Medal Society of Ireland

This Church of Ireland place of worship was built in 1862, about a mile or so from St. Stephen’s Green, just beyond the Grand Canal on the south side of the green. The church was closed in May 2005 for Sunday worship as the attendance was so low. The Church of Ireland have now allowed Christ Church to be used for services by the Romanian Orthodox Church. The first war memorial that you find is in the grounds of the church. It is a granite Celtic cross with the inscription. 

“To the glory of God and in proud and loving memory of the men connected with this parish who, at the call of King and Country in the Great War of 1914-1919 left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom. This cross is erected by the parishioners. Let those who come after, see to it that their names whom are inscribed on the tablet in the adjoining church be not forgotten. Thou wast their rock, their fortress and their captain in the well fought fight”

 On the other side of the cross the inscription reads. “Faithful unto death 1914-19” 

When you enter the church you will find four memorials with military connections. There is also a family memorial with a military connection. The tablets contain the names of the men of the parish only and no other details (also St. Matthias parish). The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Irish Memorial Records and Soldiers Died was checked to find their regiments etc. Out of the 112 names listed I could only find information on 92

Inside the church on the left hand side you will find a brass plaque, which is the war memorial from St. Matthias Church, Dublin and placed in Leeson Park on the closure of St Mathias in 1956. This plaque is inscribed as follows

 Greater love hath no man than this In loving memory of the fellow worshippers at this church who died for their King and Country in the Great War 

Private Robert Adams - 47991 - Northumberland Fusiliers - 14^th Battalion - Died 17/04/1918 - Buried Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery 

Joseph Armstrong 

Lieutenant George Richard Lancelot Baillie - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 6^th Battalion - Died 03/10/1918 - Aged 22 years - Son of the Rev. William & Elizabeth Young Baillie, 16 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin - Buried Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy 

Lieutenant Robert Christopher Barbor - Royal Field Artillery - 54^th Bde. - Died 25/05/1915 - Son of Robert C. Barbor, 9 Fairfield Park, Rathmines, Dublin - Husband of Mary T. Barbor, Delaware Mansions, Maida Vale, London - Buried North Sheen Cemetery 

Lieutenant Alfred Joseph William Blake - Connaught Rangers - 5^th Battalion - Mentioned in Despatches - Died 21/08/1915 - Aged 35 years - Son of the late Mr. S.C. Blake M.D. - Helles Memorial, Turkey 

Private Stevenson Bonynge - 25113 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 10^th Battalion - Born Dublin - Died 31/08/1916 - Husband of Susan Bonynge, 7 Britannic Street, Sandy Row, Belfast - In 1911 he was married 15 months and had a son John who was 6 months old. His address at that time was Guinness Trust Building’s, Patrick Street, Dublin - Buried Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension 

Lieutenant Thomas Henry Britton - Australian Infantry A.I.F. - 34^th Battalion - Awarded Military Cross - Died 21/06/1918 - Aged 26 years - Son of John & Elizabeth Britton - Native of Dublin - Buried St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen 

Lieutenant Frederick George Brien - Royal Field Artillery - Attached ‘’Y’’ Trench Mortar Battery - Enlisted 04/08/1914 - Commissioned 9^th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - Wounded 28/06/1916 - Transferred 1917 Royal Field Artillery -- -- Died 20/04/1918 - Aged 34 years - Son of the late Mr & Mrs John W. Brien Wilton House, Wilton Place, Dublin - He had obtained a B.A. from Trinity College Dublin - Buried Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes 

Private Edwin Brusey - L/12580 - Royal Irish Lancers - 5^th Battalion - Died 09/08/1918 - Aged 18 years - Son of Mrs.A.Brusey, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin - Buried Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension 

Corporal John N. Chasty - 12207 - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 1^st Battalion - Died 08/06/1916 - Aged 21 years - Son of James & Clara Lucretia Chasty, Portaferry, Co. Down - Buried Louvencourt Military Cemetery 

Lance Corporal Richard C. Chasty - 9834 - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 1^st Battalion -- Born Portaferry, Co. Down -- Died 08/09/1915 - Buried Netley Military Cemetery, England 

Private Harry Clyne Christian - 6237 - Australian A.I.F. - 15^th Battalion - Died 11/04/1917 - Villers-Bretonneux Memorial 

Lieutenant Arthur Geoffrey Cronhelm - Royal Flying Corps - 23^rd Sqdn. - Died 06/09/1917 --- Aged 23 years - Son of the late Mr & Mrs Theodore Cronhelm - Husband of Mrs. A.G. Cronhelm, Verona, Foxrock, Co. Dublin - Native of Craigend, Howth, Co. Dublin -  He is described in the 1911 census as a Insurance Clerk  - Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery 

Private Alaxander Tallis Dixon - 23300 – Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 9^th Battalion - Born Dublin -- Died 08/05/1916 - Buried Authuile Military Cemetery 

Rifleman Joseph Dodd - 9465 - Royal Irish Rifles - 1^st Battalion - Died 16/11/1914 - Le Touret Memorial 

Lieutenant William Symes Drury - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 6^th Battalion - Died 29/01/1916 - Son of Thomas C. Drury K.C. Richmond House, 30 Rathgar Road, Dublin - Buried Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery 

Private William Eacrett - 9662 - Northumberland Fusiliers - 1^st Battalion - Born Dublin - Died 08/01/1916 - Aged 30 years - Son of John & Annie Eacrett, 10 Earlsfort Mansions, Dublin - Buried Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 

Lieutenant Geoffrey Montagu Mason Fleming - Royal Army Medical Corps - Died 16/06/1915 - Aged 25 years - Only son of Alfred G & Marie M.R Fleming, Beechfield, Blackrock, Co Dublin - Medical student - 1911 the family resides at 29 Sydney Avenue Blackrock Co. Dublin - Buried Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Guinchy 

Sergeant George Robert Fox - 1565 - Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) -- Died 26/08/1918 - Aged 24 years - Son of William Bethel & Elizabeth Fox nee Kearon - Born Harold’s Cross, Dublin - Husband of Elizabeth Mary Fox, West Street, Polruan, Fowley, Cornwall, England - Employed as a general clerk in a solicitor’s office in 1911 and resided with his family at 4 Fitzgerald Street, Rathmines, Dublin - Buried Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt 

Company Sergeant Major William Bethel Fox - 10366 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 2^nd Battalion - Born Dublin -- Died 21/03/1918 - Pozieres Memorial

Second Lieutenant Richard Maurice Brooks Gamble - The King’s Liverpool Regiment - 1^st/7^th Battalion - Died 16/05/1915 - Aged 22 years - Son of Richard Keene Gamble B.L.,J.P. 51,Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin -Buried Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Ginchy 

Rifleman Edwin Gillis - 1767 - King’s Royal Rifle Corps - 2^nd Battalion - Died 12/02/1915 - Aged 35 years - Husband of Margaret Gillis nee Stevenson, 52 Patrick Street, Dublin -- In 1914 resided at 17 New Street, Dublin - Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery 

Private Herbert H. Grant - 13051 - Norfolk Regiment - 1^st Battalion - Died 06/05/1915 - Buried Perth Cemetery (China Wall) 

Sergeant John Gregory - 13810 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 2^nd Battalion - Died 08/11/1918 - Aged 23 years - Son of the late John Gregory & Elizabeth Gregory, 17 Belgrave Road, Rathmines, Dublin - Buried Floursies Churchyard 

Second Lieutenant Reginald Grisot - Royal Fusiliers - 11^tth Battalion - Died 06/08/1918 - Aged 25 years - Son of Emile & Harriet Grisot - Husband of Jane H. Grisot 3,Blackberry Villas, Rathmines, Dublin - Buried Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension 

Lieutenant Herbert Horace Hopkins - South African Special Service Company - Died 25/07/1918 - Aged 39 years – Born Dublin - Husband of Beatrice Hopkins 21 Union Mansions, Pretoria, South Africa – Buried Lumbo British Cemetery 

Private John Charles Jordan - 1401 - South Irish Horse - Died 31/03/1917 - Aged 23 years - Son of Christina Jordan 48,Ranelagh Road, Dublin and the late Robert Jordan - Buried Philosophe British Cemetery Mazingarbe 

Private Richard G Kelly -- 25429 -- Royal Irish Regiment (South Irish Horse) -- 7^th Battalion -- Died 12/12/1917 -- Son of Thomas Kelly 8 Pleasant Street South Circular Road Dublin -- Buried Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery 

Corporal George E Keartland - 24924 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - A Coy 10^th Battalion - Died 20/11/1917 - Aged 25 years - Son of Mrs Jane Keartland 9,Garden View, Ranelagh, Dublin - Buried Croisilles British Cemetery 

Second Lieutenant Arthur Kirk - South Wales Borderers - 9^th Battalion - Died 12/08/1916 - Second son of Thomas & Emilia Kirk of Dublin - Port Said War Memorial 

Lieutenant Clive Alfred Le Peton - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 8^th Battalion - Died 15/08/1917 - Ypres Menin Gate Memorial 

Second Lieutenant Desmond Le Peton - Somerset Light Infantry - 1^st Battalion - Died 09/08/1916 - Aged 19 years - Son ofAlfred & Rose Le Peton, Earlsfort House School, Earlsfort Place, Dublin - Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery 

Second Lieutenant Samuel McCullagh Linden - Royal Garrison Artillery - 90^th H.A.C. - Mentioned in Despatches - Died 31/07/1917 - Aged 25 years - Husband of Florence Elizabeth Linden, 41 Clarendon Street London - Ypres Menin Gate Memorial 

Sergeant Joseph McClean - 9389 - Royal Irish Rifles - 1^st Battalion - Died 10/03/1915 - Parents reside at 59 Lennox Street, Dublin - Le Touret Memorial 

Rifleman William J McClean - 22331 - Royal Irish Rifles - 22331 - Died 22/10/1918 - Aged 35 years - Son of William & Jane McClean, 59 Lennox Street, South Circular Road, Dublin - Buried Ingoyghem Military Cemtery 

Second Leiutenant Albert McClelland - Highland Light Infantry - 5^th Battalion - Died 02/04/1917 - Aged 22 years - Son of John & Jane McClelland 136 St. Catherine’s Terrace, Crumlin Road Dublin – Buried Bray Military Cemetery 

Sergeant Thomas McConnell - 13541 - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 9^th Battalion - Died 08/05/1916 - Buried Authuile Military Cemetery 

Private Ernest McCullough  - 36514 - Northumberland Fusiliers - 1^st/6^th Battalion - Died 25/05/1917 - Aged 26 years - Son of Robert A. McCullough 2 Carlton Terrace, Rathmines, Dublin - Husband of Mary McCullough nee Wheeler, 37 Charleville Avenue, North Strand, Dublin - Arras Memorial  

William T MacGregor  

Corporal Frederick Hanson Merry -- 1389 -- 1^st Battalion Australian Infantry -- Died 14/08/1915 -- Born Dublin -- Son of Thomasina Merry and the late James Belford Merry -- Buried Pieta Military Cemetery 

Private Henry Arthur Mulholland -- 3132357 -- Central Ontario Regiment -- 75^th Battalion -- Died 30/09/1918 -- Aged 23 years -- Son of Mr & Mrs H. A. Mulholland of Dublin -- Husband of Mary Mulholland, 42 Chapman Street, Galt, Ontario, Canada -- Buried Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery Sailly 

Edmund Neil 

Captain Raymond William Nichols -- Central Ontario Regiment -- 102^nd Battalion - Died 23/10/1916 -- Vimy Memorial 

Lance Corporal Archibald L. Nolan - 18391 - Royal Munster Fusiliers - 1^st Battalion - Died 28/08/1916 - Aged 21 years - Brother of Mrs Jennie Graves, 144 Donegall Avenue, Belfast and Mrs Kathleen Guilfayle, 26 Abert Place, Dublin - Vis-En-Artois Memorial 

Sergeant Alan Olliver Frank Reynolds 

Second Lieutenant James Alfred Rice - Machine Gun Corps - 24^th Battalion - Awarded D.C.M. - Died 11/10/1918 - Aged 24 years - Son of the late Henry A. & Mrs Wilson Rice of Dublin - Late Great Northern Railway Ireland - Buried St. Aubert British Cemetery 

Second Lieutenant William John Roberts - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 1^st Battalion - Awarded Medaille Militaire France - Died 21/03/1918 - Aged 26 years - Son of William & Mary Roberts - Husband of Mrs Gertrude Eveline Roberts ‘’Roedean’’ Kimmage Road, Terenure, Dublin 

Sergeant Alfred G. Rocke

Sergeant James F. Smith 

Lance Sergeant Percy Marshall Spice - 8707 - The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) - Died 05/03/1916 - Aged 26 years - Husband of Emma Florence Cooper Spice, 3 Charlemont Row, Harcourt Road, Dublin - Buried Maidstone Cemetery, Kent, England 

Lance Corporal Arthur T. Stewart - 601 - Royal Welsh Fusiliers - 1^st/6^th Battalion - Died 19/08/1915 - Helles Memorial James Stuart 

Second Lieutenant Fitzherbert Paget Synnott - Royal Welsh Fusiliers - 5^th Battalion - Died 10/08/1915 - Aged 21 years - Son of Henry & Jane Synnott nee Stewart - Helles Memorial 

Sergeant James Taylor 

Frederick Turner 

Private William Walker - 9219 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 1^st Battalion - Died 21/08/1915 - Aged 19 years - Son of William & Elizabeth Walke,r 3 Susan Terrace, Donore Avenue, Dublin - Helles Memorial 

Private John Warren - 21702 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 8^th Battalion - Died 01/04/1916 - Aged 23 years - Son of John & Elizabeth Warren, Merrion, Dublin - Husband of Margaret Warren, 3 Bayview Avenue, Dublin - Buried Bois-Carre Military Cemetery Haisnes 

Sergeant Frank T. Webster  - 50799 - Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) - 3^rd Sqdn. - Died 14/08/1918 - Buried St. Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen 

Sapper William F. Wells - 142830 - Royal Engineers - 2^nd/3^rd Army Corps Signal Coy. - Died 22/06/1916 - Buried Basra War Cemetery 

This tablet is erected in the memory of Second Lieutenant R.M.B. Gamble by his parents 

Attachment to this memorial states

Register of photographs and record of this roll of honour can be seen in the vestry. The memorial was transferred from St.Matthias Church Dublin on the closing of that church 1956 (There is no record of photos today)

Second Memorial situated on the right hand side of the church

 To the glory of God and in memory of Cecil Eustace Dockeray and William John Rice who gave their lives in the discharge of their duty April 29th 1916    ‘’Faithful unto death’’  This tablet is erected by a few personal friends Note

Cecil Eustace Dockeray resided at 4 Warwick Terrace. Leeson Park. Dublin with his wife Violet and two sons Gerald and George, while William John Rice resided at Glenholme Sandford Terrace, Dublin. Both of these men were employed on the clerical staff of Guinness and were trusted employees of the company. In April during the Rebellion both men were shot in the brewery by the military who at the time claimed that they were members of Sinn Fein, these claims were untrue.

The third memorial is situated at the top of the church on the right hand side of the main alter. Made of stone with St. George in the centre

 To the glory of God and in proud and loving memory of the men connected with this parish who laid down their lives for freedom in the Great War 1914-1919.This tablet is erected by the parishioners, called, chosen, faithful. ’’Their names liveth for evermore’’ 

Second Lieutenant Charles Martin Armstrong - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 10^th Battalion - Died 08/02/1917 - Aged 23 years - Student of Trinity College Dublin - Son of the Rev. Chancellor S.C. Martin & Mrs Eliza Martin nee Martin The Rectory, Finglas, Co. Dublin - Buried Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel France 

Cecil M.A. Baker 

Midshipman Kildare Henry Borrowes - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Queen Mary - Died 31/05/1916 – Aged 16 years - Son of Eustace & Winifrede Borrowes. 18 Warwick Villas, Leeson Park, Dublin - Native of Kildare - Portsmouth Naval Memorial 

Private William Purefoy Bridge - 14220 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 7^th Battalion - Died 10/08/1915 - Aged 34 years - Educated St .Stephens Green School, Dublin - Graduate of Trinity College - Solicitor by profession - Son of the late Joshua Smith Bridge and Jane Angel Bridge, Barnagree,,Roscrea, Co. Tipperary - Helles Memorial 

Second Lieutenant Arthur George Cox - Royal Flying Corps - 42^nd Sqdn. - Died 15/12/1917 - Aged 28 years - Son of Henry & Kate Cox North Street, Oundle, Northampton, England and lat of Strabane, Co. Tyrone - Buried Giavera British Cemetery Arcade 

Private William Henry Crosthwait - 249251 - Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) - 116^th Battalion - Died 27/08/1918 - Aged 39 years - Son of Thomas P.S. Crosthwait The Rectory, Coachford, Co. Cork - Born Dublin - Buried Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery Haucourt 

Gunner Samuel W.Crone - 8170 - Royal Garrison Artillery - 41^st Siege Bty. - Died 10/06/1917 - Aged 36 years - Son of Joseph & Margaret Crone, 6 Ranelagh Avenue, Dublin - Buried Underhill Farm Cemetery 

Private John Cunniffe -- 18291 -- Royal Munster Fusiliers -- Died 24/04/1918 -- Aged 31 years -- Born Ranelagh Dublin -- Son of Michael & Elizabeth Cunniffe, Cloughbrock, Ballivor, Co .Meath -- Buried Longuenesse St. Omer Souvenir Cemetery 

Second Lieutenant Norman Frank Currall - East Lancashire Regiment - 1^st Battalion - Died 18/10/1916 - Thiepval Memorial 

Corporal William J Daunt - 7153 - Royal Irish Regiment - 2^nd Battalion - Died 30/09/1917 - Aged 33 years - Son of Mrs Daunt of Dublin - Husband of Mrs Dina Daunt 9 Almarah Crescent, St.Helier, Jersey - Buried Croisilles British Cemetery 

Lieutenant Geoffrey F Dixon -- Indian Army Reserve of Officers Camel Corps -- Died 01/08/1918 Persia -- Aged 27 years -- Son of Robert Vickers & Charlotte Julia Dixon, 4 Wellington Road, Dublin -- Tehran Memorial 

Captain George G Duggan - Royal Irish Fusiliers - 5^th Battalion - Died 16/08/1915 - Aged 29 years - B.A. Trinity College - Member of the Dublin University Athletic Union - Irish International cross country runner - Son of George & Emilie Dugga,n Ferney, Greystones, Co. Wicklow - Husband of Mrs Dorothy Duggan, Glenvar, St. Kevin’s Park, Rathgar, Dublin - Helles Memorial Reggie Eland 

Captain Percival St. George Findlater - Army Service Corps - 21^st Division Train - Died 28/03/1918 - Aged 36 years - Son of the late Sir William Findlater D.L,. 22 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin - Buried Molliens-au-Bois Communal Cemetery 

Captain Thomas Gordon Fitzpatrick - Royal Irish Fusiliers - 8^th Battalion - Died 06/09/1916 - Aged 35 years - Mentioned in Despatches - Educated Corrig School Kingstown, Co. Dublin - Son of the Rev. William Fitzpatrick M.A., Kingstown, Co. Dublin - Husband of Mrs Ethel Frances Fitzpatrick nee Macready of Kingstown, Co. Dublin - Buried Serre Road Cemetery No.2 

2^nd Lieutenant Frank Parker. Fox -- Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers -- 9^th Battalion -- Died 01/07/1916 -- Aged 22 years -- Thiepval Memorial France 

Rifleman Eric Franklin -- 13925 -- Royal Irish Rifles -- 1^st Battalion -- Died 25/09/1915 -- Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium 

Lieutenant Donald Alister Greer - Connaught Rangers - 1^st Battalion - Died 12/07/1916 - Aged 21 years - Son of the late Henry Francis Greer, Glenbarr, Palmerston Road, Dublin & Mrs M.E. Greer 152 Chorley New Road, Rolton-le-Moors, Lancs. England - Buried Amara War Cemetery 

Sergeant John Gregory - 13810 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers – 2^nd Battalion - Died 08/11/1918 - Aged 23 years - Son of the late John Gregory & Elizabeth Gregory, 17 Belgrave Road, Rathmines, Dublin - Buried Floursies Churchyard 

Major Arthur Douglas Homan - Royal Irish Regiment - 1^st Battalion - Died 09/05/1917 - Aged 33 years - Son of W.S.B. Homan & Rina Homan Crostwight, Chiswick Mall, London - Native of Dublin - Buried Sarigol Military Cemetery, Krison 

Second Lieutenant Frank William Howden - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 11^th Battalion - Died 30/03/1918 - Aged 24 years - Son of John & Elizabeth Howden of Longford - Buried Wimereux Communal Cemetery 

Private John Charles Jordan - 1401 - South Irish Horse - Died 31/03/1917 - Aged 23 years - Son of Christina Jordan, 48 Ranelagh Road, Dublin & the late Robert Jordan - Buried Philosophe British Cemetery Mazingarbe 

Corporal George E Keartland - 24924 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 10^th Battalion - A Coy - Died 20/11/1917 - Aged 25 years - Son of Mrs Jane Keartland, 9 Garden View, Ranelagh, Dublin - Buried Croisilles British Cemetery 

John S.M. Lenox Conyngham 

Captain Harvey Rickard Lloyd - Royal Irish Regiment - 6^th Battalion - Died 06/09/1916 - Aged 35 years - Mentioned in Despatches - Volunteered from Brazil, arrived in Liverpool the third week in September 1914 - Son of Edwyn Rickard & Dorothea Llyod of Dublin - Buried La Neuville British Cemetery Corbie 

Second Lieutenant Robert Courtois Lloyd - Royal Irish Regiment - 4^th Battalion -Died 22/08/1918 - Aged 43 years - Volunteered from Brazil - Son of the late Edwyn Rickard Lloyd & Dorothea Lloyd - Buried Godewaersvelde British Cemetery 

Eddie McCormick 

Company Sergeant Major Robert M. Modler - 7664 - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 1^st Battalion - A Coy - Died 01/07/1916 - Aged 32 years - Also served at Gallipoli first landing - Son of John & Anne Modler, Court Matrix, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick - Husband of Annie Modler, 2 National School, Monasterevan, Co. Kildare --- Thiepval Memorial 

Captain Arthur Robert Moore - London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) - 1^st/4^th Battalion - Died 01/07/1916 - Aged 32 years - Awarded Military Cross - M.A. University of Dublin - Barrister at Law - Gazetted August 1914 - Son of Sir John Moore M.D. F.R.C.P.I. D.L Physician to H.M. the King in Ireland & Lady Moore, 40 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin - Thipval Memorial 

Sergeant Sydney Cuthbert Morgan - 23110 - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 9^th Battalion - Died 29/03/1918 - Pozieres Memorial 

Private Arthur Russell Morris -- 51344 -- Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry -- Died 08/05/1915 -- Aged 22 years -- Son of J.R.& Annie F. Morris -- Menin Gate Memorial Ypres Belgium 

Private Cecil William Murray - 14125 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 7^th Battalion - Died 16/08/1915 - Helles Memorial 

Lance Corporal Albert Edwin Narramore - 31252 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 6^th Battalion - Died 08/10/1918 - Aged 21 years - Son of George William & Margaret Narramore, 59 Lower Beechwood Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin - Buried Prospect Hill Cemetery Gouy Lieutenant Arthur Hill Neale - 1^st Brahmans - Died 21/01/1916 - Aged 26 years - Basra Memorial 

Alan MacL Olliver 

Private Henry Richardson - 24701 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 10^th Battalion - Died 13/11/1916 - Thiepval Memorial Private William A Sadler - 1144 - South Irish Horse - A Sqdn - Died 22/12/1915 - Buried Chapelle-D’armentieres New Military Cemetery 

Jack Scott 

Private Norman F Staples - G/7056 - Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) - 8^th Battalion - Died 21/05/1916 - Buried Bailleul Communal Extension Nord 

Second Lieutenant Fitzherbert Paget Synnott - Royal Welsh Fusiliers - 5^th Battalion - Died 10/08/1915 – Aged 21 years - Son of Henry & Jane Synnott nee Stewart - Helles Memorial 

Frederick Taylor 

George H White 

Private Samuel Whittaker - M2/032463 - Army Service Corps - Mechanical Transport - Attached 74^th Anti-Aircraft Section - Died 12/10/1918 - Aged 26 years - Son of George & Kate Whittaker, Carradoo, Ballinafad, Boyle, Co. Roscommon - Buried Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery 

Second Lieutenant Cecil Vere Wilson - Royal Berkshire Regiment - 1^st Battalion - Died 31/07/1916 - Aged 32 years - Son of Mr Moffat Wilson, 3 College Green, Dublin - Buried St. Sever Cemetery Rouen 

Private Claude H Woodyard - 9672 - Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - 1^st Battalion - Died 27/09/1917 - Tyne Cot Memorial

The 4th memorial is a brass plaque and is situated under the 3rd memorial

Captain Anthony Trevor Boyle - 174285 - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 6^th Battalion - Died 26/02/1943 - Aged 23 years - Son of Alexander Frederick & Eileen Mary Boyle, Portnoo, Co. Donegal - Buried Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery 

John Curtis 

Surgeon Lieutenant Dermot Harry Tuthill Duggan - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Ardent - Died 08/06/1940 - Aged 27 years - Son of Captain George Grant Duggan The Royal Irish Fusiliers & Dorothy deCourcy Duggan Foxrock, Co. Dublin - Plymouth Naval Memorial 

Aircraftman 2^nd Class Robert Watson Lloyd - 841768 - Royal Air Force - Died 19/11/1939 - Buried Crayford St. Paulinus Churchyard 

Lieut-Commander Maurice Kingsbury Overend - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Afrikander - Died 20/01/1945 - Aged 28 years - Son of the Hon. Mr Justice Overend K..C. & Olive Overend - Husband of Carrol Elizabeth Overend, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England - Buried Simon’s Town (Dido Valley) Cemetery 

Lawrence Roberts

To the glory of God and in loving memory of those who gave their lives for freedom in the Great War 1939-45 

There is a 5th memorial with a military connection that you will find is situated on the right hand side of the church and is dedicated to a daughter of a Major who served in the British Army

 To the glory of God and in loving memory of Isabella Adams, daughter of the late Major Benjamin Adams, 78th Regt. Died 7th December 1917. A member of the congregation since the church was built in 1862“Until the day break” 

It is calculated that about half a million of money will be spent in the reconstruction of the Curragh Camp. The work, commenced some time ago, is going on rapidly. It consisted of the removing of the old wooden huts, which were erected in 1855 and A and B Squares, for the purpose of building permanent barracks for two regiments of cavalry. The work was divided into six contracts, viz-No. 1 comprised 16 blocks of troop stables with men’s rooms over, and 8 blocks of litter sheds, latrines, etc, and was carried out by Messrs J. and W. Beckett, contractors. No. 2 was for officers’ quarters and mess establishments, C.O.’s and quartermasters’ quarters, etc. No. 3, staff-sergeants’ and married soldiers’ quarters, laundries, etc. Both contracts are being carried out by Mr. P. Sheridan. No. 4 Various accessory buildings, such as recreation rooms, canteens, warrant officers’ quarters, infirmary, stables, forage stores, etc. Messrs Collin Brothers, contractors. No. 5 Sergeants’ messes, officers’ stables, guard houses, cook and bath houses, band rooms, fencing room, &c. Mr. P. Sheridan, contractor. No. 6. Two covered menages, iron structures, each 300 feet long and 66 feet wide. The iron work was supplied and erected by Messrs Lysaght and Co, and the foundations and other builder’s work was executed by Mr. P. Sheridan as an extra to his other contracts.

The above contract will complete the accommodation required for two cavalry regiments, and it is expected that the whole of the building will be ready for occupation by the end of October next. Mr. Sheridan secured four out of the six foregoing contracts, in addition to which he has just been awarded the contract for married soldiers’ quarters, etc., for R.E. and A.S.C., to be built in D and E Squares. This brings up the sum total of his contracts at the Curragh to about £127,000, besides the triennial contract, which he has held for some years.

The whole of the buildings are of the most approved modern type and will, when completed, compare very favourably with any barracks in the United Kingdom. The officers’ quarters and mess establishment are a fine block of buildings each 210 feet long by 86 feet deep. The main entrance is under the portico, leading to vestibule and large hall, from which the mess and ante-rooms are entered from either side. A corridor runs the entire length of the building on the ground and first floors communicating with the mess establishment and the officers’ quarters which are in the wings right and left, the field officers’ quarters being at the extreme end of the north wing. There is one main staircase and one staircase to each wing for access to officers’ quarters, etc, on the first floor also separate staircase to field officers’ quarters, and for servants at the back of left wing. The mess and ante are very fine rooms, the former being 38 feet by 22 feet, and the latter 28 feet by 22 feet, each being 16 feet high, and having large bay window, in the recess of which is fixed a comfortable settee. The billiard room, which is projected off the corridor at the back, is also a very fine room, 32 feet by 22 feet, well lighted by lantern light. On each side of the room is a raised platform on which is placed comfortable seats about 16 feet long, upholstered in pig skin. At the end of the room are lavatories, water-closets, etc. At the back of the mess-room and corridor is the serving room, 26 ft by 12 ft, with benches on two sides to receive dishes, etc, and lift to the kitchen above. Adjoining the serving place is the pantry, 18 ft by 15 ft, with every convenient fitting, such as sinks, cupboards, etc, and at the back of the serving space is the extensive wine cellar, plate closet, mess man’s quarter’s passages and stairs to kitchen and servants’ rooms, etc, on the first floor. The kitchen being on the first floor is a great improvement on the old plan of having it at the back of the mess-room on the ground floor; it is so well cut off that there is no risk of unpleasant smell from the cooking pervading any of the rooms or corridors, as is generally the case in buildings of this class. Adjoining the kitchen, which is 27 ft by 20 ft, is the scullery, 16 ft by 15 ft, and on the landing leading to the kitchen there is a store room 11 ft by 11 ft, and a larder, 12 ft 6in by 11 ft 6 in, the walls lined with white glazed tiles.

The floors of the portico, lavatories, and water closets are paved with encaustic tiles laid in handsome pattern. The vestibules, halls, passages and corridor on the ground floor are paved De Grillo, Handret and Co’s Italian marble mosaic. The screen and swing doors between the vestibule and hall are glazed with stained glass, lead lights of handsome design, which has a very pretty effect. The whole of the work appears to have been executed with materials of the best description and skilful labour, and Mr. Sheridan is to be congratulated on the satisfactory manner in which he performed his contract; that the work is satisfactory to the military authorities is evidenced by the number of contracts which have been awarded to him.

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The removal of wooden huts from the Curragh Camp and building of permanent barracks for two regiments of cavalry - Kildare Observer 23 July 1898

Major George Shaw H.Q. Coy. Ulster Defence Regiment was shot dead on the 26^th of January 1987 as he left dustbins outside his home on Coalisland Road, Dungannon, County Tyrone. The Elizabeth Cross, instituted on the 1^st of July 2009, is granted to the next of kin of servicemen and women who died during operations or were killed in action or as the result of a terrorist action since the Second World War. Designed by Dayna White of Gladman & Norman Ltd., the award is made of sterling silver in the shape of a cross backed by a representation of a laurel wreath and carries floral emblems of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, an appearance similar to the earlier Canadian Memorial Cross. Families receive a large version of the cross, and a pin-on miniature, together with a Memorial Scroll signed by The Queen which bears the name of the person who died.

We’re off to Galley poley

We’re off to win the war,

Winston Churchill himself told us so

Pity it’s so bloody far.

Three weeks it’s taken to get here

Of sun and sea and hard tack,

And now we’re lyin’ on a beach

Just tryin’ to get our breath back.

‘oul Johnny Turk was waitin’

with Allah in his soul

when the poor ‘oul Dubs were landin’

and victory was our goal .

We tried to get among ‘em

And give them bloody hell

But their German friends were ready

And prepared old Kemal well.

And so it went for many weeks ,

The Dublins blood ran red ,

Along with the poor ‘oul Munsters

We lived in fear and dread.

But worst of all we had to retreat ,

And leave our dead behind us .

For one man’s plan that did’nt work

We paid the price in thousands.

So here’s to peace and solitude

For those survived the test

And always think of those who fell

The bravest and the best.