Irish Soliders that fought with British Army

Murrayer22

Hi All,
I'd really apreciate a bit of help with this 1.
I know my Dad's Uncle died around 1916 fighting for the British Army. He was Irish, only 14 but told the British Army that he was 17 so he could sign up. Ive heard a lot of people did that in those days.
He died while fighting abroad in France.
Ive been on the net for weeks now trying to find something as to where he was buried or otherwise. An old relative told me that his name was inscribed on a Monument somewhere in France for the fallen soldiers.
Can anyone give me a good site where I can actually get names of the soldiers? Every site Ive been on, doesnt actually give a whole list of the names.

Thank You
xx

concussion

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission should be of assistance. They have an online database where you can search by name and service. If that doesn't find your grandfather you could try contacting them directly.

http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14&searchFor=casualty

Murrayer22

Thanks for your help concussion.
Thats one of the sites I was already on. Ive just spent the last few hours going through it again, so Ive contacted them.
Fingers crossed they'll be able to help me.

Thanks again

MajorMax

Murrayer22 wrote: »

Hi All,
I'd really apreciate a bit of help with this 1.
I know my Dad's Uncle died around 1916 fighting for the British Army. He was Irish, only 14 but told the British Army that he was 17 so he could sign up. Ive heard a lot of people did that in those days.
He died while fighting abroad in France.
Ive been on the net for weeks now trying to find something as to where he was buried or otherwise. An old relative told me that his name was inscribed on a Monument somewhere in France for the fallen soldiers.
Can anyone give me a good site where I can actually get names of the soldiers? Every site Ive been on, doesnt actually give a whole list of the names.

Thank You
xx

My Granduncle died in 1917 with the 1st battalion Irish Guards at Passchendale. He has no grave like many WW1 soldiers and is commemerated on a panel of the Ypres (Menin gate) Memorial with 54,391 other soldiers. You will need his full name and year of death. Then go to
http://www.cwgc.org/
You will find many details there.

johnny_doyle

drop in the WW1 forum. If you can give his name, any family names, county he was from etc you'll get some help in pin pointing his rank, serial no, regt etc..

Fratton Fred

MajorMax wrote: »

My Granduncle died in 1917 with the 1st battalion Irish Guards at Passchendale. He has no grave like many WW1 soldiers and is commemerated on a panel of the Ypres (Menin gate) Memorial with 54,391 other soldiers. You will need his full name and year of death. Then go to
http://www.cwgc.org/
You will find many details there.

I've been to Ypres a couple of times (I used to play for the CWGC's football team) and the Menin Gate is amazing. The last post that is played there every evening is incredibly moving.

enfield

PM me and I should be abe to help you.
Kind regards.
Tom.

Murrayer22

Thanks for all your help everyone.
The websites have been a real help.
MajorMax, checked out the website but Im sure he was buried in France, just outside Paris somewhere and like your Granduncle, his name is on a memorial there. Just havent been able to locate it.
I'll keep trying

Thanks again
x