Part 4 — Biographies of Officers of 11th Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers,) who were killed or wounded during the Battle of the Somme.

In some cases Photographs could not be obtained.

Captain C. C. Craig.

Commanding B Company; wounded and prisoner; M.P. for South Antrim.

Major A. P. Jenkins, Lisburn.

Commanding A Company; wounded and prisoner; first reported missing; received Commission as Captain in 11th Royal Irish Rifles, September, 1914, served in France till July 1st, 1916, when wounded and made prisoner, released from Germany owing to wounds in December, 1916, spent from December, 1916, till November, 1917, as a repatriated prisoner of war in Switzerland, returned to England November, 1917.

Captain O. B. Webb.

Commanding D Company, killed in action; son of the late Mr. Charles J. Webb, J.P., the Old Bleach Linen Company, Randalstown.

Captain A. P. I. Samuels.

Commanding C Company; wounded during bombardment previous to advance, afterwards killed at Messines, September, 1916; son of the Right Hon. Mr. Justice Samuels.

Captain E. F. Smith.

Wounded; son of Mr. Smith of Banbridge; before the war was an officer in the Lisburn contingent of the U.V.F.

Lieut. E. B. Vance.

Died of wounds a prisoner in Germany; C Company; son of the late Mr. William Vance, Antrim.

Captain Cecil Ewart.

Killed in action; second in command of C Company; he took Command of the Company after Captain Samuels was wounded. Captain Ewart is the second son of Mr. F. W. Ewart, Derryvolgie, Lisburn.

Lieut. R. H. Neill.

Killed; only son of Mr. Reginald Neill, Colingrove, Dunmurry; educated at Mourne Grange, Kilkeel, Co. Down, and Malvern College, Worcestershire. He was formerly an officer in the 2nd Batt. South Antrim Regiment, U.V.F.

Lieut. W. Ellis.

C Company; wounded; son of Mr. Ellis, Toomebridge.

Lieut. G. O. Young.

C Company, Scout Officer; gassed in bombardment previous to advance; son of Mr. George L. Young, J.P., Culdaff House, Co. Donegal, and Millmount, Randalstown.

Sec.-Lieut. B. W. Gamble.

A Company; wounded; son of Mr. Baptist Gamble, 2 Elmwood Avenue, G.W.R., Belfast.

Sec.-Lieut. G. N. Hunter.

Wounded; second son of Mr. Samuel Hunter, Gracepark Gardens, Dublin, Public Valuer to His Majesty’s Treasury in Ireland.

Sec.-Lieut. E. Daniel.

Shell-shock; son of Mr Daniel, Dungannon.

Sec.-Lieut. J. W. Salter.

B Company; prisoner; first reported killed.

Sec.-Lieut. C. J. H. Samuels.

D Company; wounded; nephew of the Right Hon. Mr. Justice Samuels.

Sec.-Lieut. F. B. Thornely.

Wounded; B Company; nephew of Major Blair Oliphant, second in Command of the Battalion; received his commission from Uppingham School.

Sec.-Lieut. J. C. Carson.

C Company; wounded; only son of Mr. J. Carson, of Parkmount, Lisburn, and the Stock Exchange, Belfast.

Sec.-Lieut. J. C. Orr.

Wounded; son of Mr. J. C. Orr, Londonderry. Was in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, London, before the war. He was with the 108th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery during the advance.

Sec.-Lieut. C. R. B. Murphy.

Wounded; son of the Rev. Dr. Murphy, Rector of St. George’s Parish Church, Belfast.

Sec.-Lieut. D. S. Priestly.

Killed, attached 108th Brigade Machine Gun Corps. This officer had been with D Company until January, 1916.

Sec.-Lieut. W. C. Boomer.

D Company, Lisburn; wounded previous to July 1st.

Sec.-Lieut. Bramhal.

Wounded during bombardment previous to advance.

Sec.-Lieut. S. Waring.

A Company, Glenavy; wounded previous to July 1st.

Sec.-Lieut. W. P. Vint.

Wounded; was with the Machine Gun Company, 108th Brigade.