7808 Sgt Cecil Clifford, 1st Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

7808 Sergeant Cecil Clifford of the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action on Gallipoli on the 21st August 1915. He was born in Dublin but enlisted in London in late 1903. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

25736 Pte Donald Lamont, 8th Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

25736 Private Donald Lamont of the 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action on the 24th June 1916. He was born in Paisley, and was living in Paisley but enlisted at Enniskillen in Ireland. Donald was the son of John and Jessie Lamont of Paisley, and the husband of Agnes Colquhoun Lamont of 23 Thread Street, Paisley. He was 32 years old and is buried in the Bois-Carre Military Cemetery in Haisnes.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

8643 L/Cpl James McFarland, 1st Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

583 British Army officers and men died on this single day in 1915. 8643 Lance-Corporal James McFarland of the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action at Gallipoli on the 18th May 1915. He was born in Cappagh, County Tyrone, and enlisted at Omagh.

James probably enlisted about September 1914 and his medal index card indicates that he arrived in the Balkans on the 17th March 1915. He is buried in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery in Turkey.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

15261 Pte Samuel Moore, 12th Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

15261 Private Samuel Moore of the 12th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died in Ireland on the 15th March 1918. He was born in Conwall, County Donegal and was living at Letterkenny when he enlisted. He enlisted at Finner Camp.

Samuel Moore is buried in Grangegorman Military Cemetery in County Dublin, Ireland.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

19302 Pte Harry Magee, 9th Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

19302 Private Harry Magee of the 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action on the 10th February 1916. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records his name as Henry Magee and notes that he was 26 years old; the son of James Magee of Strabane, and the husband of Maggie Murdock (formerly Magee), of Backfence, Strabane, County Tyrone.

Harry - or Henry - was born in Camus, County Tyrone, and enlisted at Strabane in January 1915. He arrived in France on the 5th October that year. He is buried in Sucrerie Military Cemetery at Colincamps.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC, Ireland's Casualties of World War 1 1914-1918)
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War

18380 Pte Thomas Straughan, 11th Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

18380 Private Thomas Straughan of the 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action on the 24th November 1916. He was the son of Mrs M H Straughan of 3, The Leazes, Throckley, Newburn in Northumberland.

Thomas was born in Tynedock, County Durham, and he enlisted at Newcastle. His number indicates that he joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in December 1914 but he certainly didn't go overseas until 1916. He is buried in Pond Farm Cemetery, south west of Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War

9800 L/Cpl Bertie Cull, 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

9800 L/Cpl Bertie Cull of the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was another Gallipoli casualty. He lost his life exactly ninety four years ago today: 21st August 1915.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that Bertie was 24 years old and the Son of Mary A Cull of Grange Terrace, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, and the late James Cull. Soldiers Died in The Great War states that he was born at Clogher, County Tyrone, and enlisted at Navan, County Meath.

Bertie's number indicates that he was a regular soldier who joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in January or February 1910. His medal index card at the National Archives notes his entitlement to the 1914-15 Star and the British War and Victory medals. He first arrived overseas, at Gallipoli, on 25th April 1915.

Like so many Gallipoli casualties, Bertie has no known grave and he is one of nearly 21,000 men commemorated on the imposing Helles Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
I've borrowed the image on this post from The Irish in Uniform website. War artist L A Wilcox painted this scene of the 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers landing at Gallipoli on the day that Bertie Cull "arrived": 25th April 1915.