Research by Eilish Moroney and Ellen Murphy First World War Memorial Land Registry of Ireland F. H. Browning Francis H Browning was an Examiner of Titles at the Land Registry. He founded a volunteer corps to recruit men and enlisted 200 men at Lansdowne Road in D Company of the 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Too old to serve at the Front, he joined a ‘home guard’ group. Returning from a drill practice on 26 April 1916 (during the Easter Rising), he was shot and badly wounded. He died on 28 April 1916. Thomas Brennan Thomas Brennan was a war clerk in the Land Registry. He enlisted on 22nd October 1915 and served as a Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served on board Hospital Ship ‘The Salta’, near La Havre (France) The ship struck a German Mine and he was believed drowned on 14th April 1917 along with 129 others on board. Daniel R Clery Daniel R Clery was an unestablished Clerk at the Land Registry. He enlisted on 7th September 1914 and served in the 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He served in the Mediterranean Expedition in Gallipoli and was reported missing on 7th July 1915 and believed killed in action in Suvla Bay. He is remember on the Helles Memorial Gallipoli. John B. Dunne John B Dunne was an unestablished clerk in the land registry. He enlisted on 14th April 1916 in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers He was severally wounded in The Somme in February 1917 but recovered before being fatally wounded on 12th November 1918. He was awarded a certificate of devotion to duty and gallantry in the field and is remembered at the St. Andre Communal Cemetery Walter R Gross Walter R Gross was a War Clerk in the Land Registry and a member of the Commercial Rowing Club. He enlisted on 23rd April 1915 as a Lance Corporal in the Royal Field Artillery and then transferred to 3rd Leinster Regiment to be with his brother Chas V Gross. He was wounded four times in France before his death in battle on 16th Men of the Lenister Regiment, France 1917 November 1917. Copyright: IWM George Hare Educated at Mountjoy School, Dublin, George Hare was a war clerk at the Land Registry. He enlisted in the Army Cyclist Corps on 28th April 1915 & served in France before transferring to ‘D’ Company of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and being promoted to captain in September 1915. He was killed on 27 December 1917 His brother Herbert Hare was an unestablished clerk in the Land Registry who also enlisted with the RDF. He survived the war and resumed duty in the Land Registry in 1919. Richard V. Murphy Born near Borris, Co. Carlow, Richard V. Murphy was educated at Kilkenny College, Collegiate School, Portarlington and Mountjoy School, Dublin. He was a clerical assistant in the Land Registry and a member of the Wanders Football Club. He enlisted with the 7th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers and served in Gallipoli and France. He was killed on 26th March 1918. James O’Connell James O’Connell was a non established clerk in the Land Registry He enlisted on 22nd September 1915 in the Middlesex Regiment and transferred to Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 6th March 1917. He served in France and died of wounds received in action on 12th December 1917. He is remembered with honour at Unicorn Cemetery in Vendhuile (France) John J. Raverty John Joseph Raverty was an unestablished clerk in Land Registry He enlisted on 25th June 1915 in the 3rd Royal Irish Regiment He resigned his Commission on 31st March 1916 and emigrated to Canada. He joined the 14th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry and served in France in 1917. He was killed in action on 1st September 1918 First World War Memorial, Registry of Deeds Ireland William F. Bassett (1883-1918) Born in Waterford, William F. Bassett was first appointed to the Registry of Deeds in 1905. A part-time reservist since 1908, he volunteered for active service at outbreak of First World War . He served initially in Salonika, Greece before promotion to lieutenant & transfer to 2/10th Royal Scots . He was awarded a Military Cross for Bravery. He died in Russia, 27 October 1918, two weeks before Armistice. Image courtesy Walter Hemmens John Holm (1886-1917) Originally from Gareview, Glasgow, Scotland, John Holm was appointed to the Registry of Deeds on 21 February 1907.He served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 10th Battalion & was killed at Beaumont- Hamel on 8 February 1917. His death notice described him as a skilled golfer and recorded that: “He was a tall young man of fine physique, gentle in disposition, pleasant in companionship” Joseph W. Little (1891-1915) Born at Castlegarron, Sligo, Joseph W. Little was educated at Sligo Intermediate School and Wesley College. He was appointed to the Registry of Deeds on 01 April 1913. He enlisted in the ‘D’ Company 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers and served in Gallipoli. He received a gun-shot wound in the left-knee on 22 August 1915, and died from septic poisoning on 17 September 1915. Image courtesy Dublin City Library and Archive James Mitchell (1893-1916) Born at Knocklong, Co. Limerick James Mitchell was educated at Knocklong and Hospital Schools. He was appointed to the Registry of Deeds, Dublin on 1st April 1913. He enlisted in ‘D’ Company 7th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was made Lance-Corporal in March 1915, and Corporal in October of 1915. He died of wounds in Salonika, Greece, on 25th Sept 1916 Image courtesy Dublin City Library and Archive Thomas E. Morton (1876-1918) Born in co. Dublin, Thomas E. Morton was first appointed to the Registry of Deeds in 1898 and promoted to senior staff post in 1908. He married Linda Meyers in 1909 & had at least 1 child . He served with South Irish Horse (attached 7th Royal Irish Regiment) and died from wounds in France 26 This was the badge of the South Irish Horse, a March 1918 regiment of the British Army which was disbanded in 1922: Source Wikipedia Joseph Normington (1887-1916) Born in England, Joseph Normington was first appointed to Ancre Battlefield, 1916 the Registry of Deeds on 1 Oct 1898, and promoted to senior staff post on 23 May 1908. He served in France and Flanders and was killed in action whilst serving with the 10th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 13 November 1916 at the Battle of Ancre, the final phase of the Somme offensive. .