B

NAME; Bamford, William

RANK; Private

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT; North Irish Horse 

BORN; Carrickfergus Circa 1882

LIVED; Woodburn

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS – Son of Andrew and Eliza Bamford ., two sisters, Agnes and Janet.  Worked as a farm hand on his father’s farm in the Woodburn area of Carrickfergus. 

NAME; Barbour, Thomas W

RANK; Signaller

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Whitehead

LIVED; Ford Cottages, Whitehead

ENLISTED;

FATE; Twice Wounded

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Whitehead Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Barkley, Thomas. M.

RANK; Lieutenant

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT; H.M Patrol Service

BORN;

LIVED; Greenisland, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; 1^st Carrickfergus Pres.

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS;

NAME; Barr, Bruce

RANK; Private

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; R.A.F

REGIMENT;

BORN;

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Barr, James

RANK; Sergeant

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT; Canadian M.R

BORN;

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Wounded in Action

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Barron, Joseph Hill

RANK;

SERV. NO; 346186

UNIT/SERVICE; Inland Waterways & Docks

REGIMENT; Royal Engineers

BORN; Carrickfergus, abt. 1888

LIVED;

ENLISTED; December 24^th 1917, United States of America, possible New York

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Job listed as Driver

NAME; Barron, Robert James

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 1159

UNIT/SERVICE; Army

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles 16^th Batt

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED;

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed in Action, August 11^th 1917

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL – Panel 40

REMARKS;

NAME; Barry, John

RANK; Seaman

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Navy 

REGIMENT;

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Baxter, George

RANK; Private

SERV. NO; S/2934

UNIT/SERVICE; 9^th Batt

REGIMENT; Gordon Highlanders

BORN;

LIVED; Agnes Street, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed  in France 22^nd October 1916 aged 29

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial

REMARKS;  SON OF THE LATE JOHN BAXTER; HUSBAND OF ALICE MAUD CRAWFORD (FORMERLY BAXTER), OF 13, AGNES ST., CARRICKFERGUS, CO. ANTRIM.

NAME; Beattie, Thomas

RANK;

SERV. NO; 57923

UNIT/SERVICE; Signal Company

REGIMENT; Royal Engineers

BORN; Carrickfergus abt. 1896

LIVED; Hotel Quarter or Scotch, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Belfast, 6^th January 1915 aged 19

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Apprentice carpenter

NAME; Beattie, Thomas

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN;

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Beggs, John James

RANK;

SERV. NO; 206454

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT; Royal Army Medical Corps

BORN; Carrickfergus abt. 1873

LIVED;

ENLISTED; Belfast, September 10^th 1919 aged 46

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Employment, Smiths Helper

NAME; Bew, John Vincent

RANK; Chief Petty Officer

SERV. NO; DEV/167694

UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Navy

REGIMENT; Anson Batt – Royal Naval Division

BORN; Carrickfergus – 19^th May 1876

LIVED;

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed as a result of enemy action Died 6^th May 1915 aged 39

CEMETERY; GRAVE UNKNOWN

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; Helles Memorial (Turkey) – Panel 1 and 2

REMARKS; Son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Ann Bew

NAME; Birney, James

RANK; Seaman

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; Canadian Navy

REGIMENT;

BORN;

LIVED; Eden, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Birney, William

RANK;

SERV. NO; 18800

UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

REGIMENT; 7^th and 8^th Battalion

BORN;

LIVED; Eden, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed 20^th January 1918

CEMETERY; Tincourt New British Cemetary – I.V. G. 16 – France

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Question mark over this entry

NAME; Birney, James

RANK; Seaman

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;  Canadian Navy

REGIMENT;

BORN;

LIVED;

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;  Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Blair, Robert

RANK; Fireman

SERV. NO; UNKNOWN

UNIT/SERVICE; Mercantile Marine

REGIMENT; S.S “Eveleen” Belfast

BORN; Ballyclare - 1888

LIVED; Tate’s Avenue, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Belfast

FATE; Lost at sea presumed drowned  6^th May 1918 aged 26

CEMETERY; N/A

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; Tower Hill Memorial - London

REMARKS; Son of Robert and Jane Blair of Albert Road Carrickfergus – Born in Ballyclare. He died at sea on or about 6 May 1918 when his ship, the s.s. Eveleen, was torpedoed by a German U-Boat, probably U-Boat 72. The ship had sailed from Ayr, Scotland the same day bound for Belfast with a cargo of coal. The s.s. Eveleen was owned by J. Milligen & Co., Ltd. Belfast. The ship he was on, S.S. Eveleen, sailed from Ayr that day, bound for Belfast, and was never seen or heard of again.
There were no survivors.

NAME; Blair, Thomas

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;  

REGIMENT;  Royal Irish Rifles

BORN;

LIVED; Albert Road, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Wounded at Battle of Somme – sent to hospital in  Bury

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; 

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Son of Robert Blair – prior to enlisting Thomas worked in the Whiteabbey Bleachworks

NAME; Boal, James

RANK; Petty Officer Stoker

SERV. NO; 287397

UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Navy

REGIMENT; H.M.S Valerian

BORN;

LIVED; Warwicks Row, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Died 17^th May 1919 aged 41

CEMETERY; GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT - Naval. 7. 370

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Husband of E. Boal, of 4, Warwick Row, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim

NAME; Bodels, Samuel

RANK; Gunner

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; H.M.S Westmoreland 

REGIMENT;

BORN;

LIVED; Prospect Street, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; 1^st Carrickfergus Pres.

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS;

NAME; Bonugli, Pietro

RANK; Private

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; Army of Italy 

REGIMENT;

BORN;

LIVED; Whitehead

ENLISTED;

FATE; Wounded

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Greenisland Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME;          Boyd, Henry

RANK; Lance Corporal

SERV. NO;  14258

UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Navy

REGIMENT; H.M.S “Lady Corywright”

BORN;

LIVED; Ebinezer Villa

ENLISTED;

FATE; Torpedoed – Lost at Sea

CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered

CHURCH; Whitehead Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –  Nothing on CWGC.  - BOYD, Henry, Lance Corporal, RMLI (RMR B 1044), 14258 (Ply), Lady Cory Wright, 26 March 1918, ship lost.  HMS “Lady Corywright” was sunk by UC-17 shortly after sailing from Davenport on the 26^th March 1918.  The Captain and 38-41 men were all lost with the ship.  For some reason there is no record for Henry Boyd on the CWGC website however he does appear in an official list of this lost. 

NAME; Boyd, James

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN;

LIVED;

ENLISTED;

FATE; Wounded in Action – Prisoner of War

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Loughmorne Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Boyd, James

RANK; Rifleman / Private

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; 18^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; 1896 Carrickfergus

LIVED; 28 Unity Street, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Boyd, John

RANK;

SERV. NO; 5525

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT; Antrim R G C A (formerly with Royal Irish Rifles No 5077)

BORN;

LIVED;

ENLISTED; aged 33

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Employed as Smiths Helper

NAME; Boyd, John

RANK; Corporal

SERV. NO; 2886 or 14/3886

UNIT/SERVICE; Army

REGIMENT; 14^th Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED;

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed in Action, June 20^th 1917

CEMETERY; MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY - VI. B. 32.

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Aged 45

NAME; Boyd, Robert H

RANK; Sergeant

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT; C.C Regiment??

BORN;

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Boyd, Samuel

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 16260 or 14/16264

UNIT/SERVICE; 2nd Batt or 14^th Batt

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Fusiliers

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED;

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed in Action, France, January 31sr 1917

CEMETERY; BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION - I. M. 1.

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS;

NAME; Boyd, Thomas W

RANK; Lieutenant

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; 10^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Fusiliers

BORN;

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

  

NAME; Brennan, Robert

RANK; Private / Rifleman

SERV. NO; 720

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Batt

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; Factory Row, Woodburn, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Died from wounds 13/03/1919 aged 29

CEMETERY; Carrickfergus Victoria Cemetery – E 545

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Husband of Janet Brennan of Factory Row, Woodburn Carrickfergus

NAME; Brennan, James

RANK; Acting 2^nd Corporal

SERV. NO; 18108

UNIT/SERVICE; 38^th Field Company

REGIMENT; Royal Engineers

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; Woodburn, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Died, Salonica, July 7^th 1916 – Aged 25

CEMETERY; STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY (Greece) - IV. F. 9.

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; - Son of Samuel and Margaret Brennan, of Woodburn, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim

NAME; Brennan, Samuel

RANK;

SERV. NO; 3765 or 2G/3204

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Batt

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus abt. 1886

LIVED; Davis Street, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Old Town Hall Belfast, February 16^th 1915 aged 29

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; COI

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Employed – Labourer/bricklayer – His mother Margaret Brennan aged 52 in 1911 was a widower. He had one sister Agnes born 1822 and one adopted brother Martin McCammond born 1899.

NAME; Brennan, William

RANK; Private

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT; Royal Garrison Artillery

BORN;

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Brett, William

RANK; 2^nd Lieutenant

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT; Canadians

BORN;

LIVED; North Street, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; 1^st Carrickfergus Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Broom, James

RANK;

SERV. NO; 17800

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Batt

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; Woodburn, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; aged 22

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Trade – Furnace man, 22 years and 6 months when enlisting

NAME; Brown, Fredrick

RANK; Private

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; 226^th Battalion 

REGIMENT; C.E.F (Canadian Exped Force?)

BORN;

LIVED; Ebenizer Villa (Whitehead?)

ENLISTED;

FATE; Twice Wounded

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Whitehead Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

  

NAME; Brown, W.J.

RANK; Private

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT; R.A.M.C

BORN;

LIVED; Woodburn, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Wounded

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS;

NAME; Burgess, George

RANK; Sergeant

SERV. NO; 17342

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^Th Batt

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed in Action, France March 21^st 1918

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; St Nicholas, Church of Ireland

MEMORIAL; St Nicholas, Church of Ireland, Carrickfergus - POZIERES MEMORIAL - Panel 74 to 76.

REMARKS;

NAME; Burgess, Sidney

RANK; Private

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT; Royal Army Medical Corps

BORN; 1897 Carrickfergus

LIVED; 25 Unity Street, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS –

NAME; Burns, Patrick

RANK;

SERV. NO; 7310

UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Irish Regiment

REGIMENT; Special Reserve

BORN; Carrickfergus circa 1891

LIVED;

ENLISTED; Holywood 16^th October 1914 aged 23

FATE;

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Labourer by trade, Married.

NAME; Bury, Percy

RANK;

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; Mercantile Marine

REGIMENT;

BORN;

LIVED; Whitehead

ENLISTED;

FATE; Torpedoed

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Whitehead Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS;

NAME; Bury, Robert

RANK;

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; Mercantile Marine

REGIMENT;

BORN;

LIVED; Whitehead

ENLISTED;

FATE; Lived out the war

CEMETERY;

CHURCH; Whitehead Presbyterian

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS;

NAME; Burney, William

RANK; Fireman and Trimmer

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;  Mercantile Marine

REGIMENT; S.S “Garron Head” (Belfast)

BORN;

LIVED;  Eden, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed / Lost at Sea – 16^th November 1917 aged 24

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; Tower Hill Memorial

REMARKS; SON OF LETITIA BURNEY (NEE WILEY), OF EDEN, CARRICKFERGUS,: CO. ANTRIM, AND THE LATE WILLIAM BURNEY.

NAME; Burnside, E.E

RANK;  2^ND Lieutenant

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; 16^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN;

LIVED; Greenisland

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed in Action, France 21^st March 1918 aged 20

CEMETERY; Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery I. A. 1.

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Son of Mr Ingram and Mrs M.E Burnside of Greenisland. 

NAME; Butler, James

RANK;

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT;

BORN;

LIVED;

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed in Action at Dardanelles

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Pre war regular

NAME; Butler, John

RANK;

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE;

REGIMENT;

BORN;

LIVED;

ENLISTED;

FATE; Fatally wounded at Mons

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Pre-War Regular

NAME; Butler, Martin

RANK; Sergeant

SERV. NO; 8683

UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Irish Rifles

REGIMENT; 2^nd Battalion

BORN; Carrickfergus ?

LIVED;

ENLISTED;

FATE; Died 27/07/1915 at Hooge

CEMETERY;

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; Ypres Menin Gate – Panel 40

REMARKS; Pre war regular. One of 3 brothers all killed in action