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Tag: WW1

Old photos and new

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On January 20, 2014

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WW1

This photograph taken 96 years ago , shows an officer of the York and Lancaster Regiment with a small dog, 13 January 1918. Image taken on the 62nd Division front near Roclincourt, France.

From collection of Imperial War Museum, © IWM (Q 8439).

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Some interesting old photos


This photo is in the Library of Congress. It shows a Connemara woman spinning, another lady stands at the cottage door knitting and in the foreground are some hens and a wash tub.

 This photo is in a collection of old photos of Travellers in The National Library. The poor woman is trying  to wash clothes in a tub at the side of the road, while her children play around her. In the background is her barrel top caravan.

These ladies are standing on a carriage and waving a flag over the perimeter wall of Mountjoy. They are showing their support for the jailed rebels.  The photo was taken in 1920 and is part of a collection in the National Library..

The man who would be president and his wife, Sabina

Bill and Hillary in 1972

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I found this hilarious story in the British National Archive

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The Big Wave




The above 3 pictures are all posted on JD’s  Facebook page. This is just one of the many events organized for the big push to get behind the Sea Rescue service. Ironically it all came from some negative comments posted online about the service.

People like Mike Enright of Ballybunion Sea Angling were so incensed by the lack of support and criticism of people who do such a vital service that they decided to show Ballybunion’s pride in the Sea Rescue personnel and their support for the great good they do by organizing a big weekend of fundraising. It deserves everyone’s support. If you are reading this from abroad and want to help, the rescue service have a donate button on their website.



Ballybunion Sea and Cliff Rescue

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This photo was taken in Fota Wildlife Park by my friend, Jim MacSweeney

Who is Jim MacSweeney?

This is he

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Tarbert North Kerry Junior Championship Winners 2013
Sponsored by Moloney Financial Services Listowel after defeating Beale in the final played in Ballylongford on Sunday19th January 2014

Swans, Chum Moloney and recruitment in Ireland

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On January 15, 2014

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Jim MacSweeney took this lovely snap at Ross Castle, Killarney

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Maeve Moloney sent these pictures of her dad, the Chum Moloney and friends in the 1980s. The photographs were taken in John R.’s pub

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Tumbling paddy



I have received a request from a reader for a photograph of a tumbling paddy. I don’t have one but surely someone out there took a photo in a hayfield where some skilled haymaker was gathering hay with one.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, don’t worry. It was before your time.

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Photo from The Irish Emigrant Facebook page

So many young Irishmen in search of adventure answered this call. Records of their service will soon be available on line.

Diaries have also been digitized. Here is an extract from  one. I found it on the BBC’s website.

A private war diary kept by one of the First Battalion’s soldiers, Captain James Paterson, has also been digitised.

Captain Paterson died on 1 November, some six weeks after an entry said the scenes he witnessed were “beyond description”.

“Trenches, bits of equipment, clothing (probably blood-stained), ammunition, tools, caps, etc, etc, everywhere. Poor fellows shot dead are lying in all directions. Some of ours,” he said.

“Everywhere the same hard, grim, pitiless sign of battle and war. I have had a belly full of it.”

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Progress report from Duagh Sports’ Centre. The windows are in.

Bromore in Winter, Listowel shops then and now and more from Listowel, Ontario

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On November 11, 2013

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This is what Mike Flahive wrote about Bromore near Ballybunion in November.

Here in Bromore Bay the power of the Atlantic Ocean meets the 180 foot Bromore Cliffs. The storm waves rush into the dozen or so caves compressing the air before them and exploding back out again. There is a constant flow of seafoam floating on the updraft like snow.


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Some Shops Then and Now

2005
2013

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The following two photos were taken at a quiz in Pres. Listowel sometime around 2006

Happy days!

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Listowel, Canada, a Listowel Ireland connection





While Tom Fitzgerald was in Listowel Ontario, he chanced to meet this local counsellor.

His name is Warren Howard

AND

He was in Listowel Co. Kerry in 1971 as a member of a choir. He stayed in Mount Rivers and he sang in the church….I’m not sure if it was St. Mary’s or St. John’s.

Does anyone remember this choir’s visit? Better still, does anyone have a picture?

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Today November 11 2013 is Armistice Day in Britain, Veterans’ Day in the U.S.

Royal Irish Rifles at The Somme

Lest any of us forget the horrors our ancestors suffered, here is a link to a site with many many links to sites related to the Irish who fought in the two great wars in Europe.

http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/remembering-the-irish-who-fell-in-the-great-war

Siegfied Sassoon visited Cork and Limerick but there seems to be no account of him visiting Kerry

On April 16, 1917, Siegfried Sassoon, an
officer in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and arguably Britain’s greatest war poet,
was wounded by a German sniper while leading his company in an attack at
Fontaine-les-Croisilles. While recovering from his wounds in England, Sassoon’s
growing anger at the political mismanagement of the war compelled him to write
a scathing attack, which achieved public notoriety after being read aloud in
the House of Commons, “I am making this statement as an act of wilful
defiance of military authority, because I believe that the war is being
deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it.”

Unwilling
to risk the adverse publicity that would accompany the court martial of a man
who had been decorated for undoubted acts of bravery, the under-secretary for
war declared that Sassoon was suffering from shell shock and had him sent to a
military psychiatric hospital at Craiglockhart, near Edinburgh. It was during
his incarceration at the hospital that Sassoon wrote “Survivors,” a poem
that displayed his contempt for the authorities who patched-up shattered men
only to return them to combat. It also reveals much about the tortured state of
his own mind:

No doubt
they’ll soon get well; the shock and strain


Have
caused their stammering, disconnected talk.


Of course
they’re ‘longing to go out again,’ — 


These
boys with old, scared faces, learning to walk.


They’ll
soon forget their haunted nights; their cowed


Subjection
to the ghosts of friends who died, — 


Their
dreams that drip with murder; and they’ll be proud


Of
glorious war that shatter’d all their pride …


Men who
went out to battle, grim and glad;


Children,
with eyes that hate you, broken and mad.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them…..

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On May 16, 2012

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“They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.”

I was listening to Dermot Bolger on RTE1’s Thought for the Day and he told us this. Dermot has a friend who lives in Ypres. When they are digging out the foundations for a house or any other construction, they sift through the earth for any shard of bone, a button or a piece of uniform and then Dermot’s friend tries to match it to his database of the missing.  Even after 90 years, the painstaking job of identifying the casualties of the trenches goes on.

A trench in WW1.

At least it’s dry and the soldiers look relaxed. How many of them never came home, I wonder?

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Following is a Roll of Honour of sorts. It is a list from the internet of the Listowel dead of WW1.

BARRY. JOHN. Rank: Private.
Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 2nd Battalion. 

Age at death: 22.
Date of Death: 17-March-1917. Service No: 7579. 

Supplementary
information: Son of Bridget Barry, of Knockanune, Newtownsandes, Co. Kerry.
Grave or Memorial Reference: V. H. 6. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. 

Enlisted in
Listowel, County Kerry. Killed in Action. Cemetery: Sailly-Saillisel British
Cemetery in France. [Related Documents]

BARRY, MICHAEL. Rank: Pte. Regiment
or Service: Royal Irish Fusiliers. Unit; 3rd (Reserve) Garrison Battalion. 

Date of
Death:17-July-1917. Service No:G/1935. Formerly he was with the Royal Munster
Fusiliers where his number was 5393. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted
in Listowel, County Kerry. Died at home. Grave or Memorial Reference:In the
east part. Cemetery: Ballynakilla Churchyard, County Cork.

BLUNDELL, WILLIAM. 

Rank: Corporal.
Regiment or Service: Devonshire Regiment. Unit: 10th Battalion. 

Age at death: 19.
Date of Death: 24-April-1917. Service No: 64871. Born in Listowel, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry. Killed in Action in Salonika. Formerly
he was with the Royal Munster Fusiliers where his number was 10376. 

Supplementary
information: Son of William J. and Maria T. Blundell, of 18, Boherbee, Tralee,
Co. Kerry. He has no known grave but is listed on the Doiran Memorial, Greece. 

BOYLE, THOMAS. Rank: Corporal.
Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 1st Battalion. 

Date of
Death:12-July-1915. Service No:7583. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted
in Limerick while living in Listowel, County Kerry. Killed in action in
Gallipoli. Supplementary information; Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no
known grave but is listed on Panel 185 to 190 on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.

BRENNAN, JOHN. Rank: Private.
Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd Battalion. 

Age at death: 19.
Date of Death: 27-August-1914. Service No: 10053. 

Supplementary
information: Son of Eugene and Mary Brennan, of Lacca, Liselton, Co. Kerry.
Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Liselton,
County Kerry. Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. 30. Cemetery:
Etreux British Cemetery, Etreux, Aisne, France.

BRODER, JOHN. Rank: Private.
Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st Battalion. 

Age at death: 23.
Date of Death: 07-May-1915. Service No: 9320. Supplementary information: Son of
William and Bridget Broder, of Cleveragh, Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in
Cleveragh, Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Listowel,
County Kerry. Died of wounds in Gallipoli. Grave or Memorial Reference: E. EA.
A. 639. Cemetery: Addolorata Cemetery in Malta.

BURKE, WILLIAM. Rank: Private.
Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd Battalion. 

Age at death: 24.
Date of Death: 10-November-1917. Service No: 3591. Born in Liselton, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Liselton, County Kerry. Killed in
Action. Supplementary information: Husband of Margaret Burke, of The Square,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 143 to 144. He has no
known grave but is listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. 

BYRNE(CWGC), BYRNES(SDGW, IMR),
WILLIAM. Rank: Lance
Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st Battalion.
Age at death: 24. Date of Death: 02-May-1915. Service No: 9406. 

Supplementary
information: Son of Mrs. Kate Byrne, of Bridewell St., Listowel, Co. Kerry.
Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Listowel,
County Kerry. Killed in Action in Gallipoli. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel
185 to 190. He has no known grave but is listed on the Helles Memorial in
Turkey. 

CANAVAN, JAMES. Rank: Private.
Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers Secondary Regiment: Labour Corps
Secondary. Unit: transferred to (498714). 

Age at death: 50.
Date of Death: 10-October-1918. Service No: 4612. 

Supplementary
information: Son of Thoman and Mary Canavan, of Convent St., Listowel, Co.
Kerry; husband of Catherine Canavan, of 2, John St., Tralee, Co. Kerry. Served
in the South African War and in India, also served at Gallipoli. Born in
Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry. Died at sea. The S.S.
Leinster sank on this day. He may have been a passenger as he ‘died at sea’.
Formerly he was with the Royal Munster Fusiliers where his number was 4612. He
has no known grave but is listed on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton UK. 

CANTY, MATTHEW. Rank: Lance
Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 2nd Battalion.
Date of Death:09-May-1915. Service No:7650. Born in Kilflynn, County Kerry.
Enlisted in Tralee while living in Listowel, County Kerry. Killed in action.
Killed in action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Has no known grave but is
commemorated on Panel 43 and 44 on the Le Touret Memorial in France.

CARMODY, EDWARD. Rank: Pte. Regiment
or Service: Royal Irish Regiment. Unit; 1st Garrison Battalion. 

Date of
Death:04-May-1917. Service No:5639. Formerly he was with the Royal Munster
Fusiliers where his number was 3579. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted
in Tralee while living in Listowel, County Kerry. Died at sea. 

Supplementary
information; Died with 400 others when the hired Transport
“Transylvania” was sunk by a German torpedo. The ship was en route to
Salonika. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on
the Savona Memorial in Italy.

CARROLL, DENIS. Rank: Private.
Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd Battalion. 

Age at death: 25.
Date of Death: 09-May-1915. Service No: 3901. 

Supplementary
information: Son of Mrs. Kate Carroll, of Forge Lane, Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born
in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Listowel, while living in Listowel,
County Kerry. Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 43 and 44.
He has no known grave but is listed on the Le Touret Memorial in France. 

CASEY, JOHN JOSEPH. Rank: Private.
Regiment or Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit: 19th Battalion. 

Age at death: 28.
Date of Death: 02-May-1921. Service No: 507. Born, Duagh, Listowel, County
Kerry. Occupation on enlistment, labourer also listed as Ships Steward with the
Adelaide Steamship Co, Ltd. Age on enlistment; 21 years 10 months. Previous
military experience, A.I.E.F.New Guinea, 5 months. Next of kin details;
(father) Mr Edward Casey, Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland. Place and date of
enlistment, there are two enlistment documents in his records dated
11-August-1914 Sydney, NSW (discharged 28-January-1915) re-enlisted
01-March-1915. Liverpool, NSW. Weight, 119 lbs. Height, 5 feet, 7 ½ inches.
Complexion, fair. Eyes, brown. Hair, brown. Suffered from Malaria, Dysentry,
Phthisis and T.B. during his service. ‘He says he first noticed cough when
stationed in Egypt in Aug. 1915. This became worse when on the Gallipoli
Peninsula and he was invalided to Lemnos. As the cough became worse he was sent
on to Malta, on being admitted into St Pauls Hospital on Oct 25th 1915.’ He was
awarded a pension of £3 per fortnight from November-1916. Discharged as
medically unfit with ‘Pulmonary Tuberculosis due to active service, exposure
and unsuitable food’ on 31-January-1917. Died at Bodington Red Cross Home,
Wentworth Falls. Grave or Memorial Reference: R.C. A. 15. Cemetery: Katoomba
General Cemetery, NSW, Australia. [Related Documents]

CHUTE, CHALONER FRANCIS TREVOR. (Listowel
connections??)Rank: Lieutenant.
Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd Battalion. 

Age at death: 29.
Date of Death: 27-August-1914. 

Supplementary
information: Son of Francis Blennerhassett Chute, J.P., of Chute Hall, Tralee,
Co. Kerry; husband of Maud Emily St. Clair Carew (formerly Chute. nee Hobson),
of 3, Howes Place, Cambridge. Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference:
II. 6. Cemetery: Etreux British Cemetery, Etreux, Aisne, France.

COLLINS, PATRICK. Rank: Private.
Regiment or Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit: 9th Battalion. 

Date of Death:
23-July-1916. Service No: 272. Born, Listowel, Ireland. Occupation on
enlistment, labourer. Age on enlistment; 34 years – months. Previous military
experience, Royal Munster Fusiliers, time expired. 

Next of kin
details; (father) Thomas Collins, Lisselton P.O. County Kerry, Ireland. Later
changed to (friend and ex-soldier)Thomas Clarke, Attendant, Mental Hospital.
This was not accepted and a pension of 20 shillings per fortnight was paid to
(father) Thomas Collins from July-1917. Place and date of enlistment,
21-August-1918. Brisbane, Queensland. Weight, 145 lbs. Height, 5 feet, 8 ¼
inches. Complexion, fair. Eyes, blue. Hair, light brown. Wounded in action in
France on 19-July-1916 report changed to ‘previously reported wounded now
reported missing.’ After a Court of enquiry in July-1917 this was changed to
Killed in action. Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux
Military Cemetery in France. [Related Documents]

CONNOR, THOMAS. Rank: Gunner.
Regiment or Service: Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery.
Unit;135th Battery, 32nd Brigade. 

Date of Death:17-September-1914.
Service No:28701. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee. Killed in
action. Grave or Memorial Reference:Special Memorial 2. Cemetery: Paissy
Churchyard, Aisne, France.

CROWLEY, JOHN. Rank: Private.
Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st Battalion. 

Age at death: 20.
Date of Death: 21-August-1916. Service No: 7848. Born in Dromclough, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Lixnaw, County Kerry. Died of wounds. 

Supplementary
information: Son of Mrs. Lizzie Crowley, of Co. Kerry. Grave or Memorial
Reference: I. J. 21. Cemetery: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe in
France. 

DALY. DENIS. Rank: Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: Depot. 

Age at death: 26. Date of Death: 26-December-1918. Service No: 1576. Died of
wounds at home. Enlisted in Listowel while living in Listowel, County
Kerry.  Grave or Memorial Reference: Eight yards West of main path.
Cemetery: Listowel Cemetery, County Kerry.

DANAHER(CWGC), DANNAHER(SDGW,IMR).
WILLIAM.

Rank: Private. Regiment or
Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 3rd Reserve Battalion. 

Age at death: 21. Date of Death: 19-July-1917. Service No: 7529. 

Supplementary information: Son of Patrick and Mary Danaher, of Feale View,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Listowel,
County Kerry.  Died. Grave or Memorial Reference: VIII. C. 6. Cemetery: St
Pierre Cemetery, Amiens in France.

DEE. MICHAEL. Rank: Lance Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd
Battalion. 

Age at death: 28. Date of Death: 20-October-1918. Service No: 1296. 

Supplementary information: Son of Mrs. Cathrine Dee, of Carhoonaknock, Co.
Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Rochdale, Lancs while living
in Coolard, Listowel. Died of wounds. Grave or Memorial Reference: II. C. 18.
Cemetery: Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension in France.

DORE, JOHN. 

Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 1st Battalion. 

Date of Death: 13-February-1916. Service No: 3307. 

Supplementary information: Son of Mrs. Margaret Dore, of Cleveragh, Listowel,
Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Listowel, County Kerry.
Died of wounds at home. Grave or Memorial Reference: D. 116A. Cemetery: Lincoln
(Newport) Cemetery UK.

DORE, MICHAEL. 

Rank: Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 7th
Battalion. 

Age at death: 27. Date of Death: 08-October-1916. Service No: 236. 

Supplementary information: Son of Mr. P. and Mrs. Margaret Dore; husband of
Mary Dore, of Cleveragh, Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry.
Enlisted in Listowel, while living in Listowel, County Kerry. Died of wounds in
Greek Macedonia. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. C. 4. Cemetery: Lahana
Military Cemetery in Greece.

DOWNES, MAURICE. Rank: Sapper. Regiment or Service: Royal Engineers. Unit: 520th Field Coy. 

Date of Death: 23-March-1918. Service No: 241264. 

Supplementary information: Son of the late Jeremiah and Ann Downes, of
Listowel, Co. Kerry; husband of Annie Downes, of Farnastack, Lisselton, Co.
Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Listowel, County Kerry.
 Killed in Action. Formerly he was with the East Yorkshire Regiment where
his number was 40524. Grave or Memorial Reference: Bay 1. He has no known grave
but is listed on the Arras Memorial in France.

ENRIGHT, JOHN.  

Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 1st 
Battalion. 

Date of Death:29-September-1918. Service No:4128.  Born in Listowel,
County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry. Killed
in action. Grave or Memorial Reference:I.C.19. Cemetery: Anneux British
Cemetery, Nord, France.

ENRIGHT, THOMAS LOUIS. Rank: Captain. Regiment or Service: Royal Army Medical Corps. Age at death: 29. 

Date of Death: 19-March-1918. Supplementary information: Son of James and
Margaret Enright, of Church St., Listowel, Co. Kerry. Died. Grave or Memorial
Reference: 1379. Cemetery: Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery in Greece.

 FLAVIN, PETER. 

Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd
Battalion. 

Age at death: 16. Date of Death: 13-June-1916. Service No: 10433. 

Supplementary information: Son of Edward and Nora Flavin, of Charles St.,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while
living in Listowel, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial
Reference: XVIII. D. 24. Cemetery: Loos British Cemetery in France.

 FOLEY, RICHARD HENRY.  

Rank: Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Unit; 7th Battalion. 

Date of Death:16-August-1918. Service No:28807.  Born in Listowel, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Omagh while living in Kilworth. Killed in action. Grave or
Memorial Reference: E. 22. Cemetery: Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery in Belgium

 GIBNEY,
BERNARD.  

Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Fusiliers. Unit; 1st 
Battalion. 

Date of Death:09-April-1917. Service No:24640.  Born in Listowel, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Grrauard(sic), County Longford.
Killed in action. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is
listed in Bay 9 on the Arras Memorial in France.

GODFREY, CHRISTOPHER. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 6th
Battalion. 

Age at death: 21. Date of Death: 25-September-1917. Service No: 3/6428(CWGC),
3826(SDGW). 

Supplementary information: Son of Patrick and Margaret Godfrey, of Charles St.,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while
living in Listowel, County Kerry.  Died in Egypt. Grave or Memorial
Reference: A. 56. Cemetery: Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt.

 GODFREY, PATRICK. 

Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd
Battalion. 

Age at death: 21. Date of Death: 09-May-1915. Service No: 4488. 

Supplementary information: Son of Patrick and Margaret Godfrey, of Charles St.,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Listowel while
living in Listowel, County Kerry. Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial
Reference: Panel 43 and 44. He has no known grave but is listed on the Le
Touret Memorial in France.

GREANEY. JAMES H. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Leinster Regiment. Unit: 2nd Battalion. 

Age at death: 32. Date of Death: 14-March-1915. Service No: 4180. 

Supplementary information: Brother of Bridget Lynch, of Convent St., Listowel,
Co. Kerry. Born in London. Enlisted in London while living in Listowel, County
Kerry. Died of wounds. Grave or Memorial Reference: IX. C. 35. Cemetery: Cite
Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres in France.

GREANEY, THOMAS.  

Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 2nd Battalion. 

Date of Death:27-August-1914. Service No:7330.  Born in Listowel, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Listowel, County Kerry. Killed in
action. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. 24. Cemetery: Etreux British Cemetery,
Etreux, Aisne, France.

HANNON, MAURICE. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd
Battalion. 

Age at death: 23. Date of Death: 10-November-1917. Service No: 6488. 

Supplementary information: Son of Patrick and Ellen Hannon, of Ballyduhig,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Lixnaw, County Kerry. Enlisted in Listowel while
living in Lixnaw, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial
Reference: Panel 143 to 144. He has no known grave but is listed on the Tyne
Cot Memorial in Belgium.

 HEALY.
MICHAEL. 

Rank: Rifleman. Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Rifles. Unit: 1st Garrison
Battalion. Age at death: 48. Date of Death: 15-September-1917. Service No:
G/574(CWGC), 574(SDGW). 

Supplementary information: Son of Michael and Johanna Healy; husband of
Margaret Healy, of Charles St., Listowel, Co. Kerry Republic of Ireland. Buried
in Cawnpore Cantonment New Cemetery. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted
in Listowel, County Kerry.  Died in India. Formerly he was with the Royal
Munster Fusiliers where his number was 4639. Grave or Memorial Reference: Face
23. He has no known grave but is listed on the Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial,
Chennai, India.

HENNESSEY, JOHN.  

Rank: Company Sergeant Major.  Regiment or Service: Leinster Regiment.
Unit; 2nd Battalion. 

Date of Death: 31-July-1917. Service No:4797(SDGW) 4794(CWGC). Born in
Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee.  Killed in action. Grave or
Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Panel 44 on the
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium.

 JONES, WILLIAM. 

Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 1st Battalion. 

Age at death: 42. Date of Death: 16-March-1917. Service No: 7121. 

Supplementary information: Son of Hugh and Bridget Jones, of Listowel, Co.
Kerry; husband of Annie Jones, of 32, Brendon St., Edgware Rd., London, W.1.
Enlisted in Marlebone, Middlesex while living in Marlebone, Middlesex.
 Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. E. 3. Cemetery:
Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery in France.

 KEANE. JAMES. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 7th
Battalion. 

Age at death: 33. Date of Death: 05-September-1915. Service No: 245. 

Supplementary information: Husband of Annie Buckly (formerly Keane), of 13,
Connor’s Place, Tralee, Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in
Listowel while living in Listowel, County Kerry.  Died in Gallipoli. Grave
or Memorial Reference: II. I. 212. Cemetery: East Mudros Military Cemetery in
Greece.

 KELLY, FRANCIS.  

Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit; 1st Battalion. 

Date of Death:06-November-1914. Service No:2777.  Born in Listowel, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Dublin while living in Dundrum, County Dublin. Killed in
action. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on
Panel 11 on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium.

 KELLY, PATRICK. 

Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 1st Battalion. 

Date of Death:25-June-1915. Service No:6302.  Born in Tullamore, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Listowel, County Kerry while living in Listowel, County
Kerry. Killed in Action in Gallipoli. Age at Death;22. Supplementary
information; Son of John and Mary Kelly, of Tullamore, Listowel, Co. Kerry.
Grave or Memorial Reference: VII. A. 6. Cemetery: Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery in
Turkey.

  LACY. E. (Listowel connection)

Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 9th
Battalion. 

Date of Death: 22-July-1917. Service No: 4782. Grave or Memorial Reference:
Right of gate, near South-West boundary. Tralee (Ratass) Cemetery, County
Kerry.

LARKIN, DAVID. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st
Battalion. 

Age at death: 20. Date of Death: 09-September-1916. Service No: 7892. 

Supplementary information: Son of David J. and Margaret Larkin, of Main St.,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while
living in Listowel, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial
Reference: Pier and Face 16 C. He has no known grave but is listed on the
Thiepval Memorial in France.

LEE, WALTER JAMES. Rank: Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Leinster Regiment. Unit: 3rd Battalion. 

Date of Death: 03-June-1919. Service No: 605. 

Supplementary information: Husband of Nora Lee, of Convent St., Listowel, Co.
Kerry. This man is only in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database.
Grave or Memorial Reference: C. 35A. Cemetery: Portsdown ( Christ Church)
Military Cemetery, UK

 LEEHY,
PATRICK.  

Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit: 11th
Battalion. 

Age at death: 53. Date of Death: 25-July-1916. Service No: 4241. 

Supplementary information: Husband of Mary Jane Leehy, of Montana, Western
Australia. Born at Listowel, Ireland.Occupation on enlistment, labourer. Age on enlistment;
44 years 4 months. Next of kin details; (wife) Mary Jane Leehy, Hunt Street,
Montana, Coolgardie, W.A. Place and date of enlistment, 15-September-1915.
Blackboy Hill, W.A. Weight, 154 lbs. Height, 5 feet, 7 inches. Complexion,
medium. Eyes, blue. Hair, turning grey. Listed as ‘missing in action’
29-July-1916 and later changed to ‘killed in action’ after a Court of enquiry
held on 20-June-1917. His wife Mary Jane received a pension of 40 shillings per
fortnight from 26-September-1916.  All he had in his personal effects when
he was killed was a hymn book and a brush. Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux
Military Cemetery in France.  [Related Documents]

LUNNEY, JAMES. Rank: Corporal. Regiment or Service: Rifle Brigade. Unit: 1st Battalion. 

Age at death: 27. Date of Death: 13-May-1915. Service No: 5113. 

Supplementary information: Son of James Lunney, of Upper Church St., Listowel,
Co. Kerry. Born in Castlefinn, County Donegal. Enlisted in Tralee, County
Londonderry(sic) while living in Listowel, County Kerry.  Killed in
Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 46 – 48 and 50. He has no known
grave but is listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium.

MURPHY, MICHAEL. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 8th
Battalion. 

Age at death: 20. Date of Death: 08-May-1916. Service No: 4477. 

Supplementary information: Son of Mary Murphy, of Greenville, Listowel, Co.
Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Listowel while living in
Listowel, County Kerry. Died of wounds. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. M. 16.
Cemetery: Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery in France.

 MacAULIFFE(CWGC), McAULIFFE(SDGW),
MICHAEL. 

Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Army Cyclist Corps. Unit: 27th Div.
Coy. 

Age at death: 28. Date of Death: 07-September-1916. Service No: 5788. 

Supplementary information: Son of Patrick MacAuliffe, of Church St., Listowel,
Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Drogheda while living in
Listowel, County Kerry.  Killed in Action in Salonika. Formerly he was
with the Royal Irish Fusiliers where his number was 10248. Grave or Memorial
Reference: 1819. Cemetery: Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria in Greece.

McCARTHY, MICHAEL.  

Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Connaught Rangers. Unit; 1st 
Battalion. 

Date of Death:11-March-1916. Service No:6524.  Born in Listowel, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry. Killed in
action in Mesopotamia. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but
is listed on Panel 40 and 64 of the Basra memorial in Iraq.

McCRACKEN, WILSON.  

Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Seaforth Highlanders. Unit; 4th Battalion. 

Date of Death:12-October-1917. Service No:201070.  Born in Listowel,
County Kerry. Enlisted in Belfast. Killed in action. Grave or Memorial
Reference:IV.B.10. Cemetery: St Aubert British Cemetery, Nord, France.

 McELIGOTT(SDGW,IMR) McELLLGOTT(CWGC), PAUL. 

Rank: Acting Sergeant.  Regiment or Service: King’s Liverpool
Regiment. Unit; 8th Battalion attached to the 2nd/3rdBattalion,
King’s African Rifles. 

Date of Death:12-August-1917. Service No:305434.  Born in Listowel, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Liverpool while living in Liverpool. Died in Africa. Grave
or Memorial Reference:I. D. 13. Cemetery: Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery in
Tanzania.

 O’BRIEN, MICHAEL.  

Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 2nd Battalion. 

Date of Death:30-January-1915. Service No:3036.  Born in Listowel, County
Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Listowel, County Kerry. Killed in
action. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Panels
43 and 44 on the Le Touret Memorial in France.

 O’BYRNE,
EDWARD.  

Rank: Lance Corporal.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit;
8th Battalion. Date of
Death:09-September-1916. Service No:3644.  Born in Aldershot. Enlisted in
Tralee while living in Listowel, County Kerry. Killed in action. Grave or
Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Pier and Face 16 C
on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

O’CONNOR, JOHN. Rank: Lance Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd
Battalion. 

Age at death: 23. Date of Death: 13-October-1915. Service No: 4165. Born in
Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Listowel while living in Listowel, County
Kerry.  Killed in Action. Supplementary information: Son of Mrs. Kate O’Connor,
of William St., Listowel, Co. Kerry. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 127. He
has no known grave but is listed on the Loos Memorial in France.

 O’DELL, WILLIAM. 

Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd
Battalion. 

Date of Death: 25-September-1915. Service No: 4575. 

Supplementary information: Husband of Mary O’Dell, of Ballygowlonge, Listowel,
Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in
Tralee, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference:
Panel 127. He has no known grave but is listed on the Loos Memorial in France.

O’RILEY, THOMAS AUGUSTUS.   

Rank: Sapper. Regiment or Service: Australian Tunnelling Corps. Unit: 2nd
Coy. Served with the Tunnelling Company. 

Date of Death: 03-June-1920. Service No: 4159. Born, Listowel, Kerry, Ireland. Occupation on
enlistment, Miner. Age on enlistment; 32 years 2 months. Next of kin details;
(mother) Mrs Mary O’Riley, Jamison Street, South Broken Hill, NSW. Place and
date of enlistment, 08-January-1916. Adelaide, South Australia. Weight, 150
lbs. Height, 5 feet, 9 ½  inches. Complexion, fresh. Eyes, grey. Hair,
brown. Suffered with acne, Albumen in urine, scabies and the effects of gas and
scabies during his military service. Entitled to wear blue chevrons. Died in
the Australian General Hospital, Keswick of Chronic Parentchymatous Nephritis
due to military service. Grave
or Memorial Reference: Old Ground. (GRM/5*). Cemetery: Adelaide (West Terrace)
Cemetery, Australia.  [Related Documents]

O’SHEA, MICHAEL. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd
Battalion. 

Age at death: 19. Date of Death: 09-May-1915. Service No: 4489. 

Supplementary information: Son of Michael and Johannah O’Shea, of Dromin,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Listowel while
living in Listowel, County Kerry. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 43 and 44.
He has no known grave but is listed on the Le Touret Memorial in France.

REDMAN, LUKE.  

Rank: Bandsman.  Regiment or Service: East Kent Regiment. Unit; 1st 
Battalion. 

Date of Death:09-August-1915. Age at Death,21. Service No:L/8453.  Born in
Listowel, County Cork(sic). Enlisted in Harrismith, South Africa while living
in Lambeth, Surrey. Killed in action. 

Supplementary information; Son of William Henry and Julia Redman, of 39, Algar
Buildings, Webber Row, Waterloo Rd., London. Grave or Memorial Reference:H.7.
Cemetery: Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Ieper in Belgium.

SHANAHAN, JOHN.Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster
Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd Battalion. 

Age at death: 42. Date of Death: 13-October-1915. Service No: 5407. 

Supplementary information: Son of William and the late Margaret Shanahan, of
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Newcastle West, County Limerick. Enlisted in
Ballinasloe, County Mayo(sic) while living in Newcastle West. Killed in Action.
Served in the South African Campaign. Grave or Memorial Reference: III. A. 4.
Cemetery: Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos in France.

SHEEHY, MICHAEL. Rank: Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Royal Garrison Artillery. Unit: 13th Heavy
Battery. Age at death: 43. Date of Death: 19-July-1918. Service No: 26742. 

Supplementary information: Son of Martin and Anne Sheehy, of Carrigcannon,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Duagh, County Kerry. Enlisted in Dublin while
living in Kerry.  Died in Salonika. Grave or Memorial Reference: 270.
Cemetery: Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria in Greece.

STACK, EDWARD PAUL. 

Rank: Lance Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Rifles. Unit: 2nd
Battalion. 

Age at death: 20. Date of Death: 26-October-1914. Service No: 9950. 

Supplementary information: Son of John and Ellen Stack, of Church St.,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Cork. Killed
in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 42 and 43. He has no known grave
but is listed on the Le Touret Memorial in France.

 STACK, MICHAEL. 

Rank: Pte. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers.Unit; 1st 
Battalion. 

Date of Death:08-April-1918. Service No:4516(SDGW) 4016(CWGC). Born in
Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Ardfert, County
Kerry.  Died. Grave or Memorial Reference: III. E. 27. Cemetery: Abbeville
Communal Cemetery Extension in France.

 SULLIVAN, JOHN.  

Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Unit; 1st Battalion. 

Date of Death:05-October-1917. Age at Death,21. Service No:40918. Formerly he
was with the Royal Munster Fusiliers where his number was 10027. Born in
Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Rathmore, County
Kerry. Killed in action. Supplementary information; Brother of J. O. Sullivan,
Sub-Condr Indian Army Ordnance Corps, The Arsenal, Quetta, India. Grave or
Memorial Reference: XLVIII. E. 9.Cemetery. Poelcapelle British Cemetery in
Belgium.

 SULLIVAN,
JOHN.  

Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 1st Battalion. 

Date of Death:30-September-1918. Service No:4279.  Born in Listowel,
County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Listowel, County Kerry. Killed
in action. Grave or Memorial Reference: D. 8. Cemetery: Cantaing British
Cemetery in France.

SWEENY(CWGC), SWEENEY(SDGW,IMR), JOHN. Rank: Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Royal
Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd Battalion. 

Age at death: 40. Date of Death: 09-May-1915. Service No: 4826. 

Supplementary information: Son of Denis and Bridget Sweeny, of Cloumnacon,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Served in the South African Campaign, and on the North
West Frontier of India (1908). Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in
Tralee while living in Listowel, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or
Memorial Reference: Panel 43 and 44. He has no known grave but is listed on the
Le Touret Memorial in France.

TRAYNOR. WILLIAM. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st
Battalion. 

Age at death: 24. Date of Death: 29-March-1918. Service No: 1222. Born in
Dublin. Enlisted in Tralee. Died of wounds. 

Supplementary information: Husband of Catherine Traynor, of Charles St.,
Listowel, Co. Kerry. Grave or Memorial Reference: XXXIII. A. 8. Cemetery:
Etaples Military Cemetery in France.

 WALSH, DANIEL. 

Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Regiment. Unit; 1st Garrison Battalion. Date of Death:01-June-1918.
Service No:4429. Formerly he was with the Royal Munster Fusiliers where his
number was 1773. Born in Portlaw, County Waterford. Enlisted in Limerick while
living in Listowel, County Kerry. Died of Wounds in Egypt. Grave or Memorial
Reference: H. 79. Cemetery, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt.

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