Roll call

 

Horsemen who transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

 

 

During the war around fifty North Irish Horsemen served in the Royal Flying Corps and its successor the Royal Air Force (formed on 1 April 1918), many as officers. Their names are listed below.

 

Name
NIH number
RFC/RAF number
RFC/RAF rank
Date joined
 Additional information
Saunderson, Samuel Treherne Bassett
..
..
Captain
2 July 1915
 Died in a flying accident, 22 April 1918
Rodger, Matthew Spencer
1146
13914
Corporal Mechanic
19 November 1915
  
Montgomery, Frederick Victor
1038
202867
Corporal Mechanic
29 November 1915
 Royal Naval Air Service
Hopkins, James
733
14232
Corporal Mechanic
12 December 1915
  
McMahon, John Doak
908
14329
Sergeant Mechanic
3 January 1916
  
Handley, William Chadwick
950
25965
Air Mechanic 1
12 May 1916
  
Dennistoun, James Robert
..
..
Lieutenant
16 June 1916
 Attached to RFC from NIH. Died of wounds 9 August 1916.
Boyd, William John
1224
34176
Air Mechanic 2
1 July 1916
  
Connar, Henry Percy
1091
..
Lieutenant
26 September 1916
  
Meredith, Edward Myles
1470
..
Lieutenant
26 September 1916
 Died in a flying accident 13 April 1918
Cowden, Clarence Alexander St Clair
1303
50819
Corporal Mechanic
19 October 1916
 
Christie, James Allison
1510
50820
Sergeant Mechanic
  
Scott, David Martin
1251
50821
Air Mechanic 2
  
Warne, Ernest William
1211
50829
Sergeant
  
Adams, David
789
50861
Air Mechanic 2
  
Ferris, James
1052
50939
Sergeant
25 October 1916
  
Bradley, Roland Irvine
907
..
Lance Corporal
1916-17
 Attached to RFC from NIH. Killed in action 20 May 1917.
Blakes, William
1128
..
Private
1915-17
 Attached to RFC from NIH. Prisoner of war 7 May 1917.
McNeill, Thomas John
1530
61185
Air Mechanic 2
5 January 1917
  
Davin, Frederick George
1350
61912
Air Mechanic 2
5 February 1917
  
Moir, Stewart Harris
973
75671
Air Mechanic 3
12 April 1917
  
Shields, William
1450
..
Lieutenant
17 April 1917
 Killed in action 5 September 1917.
Warner, Samuel
2356
80084
2nd Lieutenant
7 May 1917
  
Kirkbride, Clarence Donovan
..
..
Lieutenant
June 1917
 Served with 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Service Squadron in 2nd North Irish Horse Regiment
Ingram, Arthur Ferguson
Not known
..
Lieutenant
4 July 1917
  
Carlisle, Josiah
Not known
73243
Air Mechanic 2
23 July 1917
 Canadian Flying Corps
Bradley, John Stewart
1292
..
Lieutenant
20 September 1917
  
Day, Henry Vivian
..
..
Lieutenant
27 October 1917
 Served with 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Service Squadron in 2nd North Irish Horse Regiment
Erwin, Abraham
1990
..
2nd Lieutenant
27 October 1917
  
Irwin, John
1321
144153
Air Mechanic 3
28 November 1917
  
Boyd, Clifford Russell
1227
..
2nd Lieutenant
6 December 1917
  
Walsh, William Joseph
72124
136957
Air Mechanic 3
16 January 1918
  
Browne, Thomas
927
139693
Sergeant Mechanic
19 January 1918
  
Kelly, David
2107
133070
Corporal Mechanic
  
Ross, Thomas Milne
..
..
Captain
23 January 1918
  
Clarke, Norman Sydney
2218
145515
Air Mechanic 3
20 February 1918
  
Young, Henry
1446
147560
Air Mechanic 3
29 March 1918
  
De La Rue, Evelyn Andros
..
..
Captain
April 1918
  
Smith, Arthur Joseph
2301
317362
Flight Cadet
16 May 1918
  
Gregson, Oswald Gordon
1361
..
2nd Lieutenant
4 June 1918
  
McKillen, Samuel Lonsdale
1375
..
2nd Lieutenant
20 June 1918
  
Armstrong, Henry Tottenham
..
..
2nd Lieutenant
13 September 1918
 Served with 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Service Squadron in 2nd North Irish Horse Regiment No. UD/162.
Widdess, Abraham Talmage
2236
..
2nd Lieutenant
7 August 1918
  
Quinn, James Rice
Not known
..
2nd Lieutenant
26 August 1918
  
Smith, James Tennent
1629
..
2nd Lieutenant
11 September 1918
  
Allen, John
1719
305059
Private
7 October 1918