Constable, Seiceálaí Ticéad RMS Leinster. Bhí RMS Leinster Ticket Checker. He CRÉ, a bhí ar post in Inis, Co. an was posted to Ennis, Co. Clare. traidisiún fada mairnéalach ina came from a long line of seafarers Chláir. Bhí ceathrar páistí aige The father of 4 children, he was theaghlach agus thosaigh sé ag and first commenced work as a agus cailleadh sa longbhá é agus é lost in the sinking, while travelling obair mar mhúinteoir scoile in school teacher at Park School, ar an tslí go Birmingham ar ghnó to Birmingham on a work-related Park School, Holyhead ar dtús Holyhead before leaving to go to oibre. Bhí sé 36 bliana d’aois nuair assignment. He was 36 years old sular fhág sé an post chun dul sea. Hugh Rowlands completed 21 a d’éag sé. when he died. le mairnéalacht. Rinne Hugh years of service with the CDSPCo. (Le caoinchead Mhuintir Ward.) (Courtesy of the Ward Family.) Rowlands 21 bhliain seirbhíse le He was 43 years old when he lost CDSPCo. Bhí sé 43 bliana d’aois his life. nuair a d’éag sé. (Courtesy of Cedric Williams. (Le caoinchead Cedric Williams. Image Source: Brian Ellis) Foinse an íomhá: Brian Ellis)

Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton Lady Alexandra Phyllis Saighdiúir Singil Joseph Private Joseph Thomas Barnes, (42), a bhí ag taisteal go Londain Hamilton (42) Thomas Barnes, 48ú Cathlán 48th Battalion Australian Imperial in éineacht le Martha Bridge was travelling to London with Fórsa Impiriúil na hAstrála. Force. A school teacher from agus Ellenor Strachan (fostaithe Martha Bridge and Ellenor Ba mhúinteoir scoile é as Payneham, South Australia, he was teaghlaigh). D’éag an triúr acu. Strachan (family employees). Payneham, Deisceart na hAstrála, aged 39 when lost. (Le caoinchead Diúc Abercorn.) All three perished. agus bhí sé 39 mbliana d’aois nuair (Image source: Australian War Memorial.) (Courtesy of The Duke of Abercorn.) a cailleadh é. (Foinse an íomhá: Australian War Memorial.)

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Árthaigh Chabhlaigh ag Tarrtháil Paisnéirí ó RMS Leinster tar éis do thoirpéid í a bhualadh Naval Vessels Rescuing Passengers from the Torpedoed RMS Leinster

D. Macpherson a tharraing bunaithe ar chuntas Drawn by D. Macpherson from an eye-witness’s finné súl. description

Cuntas finné súl ó cheann de na chéad bháid An eye-witness report on one of the rescue tharrthála a tháinig ar an láthair i ndiaidh do boats which first arrived on the scene after the thoirpéid RMS Leinster a bhualadh. torpedoing of the ‘Leinster’.

‘Bhí an fharraige an-gharbh, agus bhí gála ‘The sea was very rough, with the south easterly anoir aneas ag séideadh. Ní raibh aon spleantar gale blowing. No large piece of wreckage remained mór raice fágtha os cionn an uisce, ach bhí an above the water, but the sea was strewn with oars, fharraige greagnaithe le rámhaí, píosaí adhmaid, pieces of wood, bits of life buoys, and dead fish baoithe tarrthála agus éisc a maraíodh sa killed by the explosion. Several of the ‘Leinster’s’ phléasc. Bhí go leor de na báid a bhain leis an boats were upturned. Here and there a raft from the ‘Leinster’ bunoscionn. Ansiúd agus anseo bhí ‘Leinster’ with people desperately clinging on to rafta ón ‘Leinster’ a raibh greim an fhir bháite á the sides (shown in the forefront of the picture) – choimeád ag daoine ar a thaobh (chun tosaigh sa apparently the heavy seas swept them off a position ghrianghraf ) - is dealraitheach gur réab na tonnta on the top. All the neighbouring craft - consisting of móra de bharr an rafta iad. Bhí gach árthach a bhí trawlers, drifters, and motor launches – were on the in aice láimhe - trálaeir, driftéir, agus mótarlainsí scene, and whalers and all manner of ships’ boats RMS Leinster le duaithníocht dallrúcháin RMS Leinster in dazzle camouflage - ar an láthair agus bhí báid seilge míolta móra were engaged in the rescue work.’ uirthi agus í ag imeacht ó Chuan leaving Kingstown Harbour (Dún agus gach cineál bád long páirteach san obair Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) agus tá an Laoghaire) with the West Pier and Ché Thiar agus Longa Solais sa chúlra. Light Ships in the background. tharrthála.’ Source: The Sphere (26 October 1918). (Le caoinchead Bhailiúchán Ian Lawler.) (Courtesy of the Ian Lawler Collection.) (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland.) Foinse: The Sphere (26 Deireadh Fómhair 1918). (Le caoinchead Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann.)

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Litir ó Edward Lee chuig an mac ab óige aige, Tennyson, maidir le bás a mhic, an Captaen Robert Ernest Lee Edward Lee’s letter to his youngest son Tennyson, regarding the death of his son Captain Robert Ernest Lee

Íomhánna le Íomhá: An Captaen caoinchead ó Robert Ernest Lee Mhuintir Lee Image: Captain Images courtesy Robert Ernest Lee of the Lee Family.

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RMS Leinster – An Iarracht Tarrthála Taispeántas: ‘An Chéad Chogadh Domhanda RMS Leinster – Rescue and Recovery agus Iarracht Dhaonnúil na hÉireann’ ‘World War I & Ireland’s Humanitarian Effort’ Exhibition

Tháinig sa bhreis ar 300 ball de Bhriogáid ver 300 members of the St John Go gairid i ndiadh Fhógra an Chogaidh, hortly after the Declaration of Otharsheirbhíse Naomh Eoin (BONE) agus Ambulance Brigade (SJAB) and the bhunaigh Briogáid Otharseirbhíse Naomh Eoin War, a Joint War Committee for Ireland Cumann Croise Deirge na Breataine (CCDB) i British Red Cross Society (BRCS) turned (BONE) agus Cumann Croise Deirge na Breataine was formed by the St. John Ambulance gcabhair nuair a cuireadh RMS Leinster go tóin Oout when the RMS Leinster was sunk, treating the (CCDB) in Éirinn Comhchoiste Cogaidh d’Éirinn. SBrigade (SJAB) and the British Red Cross Society poill agus chuir siad cóireáil ar na hothair agus injured and attending to bodies recovered from Ceapadh an Dr John Lumsden, (BRCS) in Ireland. rinne siad cúram de na coirp a fuarthas i Muir the Irish Sea. The Irish Automobile Club’s (IAC) ceannaire BONE in Éirinn ina Ardstiúrthóir Dr John Lumsden, leader of the SJAB in Éireann. Thug otharcharanna de Chumann ambulances transported survivors to their homes, ar na Comhdhíormaí um Chúnamh Deonach Ireland, was appointed Director-in-Chief of Gluaisteán na hÉireann (CGÉ) marthanóirí to hospitals and many of the dead to mortuaries. (DCDanna) i gCúige Laighean, i gCúige Mumhan the Joint Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) in abhaile, chuig ospidéil agus thug siad go leor The injured were treated in St. Michael’s Hospital, agus i gCúige Chonnacht. Leinster, Munster and Connaught. de na coirp chuig marbhlanna freisin. Cuireadh Kingstown and a number of Dublin hospitals. D’eagraigh Cumann Gluaisteán na hÉireann The Irish Automobile Club (IAC) and the cóir leighis ar na hothair in Ospidéal Naomh Different Irish railway companies carried (CGÉ) agus BONE seirbhís otharchairr chun SJAB organised an ambulance service to meet Mícheál, Kingstown agus in ospidéil eile i survivors and the bodies of the deceased to their freastal ar longa ospidéil a tháinig isteach le hospital ships, arriving with casualties from the mBaile Átha Cliath. Thug cuideachtaí éagsúla home localities. taismigh ó na frontaí. Tugadh saighdiúirí a bhí Fronts. Wounded soldiers were taken to hospitals iarnróid in Éirinn marthanóirí agus coirp na Recovered remains were sent to Britain gortaithe chuig ospidéil agus ionaid téarnaimh. and recovery centres. mbásaithe abhaile chuig a gceantair dhúchais. aboard ships sailing from the North Wall (Dublin) I rith an chogaidh, d’oibrigh 6,000 ball During the war, over 6,000 SJAB and BRCS Cuireadh coirp a fuarthas chun na Breataine and the remains of two American sailors, were de BONE agus CCDB mar shínteánaithe, members served as stretcher bearers, working in ar longa a sheol ón bPort Thuaidh i mBaile Átha sent home aboard a U.S. ship, which sailed from d’oibrigh siad in ospidéil agus thiomáin siad hospitals and driving ambulances at home and Cliath agus cuireadh coirp bheirt shaighdiúirí Queenstown (now Cobh). otharcharranna in Éirinn agus thar lear. abroad. Meiriceánacha abhaile ar long de chuid na Stát Some of the remains were recovered from D’oibrigh altraí a fuair oiliúint ó BONE SJAB trained nurses served in all theatres of Aontaithe a sheol ó Queenstown (Cóbh an lae the Welsh, Scottish and Isle of Man coastlines. i ngach láithir chogaidh agus in 23 ospidéal war and in 23 auxiliary hospitals established in inniu). chúntacha a bunaíodh in Éirinn agus chuir siad Ireland, treating and caring for wounded military Fuarthas roinnt corp ar chóstaí na Breataine cóireáil ar phearsanra gonta míleata agus thug personnel. Bige, na hAlban agus Oileán Mhanann. siad aire dóibh. In addition to members volunteering, two Central Mar aon leis na hoibrithe a rinne obair dheonach, Depots were established: Rannán Otharsheirbhíse Power, bunaíodh dhá Iosta Lárnacha: Briogáid Otharsheirbhíse Naomh Eoin. Na fir agus an t-otharcharr a • the Irish War Hospital Supply Depot (IWHSD) for d’fhreastail ar chur go tóin poill • Iosta Soláthair Ospidéil Cogaidh na hÉireann (ISOCÉ) the collection and manufacturing of hospital RMS Leinster ó Dhrioglann Lána chun soláthairtí ospidéil a bhailiú agus a supplies; and Eoin, Baile Átha Cliath 8. Le caoinchead Otharsheirbhís dhéantúsú; agus • the Sphagnum Central Depot for the supply Naomh Eoin in Éirinn. • an tIosta Lárnach Sfagnaim chun cóiriú of surgical dressing and dysentery pads. Power’s Ambulance Division, máinliachta agus pillíní dinnireachta a St John Ambulance Brigade. sholáthar. Men and Ambulance that responded to the RMS Leinster sinking from John’s Lane Distillery, Dublin 8. Courtesy of St John Ambulance Ireland.

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Cuireadh soláthairtí chuig 58 n-ospidéal ó Éirinn, 58 hospitals were supplied from Ireland, Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta, ar overseas. The enormity of their efforts, in lena n-áirítear ospidéil sa Phalaistín, san Éigipt including hospitals in Palestine, Egypt and Italy. siúl go dtí an 25 Deireadh Fómhair ag dlr LexIcon alleviating pressure on hospitals in Ireland and agus san Iodáil. IAC Chairman, Edward White and Hon. i nDún Laoghaire (Leibhéal 3). Tugtar léargas ann abroad, is captured from the exclusive content D’iarr Cathaoirleach CGÉ, Edward White, Secretary, Walter Sexton requested members ar scéalta na neamhchomhraiceoirí, a thug cúram made available by the St. John Ambulance Ireland agus Rúnaí Oinigh CGÉ, Walter Sexton, ar to offer their cars to meet the ships, convey agus cúnamh leighis ar bhonn deonach, do and Airfield archives. bhaill den chumann a gcarranna a thairiscint the wounded and provide refreshment buffets thaismigh an chogaidh sa bhaile agus thar lear. Is chun bualadh le longa, na hothair a thiomáint at railway stations and ports. The organising léir méid na n-iarrachtaí a rinne siad chun an brú agus buiféanna soláistí a chur ar fáil ag stáisiúin committee worked closely with the members a bhí ar ospidéil in Éirinn agus thar lear a laghdú iarnróid agus ag calafoirt. D’oibrigh an coiste of the SJAB, who provided medical care to the ón ábhar nach bhfuil fáil air in áit ar bith eile atá eagrúcháin i ndlúthchomhar le baill de BONE, a military personnel being transported. curtha ar fáil ó chartlann Otharseirbhíse Naomh chuir cúram leighis ar an bpearsanra míleata a bhí The IAC’s ambulances picked up wounded Eoin in Éirinn agus ó chartlann na hAerpháirce. á iompar. from both sides during the Easter Rising, at great Bhailigh otharcharanna de chuid CGÉ othair personal risk to the volunteer drivers. ón dá thaobh le linn Éirí Amach na Cásca cé By the time of the Armistice, the ambulances go raibh na tiománaithe deonacha á gcur féin i had carried 13,884 wounded from the ports to Bunaíodh Díorma um Chúnamh mórphriacal pearsanta. various destinations throughout the country. Deonach an CRB i nDeilginis Faoi aimsir an tSosa Cogaidh, bhí an Local volunteers had provided refreshments (Dalkey BRCS VAD) in 1915. otharsheirbhís tar éis 13,884 othar a thabhairt ó to over 2 million people at ports and railway Bhí 70 duine sa Díorma, 25 acu a bhí ar fiarnas roimhe sin. na calafoirt chuig áiteanna éagsúla ar fud na tíre. stations. (Le caoinchead Otharsheirbhís Chuir oibrithe deonacha sóláistí ar fáil do níos mó The Club’s efforts were rewarded, by the Naomh Eoin in Éirinn.) ná 2 mhilliún duine ag calafoirt agus ag staisiúin awarding of the ‘Royal’ appellation, becoming Dalkey BRCS VAD was formed iarnróid. known as ‘The Royal Irish Automobile Club’. in 1915. The Detachment numbered 70, 25 of whom Tugadh aitheantas do na hiarrachtaí a rinne Following the Armistice, the War Office had been on active service. an Cumann nuair a bronnadh an sonrúchán returned £69,000 to the Joint War Committee for Courtesy of St. John ‘Ríoga’ air, agus ‘Cumann Ríoga Gluaisteán na Ireland, upon a request from SJAB in Ireland. The Ambulance Ireland. hÉireann’ is ea a thugtar air ó shin. Irish War Hospital Supply Depot was disbanded I ndiaidh an tSosa Cogaidh, thug an Oifig and a Hospital Supply Depot was established, Cogaidh £69,000 ar ais don Chomhchoiste which supplied Irish civil hospitals for the next An long ospidéil Valdivia ag teacht isteach sa Phort Cogaidh d’Éirinn, ar iarraidh ó BONE in Éirinn. decade. Thuaidh (Baile Átha Cliath). Díscaoileadh Iosta Soláthair Ospidéil Cogaidh na An exhibition, curated by St John Ambulance (Le caoinchead Otharsheirbhís hÉireann agus bunaíodh Iosta Soláthair Ospidéil Ireland and funded by the Department of Naomh Eoin in Éirinn) ónar soláthraíodh ospidéil shibhialtacha in Éirinn Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, runs until 25 The hospital ship Valdivia arriving at North Wall ar feadh deich mbliana ina dhiaidh sin. October at the dlr LexIcon Dún Laoghaire (Level (Dublin Port). Tá taispeántas, a bhfuil Otharsheirbhís 3). It tells the stories of the non-combatants, Courtesy of St. John Naomh Eoin in Éirinn i mbun coimeádaíochta air who volunteered to provide medical care and Ambulance Ireland. agus a bhfuil maoiniú á thabhairt ina leith ag an assistance, for war casualties at home and

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Stampa Comórtha RMS Leinster RMS Leinster Commemorative Stamp

Ar an 10 Deireadh Fómhair 2018, d’eisigh n 10 October 2018, An Post Íomhánna: ©Musaem An Post stampa chun céad bliain chur go tóin issued a stamp to commemorate & Cartlann An Post. Images: ©An Post poill RMS Leinster a chomóradh. Bhí RMS Leinster ar the centenary of the sinking of the Museum & Archive. cheann de cheithre chomhlong a d’iompair post ORMS Leinster. The Leinster was one of four sister agus paisnéirí idir Kingstown agus Holyhead sa ships that carried mail and passengers between Bhreatain Bheag. Bhí oifig phoist ar gach ceann Kingstown and Holyhead in Wales. Each ship de na longa agus rinne foireann ó phríomhoifig had a post office, where mails were sorted by shórtála Bhaile Átha Cliath sortáil ar phost ann. staff from Dublin’s main sorting office. D’oibrigh an CDSPCo an bealach idir 1850 agus The route was operated between 1850 and 1920. 1920 by the CDSPCo. Design HQ a dhear an stampa atá bunaithe The stamp was designed by Design HQ and ar phictiúr de RMS Leinster a rinne an t-ealaíontóir is based on a painting of the RMS Leinster by artist Brian Palm. Tá léaráid líneach de RMS Leinster ar Brian Palm. The First Day Cover features a line an gClúdach Céad Lá, a rinne Brian Palm freisin. drawing of the RMS Leinster, also by Brian Palm. Chomóir An Post 90 bliain ón longbhá An Post marked the 90th anniversary of the in 2008 agus cuireadh plaiceanna, a raibh sinking in 2008 and plaques carrying the names ainmneacha na Sórtálaithe Poist a d’éag orthu, in of the dead Postal Sorters were placed in Dublin’s airde in Ard-Oifig an Phoist i mBaile Átha Cliath GPO and in Dún Laoghaire’s Post Office. agus in Oifig Phoist Dhún Laoghaire. One hundred years later, An Post honours Céad bliain i ndiaidh an longbhá, tá the memory of colleagues who perished in the urraim á tabhairt ag An Post do chuimhne na sinking of the RMS Leinster and commemorates gcomhghleacaithe a fuair bás nuair a cuireadh their lives. RMS Leinster go tóin poill agus tá a mbeathaí á gcomóradh aige freisin.

Cuireadh an clúdach litreach seo sa phost i mBaile Átha This envelope was posted on 9 October 1918, brought to Cliath ar an 9 Deireadh Fómhair 1918, tugadh é chuig the GPO’s sorting office, located since the 1916 Rising, oifig sortála Ard-Oifig an Phoist, a bhí lonnaithe in áitreabh in temporary premises, behind the Rotunda Hospital and sealadach taobh thiar d’Ospidéal an Rotunda ó Éirí Amach conveyed to the RMS Leinster. Water damage is clearly 1916, agus aistríodh chuig RMS Leinster ansin é. Is léir an seen, with the stamp washed off and the Post Office drochbhail a chuir an t-uisce air, mar thug an t-uisce an instructional mark applied, after the letter’s recovery stampa leis agus cuireadh marc teagaisc Oifig an Phoist and before transmission to the addressee. Cantwell & air nuair a thángthas air sular cuireadh ar aghaidh chuig McDonald (sender) were Dublin wine, tea and coffee an seolaí é. Ceannaithe fíona, tae agus caife i mBaile Átha merchants. Cliath ab iad Cantwell & McDonald (seoltóir).

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Sortálaithe ó Oifig Phoist Bhaile Átha Cliath a d’éag, agus líon blianta seirbhíse in Oifig an Phoist Deceased Dublin Post Office Sorters, with number of years’ service in the Post Office

Richard Patterson Jennins Attwooll (40) James Blake (29) Tom Bolster (15) Joseph Bradley (33) Matthew Brophy (17) Peter Daly (21) John Dolan (18) Asst. Supt (39)

Patrick Forbes (25) Michael Hogan (21) John Ledwidge (21) William Maxwell (21) Alfred McDonnell (22) Patrick Murphy (41) William Pasker (23) Joseph Robinson (21)

Íomhánna: The Irish Postal agus Telegraph Guardian Samhain, 1918 agus Nollaig, 1918. Le caoinchead Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann. Images: The Irish Postal and Telegraph Guardian Nov, 1918 and Dec, 1918. Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland.

Charles Archer (14) John Dewar (19) James Warbrook (31) William Wakefield (14) Adam Smyth (26)

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Músaem Muirí na hÉireann: Taispeántas Céad Bliain RMS Leinster 2018 National Maritime Museum of Ireland: RMS Leinster Centenary Exhibition 2018

Chun céad bliain chur go tóin poill RMS o commemorate the centenary Íomhá: William Maher - le caoinchead Leinster a chomóradh, tá taispeántas á chur of the sinking of the RMS Leinster, the Leabharlanna Bhaile Atha Cliath Theas. Image: William Maher ar siúl ag an Musaem Náisiúnta Muirí i nDún National Maritime Museum in Dún Courtesy of South Dublin Libraries. Laoghaire, www.mariner.ie, mar gheall ar na 564 TLaoghaire, www.mariner.ie, is hosting an shibhialtach, shortálaí Oifig Phoist, bhall foirne exhibition about the 564 civilians, Post Office agus phearsanra airm a fuair bás nuair a bhuail sorters, crew and military personnel who died, toirpéid ón fhomhuireán Gearmánach UB-123 an when the outbound Kingstown – Holyhead long RMS Leinster 12.25 mhuirmhíle (22.7km) ón RMS Leinster was torpedoed 12.25 nautical Musaem ar an 10 Deireadh Fómhair 1918 agus í miles (22.7km) from the Museum, by German ar an tslí amach ó Kingston go Holyhead. submarine UB-123 on 10 October 1918. Sa taispeántas tá scéalchláir, The exhibition includes story boards, samhail iontach de RMS Leinster, déantáin, an impressive RMS Leinster model, artefacts, cuimhneacháin agus scáileáin tadhaill memorabilia and interactive touch screens idirghníomhacha a léiríonn eolas maidir leis displaying information on the over 800 RMS an slua de níos mó ná 800 duine ar bord RMS Leinster casualties and survivors of this dreadful Leinster, idir na daoine a fuair bás agus iad siúd tragedy and the 36 man crew of UB-123. a tháinig slán tríd an tubaiste uafásach seo, mar aon leis an gcriú de 36 fhear ar an UB-123.

Bhronn Dorothy Toppin an t-uaireadóir Dorothy Toppin presented William póca seo ar William Maher ‘mar Maher with this pocket watch ‘as a small chomhartha beag buíochais as í a shábháil.’ token of gratitude for saving her life’. Íomhá: Uaireadóir póca - le caoinchead ó Image: Pocket watch Mhuintir O’Donovan, Leabharlanna Bhaile Courtesy of the O’Donovan Family, Átha Cliath Theas agus David Power. South Dublin Libraries and David Power.

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Taismigh RMS Leinster agus Foinse: www.rmsleinster.com Source: www.rmsleinster.com Tá ár ndícheall déanta againn cruinneas We have endeavoured to ensure the UB-123 a thabhairt chun cuimhne na n-ainmneacha thíos a chinntiú. accuracy of the names recorded below. Remembering the casualties Má thugann tú aon earráidí nó easnaimh If you are aware of any errors or faoi deara, iarrtar ort dul i dteagmháil le: omissions, please contact: of the RMS Leinster and UB-123 [email protected] [email protected]

Criú RMS Leinster Williams, John. Albeson, James Rothwell. Blackhurst, Thomas. Colegate, Arthur Cyril. Dysart, John. RMS Leinster Crew Williams, Richard. Aldridge, Harry. Boon, Cyril Maurice. Colwill, William Henry Eade, Arthur. Williams, Robert John. Aldworth, Douglas Gilbert Boucher, Alfred Henry. Richard. Earley, Patrick. Anthony, Robert. Williams, Thomas. Hayward. Boughey, Anchitel Edward Conlon, Edward. Earrey, George William. Birch, William. Alexander, John. Fletcher. Cook, Horace. Eddy, Samuel. Brennan, William John. Sórtálaithe Oifig an Phoist Andrew, Gavin Francis. Bowen, James Robert. Cooke, Michael Francis. Elkins, Thomas. Cody, Thomas. The Post Office Sorters Archdale, Theodore Bowers, Joseph. Corrigan, John. Elliot, James. Crispin, John David. Montgomery. Boyle, Patrick. Coughlan, James. Ellis, George Stringer. Harvey, Michael. Archer, Charles Joseph. Argent, Edward Harry. Bradley, William Edward. Coyne, John. Elms, Francis James. Hickey, James. Attwooll, Jennins. Askew, Robert William. Brady, James. Crawford, Sydney George. Emblein, Frederick John. Hughes, Owen Richard. Blake, James Joseph. Auty, Frederick. Brassington, Arthur. Creedon, Denis. Evans, Charles John. Hughes, Richard George. Bolster, Thomas Joseph. Baker, Albert Edward. Brennan, John. Crichton, William. Faughlin, Patrick. Inglis, Joseph. Bradley, Joseph Henry. Ball, Thomas George. Bryant, Charles. Crompton, Frank. Finch, William. Jeffries, Arthur Henry. Brophy, Matthew. Barclay, Samuel Dugald. Bugg, Ernest. Cronin, Joseph. Finleon, James Maurice. Jones, Hugh. Daly, Peter Paul. Barlow, Henry Sherlock. Bunday, William J. Cross, Robert. Finnion, Edward. Jones, John. Dewar, John. Barnes, Joseph Thomas. Burnett, Leslie R. Cruickshanks, Alexander. Fisher, David. Jones, Owen John. Dolan, John. Barraclough, Joseph. Burns, Digby L. Cummings, John Charles. Fishwick, William Henry. Kehoe, Francis. Forbes, Patrick. Barradell, Edward. Burns, William Robert. Curtis, Thomas Hewson. Fitzgerald, John Desmond. Longmore, Henry. Hogan, Michael. Barrett, Sophia Violet. Burrell, Harry Varley. Dean, Albert Sidney. Flaherty, Martin. Loughlin, John. Ledwidge, John. Barry, Anna Maud. Butt, Edwin. Demaine, William. Ford, Alfred. Mathias, William. Maxwell, William. Barry, Michael. Byrom, Arthur Leslie. Dillingham, William David. Ford, Cecil George. Moors, Edward Salisbury. McDonnell, Alfred Thomas. Bassett, Robert John. Cahill, Thomas. Dillon, Margaret Pia. Freeman, Edmund Valentine. Murphy, Bernard. Murphy, Patrick Peter. Beardon, Percy. Campbell, George Richard Docherty, John. Freitas, Peter. Nicklin, Leslie Benjamin. Pasker, William John. Beaumont, Charles Edward. Colin. Dolan, Michael. Furlong, Joseph A. O’Toole, Patrick Joseph. Patterson, Richard. Bennett, Charles Frederick. Canavan, James. Domegan, Christopher Patrick. Galbraith, Angus. Owen, Hannah. Robinson, Joseph George. Bennison, William. Cannell, George Robert. Donnelly, Owen Samuel. Gallivan, John Joseph Patrick. Parry, Louisa. Smyth, Adam. Bentley, Harry. Cantler, (Unknown). Dooley, Thomas. Gambles, James. Roberts, Richard. Wakefield, William Henry. Bernard, Thomas. Cardiff, Thomas. Double, Arthur Patrick. Gardiner, William Reginald. Roberts, William. Warbrook, James Alfred. Biggane, Michael Daniel. Carew, Edward. Dowdle, Reginald Kimberley. Gartland, Felix. Rowlands, Hugh. Billings, Charles. Carr, Josephine. Doyle, Augustus Frederick. Gibson, James. Smith, John William. Pearsanra Airm Birch, James. Carroll, Michael. Doyle, Henry Thomas. Gilbert, James. Thomas, Robert. Military Bishop, Harry. Carter, Edwin Johnson. Driscoll, Dennis. Gilligan, Patrick. Tyrrell, Henry. Black, John Balmer. Chaldecott, William T. Duggan, Charles William. Gilmore, Robert A. Warren, William. Adey, William Thomas Black, Roy Ernest. Chater, Henry Thomas. Duller, James. Gordelier, Alfred John. Whelan, Denis. Henworth. Black, Thomas. Christy, John. Duncan, William. Gratton, Joseph. Williams, Griffith. Akehurst, Ernest Gilbert. Blackburne, Charles Harold. Cole, George Frederick. Dunne, Edward R. Gray, Arthur Frederick.

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Greaves, Thomas William. Horner, Alfred Ray. Lee, James Joseph. Mildred, Vivian Leopold. Quinsey, Henry. Sutton, John. Gwyn, Donald Stodart. Horton, Frank. Lee, Robert Ernest. Milne, Edward Ramsay. Ratcliffe, James Joseph Swanson, George William. Gyde, Frank Ernest. Hough, Fred. Lewis, Albert. Mole, George Wright. Godfrey. Sweeney, Charles Wm. Hailwood, Edmund Thomas Howard, Peter. Lewis, Alfred. Monahan, Thomas. Rayner, George. Taylor, Roderick Perry. Marcel. Hughes, James. Limbert, Thomas. Mooney, William. Reilly, Thomas. Thomas, Ezekiel. Hall, Robert Henry. Hughes, Owen. Little, William. Moore, George. Riordan, John. Thomas, James. Hall, William Stephen. Hullay, Frank. Locke, Harold. Moore, Richard Temple. Robertson, Alexander B. Thompson, Albert. Halligan, Patrick. Hunt, Albert Edward. Lott, Arthur Herbert. Mosse, William Oliver Matless. Robertson, James Voy. Thompson, Robert. Hampton, Arthur. Hunter, Archibald William. Loughlin, John. Mulholland, George William. Roche, Maurice. Thompson, Thomas Boyd. Hanna, Harold. Hustwitt, Isaac James. Lundy, John William. Murphy, Matthew. Rogers, Walter Thomas. Thurston, Percy William. Harling, Craven. Hutchinson, William Herbert. Lutton, George. Murphy, William. Rose, John Alvord. Till, William. Harrison, Thomas Walter. Hyett, George. Lynch, John. Myles, Alfred. Rowlands, David. Tolladay, Thomas. Haye, Basil. Jackson, Norman. Lyons, Joseph. Neill, James. Rozelaar, Samuel. Travis, Edward. Hayes, Edward. Jones, Dorothy May. Mack, Robert. Nixon, John George. Salton, William James Turner, Thomas H. Hayes, John. Jones, Herbert Stanton. Macleod, Donald. Nyhan, James. Alexander. Unsworth, John Robert. Hedges, William Henry. Jones, Richard. Maddock, Henry William. Oakleigh, John Terrence. Self, Charles. Valentine, John James. Hedworth, Thomas H. Joyce, Michael. Marsh, Charles. O’Brien, Philip. Sheerin, Hugh. Verner, Joseph. Heenan, Timothy. Kearney, Thomas. Marsham Rae, Lindsay Leon O’Connor, Michael. Sheerman, Harry. Walker, George. Henderson, Robert. Kellaway, Thomas. De Cram. O’Grady, Robert. Sheldon, James. Walker, Thomas. Hendry, Robert Arthur. Kelly, Edward. Matthews, James. O’Halloran, Alfred. Shiels, Samuel Thomas. Walker, William. Herman, Abraham Joseph. Kelly, Thomas. McAuley, Thomas. O’Mahony, William Francis. Singleton, Sidney. Wallis, John Buckeridge. Hewitt, Arthur. Kenny, Christopher. McBrien, Patrick. Page, Henry Jasper. Singleton, William James. Ware, Boxer Allen. Hewitt, Leonard. Kerrigan, William. McCabe, (Unknown). Pankhurst, Arthur William. Skinner, Elmer Garnet. Watkins, Frederick. Hickman, James. Kinsella, John. McCarthy, Augustine. Patch, Alfred. Sloper, Victor Frederick. Watson, Walter. Higgerty, Francis Edward. Knuckey, Frederick William McCartney, Andrew. Pearson, Richard. Smith, David Allan Grant. Wells, Reuben John. Higgins, Thomas. Laurence. McDermid, Clarence Edwin. Phillips, John Thomas. Smith, Michael Ernest. Westwell, May. Hill, Joseph. Lamont, Alexander. McDonnell, John. Phillpott, Alfred George. Smith, William M. Whalley, Percy. Hiscock, Tom. Lane, Patrick. McIntosh, Joseph Francis. Pickles, Harold. Solomons, David. White, David. Hitchcock, Charles John. Langfield, Samuel. McKellar, Duncan. Pilgrim, Herbert Robert. Standing, William Henry. White, Joseph George. Hobson, Elizabeth Margaret Langley, Martin. McKenna, Samuel Walter. Pomfret, Alexander. Starling, Winifred. White, Thomas Harry. (Lily). Laracy, Francis Patrick. McLean, James. Power, Percy. Stephens, Nicholas Richard. Whitlam, Claude. Hobson, Nathaniel James Larner, Joseph. McMullan, Robert James. Prichard, Thomas Walker. Stokes, George Edward Francis. Whittaker, John. Fennell. Laws, Frederick William. McNally, Clare Eleanor. Probert, Samuel William. Storer, Leslie. Wiggins, Cyril. Hogan, John. Leatherbarrow, George. Megroff, Frederick George. Prosser, Thomas. Stott, James Edward. Wilkinson, Harold. Hogan, Joseph Leo. Leatherland, Percy John. Mellett, Henrietta. Punnett, Edward George. Sullivan, James. Wilks, Percy Walter. Honan, James. Lee, George Frederick. Mellor, Norman. Quinn, Robert. Sumner, Arthur. Williams, John.

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Williams, Thomas Percy Baker. Clarke, Elizabeth. Gould, Alice. MacManus, James Hanbury. Ruddel, Alfred. Huels, Emil. Williamson, Jack. Cooke, Margaret. Gould, Angela. Magrath, Jonathan. Saunders, Frances. Huettenrauch, (Unknown). Winterbourne, Frank Thomas. Crowe, Ellie. Gould, Mary Catherine. Makin, Edward. Scroope, Florence Margaret. Jeus, Jacob. Withington, Charles Edward. Daft (snr), Charles Frederick. Gould, May. Malone, Norah T. Shaw Jones, John. Kraatz, Karl. Wood, George. Daft (jnr), Charles Frederick. Gould, Michael John. Maxwell, Harriett Fae. Southam, Leslie Robert. Krackow, Emil. Woodgate, Thomas Joseph. Davoren, Delia (Bridget). Gould, Olive. McCarron, James. Sparks, Margaret. Leveren, Adolf. Woodhouse, R.C. Davoren, Nora (Hanora) Kate. Graham, George. McKenna, Violet Adeline. Storey, William F. Lohmeyer, Ferdinand. Woods, J De Burgh Dwyer, Ella. Hagger, Joseph Ellis Henry. McLynn, Lizzie. Strachan, Ellenor. Meier, Hermann. De Pury, Rose Mary Ann. Hamilton, Alexandra Phyllis. Michael, Phillip Thomas Thompson, William Henry. Mohring, Wilhelm. Sibhialtaigh Delamore, Joseph. Healy, Edith. George. Thornton, Helen Maude Pugia. Oeser, Otto. Civilians Delamore, George. Healy, Lizzie. Morley, Mollie. Vaughan, Francis Samuel. Osterkamp, W. Pluecker, Dene, Elsie Beatrice. Hearn, John Stanislaus. Mosse, Ellen. Walsh, Joseph. Wilhelm. Adshead, Arthur. Donohoe, Edward. Heller, Willie (Nicky). Murphy, Amy Isabel. Ward, Maud Elizabeth. Ramm, Robert. Alexander, Robert Jocelyn. Doyle, Margaret Evelyn. Hill, Letitia Harriett (Harry). Murphy, Chrissie. Ward, Owen. Reinhardt, P. Allen/Allan, (Unknown). Doyle, Thomas. Hobson, Richard Henry Murphy, Eliza Jane. Webb, Lydia Maria. Repp, August. Archer, Norah. Drummy, Anne Pauline. Raymond. Murray, Ralph. Wild, Robert. Scheel, Willi. Archer, Marjorie. Ellam, Elizabeth. Hogan, Nellie. Musgrave, Florence Sophia. Wilks, Edith Catherine. Schermer, A. Baines, Kathleen Stuart. Ellis (snr), Reuben. Howell, Henrietta Alicia. Musgrave, Frances Ann. Smiley, J. Wilson. Schwebke, Alfons. Baker, Anthony Francis. Ellis (jnr), Reuben. Howell, Ida Wigmore. O’Beirne, Margaret. Woodhouse, Elizabeth. Siegling, Walter. Barlow, Emily Elizabeth. Esmonde, Thomas Louis. Hynes, Clare. O’Brien, Georgina. Wookey, Fanny. Wyschka, Johann. Bartley, John Robert. Evans, Charles. Hynes, James. O’Connor, Patrick. Blackburne, Beatrice Audrey. Evans, Charles Gregory. Irvine, Edith. O’Grady, Margaret. UB-123 Blackburne, Charles Bertram Evans, Ella Wright. Johnson, Mary Ann. O’Grady, May / Mary. (Peter). Fannin, Teresa M. Johnston, Sarah Lyle. O’Shaughnessy, Julia. Abenthun, Johann. Bower, Peter Donald. Fennessy, Thomas. Jones, Anthony. Palmer, Gerald. Bahr, Helmut. Bower, Marion. Ferber, Edwin George. Keown, Robert. Parkes, Mary (Molly). Bernhofer, J. Brannick, Delia. Fleming, Alice. Kerr, Robert. Pattison, Thomas. Bernstein, Richard. Bridge, Martha. Foley, Charlotte. King, Alfred Curzon White. Paul, W.F. Boehle, Franz. Burleigh, William Alexander. Foley, Thomas. Kingsmith, Alice. Perkins, Charles Robert. Donat, Hermann. Butcher, Alice. Frend, Louisa. Kirwan, Henrietta. Phillpott, Margaret (Minnie) Drobbe, Fritz. Callingham, Loris Muriel Frizzell, Virginia Maud. Kirwan, Nora. Plunkett, Sheelah Isabel Mary. Elies, Alfons. Natalie. Galvin, Lena. Lewis, William John. Riley, Francis. Engelmann, F. Frick, Willy. Campbell, Eileen Elizabeth. Galvin, Norah. Lovelace, Daisy. Riordan, Lizzie. Friedrich, Jac. Campbell, Eileen Hester. Gibson, Mary. Lynch, Patrick. Roberts, James. Fuhrmann, O. Funke, Erich. Campbell, William Ildefonsus. Glynn, Marion. MacDonald, Edwin. Ross, John. Gernandt, J. Hatting, Friedrich. Chrystal, Frederick. Goodman, Christina S. MacDonald, Flora. Rowe, Mary Thirza Osmond. Hoesterey, Richard.

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