In memoriam


AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM........CHRIST IS ALL. HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP UNTIL THE DAY BREAK........FOR EVER WITH THE LORD........AS I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO........HE PASSED OUT BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE........WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE........SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS........GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS........BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD........EXCELSIOR. REST IN THE LORD........WHOSO BELIEVETH IN JESUS SHALL NEVER DIE........GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN........IN MEMORY OF OUR SON WHO IS SADLY MISSED BY HIS FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS........I STILL THINK I HEAR HIM SAY THE END OF ANOTHER PERFECT DAY. GOD HATH A PART IN ALL........THY WILL BE DONE........BELOVED SON OF JOHN BROWN, BELFAST HARBOUR, DEEPLY REGRETTED........NOT DEAD TO THOSE THAT LOVED HIM........HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR........ONE OF MANY WHO PERISHED NOT IN VAIN AS A TYPE OF OUR CHIVALRY........WHETHER WE LIVE OR DIE WE ARE THE LORD........FONDLY REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER........CALL HIM NOT DEAD, MY FALLEN SOLDIER SON. THE WARFARE WAGED, THE VICTORY WON........BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE........HE COUNTED NOT HIS LIFE DEAR UNTO HIMSELF........THE WORK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE PEACE........GONE FROM A WORLD OF SIN AND STRIFE, GONE TO A NEW AND BETTER LIFE........HE DIED FOR US........HAVING SERVED HIS GENERATION BY THE WILL OF GOD HE FELL ON SLEEP........GOD LOVED HIM AND TOOK HIM TO HIS HEAVENLY REST........THOU WILT SHEW ME THE PATH OF LIFE, IN THY PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY........WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW, BUT THOU SHALT KNOW HEREAFTER........THE LORD HATH GIVEN AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY. UNTIL THE DAY DAWN........HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE........WE CANNOT LORD THY PURPOSE SEE, BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE........THE GLORY DIES NOT AND THE GRIEF IS PAST........SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL........I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE........DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY........ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & MARGARET MC CORMICK OF BELFAST........I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH........FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING, LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING........THERE REMAINETH A REST FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD........UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY........COME UNTO ME YE WEARY AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST........DEUS EST QUI REGIT OMNIA........FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN

 

Shown below are the graves and memorials of the men of the North Irish Horse who died on active service during the First World War, together with pictures of the graveyards in which they lie or the memorial sites in which they are commemorated.

Included are all casualties who, during the War, served in any of the six North Irish Horse cavalry squadrons, the two North Irish Horse cavalry regiments, or the North Irish Horse cyclist regiment. Men of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (Service Squadron) are therefore included, as are North Irish Horsemen who died after transferring to another unit (the Royal Irish Rifles, for example). I have included one man, an Army Service Corps Driver, who was killed while attached to 'A' Company, North Irish Horse (incidentally, the first NIH casualty of the War). Also included is the only man so far identified as having served with the North Irish Horse before, but not during the War. Not included are infantrymen in the 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers who had not previously served in North Irish Horse cavalry units.

My sincere thanks to the many people who have taken the trouble to provide me with these images.

The words scrolling above are the personal inscriptions placed on the gravestones of North Irish Horsemen by their families.

Click on a thumbnail image below for a larger view and more information


France


Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme

Private W. McClelland
Private R. Ross

 

 


Arneke British Cemetery, Nord

Sergeant W.G.W. Irwin
Private J. Kelly

 

 


Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais

Sergeant R.A. Wylie

 

 


Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery, Nord

Private T. Harpur

 

 


Awoingt British Cemetery, Nord

Private H. Brennan
Private J. Evans

 

 


Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord

Private W.F.C. Arthur

 

 


Bertenacre Military Cemetery, Fletre, Nord

Private R.G.D. Montgomery
Private J.E. Riddell
Private S.W. Speers

 

 


Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais

Corporal W.J. Leinster

 

 


Bois Grenier Communal Cemetery, Nord

2nd Lieutenant R.H. Andrews

 

 


Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord

Private J. Scott

 

 


Cambrai East Military Cemetery, Nord

Private J. Ford
Private J.D. King

 

 


Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord

Captain D. McCausland
Lance Corporal H. Flanagan
Lance Corporal F. Scanlon
Private C. McWilliams
Private A. Martin
Private H. Orr

 

Private W. Petty
Private S. Price
Private J. Sleator
Private W.J. Turkington

 

 


Caudry British Cemetery, Nord

Private J. Johnston

 

 


Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais

Private T. Kearney

 

 


Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme

Private J. McArow

 

 


Dourlers Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord

Private C. Elder

 

 


Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais

Private T. Wright

 

 


Fienvillers British Cemetery, Somme

Private A.H. Huggins

 

 


Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, Somme

Lance Corporal J. McSparron
Rifleman W. Nixon

 

 


Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme

Private G. Gill
Private F. Livingstone

 

 


Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais

Private W.J. Finlay

 

 


Forest Communal Cemetery, Nord

Private J. Cully

 

 


Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery, Aisne

Private J. Johnston

 

 


Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais

Private G. Galbraith

 

 


Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, Somme

Private J. Magill
Private W.P. Stuart

 

 


Hautmont Communal Cemetery, Nord

Private G. Morrison
Private J. Nicholl
Private G.W. Stronge

 

 


Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord

Lance Corporal R.I. Bradley

 

 


Hinges Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais

Private W.A. Morrow

 

 


La Capelle-en-Thierache Communal Cemetery, Aisne

Lance Corporal R.J. Hanna

 

 


La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne

Private W.H. Moore
Private H. StG. L. Scott
Driver M. Callanan

 

 


Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais

Lieutenant S.B. Combe

 

 


Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais

Corporal D.W. Ritchie
Private W. Irwin

 

 


Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais

Private W.J. Donnelly

 

 


Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime

Lance Corporal R.H. Hill
Private W. Hillocks

 

 


Mont Noir Military Cemetery, St Jans Cappel, Nord

Private W. Brown

 

 


Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais

Lieut-Col R.A. West VC DSO & Bar MC

 

 


Neuville-Bourjonval British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais

Sergeant R. Irwin
Private V.N. Bell
Private T. Dickinson
Private J. Dunn
Private G.C. Reid

 

 


Noyon New British Cemetery, Oise

Private F. Tate

 

 


Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme

Private A.G. Kelly

 

 


Perreuse Chateau Franco British National Cemetery, Seine-et-Marne

Private G. Johnston

 

 


Pozieres Cemetery and Memorial, Somme

2nd Lieutenant A. Moore
2nd Lieutenant R.V. Lyons
2nd Lieutenant J.H. Partridge MC
Lance Corproal W. Govan
Rifleman C.C.H. Barr
Rifleman T. Johnston

 

Private W. Biggart
Private T. Cartmill
Private A.S. Crawford
Private J. Forbes
Private M. Lee
Private T. Lyons

 

Private J. Moon
Private T. Sittlington

 

 


Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme

Captain C. Norman

 

 


Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas-de-Calais

Private T. Bryson
Unknown North Irish Horseman

 

 


Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme

Private W. Thomson
Private C.R. Woodside

 

 


Roye New British Cemetery, Somme

Private J.F. Johnston

 

 


Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme

Rifleman T. Hall

 

 


St Aubert British Cemetery, Nord

2nd Lieutenant T.J. Savage

 

 


St Riquier British Cemetery, Somme

Private J.M. Darragh

 

 


St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime

Lieutenant J.K.M. Greer MC

 

 


St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime

Lance Sergeant G.A. Henry MM
Private J. Adair
Private W.M. Murphy
Private J. Smyth
Private W. Waller

 

 


Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme

Corporal T.J. McCormick

 

 


Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme

Private G.T. Murray

 

 


Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais

Lieutenant H.P. Kellock
2nd Lieutenant J. Knox MC

 

 


Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Rifleman J.N. Gibson
Private R. Heathwood
Private A. Watt

 

 


Toutencourt Communal Cemetery, Somme

Private R.G. Armstrong
Private J.J. Durneen

 

 


Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord

2nd Lieutenant A. McClelland

 

 


Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme

Private A. Blair

 

 


Vignemont French National Cemetery, Oise

Captain G.W. Vesey MC

 

 


Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois, Pas-de-Calais

Captain E. Sinton MC

 

 


Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais

Private J. Roberts
Private J. McVea

 

 

 


Belgium


Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen

Corporal C.E. Houston
Lance Corporal J. Deery
Lance Corporal W.J. Reid
Private W.J. Abercrombie
Private F. Best
Private J. Coulter MM
Private R.J. Hull

 

 


Gwalia Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen

Lance Corporal W. Leckey
Private F.J. Morrison

 

 


Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen

2nd Lieutenant E.M. Meredith

 

 


Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen

2nd Lieutenant W. Anderson
2nd Lieutenant J. Denny
Private M. McVeigh
Private R. Richmond
Private G.M. Shannon
Private W.J. Wallace

 

 


Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen

Rifleman T.M. Henderson

 

 


Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen

2nd Lieutenant J.A. MacLean MC

 

 


Kezelberg Military Cemetery, Wevelgem, West-Vlaanderen

Private W. McCormick

 

 


Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen

Lance Corporal A. Erskine
Private W. Beattie
Private W.J. McAuley

 

 


Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, West-Vlaanderen

Private S. Robinson

 

 


Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut

Rifleman T. McKillop
Rifleman J. Smith
Private G. Mark
Private A. Pepper
Private S. Pinkerton
Private W.F. Timbey

 

 


Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, West-Vlaanderen

Private F.T. Cordwell

 

 


Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen

Captain C.B. Despard DSO MC
2nd Lieutenant F.J.E. McFarland
2nd Lieutenant D.J. Miller
2nd Lieutenant R.L. Reavie
2nd Lieutenant G.H. Farley
Lance Corporal R.E. McManus
Lance Corporal T. Stevenson
Private J.A. Bowden
Private F. StG. Cooke
Private A. Davey
Private W.H. Dundas
Private W.T. Elliott
Private W.G. Leinster
Private W. Lindsay
Private R. McConnell
Private W. McGahey
Private H. Mortimer
Private R. Irwin
Private R. Park
Rifleman J. Connell
Rifleman N.H. Hale
Rifleman A. Johnston MM
Rifleman A.J. Knox
Rifleman C.A. Morrison
Rifleman E.A. Stevenson
Private T.A. McReynolds

 

 


Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen

Lance Corporal S.L. Turner
Private C.D. Turner

 

 


Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen

Lieutenant W. Shields

 

 


Warcoing Churchyard, Pecq, Hainaut

2nd Lieutenant H.P. Nixon

 

 


Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen

Major H. Waring
Private J.A. Bell

 

 


Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen

2nd Lieutenant S.M. Linden
Corporal W.H. Adams
Private J. Talbot

 

 


Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen

Rifleman J. Baxter

 

 

 


Germany


Hamburg Cemetery

 

Private R.W. Kerr

 

 


Niederzwehren Cemetery

Lieutenant J.R. Dennistoun

 

 

 


United Kingdom and Ireland


Annahilt Presbyterian Churchyard, County Down, Northern Ireland

 

Private R. Moore

 

 


Ballybay First Presbyterian Churchyard, County Monaghan, Ireland

Private W. Mills
Private S. Shiels

 

 


Belfast City Cemetery, Northern Ireland

Private T.S. Gillespie
Sapper R.W. Nesbitt

 

 


Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery, Northern Ireland

Private J. Montgomery

 

 


Breandrum Cemetery, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Lance Corporal H. Irvine

 

 


Brookwood (United Kingdom 1914-1918) Memorial, Surrey, England

Major E.A.W. Maude
Captain Robert Livsey Yates
Private Richard Elliott

 

 


Cathcart Cemetery, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Lieutenant T.H. Hesketh

 

 


Derriaghy Christ Church Churchyard, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Private R. Evans

 

 


Drumcor Catholic Churchyard, County Cavan, Ireland

Private P. Sheridan

 

 


Drumcree Church of Ireland Churchyard, Northern Ireland

Private A.M. Boyle

 

 


Epsom Cemetery, Surrey, England

Corporal E. Buchanan

 

 


Gloucester Old Cemetery, England

Private S. Devine

 

 


Hamilton (Bent) Cemetery, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Rifleman R. O'Hara

 

 


Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England

Private G. Harper

 

 


Sanderstead (All Saints) Churchyard, Surrey, England

Lieutenant L.E. McNeill

 

 


Shawbury, St Mary's Churchyard, Shropshire, England

Captain S.T.B. Saunderson

 

 


Place of burial unknown, Northern Ireland

Lance Corporal Percy Reid

 

 

 


Rest of the World


Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

 

Private R. McCready

 

 


Baku Memorial, Azerbaijan

Lieutenant R.C. Russell

 

 


Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon

Private M. Haggan

 

 


Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria

Private C.H. McDaniel

 

 


Deir-el-Belah War Cemetery, Israel

Private G. Killough

 

 


Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan

Lieutenant L.C. Wise