Able Seaman Hamilton Loughlin

NAME; Loughlin, Hamilton 

RANK; Able Seaman

SERV. NO; D/JX 181582

UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Navy

REGIMENT; H.M.S President III

BORN; Carrickfergus 1914

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED;

FATE; Lost at Sea 14th July 1941aged 27

CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered

CHURCH; Unknown

MEMORIAL; Plymouth Naval Memorial

REMARKS: Son of Hamilton and Robina Loughlin and husband of Johanna Mary Loughlin 

Plymouth Naval Memorial

Lieutenant William Henry Young - R.A.M.C

NAME; Young, William Henry

RANK; Lieutenant

SERV. NO; 69350

UNIT/SERVICE; 28^th General Hospital

REGIMENT; Royal Army Medical Corps

BORN; Cork, Ireland

LIVED; High Street, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus 1915

FATE; Died of dysentery 13^th July 1916 aged 24

CEMETERY; Salonika (Lambret Road) – Military Cemetery – Greece - 246

CHURCH;Church of Ireland

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; William was the only son of William and Elizabeth Young of High Street, Carrickfergus.  He was a native of Cork.  William’s father was the local Head Constable with the Royal Irish Constabulary.  Prior to the war William had trained as a chemist hence his decision to join the Army Medical Corp.   The following details appeared in the August 1916 edition of the local paper; ‘He had been in Salonica for several months and a fortnight ago intimation was received by his parents that he was dangerously ill with dysentery, a dreaded disease which has caused much mortality among our troops in that part of the war area. Mr Young was unable to withstand its ravages and on Wednesday his relatives received the sad news of his demise'  

Salonika Lambert Road Cemetery

Information on Salonika (Lambert Road) Cemetery - From Commonwealth Graves

The Cemetery is on the northern outskirts of Thessalonika, it lies on the west side of the road to Serres, Langada Street, adjoining the Roman Catholic, French and Italian War Cemeteries.

Historical Information

At the invitation of the Greek Prime Minister, M.Venizelos, Salonika (now Thessalonika) was occupied by three French Divisions and the 10th (Irish) Division from Gallipoli in October 1915. Other French and Commonwealth forces landed during the year and in the summer of 1916, they were joined by Russian and Italian troops. In August 1916, a Greek revolution broke out at Salonika, with the result that the Greek national army came into the war on the Allied side.

The town was the base of the British Salonika Force and it contained, from time to time, eighteen general and stationary hospitals. Three of these hospitals were Canadian, although there were no other Canadian units in the force.

The earliest Commonwealth burials took place in the local Protestant and Roman Catholic cemeteries. Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery (formerly known as the Anglo-French Military Cemetery) was begun in November 1915 and Commonwealth, French, Serbian, Italian and Russian sections were formed. The Commonwealth section remained in use until October 1918, although from the beginning of 1917, burials were also made in Mikra British Cemetery. After the Armistice, some graves were brought in from other cemeteries in Macedonia, Albania and from Scala Cemetery, near Cassivita, on the island of Thasos.

There are now 1,648 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. The Commonwealth plot also contains 45 Bulgarian and one Serbian war graves.

Private Henry Allen Hamilton - 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

NAME; Allen, Henry Hamilton

RANK; Private

SERV. NO; 17930

UNIT/SERVICE; 1^st Battalion

REGIMENT; Northumberland Fusiliers

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED;

ENLISTED; Sunderland, Durham

FATE; Died of Wounds, France & Flanders, July 15^th 1916

CEMETERY; Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France -  Plot 1. Row C. Grave 14.

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS;  Henry is buried at the Corbie Communal cemetery located around 15 miles from Amiens, it is located beside a medical clearing station that was used during the Battle of the Somme.  The majority of graves in the extension area were men who died of wounds at the Somme.  

Driver William Hodgekinson - Royal Engineers

NAME; Hodkinson, William (Spelt Hodgkinson on CWGC)

RANK; Driver

SERV. NO; 64092

UNIT/SERVICE; 121^st Field Company

REGIMENT; Royal Engineers

BORN; Carrickfergus 1868

LIVED; Eden, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Unknown

FATE; Died of wounds, France, July 8^th 1918 aged 50

CEMETERY; Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille (France) - I. E. 7.

CHURCH; Methodist

MEMORIAL; N/A

REMARKS; Husband of Jeannie Hodkinson, Son of Margaret Hodkinson and brother to David and Samuel Hodkinson - prior to the war William lived in the Eden area of Carrickfergus with his wife, mother, two brothers and a female servant.  William was a manager at the local salt works prior to enlisting with the Royal Engineers. 

Terlincthun British Cemetery

Corporal James Brennan Royal Engineers

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; Carrickfergus

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

CEMETERY; Struma Military Cemetery (Greece) - IV. F. 9.

CHURCH; Presbyterian

MEMORIAL; N/A

REMARKS; - Son of Samuel and Margaret Brennan and brother to Isabella, Ellen, Samuel, Thomas and John - James was born in 11 Crampton Court, Carrickfergus. 

Rifleman Matthew Hunter - Killed in Action 2nd July 1916

NAME; Hunter, Matthew

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 359

UNIT/SERVICE; 8^th Batt

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED;

ENLISTED;  Belfast

FATE; Killed in Action, July 2^nd 1916

CEMETERY; Body Never Found

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial (France) – Pier and Face 15A & 15 B

REMARKS;

1st July 1916 - Carrickfergus Men at the Somme

Today we remember all those who lost their life on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. On that day in 1916 the British Army suffered its worst ever loss of life with over 55,000 casualties.

Men from Ulster played a huge role in the battle and by the end of the first day the Ulster Division had suffered in excess of 5,500 casualties with some Battalions sustaining up to 80% killed or wounded.

In particular today we remember the heroic men from Carrickfergus Borough who lost their lives on that historic day:

Lieutenant Archibald Lemon - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Sergeant John McIlwaine - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Sergeant Thomas Clarke - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Lance Corporal Robert Patterson - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Lance Corporal James Atkinson - 10th Battalion Royal Irish
Rifleman James McCarthy - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman William R McDonald - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman George H Owens - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman Thomas Partridge - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman William Powers - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman John Smith - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman Francis Kirk - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman Edward Carlisle - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman Hugh Kerr - 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Rifleman Robert Rodgers - 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Private William Smith - 22nd Tyneside Scottish Battalion
Rifleman Samuel Gray - 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles

Many of the men were never found and are remembered among the 50,000 names of the missing on Thiepval Memorial. 

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NAME; Lemon, Archibald D

RANK; Lieutenant

SERV. NO;

UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Irish Rifles

REGIMENT; 12th Battalion

BORN; Castlereagh 2nd April 1875

LIVED; 38 Scotch Quarter, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus 1915

FATE; Killed in action at the Somme 1st July 1916 aged 41

CEMETERY; Body never recovered

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15A and 15B

REMARKS; Archie Lemon was the son of Archibald Dunlap Lemon and Ellen Workman of Edgcumbe House, Strandtown,Belfast. He had two sisters, Ellen and Marie and one brother Edward.  He was educated at Methody College Belfast and was an active member of the County Antrim Yacht Club.  Before joining up with the 12th Royal Irish Rifles he lived in 38 Scotch Quarter, Carrickfergus and worked as a flax spinning manager at Barn Mills.  The details of his death are well documented in the 12th Battalion war diary and with eye witness accounts.  The following extract comes from eye witness accounts:

No.6 Platoon, 12th R.I.R
This Platoon was under Lieut. Lemon and was made responsible for the RAILWAY SAP. The Platoon left our own trenches before Zero at the same tine and on the right of the 9th Royal Ir. Fus. but before reaching the RAVINE the whole Platoon with the exception of Lieut. Lemon and twelve men were all casualties. On reaching the RAVINE Lt. Lemon looked for some supports, but as none were available he advanced with his twelve men to enter the Sap. When he reached. the Sap he had only nine men left, but he entered the Sap at the Railway bank. L.Sergt. Millar and three men moved to the right to bomb down the Sap, but, these were soon all casualties. Lieut. Lemon and the remainder of the men advanced up the main Sap. The thick wires running into the first large tunnel was cut by Rfmn. Gamble who was the first bayonet man. There was a Machine-gun firing across the sap from the small tunnel. Lieut. Lemon, however, climbed above the small tunnel with some bombs in order to catch any Germans who might come out and sent the men on. Lieut. Lemon was then shot by two German Officers who fired their rifles at him from the top of a dug out which apparently led into the tunnel. The two German officers were afterwards killed by a bomb which exploded right at their feet. The remaining men got cut off between the 1st and 2nd German line and only two of them escaped.

Lieutenant Archie Lemon

NAME; McCarthy, James

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 18203

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus 1894

LIVED; 3 Albert Road, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus

FATE; Killed in Action, France, July 1^st 1916 aged 22

CEMETERY; Body never recovered

CHURCH; St Nicholas, COI, Carrickfergus

MEMORIAL; St Nicholas, COI - THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (France) – Pier and Face 15A AND 15B

REMARKS; A popular member of the Carrickfergus Amateur Flute Band and Barn Swifts Football Club, prior to enlisting Jim worked at Workman & Clarke’s Shipyard.  He was the son of Mrs Sarah and Mr James McCarthy of Prospect Street – brother to Samuel and Alex who also served and was injured at the front.  He resided at 3 Albert Road with his 3 brothers and Aunt Mrs McFarlane. 

NAME; McDonald, William Robert
RANK; Rifleman
SERV. NO; 1617
UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Irish Rifles
REGIMENT; 12^th Battalion
BORN; Ballinderry
LIVED; Eden, Carrickfergus
ENLISTED; Belfast
FATE; Killed in action – France and Flanders – Battle of the Somme – 1^st July 1916 aged 32
CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered
CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian
MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial (France) – Pier and Face 15A and 15B
REMARKS; Son of Mrs. Fanny Hughes (formerly McDonald), of Rose's Lane Ends, Belfast; husband of Susan McDonald of Eden, William has 2 children aged 7 and 4 in 1916.  Prior to the war he worked at the International Salt Company Limited.

NAME; McIlwaine, John

RANK; Sergeant

SERV. NO; 18307

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Battalion “B” Coy

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; 1895 Carrickfergus

LIVED; 8 North Street, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus

FATE; Killed in Action – 1^st July 1916 aged 22

CEMETERY; Body never recovered

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 15A and 15B

REMARKS; Son of James and Anne McIlwaine and Brother of Gilbert and James of North Street Carrickfergus

NAME; Owens, George Harvey

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 18587

UNIT/SERVICE; 12th Battalion “B” Coy

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus circa 1895

LIVED; 29 Albert Road, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus

FATE; Killed in Action, France, July 1st 1916 aged 21

CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial (France) – Pier and Face 15A and 15B

REMARKS; Son of George and Martha Owens.  Brother to Margret, James, Lizzie, William, Sarah, Mary, Samuel, John and Cecil.  According to the 1911 census he worked as an apprentice fitter in the Barm Mills spinning mill where he worked until he joined up with the 12th Battalion.

George Owens

NAME; Partridge, Thomas

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 18604

UNIT/SERVICE; 12th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Belfast circa 1895

LIVED; Fairymount, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus

FATE; Killed in Action, France and Flanders – Battle of the Somme – 1st July 1916 aged 21

CEMETERY; Unknown Grave

CHURCH; Church of Ireland

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 15A and 15B

REMARKS; Son of Margaret Partridge (Scottish) (Widow), 9 Fairymount , Carrickfergus .  3 sisters Dorothy, Elizabeth and Sarah, Dorothy and Elizabeth were both flax spinners.  According to the 1911 census lived 21 Taylors Row, head of the family was Henry McAllister aged 21 possibly Thomas’ uncle, Margaret’s brother.  Thomas was an employee at Barn Mills spinning mill with his three sisters.  

NAME; Patterson, Robert

RANK; Lance – Corporal

SERV. NO; 6353

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus

FATE; Killed in Action, France, July 1^st 1916

CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered

CHURCH; St Nicholas, COI, Carrickfergus

MEMORIAL; St Nicholas, COI, Carrickfergus – Thiepval Memorial (France) – Pier and Face 15A AND 15B

REMARKS;

NAME; Powers, William

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 444

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; Taylors Avenue, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Belfast

FATE; Killed in Action, France, July 1^st 1916

CEMETERY; HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL (France) - I. D. 10

CHURCH; St Nicholas, COI, Carrickfergus

MEMORIAL; St Nicholas, COI, Carrickfergus

REMARKS; William died 1st July 1916. he was 31 when he died leaving a wife Eliza Powers, and two sons James and William. He joined up with his 'pals' from Barn Mill Flax Mill. 

NAME; Rodgers, Robert

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 15870

UNIT/SERVICE; 14^th Battalion (Reported as “A” Coy 4^th Batt)

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; Bloomfield, Belfast

ENLISTED; Belfast

FATE; Killed in Action, France, July 1^st 1916 aged 27

CEMETERY; CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL (France) - I. C. 22

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; N/A

REMARKS; Son of James and Agnes Rodgers, of 18, Evelyn Avenue, Bloomfield, Belfast

Robert Rodgers Grave at Connaught Cemetery

NAME; Smith, William

RANK; Private

SERV. NO; 26/617 OR 22/1144

UNIT/SERVICE; 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

REGIMENT; Northumberland Fusiliers, Tyneside Irish

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED;

ENLISTED;

FATE; Killed in Action, France, July 1^st 1916

CEMETERY; CERISY-GAILLY FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY (France) – II. D 1

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS;

NAME; Smyth, John (Smith)

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 18794

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; McKeen’s Row, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus

FATE; Killed in Action, France, July 1^st 1916 aged 29

CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered

CHURCH; Joymount Presbyterian

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial (France) – Pier and Face 15A and 15B

REMARKS; Brother of Charlotte Smyth, of 13, McKeen's Row, Garrickfergus, Co. Antrim

NAME; Atkinson, James

RANK; Lance Corporal

SERV. NO; 12

UNIT/SERVICE; 10^th Battalion  

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; 3 Convention Street, Belfast

ENLISTED; Belfast 1915

FATE; Killed in Action: 1^st July 1916 aged 28

CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial – Pier and Face 15A and 15B

REMARKS; Husband of Wilhelmina Atkinson

NAME; Carlisle, Edward

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 3898

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED; Minorca Place, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus

FATE; Killed in Action, France July 1^st 1916 aged 29

CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; THIEPVAL MEMORIAL: Pier and Face 15 A and 15 B.

REMARKS; Son of Jane Carlisle (Stepmother), of Minorca Place, Carickfergus, Co. Antrim, and of the late James Carlisle

NAME; Clarke, Thomas 

RANK; Sergeant

SERV. NO; 17445

UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Irish Rifles

REGIMENT; 12^th Battalion

BORN; Larne

LIVED; Victoria Terrace, Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus

FATE; Killed in Action – Battle of the Somme – France & Flanders – 01^st July 1917 aged 26

CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 15A and 15B

REMARKS; Son of James and Jane Clarke 2 Victoria Terrace, Carrickfergus, Thomas was a former member of Carrickfergus Rugby Football Club and according to a testimonial he was one of the finest forwards in the loose. 

NAME; Gray, Samuel

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 16528

UNIT/SERVICE; 9^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles            

BORN; Carrickfergus

LIVED;

ENLISTED; Belfast

FATE; Killed in Action, France, July 1^st 1916

CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered

CHURCH;

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial (France) – Pier and Face 15A and 15B

REMARKS;

NAME; Kerr, Hugh

RANK; Rifleman

SERV. NO; 18018

UNIT/SERVICE; 12^th Battalion

REGIMENT; Royal Irish Rifles

BORN; Carrickfergus, 27th November 1888

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus 

FATE; Killed in Action, July 1^st 1916 aged 27

CEMETERY; Body nevered recovered

CHURCH; St Nicholas, COI, Carrickfergus

MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial – Pier and Face 15a and 15b

REMARKS; Son of James and Eliza Kerr and brother to Margaret Ann, Ellen, Harriet, William John and Samuel.  Hugh took after his father and worked in Barn Mills flax mill.  He was killed in action on the 1st days of the Somme along with 7 others of the 12th Battalion from Carrickfergus.  

NAME; Kirk, Francis
RANK; Rifleman
SERV. NO; 271
UNIT/SERVICE; Royal Irish Rifles
REGIMENT; 12^th Battalion
BORN; Whitehouse, CO. Antrim
LIVED; Davy’s Street, Carrickfergus
ENLISTED; Belfast
FATE; Killed in Action, Battle of the Somme – 1^st July 1916
CEMETERY; Body Never Recovered
CHURCH; St Nicholas Church of Ireland
MEMORIAL; Thiepval Memorial (France) – Pier and Face 15A and 15B
REMARKS; Son of Mr Thomas Kirk of Minorca Carrickfergus, Francis was formerly employed at Albert Brickworks and also as a carter.  He was also employed at Barn Mills Flax Mill. He was married with one child.