He was born in Tipperary but lived at the time of the 1911 census at 6 Zion Road, Rathgar. Craig lived with his mother, Henrietta, a widow, and two brothers and one sister. He was an Engineering Graduate from Trinity College Dublin. He joined the
Royal Engineers in 1914 and served in Gallipoli with the 10th Irish Division before going to Palestine where he was killed in action on 22 August 1918.

2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battalion. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, younger son of Capt. John Weatherill, of 6, Ailesbury Road, Dublin, Shipowner, by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Archibald Mackenzie; b. Dublin 19th March 1887;.  Educated at St. Andrew’s College, Dublin; Fettes College, Edinburgh; the Armstrong College (Durham University), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he obtained at the age of 20 his B.Sc. degree in Naval Architecture and Engineering, and after serving his time as a Marine Engineer, gained his First Class Certificate, and subsequently became a Partner in his father’s firm of Shipowners. At its formation in September 1914, he joined the “Football” Coy. Of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (having previously been a Member of the Monkstown and Lansdowne Football Clubs), and was elected by the Company, to Sergeant of the  Machine Gun Corps.

On his being gazetted 2nd Lieut, in March, 1915, he was transferred to another company of the same Battalion. He left for the Dardanelles 9th July, 1915, and in the last letter received from him, dated 14th August 1915, said:

“We got here a week to-day, and I expect you will have heard by now all we have done so far. We landed under a very heavy shrapnel fire. Russell and I were left behind on the boat to load the stores of the Battalion, and before we landed our first wounded  started to come back. Then and old Taub flew over, dropped a bomb – which just missed us by inches – and gave those on shore the range, so we got shelled before we even got into the lighter. They did not hit us, however. We then landed and had to unload the boat on the beach. They got the range of us alright and we had some very narrow shaves. My water bottle was hit. Luckily we had no casualties. I will not tell you any more till I get home, except that all my fellows have behaved splendidly, and one, P.Quinn, has been mentioned. He was out sniping with me from an advanced trench on Thursday, and we got four of the snipers, so Irecommended him this morning….I am fit and well, and so far have been very lucky”.

He was killed in action at Suvla Bay 16th August. 1915; unm.

Letters received from officers and men alike testify to his gallant conduct. Capt. J.Lucie Smith, B Coy.,wrote:

“He bore himself in a most gallant manner, and at ‘Chocolate Hill’ brought in five wounded men under fire, for which deed he has been mentioned in dispatches.”

Lieut. R. Douglas, Machine Gun Officer,

“From the moment we landed was splendid. He was in the thick of all the worst fighting round Hill 53, (the original position held by our Battn.), he was seen on day carrying five different wounded men of ours under terrible fire, leaving his own trench each time to do so. It was on the early morning of Monday last, the 16th, that he was killed during a bomb attack by the Turks. At the time he was hit he was rallying some men of another battn. who were breaking up. He succeeded in getting them back, and so saved the position for us, but in doing so he was killed. No praise could be too high for the manner in which he fought, lived and died out here; he was wonderful.”

L.-Corpl. Fraser, Machine Gun Section, now Lieut,in Connaught Rangers:

“We had a very severe shelling on landing, and your brother distinguished himself on several occasions for bravery, leaving the trenches and bringing in five wounded men under fire. On other occasions he displayed his fearlessness of danger also. 1 need hardly say his deeds have commanded the admiration and respect of everyone”;

Sergt. Charles E. Sawyer, B Coy.: 

“He was a fearless leader and a good friend to us all. The event of Lieut. Weatherill’s death needs some explanation. We were ordered to take up a position on a long ridge overlooking the sea. And B’ Coy., with Engineers, had to dig a fire trench from the top down to the sea, and occupy it in the front line. In going towards this position in firing line formation No. 2 platoon became detached from the remainder of the Coy., the night being so dark. Mr. Weatherill then ordered us under cover while he went out to look for our Coy. He went to the top of the ridge, where the Royal Irish Fusiliers were keeping the right flank and found they had lost all, except one wounded, of their officers, and the men in a state of depression. Lieut. Weatherill returned to us and told me to go with him to where the Royal Irish Fusiliers were posted, and ordered me to find their N.C.O.’s and rouse the men as much as possible.and ordered me to find their N.C.O.’s and rouse the men as much as possible. I found they had only one L.-Corpl., and after some persuasion got the men to keep a lookout to ensure their own and our safety. We were thanked by their poor wounded officer and were returning to our platoon when Mr. Weatherill stopped and told me he felt it was his duty to stay with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and ordered me back to take command of No. 5 and join up with the Coy. as soon as possible. He wished me goodbye and to do our best, and left me. That was the last I saw of him alive. Next morning the fighting was very great and I heard the Royal Irish Fusiliers were being badly pressed and I went to the top of the ridge and learned from one of their men that Mr. Weatherill had been killed at daybreak (only a few yards from his great friend Lieut. Russell). I must say I was with Mr. Weatherill from the moment of landing in that, terrible advance round Salt Lake and other places, and can truly say that a more brave and cool officer never took men into action in that awful Peninsula, and he fell in the knowledge that he was doing his duty and died as only a gentleman and a British Officer can die.”

Weatherill was mostly on the second XV in Lansdowne but had played for the firsts. He was on the committee of the club.

Lancelot M. Bayly, Capt. Lancelot M.Bayly, M.C., R.I.R. (1895-1902) died of wounds in France on October 22nd, 1918, less than a month before the war ended, having been shot through the body by a sniper.

He was the second son of the late E.F. Bayly and Mrs. Bayly, Killough Castle, Thurles. Everyone who knew him, whether at school or at Lansdowne Road, where he played for the 1st XV of the Landsowne Club in the Cup Matches of 1904 and 1905, will remember him for his kindly, unassuming, straightforward character, one of the best type of men.

When the war broke out he was in India, but at once came home and joined up. The last time we saw him was when he called at the School in the spring of 1917 after being wounded. On his return to France he gained the Military Cross in March last for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.

He commanded a company through a week’s heavy fighting, taking part in rearguard actions and counter attacks, in which he set a fine example. On one occasion he carried a Lewis gun during the whole of a long march. He is buried at Duhallow ADS Cemetery. Ypres (Ieper) West Flanders (West Vlaanderen), Belgium. Plot: IV.J.21.

Lieutenant Kenneth Moss Wallace 8th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers. Died from wounds on the 31st of May 1916, he was 26 years old he studied Law and received his Batchelor of Arts from Trinity College Dublin in 1915. He was made 2nd Lieutenant in September 1914 and Lieutenant in 1915. He was the son of Hugh and Phoebe Wallace, of “Iveragh,” Shelbourne Road, Dublin. He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. He was born in England, his father was from County Antrim and his mother from County Cork. At the time of his death his home address was ‘Ard Brugh’ Dalkey. The 1911 Census shows that he lived with his family at that time at 56 Northumberland Road in Ballsbridge around the corner from Lansdowne Road. He had an older sister who was a medical student in 1911 and a younger brother.

Robert Victor Drought

Drought played for and captained the Lansdowne seconds. He also played for the firsts. Robert was born on 6 February 1887, lived at 17, Glenart Avenue, Blackrock, and attended Avoca School, 1898 to 1902. He worked as a representative for the Dunlop Rubber Company. He was also a member of Sandycove Tennis Club and Dublin Swimming Club. He was a second lieutenant in 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. He died from his wounds on 7 June 1917, being a casualty during the battle for Bailleul in French Flanders.

Laurence Elvidge

Elvidge joined Lansdowne in October 1912, aged 15 years. The plaque at Zion Church, Bushy Park Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6 and Inscription reads: “This holy table was given in loving memory of Second Lieutenant Laurence Elvidge, 5th Connaught Rangers who gave his life for the Empire at Ypres 9th Aug. 1916, aged 19 years.” He is buried at Bedford House Cemetery Belgium Ieper Flanders Belgium.

Rank: Second Lieutenant 5th Bn. Connaught Rangers attached to Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Details: 9th August 1916. Age 19. Son of George and Sara Elvidge of 35 Victoria Rd. Rathgar Dublin. Enclosure No.2 IV. C. 39. He was attached to the 1st Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and died of wounds received in action (Gassed Drift) 9 Aug 1916 at the 87th Field Ambulance in France. Born 29 June 1897. Parents married 7 Sept 1880. Father died 21 July 1913. Previous occupation Bank Clerk, income £40 a year. Mother Mrs Sara Jane Elvidge (57), 35 Victoria Road, Rathgar, Dublin. Sister Mrs Kathleen Strong (36), Missionary, ‘Montrose House’, India.Sister Mrs Dorothy Trotter (26), ‘Netherfield’,Scholes Huddersfield,Yorkshire. Brother Trooper Arthur E Elvidge (30), British South Africa Police, Bulawayo Camp, Southern Rhodesia.

Joined 1st Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 20 July 1916.

Marshall Alfred Hill

Hill was a civil servant in the Irish Land Commission. He lived on Bloomfield Avenue, South Circular Road as a boarder at the time of the 1911 census when he was 23 years of age. He was from Ballymacelligott in County Kerry. He joined the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers and died of his wounds as a Lance Corporal on 31 May 1918, the same day Surgeon Henry Moore of Lansdowne also died.

Thomas Chamney Jones-Nowlan

Second lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 3rd Battalion attached to 1st Battalion. Died of wounds on 27 May 1917 at Arras, France.
He was from 16 Clarinda Park East, Dun Laoghaire. He was aged 26 at date of death. Jones-Nowlan’s father had died in 1891 and he was an
only child.  Jones-Nowlan played scrum half for the first XV for several seasons being Vice Captain in 1913/14 having been beaten on a vote by J
Burke-Gaffney for the captaincy.

2nd Lieutenant John Henry Frederick Leland, aged 31, 5th RWF, died 10/8/15, son of Henry and Laura Leland of Blackrock, Dublin, husband of Florence Mary,
Graduate, Barrister, Scholar and Moderator of Trinity College Dublin.

Commemorated on the Helles Memorial.’ ‘2/Lt John Henry LELAND, 5/RWF –

Son of Henry & Laura Leland, 6 Idrone Terrace, Blackrock, Co. Dublin and husband of Florence Mary Leland. He was a Barrister at Law, Scholar & Moderator of Trinity College, Dublin.

Commissioned 2/Lt 26/08/1914 into 5/RWF.

Trained around Northampton & Cambridge. Embarked Dardanelles July 1915. Landed at Suvla Bay 9/08/1915.

Killed fighting in the advance the following day trying to cross the Salt Lake 10/08/1915. Age 31. Commemorated Helles Memorial.’  ‘8th – Embrked Rowan and sailed for Imbros. Strength 26 officers 811 other ranks
9th – To Suvla 4.30 am Landed “C” Beach 6am and to bivouacs at Lala Baba 10th – One Company detailed to take equipment up to front line. Moved forward
4.45 am. Advanced across Salt Lake under heavy shrapnel and rifle fire. Passed through entrenching battalions of 159th Brigade 11.30am. Official History of the
Great War records that the 1/5 was gallantly led by Lieutenant-Colonel B. E. Philips and penetrated to within a few hundred yards of Scimitar Hill. Opened fire on
enemy about 200 yards from Turkish front line. Later ordered to withdraw to 159th Brigade lines. Further attempts to take enemy positions during afternoon also failed.

Henry Walter Cecil Weldon

Henry Walter Cecil Weldon. Captain 7th Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles. He was killed in action on the 27 of April 1916 aged 34. Born in Bantry County Cork he was
the Son of Sarah and the late Henry Walter Weldon, of 72, Pembroke Rd., Dublin. He is buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

According to the 1911 census lived at 56 Belmont Avenue Donnybrook with his mother and two sisters, he was a bank clerk. Known as Cecil.

William Stewart Collen
Birth: 13 August 1889. County Dublin, Ireland
Death: Aug. 7, 1915 Gallipoli Canakkale, Turkey
Lieutenant William Stewart Collen. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 6th Battalion.

Son of Joseph Collen and Hannah Maria Collen, of Ballaly, Dundrum, Co. Dublin.
His father established Collen Brothers, one of the largest Building and Civil Engineering contractors in Ireland.
Educated at Aravon School, Bray, and Wesley College, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin.
Before the war, William worked in his father’s business. His name is recorded on Kilgobbin War Memorial.Stepaside, Co. Dublin.

Family links:
Parents:
Joseph Collen (1853 – 1941)
Hannah Maria Collen (1864 – 1935)
Siblings:
Mary Elizabeth Collen Heron (1883 – 1950)*
Hannah Sophia Collen (1885 – 1969)*
William Stewart Collen (1890 – 1915)
Margaret Robinson Beckett
John Black Collen and
Joseph Harcourt Collen
*Calculated relationship

Burial: Green Hill Cemetery, Suvla Gallipoli Canakkale, Turkey Plot: Special Memorial A.5.

William attended Wesley College for one year and then went to Leys School in Cambridge where he played rugby on the 2nd XV. When he finished school he
worked in the family business, the well-known construction company Collen Brothers managed by two branches of the family from Armagh and Dublin. William
was well known in golfing circles around Dublin and competed in the Irish Close Golf Championship of 1913. He played to a four handicap and was a member of
Carrickmines and Milltown Golf Clubs. It is said that he “played a careful methodical game and was a good match player.” He also played rugby for Lansdowne.

He was given a temporary commission on 19 September 1914. Lieutenant Collen was killed in action on the 7th August 1915, having disembarked at 5am at C Beach, under shrapnel fire. His battalion advanced over a ridge to Lala
Baba leaving packs and baggage. At 7am it received orders to proceed to north of the Salt Lake and attack enemy positions. As it crossed over the sand spit to the west of the Lake it came under heavy shelling. At 3pm it reached the north corner of
the Salt Lake and came under heavy fire and sniping. It lost its CO and faced a well entrenched enemy holding a ditch. Lt Collen and 5 other ranks were killed by the end of the day, while 7 officers and 66 other ranks were injured and 21 more
missing.  When notified of his son’s death, Joseph Collen wrote to the War Office: “Is there any chance of my son’s remains being identified and sent home?” He was told that his son was buried in Gallipoli and there was no further information. His brother
wrote to request his effects but appears to have got no reply.

Peter Leo Mc Grane was born in Knocklyon Castle, Templeogue, County Dublin on the 8th April 1889 to James Henry Mc Grane and Kathleen Mc Grane (nee Duff).
His father was middle aged when he married (arranged) Peter Leo was the 3rd eldest of six children, three boys and three girls. James J, who stayed on the farm at Knocklyon
May married C Reavy Peter Leo went to war KIA Marcella (Marcia) who married R Towers Christopher, who joined up on the same day as Peter Leo but eventually joined the
Royal Flying Corps and survived the war. He subsequently went to South Africa where he lived out his life. Carmel (Kate) who married V Kelly

Leo went to boarding school at the Marist College, Dundalk. He boarded there with his brother and cousins. Peter Leo worked in the National Bank in Stephens Green.
He joined Lansdowne FC in 1912 and was a very keen sportsman.

He joined the 3rd Batt Royal Irish Regiment with Christopher on the 30th Sept 1915. He was sent for training to Templemore and he deferred a commission
until he attended the Inns of Court OTC in Berkhamstead for officers training and subsequently received his commission as a second lieutenant which was
mentioned in the London Gazette on 10th November, 1916. He was dispatched to the front France in January 1917. In March Leo was hospitalised to the General Hospital Rouen with scabies and otitis. All leave wascancelled and Leo was sent back to the front. He was killed near the village of Monchy Le Preux near Arras in France on 19/20th May 1917 trying to capture Hook trench.

Irish Independent

Following is from Europeana project archives which includes photographs and letters from PL McGrane

Europeana Project Archive

Peter and Christopher McGrane were two Dublin brothers who served in the First World War. They were Roman Catholics who grew up in Knocklyon Castle, Templeogue Co Dublin, Ireland. Both enlisted in September 1915. Neither were married and Peter had worked as a bank official prior to enlistment. Peter (known as Leo) was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment attached to the 3rd battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He received officer training in London and was sent to France in November 1916. His letters home from France describe playing sport behind the lines and how used he has become to the sound of the guns at nighttime. He describes the fun of the Brigades sports day during their period of rest and the ‘extremely good music’, remarking wryly that ‘most people here thought on yesterday afternoon that this was a very fine war’. The awareness of danger was however ever present and he mentions how glad he is that there is a Catholic chaplain with them to provide services before going into danger. In April 1917 he was hospitalized for scabies and was due to be sent home but the hospital ships were cancelled and he remained in France. A month later Peter was dead. He was killed at the Battle of the Arras on the 19th May 1917 on the Western Front. He was aged twenty-eight. His final letter, collected here, was dated 13th May 1917, less than a week before his death, making it particularly poignant, especially his closing promise to write again at the first opportunity. Peter is commemorated on the Arras memorial in France. His brother Christopher served with the Royal Flying Corps during the war. He enlisted at the age of twenty-one. He was based in France during the war, and his letter in this collection is written to his brother Jim who was back in Ireland. His letter suggests he missed home, evident by his desire for ‘all the local news’. Peter and Christopher were located less than 40 miles apart in France in May 1917 and had made plans to meet just before Peter’s death. After the war Christopher left Ireland and moved to Rhodesia where he joined the police force. He did not return to Ireland except for a brief visit in 1939. The war story of Peter and Christopher was passed down through the family and his relatives found Peter’s photograph a few years ago, making the story more real to them. They were recently invited to a ceremony at the Arras memorial in France.

Taylor John Arthur Harold Lieutenant 1st Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Born: Co. Limerick (12/6/1891) Resided: Dublin.
Date of Death: 24/09/1915 Cause: Killed in action (Sniper).
*Family notes: Son of the Late Rev. Thomas and Laura Isabel Taylor of Kilnasoolagh,
Killaloe, Co. Clare; brother of Dr. W. A. Taylor, of 63, Finchley Road, N.W. 8.
Religion: Church of Ireland.Trade/profession: Teacher (1911 Census of Ireland).

The family of the late Rev. Thos. Taylor, of Kilnasoolagh Parish, Diocese of Killaloe, has a splendid record of war service. Of his four sons, three of whom entered the
Army at the outbreak of war – the other son already holding HM’s commission – one has been killed and two severely wounded. The third son, J.A.H. Taylor (whose
photograph we reproduce above) was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and was killed on 24th September last in the landing of the 10th Division
at Suvla Bay. The eldest son, W.A. Taylor, is a Doctor in the RAMC. The second son, T.E.H. Taylor is a Captain in the Royal Irish Regiment, and was seriously
wounded in France last year. The fourth son, N.V. Taylor, is a Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment; he was also seriously wounded in France last year.

Church of Ireland Gazette (Roll of Honour)31 March 1916.
Next evening the Battalion relieved the 1st Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borders in the fire trenches, and at once set to work to improve and extend them. During the
next few days there was very little rifle fire from the Turks, simply intermittent shelling and persistent sniping, Second-Lieutenant J.A.H. Taylor being killed by a
sniper on the night of 23rd-24th. Neill’s Blue Caps, Volume III, Page 55.

Other notes: 2nd/Lt. Taylor’s Medal Index Card shows him as “Joining Unit at Gallipoli” on 2/9/1915.
Census notes The 1911 Census shows John as “Harold” (aged 20) serving as a teacher at St. Columba’s College, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin. The 1901 Census
shows the Taylor family (residing at, Rathfolan, Newmarket, Co. Clare. ) as follows; Thomas (Clerk in Holy Orders, aged 45) and Laura Isabel (aged 39) and
their children, Jno. A. Harold (aged 9) and Noel Vivian (aged 6).

Special Notes: 2nd/Lieutenant Taylor is listed on the IWM Records as “Taylor John Arthur Harold. Rank, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Dublin Fusiliers; killed in action
Dardanelles, September 24, 1915”; Officers Died in the Great War also show his name as “John Arthur Harold Taylor”; he is named in the Roll of Officers in Neill’s
Blue Caps as “John Arthur Hamilton Taylor”.

Grave/Memorial: I. G. 20. Azmak Cemetery, Suvla.

Taylor resigned from Lansdowne in November 1912 as he had to join his regiment in England.

Lt. Charles Robert Wilson M.C. –  88th Machine Gun Corps and 6th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers

Charles Robert Wilson was Captain of Lansdowne FC for the season 1912-1913. He was on the committee and on the first XV for some years before the war.
Wilson was a Second Lieutenant in the 88th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 88th Infantry Brigade in the 29th Division, seconded from the 6th Battalion, Royal
Munster Fusiliers in the 29th Division. He was killed in action, aged 31, on 24 May 1917. The 88th Company was at Monchy-le-Preux, south of the Scarpe River on the 24/25 May 1917…’with
considerable ariel activity, in the afternoon, Major Morris and 2nd Lt Wilson started to go to the 9th Brigade. Unfortunately they ran into heavy enemy shelling and 2nd Lt Wilson was killed.
His grave is at I.E. 50. Level Crossing Cemetery, Gampoux, France.

As a boy Charles slept within ear-shot of the old steam trains that passed by at the bottom of the garden of his home at Carrickmines House. Now he sleeps in his grave
situated beside the railway line that runs through the village of Fampoux and facilitates trains that travel between Belgium and France.

He is commemorated on the Wilson Memorial and Great War Memorial, Tullow Church of Ireland, Carrickmines and the Great War Memorial, Radley College,England.

Second Lieutenant Wilson was awarded the Military Cross early in May 1917, just before he was killed in action. His citation read: “For conspicuous
gallantry and devotion to duty. He maintained control of his guns throughout the whole operation in a very effective manner.” This was not published until after his
death, but the Commonwealth War Graves Commission noted that he was aware that he had won the Military Cross before he was killed. Second Lieutenant Wilson
may have won his award when in action at Monchy on the 14th April 1917. He was also awarded the British War and Victory medals.

Although he did not enter Trinity College as a student, Charles Wilson was a member of its OTC. He joined the army in 1915. He had been a stockbroker.
Charles was born in Carrickmines House, Brighton Road, Foxrock, on 10 June 1886 and attended Radley College in England. He was single and a member of the
Carrickmines Golf Club, where he held the position of Trustee and was its Honorary Secretary in 1911. He was also a member of Carrickmines Croquet and Tennis
Club which was next door to his family residence. His effects included a damaged wrist watch, pocket case and photo. Wilson’s two brothers were also killed in the war and he had one sister who
married into the Mitchells and died in 1935.

Thomas Henry Clesham was aged 34 when he died in 1916. He was the son of Rev T Clesham, Incumbent at St John the Baptist church, Aasleagh, Leenane, Co Mayo
and Mrs Isabella Clesham, Caherduff, Cong, Co Mayo. He was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh and TCD. He was killed in action serving with 17th Battalion Manchester Regiment. Battle of the Somme. He had also served previously with Natal Light Horse in the Boer War.

Clesham is remembered on CWGC: Theipval Memorial tower: Plates 13A and 14C. Clesham was in the 17th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment when he was
killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1 1916.

“The first casualty I remember was our Platoon officer, we were in artillery formation and he was leading – but I do not think he could have been sniped, unless by some very clever German trickery. Anyhow, he just go it in the head with one leg off the ground, and must have died that instant.”

Geoffrey R Bible

He was educated at Saint Andrew’s College and Rathmines College. From 50 Grosvenor Road, Rathmines, where he lived with his father and three
sisters, and aged 22 years in 1914, Bible joined D Company and the Pals at the start of the war but for some reason he was moved on and was
gazetted as 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in November, 1914. He was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and was
killed on the first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916, at Contalmaison.

Listed on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C.

Mr. William Purefoy Bridge, was a son of Mrs. Bridge, 64 Morehampton Road, and nephew of Dr. Purefoy, of Merrion Square, and was a member of a well known Tipperary family. On the outbreak of the war he enlisted with the “Football” Company of the 7th Dublins and Served with his “Pals” until he fell in action on August 10th. Mr. Bridge was a solicitor by profession. His younger brother, Captain R.F. Athol Bridge, is also at the front.

Son of the late Joshua Smith Bridge and Jane Angel Bridge, formerly of Barnagree, Roserea, Co. Tipperary. Of Dublin. Educated at St. Stephen’s Green School, Dublin. Graduate of Trinity College. Solicitor by profession.

Sgt Richard Sealy Swan was one of the most prominent players to die.

He played right through the early years of the 20th century winning Leinster Senior Cup medals with Lansdowne and serving on the committee.
Son of the late Thomas Swan and Mrs EF Swan, 3 Winslow Terrace, Terenure Road, Dublin. Educated at the High School, Dublin, and in May
1897 entered the service of the Bank of Ireland CollegeGreen.

He enlisted in the 7th Battalion (Pals) Dublin Fusiliers in September, 1914 and left England for active service with the Mediterranean Forces in July,
1915. He took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and subsequent severe fighting on the peninsula. He was afterwards promoted Sergeant,
and was transferred with his battalion to Salonica, where he was invalided with malaria, and died at No.28 General Hospital, Salonica, on 15th August,
1916.

Richard is one of 1683 casualties buried at Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece

It is fitting here for us to mark the death of two brothers,  Desmond and Clive Alfred Le Peton

Clive Alfred Le Peton

Lieutenant Le Peton was born in 1892 in Lewisham in England. In 1911 he lived with his family at 4 Earlsfort Place in Dublin. He had two younger
brothers. He joined the 7th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and died at the Third Battle of Ypres on July 31, 1917. No known grave but commemorated on
the Menin Road Gate memorial in Ypres.

Lieutenant Clive Alfred Le Peton, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was officially reported wounded and missing on August 16th, 1917, is now believed to have been killed on that date. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Le Peton, Earlsfort House School, Dublin, and was in his 26th year.

Desmond Alexander Le Peton

Desmond was the younger brother of Clive and was 19 when he died from gas poisoning, a day after an attack, on August 9th 1916 as a second
lieutenant with the Somerset Light Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Desmond Alexander Le Peton, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on his 19th birthday, was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Le Peton, Earlsfort House School, Dublin. He was educated at Mr. Strangway’s School and afterwards at his father’s. He entered Trinity College in January, 1915; from there he passed into Sandhurst. He was an all-round athlete, and was a member of the Phoenix Cricket Club; he also played for the 1st team at Sandhurst, both at Rugby football and cricket

Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX – B – 2

Black was born in Cape Colony, South Africa, but grew up at Ballyleck House, Ballyleck, Co Monaghan, and was 23 when he died in 1915. He was a student in Trinity College and joined D Company, the Pals, in September,1914. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 28 September, 1914, Corporal on 1 January, 1915, and Sergeant on 12 March, 1915. He was wounded on 9 August, 1915, at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and was hospitalised back to Alexandria in Egypt where he died of his wounds on 25 September, 1915.

He is one of 2694 casualties buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

He was a hooker and played on Lansdowne’s first XV before the war.

Lieutenant Lionel George Worthington-Eyre, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action on July 14th last, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Worthington-
Eyre, 12 Tivoli Terrace, Kingstown, and grandson of the late Mr. Thomas Stratford Eyre, of Eyreville, Co. Galway. He was educated at Corrig School, Kingstown and
High School, Dublin, and at the outbreak of war was an engineering student in Trinity College, where he was a member of the O.T.C. He obtained his commission
in the R.F.A. in June, 1915, and was gazetted in the following November.

He was Adjutant of the brigade for some time, was mentioned in dispatches by Sir Douglas Haig in May last, and was promoted Captain just before he fell.
Source: Irish Life Magazine, 05 October 1917 (David Power)

Dublin Lionel George Worthington-Eyre Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery “D” Battery. 78th Bde 14/07/1917 23 Dublin (1901 Census) Killed in action Son of William Ingram
Worthington-Eyre and Grace Geraldine Worthington-Eyre, of 12, Tivoli Terrace, South Kingstown, County Dublin.

The Irish Times, July 14, 1922.Roll of Honour.

In Memoriam. Worthington-Eyre-In memory of Lionel George Worthington-Eyre, Lieutenant (A.C).
R.F.A., killed in action on the Arras front, 14th July, 1917, aged 22 years.

The Weekly Irish Times. Ireland’s Roll of Honour. August 4, 1917. Lieutenant L George Worthington-Eyre, Royal Field Artillery, killed in action on July 14th, was the second son
of Mr and mrs W J Worthington-Eyre, of 12 Tivoli Terrace, East, Kingstown, County Dublin, and grandson of the late Thomas Stratford Eyre, of Eyreville, County Galway, and
was 23 years of age. He was educated at Corrig School, Kingstown, and High School, Dublin. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, at 18 yars of age, and at the outbreak of war was in the Engineering School. Having been a member of the Officers Training Corps he was gazetted second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on June 23rd, 1915.

He was mentioned in despatches by Sir Douglas Haig on May 18th, 1917. His Major, writing to his mother, says;–“He met his death whilst engaged in destroying an enemy machine
gun emplacement…..The Royal Irish Regiment has lost a smart and promising young officer, who, by his keen devotion to duty and tactful way, won the highest admiration of
his brother officers and men in the division.”

He has two brothers serving, Lieutenant W S Worthington-Eyre, R.E., in Egypt, and Robert Worthington-Eyre in the Australian Infantry.
B. 9. Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurai
Source: Tom Burnell, war historian