Roll call

 

1914

The first Horsemen in France and Belgium

 

Some 374 North Irish Horsemen served in France and Belgium with the British Expeditionary Force in 1914. Most embarked with A Squadron from Dublin on 17 August, and C Squadron from Belfast on 20 and 21 August. All are listed below.

indicates that the man was a casualty of the Great War.

 

Embarked 4-16 August 1914

NAME RANK NO.
McCartney Walter James Sergeant 564

 

Embarked 16 August 1914

NAME RANK NO.
Rodgers James Private 732

 

A Squadron - embarked 17 August 1914 - Dublin

NAME RANK NO.
Officers
Cole Viscount John Henry Michael Major
Herdman Emerson Crawford Captain
Jocelyn Viscount Robert Soame (Earl of Roden) Lieutenant
Ker David Alfred William Lieutenant
Ross Ronald Deane Lieutenant
Hughes Thomas William Gillilan Johnson 2nd Lieutenant
Other ranks
Barns Thomas Alfred Squadron Sergeant Major (Provost) 3657
Whiteside John Squadron Sergeant Major 8
Wherry James Malcolm Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant 558
Gilliland Ernest Farrier Sergeant 308
Adams John Sergeant 36
Boyd Humphrey Sergeant 294
Coburn James Sergeant 353
Lockhart William Sergeant 346
Thompson Horace Seymour Sergeant 282
Wylie Robert Alexander Sergeant 70
Foster John James Shoeing Smith Corporal 836
Armstrong David Corporal 695
Boyd James Clarke Corporal 203
Buchanan Edmund Corporal 686
Hall William Corporal 877
King James Harvey Corporal 407
Lindsay Andrew Corporal 470
Matchett David Corporal 742
McClean Francis Galbraith Corporal 437
Barnes James Lance Corporal 438
Davis James Lance Corporal 637
Dickson James Alexander Lance Corporal 261
Fyfe Samuel Lance Corporal 472
Gracey John Lance Corporal 295
McCormick Thomas John Lance Corporal 759
McMahon Arthur Edwin Lance Corporal 675
Scott William Lance Corporal 413
Neely Alfred Saddler 841
Brennan David Shoeing Smith 796
Browne Thomas Shoeing Smith 927
Buchanan John David Shoeing Smith 659
Flanagan Adam Shoeing Smith 915
Acheson William James Private **
Allen James Private 402
Anderson William Private 834
Andrews Martin Private 289
Armstrong Henry James Private 751
Armstrong J Private 784
Armstrong Johnston Private 804
Armstrong David George Private 918
Bailey Joseph Smith Private 932
Baird David Private 415
Birnie Robert Private 658
Boyd William Private 921
Boyle Albert Milton Private 303
Bradley Roland Irvine Private 907
Bryson Thomas Private 613
Buchanan James Allen Private 868
Burgess Josies Private 931
Burke Robert Private 687
Burns Charles Herbert Private 881
Burnside Samuel Private 912
Cameron William Private 858
Campbell William John Private 905
Carter Isaac Private 542
Caulfield William Private 701
Cherrie William John Private 677
Clarke Ernest Joseph Private 887
Collins Thomas William Private 536
Colhoun Francis James Private 590
Cunningham Frederick James Private 429
Cunningham William Private 825
Daulton Andrew Private 725
Daulton Robert Private 727
Dodds George Private 865
Downey Henry Andrew Private 724
Dunlop David Private 766
Elliott James Alexander Private 636
Evans George Private 702
Ewart William George Private 684
Ferguson Frederick David William Private 768
Forsythe William Private 798
Francey Samuel Private 757
Frazer Alexander Private 799
Fyfe Henry Private 640
Gamble David Private 948
Gillespie John James Private 187
Goggin James Private 982
Graham Andrew Private 666
Graham Frederick William Private 930
Grant John S Private 920
Greene James Private 302
Hall Robert J Private 736
Hall Edward Private 862
Hamilton Alexander Private 287
Hamilton William Samuel Private 859
Handley William Chadwick Private 950
Hanna Robert Alexander Private 630
Hassard Francis George Alexander Private 584
Heaslip Thomas Private 456
Heenan John Private 390
Henderson John Private 233
Herron Robert James Private 827
Hewitt John J Private 874
Holden John Private 681
Holden Joseph Private 697
Hopkins James Private 733
Houston Robert Private 527
Hutchinson Samuel Private 574
Hylands William John Private 911
Irwin Hiram Private 304
Irwin William Private 626
Johnston John Private 652
Johnston Robert Stephenson (Bertie) Private 900
Johnston William Private 925
Kelly Richard Private 685
Kennedy William Private 902
Kidd George Private 285
Kinnear Robert McAllen Private 617
Kyle Alfred Private 895
Kyle William Private 941
Livingstone William Private 624
Livingstone Frederick Private 861
Lockhart Maxwell Private 645
Mackenzie Joseph Browne Private 813
Marks James Booth Private 894
Marshall Joseph Private 947
Matchett Samuel Private 694
McArow James Private 164
McClelland Hugh Private 585
McClelland Wesley Private 663
McCullagh John Henry Private 700
McDonagh James Private 635
McElhinney Charles Private 436
McMahon John Doak Private 908
McWilliams John Private 500
Mills Thomas Robert Private 764
Moisley William Herbert Private 968
Morrow William Alexander   Private 832
Morton William Henry Private 632
Neill Robert Private 866
Nesbitt George Private 223
Oldcroft Albert Private 577
Patterson Mervyn Kyle Private 810
Paul Joshua Private 922
Potts Louis (Lewis) Private 650
Ramsey James Private 790
Reagh James Private 566
Reilly George Henry Private 737
Richardson Gordon Private 530
Ritchie Samuel Private 719
Robb Isaac Private 690
Roberts John Private 464
Robinson Hiram Private 633
Rutledge John James Private 778
Ryan Albert Richard Private 845
Sayers Luke Private 935
Service David Private 808
Skillen William Private 826
Sloan Thomas Private 708
Smith Andrew Private 639
Straney James Private 867
Tease John Private 882
Teer John Wesley Private 680
Thompson Thomas James Private 722
Trotter Sampson Kirkpatrick Private 771
Vaughan Alfred Raymond Private 780
Walker Isaac Private 535
Wallace Donald M Private 236
Waller William Private 824
Watson Robert Private 660
Watson Thomas Private 800
Wilson William Private 580
Wilson James Private 696
Wilson James Private 712
Wright Charles Private 668
Young John Private 765

 

C Squadron - embarked 20 and 21 August 1914 - Belfast

NAME RANK NO.
Officers
Massereene and Ferrard Viscount Algernon William John Clotworthy Major
King-King Eustace Captain
Combe Samuel Barbour Lieutenant
Gilligan John Vanner Lieutenant
Grant John Lieutenant
Stewart-Richardson Neil Graham Lieutenant
Other ranks
Blakely Robert James Squadron Sergeant Major 4786
Moore William Squadron Sergeant Major 1
Ashcroft Hugh Sergeant 137
Bracken William Christopher Sergeant 179
Kirkpatrick William Sergeant 299
McClintock William John Sergeant 323
Sewell William Alderton Sergeant 993
Booker Worship Lance Sergeant 992
Hicks George Lance Sergeant 193
Irwin Richard Lance Sergeant 398
Kennedy Alexander Michael Corporal Shoeing Smith 539
Kerr John James Corporal 333
Montford John Alexander Corporal 618
Neely John Corporal 265
Wetherall Alexander Robert Davison Corporal 572
Whiteside Henry Albert Corporal 426
Wilson Robert Corporal 579
Wylie Samuel J Corporal 74
Espie Samuel Lance Corporal 730
Henry George Adams Lance Corporal 683
Jackson William Lance Corporal 749
Lindsay Frederick John Lance Corporal 753
Reagh Samuel Lance Corporal 676
Seawright Thomas Lance Corporal 544
Vaughan Walter Lance Corporal 538
Watson Guy Lance Corporal 524
Wray James Freeborn Lance Corporal 575
Nixon Robert Hugh Saddler 739
Brown Samuel George Shoeing Smith 583
Cathcart William Shoeing Smith 774
Chism Maxwell Shoeing Smith 266
Knox William James Shoeing Smith 723
Agnew Daniel Private 1004
Andrews Robert Hutchinson Private 994
Arbuthnot William John Private 692
Armstrong William Joseph Private 662
Armstrong Robert Private 674
Averall Robert Private 485
Ballam Alexander Private 997
Bates Alexander Private 445
Beckett Robert Private 531
Blair Andrew Private 779
Bradley Henry Private 978
Brewer Cecil Kenny Private 837
Browne George Alexander Private 898
Cameron William Cochrane Private 966
Carter Christopher Private 657
Cassidy Robert Private 1002
Cathers Robert James Private 777
Caughey William Private 972
Chambers Thomas Clyde Private 958
Cheshire Thomas William Private 1018
Clarke Andrew Private 665
Clarke John William Patterson Private 699
Clarke Thomas Private 794
Coey James Arthur Private 962
Connell John Private 869
Craig William Private 1000
Crawford John Private 716
Crawford William George Private 857
Creighton Henry Private 711
Crooks William Private 782
Crozier George Private 693
Cully John Private 884
Darling Norman ffolliott Private 960
Dowds William Private 803
Dowling James Private 985
Dundas William Henry Private 620
Edgar Thomas Hamilton Private 886
Elliott James Private 761
Ellison John Private 998
Ellison Joseph Private 1017
Espey Isaac Wingfield Private 540
Flanagan Peter Private 773
Flanagan William Private 901
Ford John Private 772
Forsythe James Private 797
Gibbons Thomas Private 974
Graham William Alexander Private 811
Greer James Kenneth Macgregor Private 1006
Hamilton Charles John Private 769
Hamilton William Claud Private 770
Hanna Robert James Private 655
Harper George Private 890
Harris John Private 830
Hickey Thomas Private 975
Holden Alfred Private 989
Holland Phillip Private 1005
Howe John Thomas Private 891
Huggard William Private 816
Kelly Robert Private 641
Kerr William Private 924
Kidd Francis George Private 805
Kilpatrick William Private 418
King John Donaldson Private 864
Likely William Private 878
Lipsett William Private 879
Lynn William Thomas Private 634
Madill Thomas Private 937
Maitland James Private 807
Maloney Thomas Private 955
Maxwell John Private 781
McCann Michael James Private 976
McCausland Thomas Private 775
McClay Hamilton Private 897
McClure Andrew Wilson Private 440
McClure Frederick Private  899
McCoubrie George Private 990
McConnell James Private 731
McConnell Frederick Private 806
McFerran William James Private 1003
McGeown William Private 1009
McGinn Peter Private 568
Magovern Samuel Robert Private 819
McIlwaine Richard Private 788
McIntosh Albert Private 734
McKenna Albert James Private 795
McKennell John Private 938
McKenzie William Private 444
McKernan Edward Private 1016
McKinstry John Private 971
McLenaghan William John Private 593
McMahon William James Private 591
Mehaffey Robert John Private 627
McNeill Leslie Ernest Private 1010
Menice Edward Private 996
Milligan John James Private 785
Mitchell John Samuel Private 986
Moir Stewart Harris Private 973
Montgomery John Private 914
Moody Robert Private 812
Moore John  Private 457
Moore William H Private 511
Moore James Private 767
Moore Joseph Private 842
Naye John Private 875
Nesbitt William Private 848
Newell Henry Private 849
O'Brien James Private 664
Patterson Robert James Private 863
Prendergast John Private 995
Quinn Francis Private 980
Rainey John Private 801
Reid Robert Private 961
Rice John Private 970
Richmond Robert Samuel Private 821
Rooney William Private 831
Rutherford William Frederick Private 786
Sands John Private 628
Savage Thomas Private 999
Scott Henry St George Layard Private 963
Sheridan George Private 926
Somerville John Private 715
Sproule Timothy Private 760
Sterling Robert Private 844
Sweeney Thomas Private 1012
Tilson John Private 820
Turbitt James Private 506
Walker James Private 729
Wallace William Private 669
Walsh James Private 829
Watson John Private 713
West Richard Annesley Private 1015
White James Private 559
White William Private 949
Williamson Thomas J Private 991
Wilson James Private 567
Wilson Robert Private 714
Wilson David Private 746
Wright John Private 1008
Wylie William James Private 357
Wylie James Thomas Private 581

 

Embarked 3 November 1914

NAME RANK NO.
Trimble Charles Delmege Squadron Sergeant Major 97

 

Embarked 18 December 1914

NAME RANK NO.
Officer
Nugent Arthur Charles Lieutenant
Other ranks
Baird Charles Private 1094
Browne Thomas Hay Ritchie Private 1186
Donaghy Wilson Private 1181
Hunter Samuel Simpson Private 1106
Joyce Thomas Victor Lance Corporal 1171
Kennedy David Corporal 762
McAuley Thomas Arthur Private 1174
McCormick David Private 981
McMorran Hugh Private 1142
McVeigh Thomas Owen Trumpeter 1163
Munro William Private 1144
Nesbitt Frederick Private 1109
Nixon John Private 1053
Patton William Andrew Private 1196
Reynolds James Irvine Private 1056
Rodger Matthew Spencer Private 1146
Scarlett George Fleming Private 967
Smyth Alexander Private 1085
Stevenson William Sergeant 1198

 

Army Service Corps (attached to North Irish Horse)

Callanan Matthew Driver T/20248
Dornan Joseph Driver T/29764