Roll call

 

Horsemen who transferred to the Royal Irish Fusiliers

 

 

In September 1917 the 2nd North Irish Horse Regiment was disbanded and the men compulsorily transferred to infantry (though they retained their cavalry rate of pay). They were transferred to the 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, together with a number of men surplus to the 1st North Irish Horse Regiment. The battalion, which had sustained severe casualties the previous month at Ypres, was renamed the 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers.

Most of the men (almost 500) were transferred to the new battalion, after a short stint of infantry training at the 36th Division Base Depot, on 20 September 1917. Another 68 were transferred on 6 October, after shipping the regiment's horses to Egypt. A small number of others, sick or otherwise detained, came in over the following months. The total number transferred was 581.

Some 395 of these were men who had enlisted in the North Irish Horse, 136 had enlisted in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Service Squadron and became part of the 2nd North Irish Horse Regiment in June 1916, and another 39 from various other cavalry regiments who had joined the 2nd NIH since June 1916. Eleven others are as yet unidentified.

Shown below are the men's names, their North Irish Horse/ Inniskilling Dragoons (UD)/ other number, and their new Royal Irish Fusiliers number.

 

SURNAME FIRST NAMES
NIH NO.
UD NO.
OTHER NO.
RIF NO.
Waldren Thomas Henry 52
41070
Williamson Robert Alexander 114
41071
Not yet identified
41072
Atkins George Sidney
4235 (2DG)
41073
Allen James   137
41074
Beggs Joseph 107
41075
Carson Christopher 80
41076
Dunn John
4390
41077
Dickinson Thomas
6214
41078
Hack Victor Chandos
GS/21610
41079
Irwin Robert 153
41080
Knight William Guy
9980
41081
Law Robert Matthew 13
41082
Lewis William Achilles
8647
41083
Lindsay William 60
41084
McWilliams Christopher 268
41085
McIntosh John 45
41086
Mills Robert 155
41087
Murphy John Scott 202
41088
Nixon Andrew 176
41089
Noble James 261
41090
Orr Henry 62
41091
Orr William 63
41092
Prince John Thomas
21564
41093
Rowan Henry Alfred Clements 222
41094
Wadsworth John James 20
41095
Wallace William John 53
41096
Quinn W A 18
41097
Campbell Marcus 161
41098
Thistlethwaite Henry
20339
41099
Brownlee Herbert 3
41100
Borman George William
4885
41101
Dale Arthur William
GS/23330
41102
Emerson Henry Alfred 23
41103
Fleming William 36
41104
Greer Thomas 130
41105
Hare Harry 170
41106
Johnston John 84
41107
Lenaghan James 143
41108
McDermott Richard 215
41109
Morrison John 157
41110
Watson James 224
41111
Morrison Francis James 198
41112
Not yet identified
41113
Stones Frank
21585
41114
Swindle John 19
41115
Wilson Frederick J.
4844
41116
Weir William Christopher 51
41117
Dickson James Edgar 7
41118
O'Neill John 94
41119
Dickson Thomas Robert 166
41120
Thackray Herbert
4726
41121
Armstrong Henry Tottenham 162
41122
Burke Ivan Steven 138
41123
Beattie Harold 139
41124
Hoey William 152
41125
Johnston James Frazer 229
41126
Lee George 243
41127
McAllister Thomas Godfrey 249
41128
McLoughlin William 253
41129
Morrow Robert Edgar 179
41130
Martin William 156
41131
McWilliams William Harper 293
41132
Pinkerton Samuel 158
41133
Patterson Joseph 64
41134
Robinson  Hugh Stewart 257
41135
Sharpe Frederick Hamilton 206
41136
Sevenoaks Charles 49
41137
Not yet identified
41138
Welsh Albert Richard 69
41139
Weir Robert 75
41140
Webb Frederick William
9986
41141
Quinn Samuel 68
41142
Robinson George Dickson 209
41143
Thompson John Dickson 160
41144
White Samuel Ernest 50
41145
Irwin William Garnett Wolsley 83
41146
Roe Hubert
4392
41147
Lockhart John 133
41148
Allen John 182
41149
Percy Samuel Ernest 121
41150
Orr John Robert 48
41151
Armstrong William John 184
41152
Baldwin Albert William
20005
41153
Britton Arthur  
11312
41154
Campbell Thomas 195
41155
Devine Samuel 56
41156
Elliott Andrew 240
41157
Edwards William Glover 270
41158
Elliott William Thomas 284
41159
Hanna Charles 123
41160
Johnston Oliver 281
41161
Kerr Thomas 218
41162
Lappin  George 142
41163
McMurray Thomas Johnston 277
41164
McCall John 115
41165
Moy Frederick
2199
41166
Price Samuel 118
41167
Posnett George 113
41168
Johnston George 39
41169
McCartney Edward 307
41170
Dickson James Alexander
261
315
41171
McKenzie John 297
41172
Turkington William James 207
41173
Lynch Samuel George 85
41174
Elliott John 82
41175
Finch George Frederick Sexton
21193
41176
Vaughan Walter Ernest
7008
41177
Jagger Jesse
11311
41178
McFadden George 1170
41179
Martin William 814
41180
Downey Victor George Wilson 1354
41181
Harkness Thomas 1380
41182
Harrison Thomas Andrew 1381
41183
Gordon James 1402
41184
Reynolds George 1415
41185
Seaman Robert John 1416
41186
Cinnamond William 1476
41187
Galbraith George 1601
41188
Smith James Tennent 1629
41189
Bell Edwin Victor 1726
41190
Angus Thomas 1927
41191
Stewart George James 1633
41192
Caulfield John Charles 2103
41193
McMaster James Thomas 2029
41194
Tate Frank 2119
41195
Buchanan William 31
41196
Wilson Ernest   2314
41197
Nesbitt George 223
41198
DeVoy John Forbes  1431
41199
McKinley Alexander Weir 1984
41200
Buchanan James Allen 868
41201
Smith Samuel 1104
41202
Hanna Samuel Joseph 1355
41203
Lewis Andrew 1376
41204
Smyth John 1435
41205
Adair Ernest 1440
41206
Fulton James Norman 1442
41207
Barton Samuel Boyd 1445
41208
Crawford Matthew 1456
41209
Browne Robert 1458
41210
Ross Henry 1464
41211
Clarke George Herbert
1538
41212
Thompson Robert 1611
41213
McBride James 1615
41214
Cassels Alexander 1739
41215
Hughes Robert 2066
41216
Kelly Hugh 2063
41217
Magee William Houston 1514
41218
Widdess Abraham John 2236
41219
Smyth William S 1342
41220
Waugh James 1708
41221
McIldoon George 631
41222
Mitchell Robert Alexander 1194
41223
Tilson Cecil 1301
41224
Hall Herbert 1330
41225
Burrows Thomas 1359
41226
Watson Joseph Henry (Harry) 1369
41227
Miller James Hamilton Johnston 1396
41228
Flanagan Hugh 1508
41229
Elkin Frederick Ernest 1583
41230
Berrill George Christopher 2067
41231
Timbey William Fairbairn 1547
41232
Hunter Joseph Whiteside 2227
41233
Montgomery Thomas 672
41234
Erskine Alexander 1284
41235
Hanna Herbert 1298
41236
McGuigan Michael John 1307
41237
Lucas Joseph 1364
41238
Lamont Alexander 1412
41239
Moore William John 1457
41240
Stroyan John Otter 1564
41241
Chestnut Thomas 1632
41242
McMaster John A 1638
41243
Deery Joseph 2013
41244
Murrell Stanley 1238
41245
Simms Henry 2233
41246
Graham James 1983
41247
Cochrane George Herbert 1847
41248
Gilliland Alexander Robert 1600
41249
Sewell John 1315
41250
Montgomery William Clarke 1449
41251
Millar Robert 1691
41252
McVeigh T 1163
41253
Bell Victor Nelson 1154
41254
Bradley Henry 978
41255
Chambers Thomas C 958
41256
Crooks William 782
41257
Nelson William A 2136
41258
Patton William A 1196
41259
Rollins Thomas Henry 984
41260
Roulston William 1153
41261
Shaw Herbert (Bertie) 903
41262
Jamison Robert William 2144
41263
Mulvenna Samuel James 1973
41264
Wray Samuel 1986
41265
Leinster William G  1469
41266
McCormack Albert 2210
41267
Irwin Richard 398
41268
Ferris Edward 1540
41269
Kidd Francis George 805
41270
Adamson William 1088
41271
Brewer Cecil Kenny 837
41272
Caughey William 972
41273
Davidson Walter 1485
41274
Fowler Richard McGaffin 945
41275
O'Brien James 664
41276
Pollock Thomas 1743
41277
Rainey John 801
41278
Smiton James Hamilton 1640
41279
Tughan Robert 1959
41280
Watson Charles
2150
41281
Magill Robert Matthew 2055
41282
Moore Thomas Henry 1690
41283
McClure Edward 1918
41284
Heathwood Robert 1135
41285
Caskey Thomas 1149
41286
Bowden Joseph Arthur 1965
41287
Brown George A 898
41288
Burnside Samuel 912
41289
Cassidy Robert 1002
41290
Cathers Robert James 777
41291
Clements James 1107
41292
Conn John 1689
41293
Elliott James 761
41294
Graham William Alexander 811
41295
Harkness Andrew John 1935
41296
McWilliams J 500
41297
Newburn William Henry 2085
41298
Walker Isaac 535
41299
Howe John Thomas 891
41300
Kerr William 924
41301
King John Donaldson 864
41302
Moody Robert 812
41303
Moore James 767
41304
Moran Richard 2091
41305
Montgomery John 914
41306
McClelland Thomas A 2231
41307
Logan John Wilson 1652
41308
Boston John 1393
41309
Edwards Robert John 1946
41310
Evans Robert 673
41311
Ferguson William Victor 1448
41312
Gorrie Thomas Robert 2122  
41313
McMurray Samuel 1289
41314
Petticrew David John 1463
41315
Purvis Edward 1925
41316
Ross John Alexander 2032
41317
Taggart James 1651
41318
Todd William Donaldson 1684
41319
Trotter Sampson Kirkpatrick 771
41320
Warnock Robert John 1785
41321
Hill Ernest 2213
41322
Hunter Joseph 1045
41323
Lipsett William 879
41324
Lyons Thomas 1846
41325
Milligan John James 785
41326
Morrison John 1972
41327
McIntosh Albert 734
41328
McCarley William 2252
41329
Ross George Victor 2323
41330
Kilfedder Edward James 2331
41331
Watt George 2068
41332
Bell John A 2245
41333
Russell Nicholas 2399
41334
Scott Wilson Weir 2033
41335
Patterson William James 2269
41336
Wilson Thomas Graham 1370
41337
Jennings Francis 1879
41338
Kerr Charles 2330
41339
Childs Edmond 1753
41340
Mallon Matthew Joseph 1119
41341
Knox William 1212
41342
Lormier John 2232
41343
Kennedy Robert J 1761
41344
Wallace John 1662
41345
Oldham John Byers 2665
41346
O'Prey William 1840
41347
Herron Robert 1486
41348
Coulter Percy Britt 2341
41349
Campbell John 2332
41350
McDonald William 1049
41351
Topping  Robert 2411
41352
Park Robert 2325
41353
Pinkerton John 2358
41354
Paul Joshua 922
41355
Ritchie James Alexander 2306
41356
Bingham Joseph 1869
41357
Logan Simon 2230
41358
Johnston George U 2338
41359
Baines William 1833
41360
Kelly Henry Franklin 1556
41361
Harvey Nathaniel 1032
41362
Beresford Thomas Henry 1709
41363
Dunseith Albert Victor Spence 2137
41364
Steele Thomas 1936
41365
Arthur William Frederick Christy 1873
41366
McDowell Isaac Baxter 2333
41367
Wright William 2328
41368
Thompson John James 2355
41369
Blair William Robert 1391
41370
Smith John 2319
41371
Thompson Brownlow 1960
41372
Higgins Hugh 2337
41373
Watson Thomas 46
41374
Thompson Robert K 73
41375
Ward Frank Oliver
7737
41376
Craig John 105
41377
Ashfield Theophilus 308
41378
Thompson Robert 263
41379
Craig Robert 204
41380
Gribben Samuel 37
41381
Lowther Matthew
21106
41382
Hodgson Jacob
5498
41383
Crozier George 693
41384
Creighton Robert 262
41385
Espie Samuel 730
41386
Black Joseph Maze 1939
41387
Biggart William 1932
41388
Simonton William Brian 1906
41389
Crozier William Robert Henry 756
41390
McCullagh Benjamin Moore Linton 1738
41391
McClean Herbert William 1952
41392
Clarke Jeremiah 1635
41393
Hemphill John 1478
41394
Campbell Bruce 1914
41395
Best Frank James 1115
41396
Warwick John Alexander 1947
41397
McNutt John Andrew 1964
41398
Dundas William Henry 620
41399
Carter Christopher 657
41400
Henry George Adams 683
41401
McCreight John 1831
41402
Riddell John Edward 1603
41403
Alexander William Henry 1676
41404
McLaughlin Joseph 1377
41405
Petty William Joseph 1944
41406
Thomson William 2037
41407
Lyons Thomas McFarland 1928
41408
Price Henry 1254
41409
Montgomery Samuel William 1815
41410
Bell John 2674
41411
Moon John 1962
41412
Gibson Joseph 1966
41413
Wason Samuel 1933
41414
Francey William James 1750
41415
Rutherford William Frederick 786
41416
Lewis George Alexander 1569
41417
Sleator James 1870
41418
Howe William Henry 2092
41419
Law David Moore Cooke 1771
41420
Buchanan David Duncan 1837
41421
McIlwrath Thomas 1917
41422
Dunlop David 766
41423
Francey James 2268
41424
Henry Thomas Hugh 2052
41425
McLorn George 1817
41426
Pepper Andrew 1797
41427
Shannon George Moorhead 1734
41428
Wadsworth Arthur
1814
41429
Beresford Samuel 1982
41430
Edgar Matthew 1654
41431
Hawthorne Thomas Charles 2329
41432
Harpur Thompson 1084
41433
Nelson Thomas John 1979
41434
Magill James 1805
41435
McClinton John H  1383
41436
Millar Samuel Russell 2293
41437
Byrne Joseph 1762
41438
Newell Henry 849
41439
Pollock Walter 2225
41440
Green William John 2062
41441
Kennedy William 902
41442
Millikin William Hamilton Graham 1720
41443
Davidson William 2239
41444
McConnell Robert 1859
41445
Campbell Joseph 1756
41446
Foreman Thomas 2294
41447
Linton Alexander 2176
41448
Houston Samuel 2281
41449
Weatherup Edwin Blow 1923
41450
Brown William 1839
41451
Chambers David 2326
41452
Forbes John 1924
41453
Johnston Robert 1789
41454
Miskimmin Cecil 1237
41455
McVeigh Michael 1013
41456
Warke William Edwin 1156
41457
Bell Randal 2004
41458
Parke William 2256
41459
Russell John Francis 2250
41460
Davis James 637
41461
Cathcart William 774
41462
Hamilton William Claud 770
41463
McFetridge John 1941
41464
Burke William 2310
41465
Barnes William Thomas
9676
41466
Harper Robert Gamble 1980
41467
Scott Frederick 1977
41468
Wilson Robert 714
41469
Crawford John 716
41470
Bryan Henry Benjamin
3331
41471
Lynn Thomas 634
41472
Campbell Robert Morrison 2012
41473
Beckett Robert 531
41474
Bratty Thomas 1958
41475
Crozier Samuel 1961
41476
McClay Hamilton 897
41477
McMillan Hawthorn 1294
41478
Mathers Thomas 946
41479
Patterson Robert 1408
41480
Brown Robert Ernest 1055
41481
Scanlon Frederick 1460
41482
Clarke Alan G H 1433
41483
Reid Robert 961
41484
Crawford Arthur Sidney 1345
41485
Conway John 1395
41486
Cole George 1677
41487
Crawford William George 857
41488
Donaghy Wilson 1181
41489
Forsythe James 797
41490
Fraser Robert Kane 1080
41491
Hutchinson Hamilton Thomas 2036
41492
McNeilance Samuel 1293
41493
McMurray Thomas 1613
41494
McAuley Thomas 1174
41495
Adair Henry Harrison 1674
41496
Scarlett George Fleming 967
41497
Smyth Alexander 1085
41498
Thompson Frederick 1773
41499
Torrens James 1197
41500
Wilson Clarence 1304
41501
Keys John Henry 59
41502
Kerns Robert 71
41503
Copeland Thomas 238
41504
McManus Randal Edmund 88
41505
Anderson James
21297
41506
Abercrombie William James 279
41507
Bloomfield Robert Lendrum 148
41508
Foster Alfred 151
41509
Geddis John Arthur 264
41510
Moffitt William Thomas 15
41511
McAllister David 90
41512
Trotter John Thomas 246
41513
Elliott James Alexander 636
41514
Cherrie William John 677
41515
Hall Robert 171
41516
Blair John 1078
41517
McCoubrie George 990
41518
Anderson James 194
41519
Corbett Henry Stafford
306 (3 Hussars)
41520
Manton William
15673
41521
Chambers Joseph 14
41522
Cartmill Thomas 1387
41523
McDowell William Frederick 1164
41524
Wilson Francis 2295
41525
Birnie Robert Turner 1832
41526
Cummings William 1424
41527
Booth John Thomas 5
41528
Reid George Christopher 97
41529
Coulter Joseph 150
41530
Hanley David 1680
41531
Cowan William Percival Graham  1993
41532
McMaster Francis Wallace 2247
41533
Averell Robert 485
41534
Ford John 772
41535
Davidson Samuel 2027
41536
Murphy Thomas Alexander 1631
41537
Annesley Hugh A 1589
41538
Walker James F 729
41539
Rodgers James 732
41540
Somerville John 715
41541
Hall Robert J 736
41542
Lockhart William 346
41543
Not yet identified
41544
Ballentine Daniel 1827
41545
Busteed Richard 2285
41546
McKevitt Martin Joseph 1816
41547
Reid Percy 2056
41548
McLellan Alexander 1695
41549
Gregg Thomas A 9
41550
Dowds James 81
41551
Lee Archibald 61
41552
Campbell William 302
41553
Craig David
21321
41554
Long George 1193
41555
McAuley William John 1759
41556
Tobin Peter 1221
41557
Hood Samuel Victor 1967
41558
McClure John George 1948
41559
Irwin Robert 988
41560
Stronge George William 2049
41561
Mark George 2251
41562
Anderson William 834
41563
Boyd James Clarke 203
41564
Gordon Samuel Laird
1288
41565
Ellison Joseph 1017
41566
McMahon Francis Joseph 1308
41567
Brennan William 1643
41568
Curry Harry 1646
41569
Davis John Charles 1384
41570
Geoffroy Francis Lewis 2104
41571
Gracey J 1504
41572
Graham Isaac 1320
41573
Gordon William Brown 1403
41574
Henry John Alexander 1461
41575
Hull Robert John 1519
41576
Kelly James 1444
41577
Peters Frederick Richmond Strafford 1341
41578
Speers Samuel William 1453
41579
McClenaghan William Samuel  2065
41580
Sheridan Patrick 1466
41581
Shaw Joseph 1425
41582
Whiteside James Bryson 1568
41583
Averell   Andrew 2046
41584
Beck John 1114
41585
Barbour James Albert Victor 1614
41586
Not yet identified
41587
Ferris Joseph 1483
41588
Davey Allen 1312
41589
Kerr Hugh 1491
41590
Maitland James 807
41591
Magill Charles 2043
41592
McCleery Robert 2198
41593
Owens Thomas Francis 1525
41594
Sands David 1482
41595
Inglis Thomas 1945
41596
Wilson Joseph 2211
41597
Stuart William Patrick 2312
41598
McGaffin James 1653
41599
Jack Gilbert 1152
41600
Britton James W 6
41601
Connor James 212
41602
Fitzgerald Marshall 35
41603
Flanagan Richard Arthur 280
41604
Kirkpatrick David William 188
41605
McCurry Thomas  
144
41606
McCormick William 208
41607
McMaster John 190
41608
McGahey William 292
41609
Morrison George 266
41610
Nicholl John 47
41611
Nixon William John 111
41612
Nesbitt John Alexander 191
41613
Somers Samuel 159
41614
Wallace Francis John 180
41615
Cullen Gerald
5963 (6ID)
41616
Ashman Reginald John
6080
41617
Davies Harold
21277
41618
Guntrip Frederick Edmund
21247
41619
Moore Maurice Victor
11341
41620
Nixon John 1053
41621
Shiels Samuel 1459
41622
Huggard William 816
41623
Armstrong Alexander 147
41624
Moyse Horace Kenneth 1236
41625
Mullan Hugh 2040
41626
Sittlington Thomas 2007
41627
Not yet identified
41628
Bell William 1682
41629
Chapman Walter Wilfred
5542
41630
Watt George William 
8742 (2DG)
41631
Hassard Joseph 197
41632
Porter William 96
41633
Byrne Edward
4959
41634
Mason Samuel Alexander 104
41635
Holland Phillip 1005
41636
McVicker James 1426
41637
Jones Herbert Alexander 1807
41638
Reilly John 1930
41639
Not yet identified
41640
Nelson John 1151
41641
Lee Mark 42
41642
Wainwright Percy
8174 (2DG)
41643
Frazer Alexander 799
41644
Taylor William Thompson 256
41645
Cooke Frederick St George 2182
41694
Armstrong Robert 674
41695
Kerr Robert William 175
41696
Bearns Robert 164
41697
Matchett William Joseph 2237
41698
Woodburn William 979
41896
Clow William Moffat 1681
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