| Date |
Name |
Information |
|
| 31/07/2016 |
L/Corp Alexander Leacock |
Grave photo kindly provided by Jean Caldwell |
| 31/07/2016 |
L/Corp Alexander Leacock |
00749 |
| 31/07/2016 |
L/Corp Alexander Leacock |
00748 |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
The CWGC record Lieutenant William James Boal as the son of Robert and Jane Boal. He is also recorded as the husband of Sarah Margaret Boal of Tobermore. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
Lieutenant William Boal is buried in Draperstown (St. Columba’s) Church Of Ireland Churchyard in the family plot. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
Remarkably his father attempted also to enlist in World War Two, but was rejected. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
Lieutenant William Boal was working as a pilot instructor when he killed as the result of an air collision with another plane in England on 24th February 1942. He was 47 years old. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
Lieutenant William Boal served as a pilot instructor with Fleet Air Arm at the Royal Navy Air Station, H.M.S. Kestrel, at Worthy Down near Winchester, England. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
William signed up in World War Two, but age was against him, so he became a pilot with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
Reports suggest he may have worked as a manager at the Labour Exchange in Magherafelt. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
William was married to Sarah Margaret (a.k.a. Daisy) of Tobermore. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
Private William James Boal received a D.C.M. for his contribution as a signaller whilst serving in St Quentin. He was granted the Award on 1st January 1919. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
Private William James Boal was mentioned in despatches. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
Private William James Boal served with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, as a signaller (Service No 19903). |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
William Boal enlisted in 1915. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
The 1911 census lists William James as age 16 living with the family at house 6 in Queen's Street, Lurgan, County Armagh. William had left school and was working as a clerk in a linen warehouse. His father was a Assurance Assistant Supt. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
His father was also in the army, and had served in Gibraltar, Egypt, Malta and South Africa. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
The 1901 census lists William J as age 6 living with the family at house 9 in Ballynaris, Dromore Rural, County Down. His father was not present. His mother was a shop keeper. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
Family: Robert Boal, Jane Boal, William James Boal (born 24th December 1894, Belfast), Robert Victor Boal (born 1st March 1896, Banbridge, Co Down), Mary Todd Boal (born 13th January 1898 Banbridge, Co Down), Arminella Boal (born 28th April 1904, Banbridge, Co Down), Sarah Elizabeth Boal (born 12th April 1906, Banbridge, Co Down), Eileen Muriel Boal (born 25th May 1910, Lurgan, Co Armagh). |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
William was born on 24th December 1894 in Belfast. He was one of eight children, six surviving. |
| 22/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
William James Boal was the eldest son of Robert and Jane Boal. Robert Boal married Jane Hodgson on 6th December 1893 in the district of Banbridge. |
| 20/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
00747 |
| 20/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
00746 |
| 20/07/2016 |
Lieut William James Boal D.C.M. |
00745 |
| 09/07/2016 |
Lieut Percy Thomas Jordan |
The death has been announced of Second Lieutenant Percy T Jordan, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles on 21st August. Lieutenant Jordan, who was the only son of the late Rev Dr Jordan, rector of Magherafelt, was educated at St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, and Trinity College, Dublin. He had been in the University Officer Training Corps, and received his commission shortly after the outbreak of war. |
| 09/07/2016 |
Lieut Percy Thomas Jordan |
00744 |
| 09/07/2016 |
Lieut Percy Thomas Jordan |
From the Belfast Newsletter dated 1st September 1915: Second Lieutenant Percy T Jordan |
| 07/07/2016 |
R/man Thomas Dowdell |
Rifleman Thomas Dowdell is also commemorated on Newtownards War Memorial. |
| 07/07/2016 |
R/man Thomas Dowdell |
00743 |
| 07/07/2016 |
Sgt. Robert Ramsey |
00742 |
| 07/07/2016 |
R/man William McCurdy |
00742 |
| 07/07/2016 |
Corp William L Ellis |
00742 |
| 05/07/2016 |
Pte. George Alexander Gibson |
He and his wife lived in Ballymacombs, Bellaghy at the time. |
| 05/07/2016 |
Pte. George Alexander Gibson |
In August 1915, the War Office now notified Mrs Gibson that an exchanged prisoner, Major Kelly, a doctor with the Royal Army Medical Corps, attended Private Gibson for a wound in the spine in a camp for wounded British soldiers in Germany. |
| 05/07/2016 |
Pte. George Alexander Gibson |
George Gibson was a well-known Scottish footballer. |
| 05/07/2016 |
Pte. George Alexander Gibson |
Among those reported missing after Mons and unheard of since was Private George Gibson, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, whose wife resides at Ballymacombs, Bellaghy. The War Office now notifies Mrs Gibson that an exchanged prisoner, Major Kelly, R.A.M..C., reports having attended Private Gibson for a wound in the spine in a camp for wounded British soldiers in Germany. Gibson is a well-known Scottish footballer. |
| 05/07/2016 |
Pte. George Alexander Gibson |
00741 |
| 05/07/2016 |
Pte. George Alexander Gibson |
From the Belfast Newsletter dated 28th August 1915: |
