APPENDIX 4.
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APPENDIX 4.
ROLL OF OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND MEN OF THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT TO WHOM HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, MEDALS FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN THE FIELD, FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE, AND FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT.
The Victoria Cross.
Rank.Name.Campaign.
CaptainThomas EsmondeCrimea.
CaptainHugh ShawNew Zealand.
Private, No. 3733John BarrySouth Africa.
(Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan is not included in this list, as he won his V.C. while in another regiment.)
Distinguished Conduct in the Field.
Rank.Name.Campaign.
SergeantHenry MortonCrimea.
CorporalM. Egan”
”Thomas Murphy”
PrivateRichard Baglin”
”Edwin Erwin”
”Thadeus Flannery”
”Henry Forrestall”
”Robert Marshall”
”William Major”
”James M. Guinness”
”Nicholas O’Neill”
”John Sessman”
”Patrick Whelan (2830) ”
”Patrick Whelan (3521)”
(It will be noticed that these names are also shown on the list of recipients of the good conduct medal.)
PrivateJames ActonNew Zealand,1866.
”John Brandon”1865.
”George Clampitt””
”John Graham””
”John Hennigan”1866.
”James Kearnes”1865.
SergeantEdward O’DonnellEgypt,1882.
Sergeant-MajorJ. BerginSouth Africa,1900-2.
SergeantJ. O’ConnorSouth Africa,1900-2.
”H. Loney”
”T. Connolly”
CorporalP. Doyle”
”E. Lovely”
Lance-CorporalP. Dumphy”
”W. Tytherleigh”
PrivateW. Sweeney”
”T. Baker”
”M. Maher”
”J. Murphy”
”J. Radigan”
Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers to whom has been Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Annuity.
Rank.Name.Campaign.
SergeantJohn GrantCrimea.
Colour-SergeantMartin CumminsChina, Burma, and Crimea.
Sergeant-MajorWilliam TooheyIndian Mutiny.
SergeantEdward Foy
Sergeant-MajorJ. BerginAfghanistan, Nile, and South Africa.
Quartermaster- SergeantA. MolloyNew Zealand.
SergeantRichard FordBurma and Crimea.
Non-Commissioned Officers and Men who have Received the Gratuity and Good Conduct Medal from 1849 to June 30, 1902.
1st Battalion.
Year.No. Rank.Name.
1850-1338SergeantWill Bett.
”788PrivateJohn Redding.
”609”Mat. Connors.
1851-2790SergeantWilliam Shanahan.
”810Armourer-SergeantRichard Ford.
1852-3681PrivateJohn Priestley.
”776”Owen Cork.
”751”James Ward.
”697”Thomas Morrow.
1853-4806Colour-SergeantJames M‘Illwain.
”832CorporalThomas M‘Gowan.
”853PrivateSaul Gilloe.
1854-5421”Edward Lyons.
”653”Robert Black.
”890”Charles Armstrong.
”929”Thomas Creagh.
”870”Patrick Martin.
”927”Thomas Carroll.
1855-62315SergeantHenry Morton.
”2451CorporalM. Egan.
1855-62785CorporalThomas Murphy.
”3559PrivateNicholas O’Neill.
”2025”Robert Marshall.
”3023”Edwin Erwin.
”3707”Richard Baglin.
”2294”Thadeus Flannery.
”2846”William Major.
”3053”Henry Forrestall.
”2080”James M. Guinness.
”2830”Patrick Whelan.
”3346”John Sessman.
”3521”Patrick Whelan.
”1054”Bartholomew Barnacle.
”1055”Patrick Daly.
1856-7
1857-81100”Walter Lawless.
”1196SergeantIsaac Orchard.
”1233PrivateJohn O’Brien.
”1260”Richard Dobin.
1858-93259SergeantWilliam Fannon.
”1504”Thomas Connors.
1859-601676”John Lavin.
”1780Quartermaster-SergeantCharles Cadman.
”1464PrivateDaniel Flanagan.
1860-11828”Patrick Connolly.
”2955Sergeant-MajorAlexander Stowell.
”3967PrivateBenjamin Dyson.
”1870”Patrick Clancy.
”1877SergeantWilliam Burkett.
”1874PrivateJohn Gilhooly.
1861-21878”Thomas Melley.
”1551”James Morgan.
”1190Colour-SergeantMartin Cummins.
”1928PrivateJames O’Daniel.
”1568Hospital-SergeantCharles S. Edwards.
1862-33327SergeantWilliam Iron.
”2039PrivateMichael Farrell.
”1920”Nichs. Wall.
1863-41866”Michael Walsh.
”2124”William Cunnah.
”1216SergeantJohn O’Neill.
1864-5968PrivateWilliam Butler.
”3658”Andrew Nelson.
”2257”Michael Melvin.
”2396”Michael Coulihan.
”2380Quartermaster-SergeantThomas Conway.
”2303PrivateMichael Sweeney.
1865-62294”Thady. Flanery.
”3445”Michael Fraley.
”946”John Grady.
”2535”John Lawler.
1865-62155Colour-SergeantJames Proctor.
”2327PrivateJasper Twissell.
1866-72388”John Hutch.
”2565”John Dumphey.
”2618”John Harrington.
”846”Thomas Dowd.
1867-82682”Patrick Barry.
”826SergeantJames Cumberford.
”2432PrivateThomas Rabbit.
1868-93566Quartermaster-SergeantJames Proctor.
”1148PrivatePatrick Wall.
1869-702791Colour-SergeantCharles Glynn.
”2786CorporalJames O’Gready.
”2884SergeantPatrick Collins.
”1131PrivateJohn Sexton.
”3361SergeantThomas Pearmain.
”973”Charles Fitch.
1870-12989PrivateDaniel Leahy.
”2922”Bartholomew Millerick.
”1026”John Sheehan.
”2778Armourer-SergeantGeorge Ford.
”2948Hospital-SergeantJames O’Regan.
1871-23147PrivatePatrick Brady.
”3082”Thomas Hickey.
”3502”Jonathan Taylor.
”3038”John Sweeney.
”4772”John Toole.
”3138SergeantDaniel Corbet.
1872-33300”James Roddy.
”4089PrivateSamuel Card.
”1056”Michael Doyle.
”3219”Francis Boyle.
”3296CorporalJohn Pratt.
”3829SergeantWilliam Hudson.
”4019Colour-SergeantStephen Bowen.
”4158” ”Michael Murphy.
”4159PrivateJames Fox.
1873-4121”Patrick Broderick.
”4300”Moses Green.
”4653”Anthony Hynes.
”4404”John Stephens.
”146”Michael Mahon.
”4709”James Cuddy.
”2780SergeantRichard Ford.
”2972CorporalMichael Duggan.
”4050PrivateJohn Cross.
1874-5 69-B. 729 CorporalJerh. Donovan.
”1003”David Roche.
”3852SergeantThomas Mathews.
”128”Pat. M‘Guinness.
1874-53149SergeantJohn Hynes.
1875-675Quartermaster’s ClerkEdward Foy.
”669SergeantThomas Spring.
”375”John Fennely.
”173PrivatePatrick Keelehan.
”229”Robert Cumberford.
”1062”Michael Ryan.
”50”Patrick M‘Shean.
”234”Michael O’Hanlon.
”1548SergeantWilliam Dickson.
1876-7816Quartermaster-SergeantWilliam Sparrow.
” 69-B. 941 PrivateMartin Burke.
”4559SergeantThomas Wright.
”951PrivateAlexander Sutton.
”4786”Rody Walsh.
1877-8 69-Bde. 508 ”Joseph Davy.
” 69-Bde. 615 ”Thomas O’Connor.
”355”Dennis O’Brien.
” 69-Bde. 616 ”Michael Quiligan.
”286”Patrick Burke.
” 69-B. 931 ”John Commons.
”1527BandmasterCharles Fitzpatrick.
”4388SergeantJames Pearson.
”671PrivateWilliam M‘Conville.
”45”Michael M‘Loughlin.
” 69-B. 556 ”John Byrne.
”1702”Robert Shields.
”4788Sergeant-MajorWilliam Toohey.
1878 69-B. 506 PrivatePatrick Smith.
” 69-B. 503 ”Patrick Croke.
” 69-B. 511 ”Michael M‘Cabe.
” 69-B. 663 ”James Rodham.
1879 69-B. 109 ”Joseph Gleeson.
” 69-B. 653 ”John M‘Dermott.
1880 69-B. 1460 ”James Smith.
1881-21018Sergeant-Instructor of GymnasticsEdward Kenruly.
”1009SergeantJohn M‘Whurter.
”1242PrivateMichael Morrissey.
1882-31052SergeantWilliam Hayden.
”564PrivateMichael Mulhare.
1883-4544CorporalPatrick Guinan.
”560PrivateCharles M‘Carthy.
”1288”John Beehan.
”1217”Philip Walsh.
”1220SergeantWilliam Williams.
1884-51211PrivateAndrew Cahill.
”203SergeantCharles O’Brien.
”281PrivatePatrick O’Brien.
”994CorporalThomas Toomey.
”1412SergeantHenry A. Hills.
1885-6370CorporalPeter Byrnes.
”1196PrivateJohn Brennan.
”2158SergeantThomas L. Folley.
1886-71511MusicianRobert Hughes.
”1545Colour-SergeantPaul Stokes.
”974” ”John Kenely.
”1574Sergeant-CookRobert Dillon.
1887-81549Band-SergeantCharles Tribe.
”1719PrivateThomas MacNamara.
”1202”Edward Neville.
”2064Orderly-Room SergeantOwen R. Williams.
1888-91140PrivateF. Dougherty.
”1575Colour-SergeantA. Stevens.
”1896DrummerPatrick Nicholson.
”1152PrivateThomas Raper.
”1873”Hugh Cunningham.
”662Quartermaster-SergeantAlbert Hendy.
”1728PrivateS. Breadon.
”1760”J. Byrne.
”501”A. Ingram.
”2178”A. Kirkpatrick.
”1146Lance-SergeantJ. O’Keefe.
”1209PrivateM. Tobin.
”1139Colour-SergeantJ. Bergen.
”645” ”S. Wills.
1890-11874PrivateHenry Walker.
1891-21879”M. O’Neill.
1892-32205BandsmanJ. Plunkett.
”2256PrivateT. Condon.
”2463”J. Fitzsimons.
”1872BandsmanP. Bagge.
”2579”G. Chaney.
”2578”A. Hyam.
1893-42076Colour-SergeantJ. Cooper.
”1918Quartermaster-SergeantW. E. Harradine.
1894-52882Colour-SergeantW. Byrne.
”1012SergeantP. Ward.
”2826PrivateM. Day.
”2099”J. Sullivan.
1894-52100PrivateW. Bryan.
”2829Colour-SergeantE. Tobin.
”2791BandsmanJohn Mould.
1895-63046Sergeant-Instructor of MusketryJ. P. O’Brien.
”2790PrivateG. S. Simonite.
”1063Lance-CorporalDaniel Lowther.
”1498Quartermaster-SergeantJames Smith.
”2686PrivateEdward Naper.
2nd Battalion.
1858-9434Colour-SergeantDexter Johnson.
”403” ”Robert Meredith.
1859-60369” ”Henry Backley.
”194SergeantFrancis O’Hare.
”1160”Walter Thomson.
”1PrivatePatrick Shehan.
”3”James Russell.
1860-14CorporalMichael Horrigan.
”49PrivateMichael Cawley.
1861-211”John Power.
1862-3310SergeantTimothy M‘Carthy.
”18CorporalRobert Philips.
1864-51401Colour-SergeantJohn Gleeson.
1865-61412PrivatePhilip Ryan.
”1391CorporalPeter Moloy.
1866-71594PrivateJeremiah Bishhagra.
”1589”Michael Ward.
”409Colour-SergeantWilliam Heald.
”386PrivateAndrew Murray.
1867-81795Sergeant-MajorJohn Prendergast.
”1887PrivateJeremiah Murphy.
”1400”Thomas Gilloyley.
”1902”Thomas Foley.
1868-91404Sergeant-Instructor of MusketrySamuel Chandler.
”144Colour-SergeantWilliam Darby.
1869-701896PrivateEdward Crowley.
”1893”Patrick Connors.
”311”Jeremiah Connors.
”1674”Robert M‘Dermott.
1870-11681”Richard Fitzwilliam.
”1472Colour-SergeantAlexander Nicholas.
1871-21851Drum-MajorWilliam Henry Hale.
”1606PrivateWilliam Connell.
”1729”William Arnett.
”16”Michael M‘Carthy.
1872-31653SergeantThomas Rooney.
”422Colour-SergeantJohn Hart.
1873-41830PrivateGeorge Lucas.
”2299”Henry Carragher.
”1619”Anthony Cushen.
1873-42518SergeantJoseph Day.
”1516”George Copley.
1874-51817PrivateStephen Maloney.
1875-61809Sergeant-MajorCharles Brain.
”65SergeantJames Mylan.
”2315PrivateJohn Fahey.
”1040”John Reilly.
”70CorporalJohn Power.
” 69-B. 789 PrivatePatrick Keefe.
”83”Patrick Walsh.
”741Colour-SergeantPatrick Dowling.
”43” ”Edward Molloy.
”78PrivateJames Butler.
”2566CorporalJohn Syberry.
1876-71925Armourer-SergeantJohn Smith.
”1247SergeantRobert Waters.
”2344PrivatePatrick M‘Cormack.
”2235”Patrick Bryan.
”2385”Michael Walsh.
”1924”William Ferguson.
”145Canteen-SergeantPatrick Maloney.
”176Colour-SergeantWilliam Forsythe.
”228SergeantJohn Nixon.
”229”John Dillon.
”372”Michael Dowling.
”288CorporalBernard M‘Keown.
”1344DrummerLaurence Kavanagh.
”184”John Smith.
”1797PrivateJames Armitage.
”2325”John Graham.
”2375”Michael Whelan.
”2275”Henry Ward.
”277”John Keane.
”404”Anthony Canavan.
”968SergeantJoshua Forsythe.
”427PrivateWilliam Gibbons.
”473”James Kyle.
”592”John M‘Enerney.
”2381SergeantJohn Ryan.
”426Colour-SergeantThomas F. Walshe.
” 69-Bde. 775 PrivateEdward Graham.
1877-82308Colour-SergeantTimothy Dempsey.
”743CorporalTimothy Troy Guder.
”959SergeantWilliam Mosgrove.
”381”William Wilson.
”750PrivateJohn Barry.
”562”Patrick Daly.
”830SergeantJoseph Dundas.
”1073PrivateDavid Thompson.
1877-81090Sergeant-Instructor of MusketryJames Stapleton.
”1025Colour-SergeantFrancis Birch.
”1000Sergeant-MajorGeorge Hawkesby.
”1019Colour-SergeantThomas MacMillan.
”993” ”Arthur Molloy.
1878956PrivateHarry Carroll.
”1305”Patrick Clifford.
”1407SergeantOwen Connell.
”1334Colour-SergeantRichard Brien.
”1356PrivateJames Butler.
”1335”John Kennedy.
”801”Felix Logan.
”1474SergeantRobert Markham.
”1480PrivateWilliam Rowe.
”270”John Corcoran.
”1369”Thomas Quinlan.
”2374”Joseph Walker.
”2304”John Culligan.
”1631Colour-SergeantCharles Tadd.
18791337” ”Clement Eaton.
”2341PrivateWilliam Kennedy.
” 69-B. 1125 SergeantWilliam Savage.
”1508PrivateJohn Murphy.
18801304SergeantThomas Kelly.
1880-11095”William M‘Intosh.
1881-22295”Maurice Breen.
1882-3529PrivateDaniel Allen.
1887-8972SergeantCharles Stokes.
”1944Quartermaster-SergeantWilliam Dundas.
”2042PrivateSamuel Pettit.
1888-92466Lance-SergeantH. Clements.
”2397Sergeant DrummerJ. Frost.
”416PrivateT. Pettit.
”2468Colour-SergeantJ. Chambers.
”2703Band-SergeantW. Nash.
”2722CorporalE. Avery.
1890-12736SergeantMartin Lepper.
”1927Colour-SergeantJohn Perrin.
”2704Sergeant DrummerFrancis Weeks.
”646PrivateMatt. Akins.
1892-32079Colour-SergeantJ. M‘Namara.
1894-53199Corporal Lance-Sergeant Robert Smith.
”1576Lance-CorporalMatthew Doyle.
1895-63195Quartermaster-SergeantJ. Cremen.
”3246” ”J. Richings.
1896-72576” ”H. W. Walshe.
(From this date the official returns do not specify to which battalion the recipient of the medal belonged.)
1897-82072Sergeant-MajorWilliam Moffatt.
”3761PrivateJoseph Kennedy.
1897-83781Colour-SergeantHenry Fitzgerald.
”3149” ”Patrick O’Brien.
”3430Sergeant-Instructor of MusketryDavid Morrissey.
”3231PrivateRobert Harwood.
”4288Colour-SergeantRandal O’Driscoll.
”3576Lance-CorporalFrank Sherwin.
1898-93849PrivateMichael Callaghan.
”2806Sergeant DrummerHenry Tidy.
”3228SergeantEdward Donovan.
”657PrivateBarthol. Castles.
”3247Colour-SergeantJohn O’Brien.
”3982Sergeant DrummerHenry Williams.
1899-19004285PrivatePatrick Broderick.
”4286Sergeant of the BandOtto Dusseldorf.
”4097PrivateTimothy Mockler.
”3572”John Redmond.
”178Quartermaster-SergeantRobert Lewry.
1900-1548PrivateEdward Mulderig.
”568SergeantJ. Macpherson.
1901-21321PrivateWilliam Ryan.
”547Colour-SergeantE. Dougherty.
”1375Lance-CorporalC. J. Beresford.