BELLINGHAM Lt.Col. 8th Battalion Ginchy 9 Sept. Lieut.-Colonel E. Bellingham, the officer commanding the 8th Dublin Fusiliers, the supporting battalion on the right, accomplished very fine work in the organization of the whole line. By midnight the village was in a sound state of defence.
CLARKE Second Lieutenant George Alexander. 8th Battalion Second son of Alexander Clarke and Margaret Clarke of Whitworth Road, Dublin. Killed in action 21st March 1918. Age 24. Honnechy British Cemetery. Brother of Thomas Clarke, who also died on service and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Went to Mountjoy School
COWLEY Capt 8th Battalion. Aug 16, Battle of Langemarck at 10.15 a.m. Captain Cowley, 8th Dublin Fusiliers, went forward with his company to ascertain the position on the "Green "Line, but was unable to reach it.
DAVIES Second Lieutenant N J. 8th Battalion Son of Mrs. A. Davies, of 46, Kenilworth Park, Rathgar, Dublin. Died 27th April 1916. Age 25. Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery
DOHERTY,Second Lieutenant John 8th Battalion Son of Mrs. Rebecca Doherty, of 18, Main St., Strabane, Co. Tyrone, and the late John Doherty. age 32 died 16/08/1917.
DOYLE, Second Lieutenant, CHRISTOPHER, 8th Battalion. died 15th July 1918. Age 20. Son of Richard and Anne Doyle, of 812 Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin.
DOYLE, WILLIAM JOSEPH GABRIEL, M.C., 8th Battalion. Chaplain to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, yst. s. of Hugh Doyle, of Melrose. Dalkey, co. Dublin ; b. Dalkey aforesaid, 3 March. 1873 : educ. Katehffe College, Leicester ; became a member of the Society of Jesus in 1891 : was ordained by the Archbishop of Dublin in 1907 ; volonteercd his services after the outbreak of war. being gazetted in Nov. 1915 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Feb.. and was killed in action at Ypres 17 Aug. 1917. Buried on the Frazenberg Ridge. General Hickie wrote : " He was loved and reverenced by u-4 all. Hfs gallantry, self-sacrifice and devotion to duty were all so well knoMrn and recognized. I tliink that his was the most wonderful character that I have ever known." Father Doyle was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette. 1 Jan. 1917). for gallant service, and also a Parchment Certificate, given to him by the Commander of the 16th Irish Division, which states : " I have read with much pleasure the reports of your regimental commander and Brigade commander regarding your gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field on 27 and 29 April, and have ordered your name and deed to be entered in the Record of the Irish Division."
GREEN Second Lieutenant Arthur Vivian, died 17/8/1917 5th Royal Dublin Fusiliers attached 8th Battalion
Arthur was the son of Herbert Percy and Jessie Green of Limehurst, Holland Park, Knock, County Down. As well as Inst, he was educated at Methodist College, Belfast. His brother, Second Lieutenant Percy Harold Green, was killed in March 1918. Arthur was killed on 17th August 1917 at the age of 21, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial (panel 144 to 145), Flanders, Belgium. He is also commemorated on both the Bank or Ireland Memorial in Dublin, and the Londonderry Memorial.
MARLOW, 2ND LIEUT. Charles Dwyer. 8th Battalion Son of Arthur and Amelia Frances Marlow, of Clonlyne, Penrhyn Bay, Llandudno, Carnarvonshire. killed 17 August 1917, age 22. King's Hospital Eleven, Dublin: captain of XI.
MAXWELL, Thomas, 2/LT (TP), 8th Battalion. Age 20. Only son of Patrick W. Maxwell, M D. Edinburgh, F.R.C.S.I., and Catherine Elizabeth Suckling Maxwell (dau. of Cornelius Suckling, M.D). of of 19, Lower Baggot Street. Dublin.,b. Dublin, 20 Dec. 1895 : educ. Cargilfield : Charterhouse, and Dublin University ; was an Arts Student there ; volunteered for active service on tlie outbreak of war Aug. 1914 : gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Oct. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Dec, 1915, and was killed in action at Gineliy, during the Battle of the Somme, 9 Sept. 1916. Buried between Ginchy and Guillemont, north-west of Combles ;
POULTER Capt. Henry Chapman. Died of wounds at Fontaine les Croiselle on Nov 29th.1917. Age 23 Son of Henry C. Poulter, of St. Brigid's, Roebuck, Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin. MIC shows joined as a Private, went into Gallipoli on 7 Aug 1915, commissioned from ranks 7 Feb 1916. Died of Wounds. Also served POULTER Second Lieutenant Wilfred Forman. 24th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed in flight action at Villers Outreaux, 6th March 1918. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Poulter, of St. Brigids, Roebuck, Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin. POULTER Capt Terence, 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (I assume another brother as same address on MIC as Henry C Poulter). Entered France 20 Apr 1917. POULTER Lt Edgar Alan, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. I assume another brother as same address on MIC.Went into Gallipoli onn 9 Aug 1915. Commissioned from ranks
VALENTINE, ROBERT LEPPER, Lieut.. 8th Battalion. Son of the late William John Valentine, of Dublin. Classical Master (retired), by his wife. Grace Dalton. dau. ofThomas Dalton Smith ; b. Portora. Enniskillen. co. Fermanagh: edue. Harcourt Street High School, and Royal College of Science. Dublin ; was Assistant Geoologist for the Geological Survey of Ireland ; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in Sept. 1914 : obtained a temporary commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 12 Oct. 1914: promoted Temp. Lieut. 24 .Nov. 1914 : served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died near Loos : 27 April. 1916. of wounds and gas poisoning received in action near Loos the previous day. Buried in Xoeux-les-Mines Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote : " Your boy was one of the best and most thorough officers I had, and his loss will be deplored by all. He was a favourite with the officers and very popular with the men. I had formed great expectations of him. He was always so willing, so desirous of learning, and so nitv to us all, and a brother officer : " He was a prime favourite and a tremendous worker. He was our next subaltern for pro motion, and had carried B Coy. several times througli their tour of the awful trenches. We were just in front of Loos on 27 April, and the Germans, at 4.;10 a.m.. sent over the deadly gas." During his service with his battalion be had devised a method for increasing the efficiency of Lewis machine guns
WALSH Lieutenant Philip James, 8th Battalion, KIA 30 November 1917 Philip Walsh was the son of Philip James Walsh and Julia Walsh of 6 Belgrave Park, Rathmines, Co Dublin. He attended Belvedere from 1897 until 1902. After he left school, Philip worked for the Dunlop Tyre Company in Aston, Birmingham. In 1916, he left his job to join the army. He was a member of the 8th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was on active service for over a year, and was involved in some of the heaviest fighting of the war. In August 1917 he was injured. He recovered and immediately returned to the front. He was stationed at Croissille in France, 13 kilometres south-east of Arras. Shortly afterwards, on Friday 30 November 1917, he was killed by shell fire. He was 30 years of age. His mother was, at this time, a widow. His obituary in the 1918 Belvederian says of him: ‘He had been to Confession just before up the line, and conscious of his preparedness faced death without fear.’ Philip Walsh is buried in grave II E3 at Croissille British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. This graveyard holds the graves of over 1000 casualties of the First World War, nearly half of them unidentified
WHITEHEAD Second Lieutenant Walter. 3rd Battalion, attached 8th Battalion. Killed in action 6th September 1916. Age 25. Thiepval Memorial. Son of George and Harriet Whitehead, of 86, Drumcondra Road, Dublin
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