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Royal Irish Rifles

7th Battalion

ROYAL IRISH RIFLES

48th Brigade / 16th (Irish) Division

 

31st August : Meaulte.

3rd September : Carnoy.

4th September : Guillemont.

6th September : Patrols in action in Ginchy.

7th September : In front line in front of Ginchy.

9th September : Attack and capture of Ginchy.

10th September : Carnoy.

11th September : Corbie.

 

86 names

5481    Rifleman

William

ADAIR

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

4821    Rifleman

John

AUFFRET

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5753    Rifleman

Michael

BAGNALL

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4538    Rifleman

John

BANKS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4071    Rifleman

Charles Garnet

BLAMPIED

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Thomas Francis

BOYHAN

Died of wounds on the 12th September 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

4480    Rifleman

Thomas John

BRADY

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

8080    Rifleman

Stephen

BRINT

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 48

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2853    Rifleman

William George

BULL

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7563    Lance Corporal

Charles Henry

BUTTERY

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Major

Alfred Bellingham

CAIRNES

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 40

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

4080    Rifleman

Harry

CANVAIN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Adam Clarke

CAPPER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4356    Rifleman

John Francis

CARRE

Died of wounds on the 6th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4090    Corporal

Harold

CARVER

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8405    Corporal

Patrick

CASSIDY

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2841    Rifleman

Thomas James

COLE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2759    Rifleman

Thomas

CONNOR

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6130    Rifleman

Henry

CUNNINGHAM

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4926    Rifleman

William

CURRAN

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7349    Lance Corporal

William Joseph

DEEGAN

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6052    Rifleman

Frederick

DONALDSON

Killed in action on the 5th September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3949    Corporal

James

DONOVAN

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4351    Sergeant

Reginald

DU HEAUME

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4763    Rifleman

Bernard

DUIGNAN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5576    Rifleman

Joseph

EAKINS

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7250    Rifleman

James

FLINN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

5412    Rifleman

Robert

FOSTER

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4489    Rifleman

James

GARNETT

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2710    Rifleman

Thomas Howarth

HARTLEY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16401    Rifleman

John

HASSAN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5932    Rifleman

James

HUGHES

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5952    Lance Corporal

Robert

IRVINE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5172    Lance Corporal

Isaac

JESS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Ovillers Military Cemetery

 

4705    Rifleman

James

KANE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7247    Rifleman

Thomas

KERRIGAN

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1851    Rifleman

Joseph

LAPPIN

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Major

Augustus Oliver

LASH

Died of wounds on the 11th September 1916 - Age 46

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

4365    Corporal

Edward

LUCE

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4423    Sergeant

Hugh Michael

LYNCH

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8391    Rifleman

Joseph

LYNCH

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4174    Rifleman

Arthur Joseph

MALE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4168    Company Sergeant Major

William Frank

MARSHALL

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4609    Rifleman

Patrick

McCANN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5421    Rifleman

John

McCLIMOND

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4394    Rifleman

Robert

McCORMICK

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4921    Rifleman

Timothy

McDONNELL

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2645    Rifleman

Joseph

McGARRY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16147    Rifleman

James

McKENDRY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6135    Rifleman

Daniel

McKENNA

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

5699    Rifleman

James

McKERNAN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6115    Rifleman

Alfred

McMAHON

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4682    Rifleman

Patrick

McNERNEY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

39030    Rifleman

Joseph

McPHILLIPS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4836    Rifleman

Andrew

McWILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1232    Rifleman

William

MOLES

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4608    Rifleman

William

MONAGHAN

Died of wounds on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

1236    Rifleman

John

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 43

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8700    Rifleman

William

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Francis Campion

MULCAHY-MORGAN

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

748    Sergeant

William Joseph

MURPHY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3523     Sergeant

James

MURRAY

Died of wounds on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in St Pierre Cemetery

 

4586    Rifleman

John

O'BRIEN

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4408    Rifleman

Thomas

O'CALLAGHAN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4683    Rifleman

Christopher

O'KEEFE

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4688     Sergeant

Patrick

O'ROURKE

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4233    Rifleman

Sidney John

OLIVRY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5978    Rifleman

George

PATTERSON

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4185    Lance Corporal

George Edward

PEARCE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4234    Sergeant

Arthur John Francis

PIROUET

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4187    Sergeant

Harold Robrough

REYNOLDS

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1257    Rifleman

Joseph

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4916    Rifleman

John

RUSSELL

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5803    Lance Corporal

William

SANDS

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4198   Rifleman

Richard

SCOTT

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6088    Rifleman

Patrick

SHANNON

Died of wounds on the 10th September 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

5156    Sergeant

Francis

STITT

Died of wounds on the 11th September 1916

Rest in peace in Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery

 

4196    Lance Corporal

Denis

SWEENEY

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2339   Rifleman

Edward

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4449    Rifleman

James

TENNANT

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4210    Rifleman

Peter Louis

VASSE

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4363    Rifleman

John

VIBERT

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

6023    Rifleman

James

WALLACE

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1223     Company Sergeant Major

George

WARING

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

James Alfred

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

7522   Rifleman

John

WOODS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Thiepval Memorial

68

Delville Wood Cemetery

6

La Neuville British Cemetery

3

Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery

1

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Dive Copse British Cemetery

1

Etaples Military Cemetery

1

Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

1

Guillemont Road Cemetery

1

Heilly Station Cemetery

1

Ovillers Military Cemetery

1

St Pierre Cemetery

1

MAN SERVING IN AN OTHER UNIT

 

4170    Rifleman

William George

MARTIN

Unknown unit

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery