Clare Men & Women in WW1 Alphabetical List

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Clare Men & Women During WW1 - Alphabetical List

The people named below are those who partook in WW1 from Clare. They include those who died
and those who survived. The names were mainly taken from the following records, books,
websites and people:

Peadar McNamara (PMcN), Keir McNamara, Tom Burnell’s Book ‘The Clare War Dead’ (TB), The In

Flanders website, ‘The Men from North Clare’ Guss O’Halloran, findagrave website, ancestry.com,
fold3.com, North Clare Soldiers in WW1 Website NCS, Joe O’Muircheartaigh, Brian Honan, Paddy

O’Meara, Kilrush Men engaged in WW1 Website (KM), Dolores Murrihy, Eric Shaw, The Clare
Museum, Claremen/Women who served in the Australian Imperial Forces during World War 1(AI),
Claremen who served in the Canadian Forces in World War 1 (CI), British Army WWI Pension

Records for Claremen in service. (Clare Library), Sharon Carberry, ‘Clare and the Great War’ by Joe
Power, The Story of the RMF 1914-1918 by Martin Staunton, Booklet on Kilnasoolagh Church

Newmarket on Fergus, Eddie Lough, Commonwealth War Grave Commission Burials in County
Clare Graveyards (Clare Library), Mapping our Anzacs Website (MA), Kilkee Civic Trust KCT, Paddy
Waldron, Daniel McCarthy’s Book ‘Ireland’s Banner County’ (DMC), The Clare Journal (CJ), The

Saturday Record (SR), The Clare Champion, The Clare People, Charles E Glynn’s List of Kilrush Men
in the Great War (C E Glynn), The 2nd Munsters in France HS Jervis, The ‘History of the Royal Munster

Fusiliers 1861 to 1922’ by Captain S. McCance, The Clare Library Local Studies Centre.

I would like to especially thank the numerous people who donated information, stories and photos
on relatives or neighbours who took part in WW1. Finally thanks to Larry Brennan and the Clare
Roots Society for all their help, and to the Clare Library for publishing all the information on their
website.
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County Clare
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The Regiments that Claremen fought with in WW1 came from the following Provinces and Countries:
Connaught, Leinster, Munster, Ulster.

Australia Belgium Canada England
France India New Zealand Scotland
South Africa South Rhodesia U.S.A Wales
Also the Royal Navy Merchant Navy Irish Guards
Also War of Independence / Civil War British Soldiers not born in Clare
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TThhee NNeeww GGrreeaatt WWaarr MMeemmoorriiaall iinn EEnnnniiss,, CCoo CCllaarree..

The Memorial commemorates over 680
Claremen and women who died in the Great
War. They are listed by parish or town on three
glass panels, that have the silhouette of ‘A
Tommy’ an ‘Anzac’ and a ‘Doughboy’.
The Memorial Stone and benches are all made
of Portland Stone, the same stone used to make
WW1 headstones throughout the world.

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G/M – Grave/Memorial
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William Henry Abbott: DOB 18/11/1885. Born in Co Clare, lived in Malvern
Ontario. He was a Section Worker when he enlisted in Jan 1916 into the Canadian Oversea Expeditionary
Force 778462. His wife was Mrs Alice Elizabeth Abbott. (CI) (Library and Archives Canada)
Lt Abrahall: 12 Bindon St Ennis (currently Casey’s Solicitors). At the end of 1915 he was
appointed recruiting officer for the county, with the Ennis Barracks as his HQ. New recruits were
requested to call to Sgt Connolly’s offices, Military Road (Kilrush Road) Ennis. His father Rev Abrahall was
the Church of Ireland Minister for Drumcliffe until 1919. (Joe Power).
Lieut L A Abraham: Assistant organiser at the recruitment office in Ennis. In Sept 1918 he
wrote a letter to the Saturday Record suggesting the formation of a local committee to promote
recruitment. (Joe Power)
Francis Dalzell Evatt Acklom: Kilkee. Australian Imperial Force. MA He was a
warehouseman aged 39 when he enlisted in 1915 in Melbourne. His mother was Ethel Ada Acklom, Port
Rilda Victoria. (UNSW)
Herbert George Adams: Ennis, Died Oct 1919 age 18, RAF, Grave/Memorial in Turkey. Son of
Joseph and Catherine Adams, of 94, Church Rd., Horfield, Bristol. Late of Ennis, Co.Clare. Left the Bristol
Aeroplane Company to enlist. Died in Southern Russia. Grave is not known or has been lost; name is
listed on the Haidar Pasha Memorial. (TB) He was born on the 16th Feb 1901 in Ennis. He was a General
Fitter aged 17, when he enlisted on the 22nd April 1918 into the RAF 161234.(British RAF Airmen’s
Service Records 1912-1939 at findmypast)
The North Russia Intervention(1918-1920) was part of the Allied Intervention in Russia after the
October Revolution. The intervention brought about the involvement of foreign troops in the Russian
Civil War on the side of the White movement. While the movement was ultimately defeated, the Allied
forces fought notably in defensive actions against the Bolsheviks in the battles of Bolshie Ozerki,
allowing them to withdraw from Russia in good order. The campaign lasted from 1918, during the final
months of World War I, to 1920. The forces included A British Royal Air Force contingent comprising
Airco DH.4 bombers, Fairey Campania and Sopwith Baby seaplanes along with a single Sopwith Camel
fighter. (See Profiles of the Clare War Dead A-E)
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Private First Class Joseph J Ahearn: Born in Co Clare in 1894, lived in New York. 7th US
Infantry 1212033 (3rd Div). Fought in East Poperinghe Line, Dickebush Sector, Hindenburg Line, La Selle
River, Jone De Mer Ridge and St Maurice River. Severely wounded on 20th Oct 1918 age 24. Honorably
discharged April 1919.(New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919 Ancestry .com)
Joseph James Ahearn Sr: PFC US Army, DOB 29th Sept 1894. Died the 20th Aug 1983. (findagrave.com)
Con Ahern: Born and lived in Ballyea. (Eric Shaw) Former RIC Constable in Newhall. (CJ)
Private Michael Ahern: Doonbeg. He was a Agricultural Labourer aged 18 when he enlisted
in Jan 1913 into the 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers 9984. He was discharged in June 1914. His parents were
William and Bridget, and he had 3 brothers Thomas, William and John. (British Army WW1 Pension
Records fold3.com)
Patrick Ahern: Miltown Malbay. Born 4th Dec 1897. He was a Shop Assistant aged 20, when
he enlisted on the 21st Oct 1918 into the RAF 309092. (British RAF Airmen’s Service Records 1912-1939
at findmypast)
Driver William Aitchison: Co Clare. He was a groom aged 18 when he enlisted in 1908 into
the Royal Artillery 49532. He served in India from 2010 with the 79th Battery. He was discharged in Dec
1915 and joined the Bombay Police Force. (British Army WW1 Pension Records fold3.com)
Private Walter Aldridge: Pound St/Hector Street Kilrush.Royal Munster Fusiliers. He served
in France.KM(No RMF records found) No Aldridge in RMF.
Patrick Allender: DOB 17/8/1869. Born in Co Clare, lived in Brandon, Canada. He
was a Labourer when he enlisted in July 1916 into the Canadian Infantry 524048. His wife was Elizabeth
Allender. (CI) (Library and Archives Canada)
Edward Victor Allingham: Miltown Malbay, killed in action 27th August 1918 at St Leger on
the Somme age 20, Irish Guards 1st Bn, G/M in France. Son of John and Sarah Allingham. His name is also
recorded on the War Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Rathmines, Dublin, and on a family headstone in
Mount Jerome Cemetery. His brother Robert Carson Allingham died in 1921 from injuries received in
WW1. (TB)
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THE AFFAIR OF ST. LÉGER (27th Aug 1918): Final orders did not arrive till after midnight on the 26th, and
there was much to arrange and link up between then and seven o’clock, barrage time… The hot day
broke with a gorgeous sunrise over a desolate landscape that reeked in all its hollows of gas and cordite.
A moment or two after our barrage (field-guns only) opened, the enemy put down a heavy reply, and
into the smoke and dust of it the companies, in artillery formation, walked up the road without
hesitation or one man losing his place…Almost the first shells caught the leading platoon…As soon as
they were clear of the barrage, they came under full blast of machine-gun fire and saw the Grenadiers
presently lie down enfiladed on both flanks. Four of our machine-guns tried to work forward and clear
out the hindrances, but the fire was too strong. Both battalions were finally held up, and the Grenadiers
were practically cut to pieces, with their reserve companies, as these strove to reinforce the thinned
line. After what seemed an immense time (two hours or so) Captain Thompson, seeing that, as far as
that sector was concerned, the thing was hung up, ordered his men to dig in in support, and they spent
till nightfall “recovering casualties”—their own, those of the battalions ahead, and of the Guards
Machine-Guns.(Rudyard Kipling) There were 178 casualties. (See Profiles of the Clare War Dead A-E)
Robert Carson Allingham: Miltown Malbay Died 27th Nov 1921 aged 30 of wounds received
in WW1. Irish Guards. His death has not been officially recognised by CWGC as a war casualty. He is
named on a headstone (and buried) in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin. His brother Edward died in
1918 in France. Son of John and Sarah Allingham, Dublin.NCS
‘On Monday night the Constabulary at William Street Police Barracks entertained Constable Robert C
Allingham, who volunteered for the front, and who proceeded last evening en route to Catheram, where
he will undergo training in the Irish Guards, the Regiment which he has selected for service. A very
pleasant evening was spent, and a handsome presentation, including a silver cigarette case from
District-Inspector Craig, was made to Constable Allingham, who is a native of the County of Clare.’
Limerick Leader Jan 1916.’ (See Profiles of the Clare War Dead A-E)

George Matthew Antoney: Lisdoonvarna. Born 1892. Previous service in the Royal Garrison
of Artillery from 1908 - 1913. Enlisted in the Welsh Guards in London on the 12th of January 1916.
Served as Musician from 1916 – 1920. Awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Discharged at his own request on the 26th of June 1920. Clare Library
Private Alexander G Armitage: Born in Co Clare about 1891. Lived on East 146th St New
York. He was aged 26 when he enlisted on the 6th Jan 1917 into the 2nd FA , BF 1219269 (8th Div). He
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served abroad from June 1918 to March 1919.(New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service,
1917-1919 Ancestry .com)
Private William H Armitage: Born in Co Clare about 1894. Lived in New York. He was aged
23 when he enlisted on the 31st May 1917 into the 2nd FA , BF 1219281 (8th Div). He served abroad from
June 1918 to March 1919.(New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919 Ancestry
.com) William H Armitage: Private US Army. Born 27th Sept 1891. Died 16th May 1974. (findagrave.com)
2nd Lieutenant Alymr Richard Armstrong: Glebe House Kilrush. Royal Garrison Artillery.
Served in Salonika. KM Son of Canon S C Armstrong Kilrush. He was aged 28 in 1917.
Captain Samuel Carter Armstrong: Glebe House Kilrush. Army Veterinary Corps. KM Son of
Canon S C Armstrong Kilrush. He served in France, Salonica and Palestine. The oldest of the Armstrong
brothers he was aged 33 in 1917.
2nd Lt Charles Martin Armstrong: Glebe House Kilrush. Killed in action 8th Feb 1917
age 23. ‘The Pals T.C.D.’ 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (and later the 10th Bn, 190th Brigade in 63rd Royal
Naval Division), G/M in France. The eight son of Canon S C Armstrong Kilrush. He served in Gallipoli and
France.(TB)
‘Shortly after the beginning of the war he joined D Company 7th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
commonly known as ‘The Pals’ and made up mostly of members of the Rugby football clubs, Dublin,
graduates and undergraduates of Trinity College. He was at the landing of the 10th Division at Suvla Bay,
and went through a large part of the fighting there until invalided to Malta, and subsequently home….
The Captain of the his company writes… About seven o’clock in the morning he had gone down our line
to relieve a brother officer. In passing an exposed part of the line an enemy sniper caught him. He was
killed absolutely instantaneously and was buried in a military cemetery behind the lines..’ Clare Journal
April 1917. ‘The Battallion pulled out of the front line at Beaumont on the 1st February, and had 4 days
rest before returning to the line from the 6th February to 14th February.They incur around 22 ORs
killed, 56 ORs wounded, plus 2 officers killed and 1 officers wounded in their 9 days in the trenches.
There is no attack, just the attrition of life on the front line from snipers and shelling.’ (Feb 1917 War
Diary 10th RDF) (See Profiles of the Clare War Dead A-E)
2nd Lt James Septemus Armstrong MC: Glebe House Kilrush, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Awarded
the Military Cross (London Gazette 8th March 1919). KM Son of Canon S C Armstrong Kilrush. In 1915 he
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wrote a letter to his father describing the very difficult conditions, especially the shortage of water and
the dangers from snipers in the Dardanelles. He was aged 24 in 1917.T./2ndLt. James Septimus
Armstrong, 6thBn.,attd.llth Bn., R.Dub.Fus. (London Gazette 8th March 1919) T/2Lt James Septimus
Armstrong. MC at Le Câteau 16 Oct 1918. 31219/8 Mar 1919; 31583/4 Oct 1919. 6th Bn Royal Dublin
Fusiliers.
Victor Edmund Arnold: Clarecastle. He was a Police Officer aged 29 when he enlisted in
1915 into the Grenadier Guards 32789. He had previously served with the Royal Munster Fusiliers. His
wife was Mary Lynch from Clarecastle and they married in 1908. They had 4 children, Henry, Margaret,
Patrick and Mary. They lived in Birmingham in 1914.(British Army WW1 Pension Records fold3.com)
Captain Charles W. A. Arthur: Glenomera, O’Briensbridge. Royal Artillery. Older brother of
Desmond Arthur.He served on the western front up to 1916 when he was removed from the line on
disability. He was then posted to India. (Michael Kelly)
Lieutenant Desmond Arthur (1884–1913) Glenomera, O’Briensbridge. He was an Irish
aviator in the Royal Flying Corps. Following his crash in Scotland's first fatal aircraft accident (27th May
1913) his name is connected to a ghost believed to haunt the airfield at RAF Montrose in Montrose,
Angus, Scotland. The case is considered one of the most famous ghost stories from the First World War,
and was investigated by the British government. He is buried in Montrose in Scotland.
Lieutenant Desmond Lucius Studdert P. P. Arthur was born on 31 March 1884 at O'Brien's Bridge in
County Clare, Ireland. The son of Thomas F. Arthur, he came from a prominent Clare family and had a
sister, and a brother: Captain C. W. A. Arthur. Arthur was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen.
He was an enthusiastic sportsman and won a number of prizes in motoring speed trials, before
becoming Lieutenant in the Army Motor Reserve in 1908. Arthur attended the first Irish Aviation
Meeting at Leopardstown Racecourse on 29 August 1910. It was there that he was introduced to Cecil
Grace, which reinforced his desire to become a pilot. Arthur joined the 5th Battalion Royal Munster
Fusiliers (Special Reserve) and was promoted to Lieutenant on 27 May 1911. He was known for his
adventurous nature, as well as his "unassuming manner and unfailing good spirit". (See Profiles of the
Clare War Dead A-E)
WILL REVEALS ROMANCE IRISH AVIATOR LEAVES FORTUNE TO GIRL OF 14 YEARS.

Effort to Annul Dead Man's Expressed Wishes Came to Naught When Aired In Court.LONDON. March 7.
(Special.) A romantic attachment to a girl of fourteen is disclosed by the will of the late Lieutenant
Desmond Arthur, the Irish Army airman, which was proved In the Dublin courts and which leaves the
whole of his fortune of $62,600 to the child Winsome Constance Ropner, of Ambleside, West
Hartlepool, Durham. 'On the dead body of the. airman when it was found near Montrose last May, after
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a fall from his biplane of 2000 feet, was a miniature portrait of the girl, which he was in the habit of
wearing on his breast. Miss Ropner. a pretty child, is the daughter of William Ropner shipowner and
granddaughter of Sir Robert Ropner, Bart., the well-known North Country ship-builder. The airman was
living at Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool, some 10 or 11 years ago, and became a close friend of Mr. and
Mrs. Ropner and their family. Frequently in the later years he spent his holidays at their home and the
little girl Winsome was always a great favorite of his. He left Ambleside for the last time only a fortnight
before his death, flying from there to Montrose. The case came before the courts in the form of an
action to establish the will by T. G. Studdert, of County Clare, and William Ropner against the
lieutenant's brother. Charles Arthur, of County Clare. The defence was that the will was not duly
executed. It was stated that the lieutenant in the will requested that $5000 should be given to his
brother if Miss Ropner so wished, and Mr. Ropner said he intended to carry out that request. After
evidence that the will was entirely in the lieutenant's handwriting and the testimony of the two
witnesses of the will, counsel for the defendant said he did not wish to contest the matter further.
Justice Kenny said it was plain that the governing wish in Lieutenant Arthur's mind was to provide for
this little child. (Michael Kelly)
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Robert Atcheson: Ardnaculla South Ennistymon, Royal Engineers. NCS (Guss O’Halloran)
Cornelius Aylward: Kildysart. He was a Hair Dresser aged 26 when he enlisted in Aug 1914
into the 7th Royal Munster Fusiliers 151.He served with the Med. Ex. Force 1915/16. He was discharged
for medical reasons in June 1916. He was a widower (his wife Mary Carey was deceased) and they had 2
daughters Christina (dob 3/1/12 The Union Ennistymon) and Mary (dob 3/5/08 Ennis). Con Aylward:
Church St (Abbey Street) Ennis. 2 brothers Joe and Willie also fought in the war. They were the sons of
Battery Sgt Major Joe Aylard. (CJ) (British Army WW1 Pension Records 1914-1920 ancestry.com)
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Edward Elward (Aylward): Ex-Army Officer born in (Ennistymon) Clare who joined the
Auxiliaries (ADRIC in Jan 1921). RIC Number 81836. (Padraig Og O Ruairc) Capt. Edward Joseph
Aylward: Royal Field Artillery. 1881 - born Ennistymon, Co.Clare. Nov 15 1914 - Commissioned 2nd Lt.
RFA, Bat. Sgt Major E J Aylward. 1919 Woolwich, Kent, England. Bought largest pub in Woolwich then
moved and bought The Glengall Tavern which was even bigger! Jan 27 1921 - Joined ADRIC with service
no 1580. Posted O Coy (Dunmanway, Co. Cork).1921 Mar 9. Posted C Coy (Portobello). Jan 18 1922 -
Discharged from ADRIC at demobilisation of ADRIC. On Jun 8 1935 he died at Camberwell, London.
Buried at Plumstead Cemetery, London. He had a funeral with Full Military Honours. (David Grant -
theauxiliaries.com)
Lt Joe Aylward: Church St Ennis. Royal Field Artillery. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1914. 2
brothers Con and Willie also fought in the war. They were the sons of Battery Sgt Major Joe Aylard. (CJ)
Major Willie Aylward OBE: Church St Ennis Army Service Corps. (CJ) Major Wm Aylward:
Ennis. Royal Army Service Corps. He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1917. (SR) See Clare Newspapers and
WW1 page 180. 2 brothers Joe and Con also fought in the war. They were the sons of Battery Sgt Major
Joe Aylard.
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Private Patrick Bahen: Lisdeen, Kilkee. Co Clare. Australian Imperial Force. He was a
Labourer aged 25 when he enlisted in 1915 in Melbourne into the 4/13th Light Horse. He served in
France. His father was Simon Bahen, Lisdeen P.O. (UNSW)
William Baines: Liscannor. Australian Imperial Force (AI) He was a Labourer aged 32 when
he enlisted in 1915 in Wodonga Victoria into the 8thBn. 4thReinf. He had previously served in the York
and Lancaster Regiment in India.(UNSW)
Robert Baird: Born in Clarisford, Killaloe, killed in action 1st June 1918 age 25, Royal Irish
Regiment 2nd Bn 8040, 188th Brigade, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division. G/M in Fienvillers France (North of
Amiens). Son of Robert and Elizabeth Baird of Oxton, Birkenhead. (TB)
In 1918 the Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Bn fought in the following battles: The Battle of St Quentin, The
Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Drocourt-Queant, The Battle of the Canal du Nord,
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