Four Belfast chums at the front
Privates Donaghy, Berwitz, Nixon and Corporal McClements
The caption to this picture reads:
Four Belfast chums at the front with the North Irish Horse.- Standing from the left Trooper Wilson Donaghy, late of "Evening Telegraph" staff, now orderly to General Plumer; Troopers Mandy Berwitz and John Nixon, orderlies to Viscount Massereene and Ferrard, and (sitting) Corporal McClements.
The men are Private Wilson Donaghy (No.1181), enlisted 8 or 9 September 1914 and embarked for France on 19 December 1914; Private Emmanuel Berwitz (No.1050), enlisted 27-31 August 1914 and embarked for France on 20 January 1915; Private John Nixon (No.1053), enlisted 27-31 August 1914 and embarked for France on 18 December 1914; and Corporal Samuel McClements (No.1151), enlisted 4-5 September 1914 and embarked for France on 20 January 1915.
Image, from Belfast Evening Telegraph, March 1915, kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice).