There are 102 men on this list of men from the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who were captured by the Germans on or before Christmas Day 1914. I have transcribed this data from the following Imperial War Museum collection:
B.O.2 1/141: a 7-page typed list sent to Sir Ernest Goodhart, date unknown.
My full transcription of these men (not reproduced here) also contains the home address and/or next of kin address and date of capture of all of the men.
The full transcription is available for sale for £20. Contact me if you would like to purchase a copy.
For more information about these so-called 'Princess Mary tin PoWs' see my 1914 PoWs page. The majority of these men will also have records published by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Searching the website is free; finding your man can be somewhat more challenging.
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10542 Private Sidney Barr, 10208 Private Charles Breslin, 8692 Private John Burnside, 10567 Private William Byrne.
10342 Private William Carlin, 10214 Private Joseph Carr, 7496 Private William Carson, 9129 Private Alexander Cash, 9649 Private Robert Clarkin, 10549 Private Joseph Clint, 7285 Private Edward Collard, 7026 Private James Conaghan, 6422 Private William Corbett, 8606 Lance-Corporal Patrick Corcoran, 9264 Sergeant Alfred Cowell, 7190 Private James Crawford, 9929 Private Robert Curry.
8024 Private James Devlin, 6965 Lance-Corporal John Dornan, 7804 Private William E Duffy.
7431 Private George Emms.
6847 Private Henry Farr, 7726 Private Alexander Feehely, 8014 Private George Feeney, 8199 Private George W Fleming, 8432 Private Patrick Flynn, 7712 Private James Fulton.
6401 Private Charles G Gardiner, 9029 Private Edward Gavagan, 7688 Private Michael Gilfedder, 7292 Private Percy G Goodall.
10552 Private Andrew Hamilton, 6936 Private Michael Harte, 4526 Private John Haslin, 8164 Sergeant Magnus Hedge, 7424 Lance-Corporal Samuel Hill, 7233 Private James Holmes.
8232 Sergeant Joseph Irwin.
7282 Private Walton Jones.
7957 Private James Keaveney, 8035 Private Patrick J Keenan, 10348 Private Charles T Kirby, 10001 Private Reginald Knight.
7069 Private John Linton, 10712 Private John J Loughran.
6749 Private William MacFarlane, 7435 Private Joseph Mackenna, 7036 Private Charles Madden, 10467 Private Alexander McBride, 6718 Private James McCallion, 10480 Private Thomas McCormick, 9689 Private William McCoy, 8050 Private Francis McCreanor, 8194 Private John McCullough, 9513 Private Thomas McDermott, 7501 Private Patrick McGinley, 8851 Michael McGlinchey, 10538 Private John McGookin, 10462 Private Walter McIlroy, 10232 Private Lawrence McLoughlin, 8374 Private Henry McNally, 7521 Private Frederick McNulty, 7912 Private Thomas McQuade, 6469 Private Thomas Miller, 6838 Corporal Hamilton Mitchell, 7303 Private Joseph Moore, 7304 Private Robert Moore, 9011 Private William Moore, 10202 Private Edward Morrow, 8973 Private James D Moylan, 6000 Private Joseph Muldoon, 9355 Sergeant Walter Murrell.
7273 Private John Naughton.
9487 Private James Orr.
8731 Private Robert Patterson
9579 Lance-Corporal Robert Reynolds, 9561 Private Patrick Rice, 7810 Private Francis Richards, 8581 Private John Robinson, 7790 Private Patrick Roche, 6855 Private George Roy.
10643 Private Kier Simms, 10317 Private Thomas Skelly, 8289 Private Horace Skinner, 7417 Private John Smythe, 8981 Private Harry R Southwood, 6621 Private William Spence, 7667 Private Edward Starkie, 6468 Private William Stewart, 8197 Private James Sweeney.
8225 Private William Telford, 8142 Private Joseph Thompson.
8693 Private William Wallace, 5728 Sergeant James Walsh, 9675 Drummer Charles Warden, 7520 Private Henry White, 8167 Lance-Corporal Robert Wilkinson, 10164 Private Edward Wilson, 7743 Private Francis Wilson, 7910 Private Robert Winter, 7618 Private Alfred Wood.
9679 Private William J Young,
3 comments:
Re Sergeant Joseph Iriwn POW 1914
Joe Irwin was my Husbands grandfather. We have may photos of him in uniform, his medals and his letter from the King welcoming him home after his release from POW camp in Germany. We also have all his temperance medals, and his origional Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Tie. Are these items of any worth? and if so, how do we go about selling them as no one here inour family wants to keep them. My husband is now getting on and I would like to think that the items might go to a collector OR? who will appreciate them.
With hanks
jane Enright
Private 6401, Charles G. Gardiner was my Maternal Great Grandfather, Charles George Gardiner.
Born 4th January 1881, Islandderry, Dromore Co Down. to John Gardiner & Lucinda Arnold.
14 October 1899 he signed up at Omagh Co tyrone for service in the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
31 March 1901 recorded on the Census return for the Citadel Barracks, Dover, Kent, for the Details , Royal Inniskillen Fusilers.
aged 19, Single, Lance Corporal.
4th April 1904 he married Margaret Martha Eleanor Quinn at St Macartins Church of Ireland, Enniskillen Co Fermanagh.
3rd April 1905, resident at Queen Street Enniskillen on birth of my Grandmother Martha Florence Gardiner. recorded as Sgt 1st Batt R.I.F.
02 April 1911, Census return shows the family residing at 14 Greenan, Quilly, Dromore, Co Down. He was working in the local Bleach and Dye Works, as a Clerk..
28 September 1912, he was living at Coolsallagh, Dromore when he signed The Ulster Covenant.
Mobilised on 5th August 1914.
Posted to France on 23rd August 1914.
P.O.W. 26 August 1914 to 13 December 1918 :
Royal Irish Fusiliers were fighting at Esnes, then retreated to Le Catelet on 26th Aug. Believe he had been wounded in the thigh and had been left behind in the retreat. Taken to POW Hospital in Krefeld / Crefeld.
Red Cross papers show;
Gardiner, Charles Priv. Inf. Oberschenkel. Ros.Laz.2. Crefeld.
(Oberschenkel is German for thigh).
He was repatriated on 15 December 1918 and continued service until 20th March 1919.
Like so many war veterans, he never spoke about his time in the Army.
After the war, (1943). he was listed in the Belfast street Directory for 23 Willisden Park, Belfast, as a Civil Servant, up to the last street Directory of 1960.
12 June 1958 His wife Margaret passed away .
14 January 1971 Charles George Gardiner passed away and was buried with his wife at Knockbreda Presbyterian Church yard , Newtownbreda, on the outskirts of Belfast.
Like so many who fell or came home shell shocked, or injured. during WW1 and subsequent wars, We Salute you and thank you for your service.
6401 Pcte Charles G Gardiner was my maternal great grandfather. Wounded in August 1914, Taken POW Released December 1918. Resumed service until discharge in 1020.
Died 14 January 1971 in Belfast.
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