Post Rising Irish Volunteer casualties from Frongoch, Lewes etc prisons

 Lyn Ebenezer's book "Frongoch and the birth of the IRA" gives details of the following casualties from Frongoch :

Maurice Fitzsimons :  appendicitis at Frongoch but recovered after poor treatment. Survived and active in WoI.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99502184/maurice-fitzsimons

(Edward) Tierney (aka Edward Douglas Turnley) : Breakdown. 

https://treasonfelony.wordpress.com/2018/08/31/but-eire-our-eire-shall-be-free-edward-tierney-belfast-and-1916/

Born London in 1890.

1901 census in Ashford, Staines.

Death as Edward Turnley December 1920 aged 30 :

 https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1920/05108/4403786.pdf

Married Sybil C Stewart in Lambeth, Q4 1911.

Christopher Brady from Dublin : contracted TB and died 2 months after release

Jack O'Reilly : suffered acute anaemia and died in 1917

Thomas Stokes of Enniscorthy : died of an illness caught at Frongoch

William Halpin of Dublin ; tried to slit his own throat; committed to Grangegorman where he later died

Daniel Devitt escaped 4th August 1916 and was found wandering the Welsh countryside. He had suffered a breakdown and walked out of camp unchallenged rather than trying to escape.

Mention is made of a Padraic O' Maille escaping with help from a girl but it appears he may have been moved to another location.

Dr Peters, the local doctor who visited the camp, took his own life on 14th December 1916.

Lorcan Collins book "1916 The Rising Handbook" lists :

Christopher Brady died from pneumonia 28th January 1917

Joseph Byrne, released July 1916; died 17th March 1917

Bernard Courtney. Imprisoned Frongoch; died 20th March 1917

John Cullen, imprisoned Portland and Lewes rather than Frongoch. Died 29th May 1918 aged 21

John Halpin. Suffered depression and died in Grangegorman Asylum in 1917

Bernard MacCormack. On hunger strike in Frongoch. Released Christmas 1916. Died 2nd April 1918 aged 21

Bernard Mackin. Shot at College of Surgeons. Died 22nd December 1919

William O'Brien from Galbally, Died Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital 28th November 1916. Released August 1916

Frank Sheridan. Died 20th November 1916 after ill treatment in prison.

Liam Staines. Wounded in the Rising. Imprisoned Frongoch. Died 2nd November 1918

Thomas Stokes. Released from Frongoch Christmas 1916. Died 29th September 1917 aged 24.

John Wallace, noted as died in Frongoch 14th March 1917. Need to follow up on this item as Frongoch would be closed for Irish prisoners in December 1916 and open again for German PoWs.

Bernard MacCartan Ward. Died in Wandsworth Prison, London 8th May 1917. Buried in Latlurcan Cemetery, Monaghan.

Eunan O'Halpin and Daithi O Corrain's book "The Dead of the Irish Revolution" list the following  :

Jack O'Reilly from Tralee, Co Kerry. Arrested and held in Wandsworth and Frongoch. Released in July 1916. Died 30th September 1916 from "pernicious anaemia".

Christopher Brady. Imprisoned in Wandsworth and Frongoch. Released in November 1916 due to ill health. Died in Dublin 24th January 1917 from pneumonia.

Bernard Ward. A member of 4th Bn, Dublin. Imprisoned in Wandsworth. Died from prison related illness 8th May 1917. Buried in Latlurcan Cemetery, Co Monaghan.

William Partridge fought in College of Surgeons. Died two months after being released from Lewes prison on medical grounds.

Thomas Joseph Stokes, Enniscorthy. Died 29th Sept 1917. Imprisoned Stafford, Knutsford and Wandsworth before Frongoch. Released Christmas 1916.

William Staines (aka Liam, brother of Michael) died 2nd November 1918. Wounded in the Rising, his death was attributed by the authorities to influenza and septicaemia rather than imprisonment

Would be interested if anyone else has any more to add.

2nd (Garrison) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment

 Formed in Dublin in March 1916, there doesn't appear to be too much information regarding 2nd (Garrison) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. It appears to have been designated for Home Service.

The Long, Long Trail website indicates it remained in Dublin until April 1918 where it's name was changed and it went to France

https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/royal-irish-regiment/

Soldiers started joining the unit on the 11th March 1916 with a cadre of NCOs and soldiers, numbers being assigned with 2G/ as the prefix. Number 2G/1 went to CSM Arthur Marshall, a Londoner born on 29th April 1967, who joined from the Royal Irish Rifles. Most of the names listed below appear to have joined from the Royal Irih Rifles.

No	Rank	Forename	Surname
2G/1	CSM	Arthur Woodriffe	Marshall
2G/4	RSM	Joseph	Sullivan
2G/7	CQMS	Robert	Gamble
2G/8	Sgt	Patrick Joseph	Houston
2G/16	Cpl	Richard	Waide
2G/17		William	Neill
2G/18	L/Sgt	John	Crossley
2G/21	A/Cpl	Charles	Graham
2G/22	L/Sgt	William Richard	Young
2G/44	Pte	Patrick	Carroll
2G/47	Pte	Robert	Doyle
2G/51	Pte	William	Davis
2G/60	Pte	Robert	Flaherty
2G/73	Pte	William	Hughes

2G/7 CQMS Robert Gamble was a Dubliner. Killed during the Easter Rising near Beggar's Bush Barracks on the railway line.

We can assume that most of the above were in Dublin at the time of the Rising, though the Battalion is not listed in the various books that give details of the units present on 24th April.

Privates Waters and Flynn mentioned as injured/killed at the Magazine Fort do not appear to have been assigned 2G/ numbers. 

Henry Agnew appeard to have joined the unit on the 15th April and assigned the number 2G/646.

2G/646

Henry

Agnew

It does raise the question of how many men of this unit were in Dublin at the time of the Rising, what were they doing on Day 1 and what did they do on subsequent days. Were there others like Flynn and Waters who did not have 2G/ numbers.

The unit Commanding Officer appears to have been Lt. Colonel Sir Frederick W. Shaw, D.S.O. who made his way to Beggar's Bush Barracks at the start of the Rising (he had been in command of the Ulster Volunteer Force aligned 2nd Bn, Loyal Dublin Volunteers in the run up to WW1).

2nd Lt Edward Gerrard, Royal Field Artillery, arrived in Beggar's Bush Barracks on the 24th April and noted that 2nd (Garrison) Bn, Royal Irish Regiment men were there :

one or two ranker officers (promoted from the ranks)

4 NCO's

10 men (including 3 invalids)

I had read somewhere about the unit possibly being at Richmond Barracks - possibly in conjunction with the research on Flynn and Waters or re the death of 2G/213 Pte James Cavanagh, from Co Monaghan, who looks to have been killed in the South Dublin Union area (another former Royal Irish Rifles soldier)

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/899910/james-cavanagh/

The UK Soldiers Died in the Great War has Cavanagh as died in Gallipoli. More likely he was wounded in Gallipoli and that was the reason for his transfer in Dublin.

Officers identified as being with the Battalion at some stage are :

Rank	Forename	Surname
Captain	Thomas	Powell
Captain	Edward Francis Nathaniel	Burton
Lt		Morgan
Captain	F R	Robinson

A few details of their service but nothing re role in the Rising yet.

The 2nd Garrison Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers was also formed in Dublin around April 1916. This appears to have not been for Home Service - moved to Templemore in May 1916 and then sent overseas.

Private Joseph Cullen from this unit appears to have been killed in Dublin on the 25th April 1916

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/899969/joseph-cullen/

He appears to have been a pre-war soldier and entered France on 8th October 1914 with 2nd Royal Irish Rifles, number 4550.

Magazine Fort Casualties, Royal Irish Regiment

 During the attack on the Magazine Fort on the opening day of the Rising, Monday 24th April 1916,  the sentry at the gate was overpowered without shots being fired.

This looks to have been Private John Waters, no 9901, 2nd (Garrison) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment.

His service records mentions the attack and notes his time in hospital.

He appears in a newspaper Roll of Honour from May 1916 but does not appear in the 1916 Rebellion Handbook among the list of wounded from the Royal Irish Regiment.

He appears to have joined up while in a spot of bother in Co Wexford (he had previous service in the Royal Navy so a surprise that he joined the Army)

He was discharged from the Army in June 1916 so may have had to face the above prosecution.

His number, 9901, does not appear to have been issued by the newly formed 2nd (Garrison) Battalion.

The attack happened on his birthday, 24th April. He was born 24th April 1876 in Duncannon, the son of John and Mary Waters.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1876/03053/2119472.pdf

Inside the Magazine Fort, one sentry was shot in the leg.

This looks to have been Private John Flynn, no 8786, 2nd (Garrison) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. This number does not appear to be one issued by the 2nd (Garrison) Battalion.

Flynn died in June 1916 as a result of an issue with his femoral artery.

The Edward Quinn who appears a few lines down from Flynn is my Gt Gt Grandfather. This was an unexpected find while researching Flynn.

Flynn appears to have tried to enlist in the Army in 1915 but discharged as not likely to make an efficient soldier. He had a wife and a rake of kids sadly.

In the 1916 rebellion Handbook, Flynn appears in the list of Royal Irish Regiment soldiers killed and he is noted as being from Carrick on Suir. He is buried in Kilkenny

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/663032/john-flynn/

Easter Rising and Zeppelin Raids

At noon on the 24th April 1916, ships of the German Navy set out to attack the east coast of England.

At the same time, Zeppelins of the German Navy set off to attack London and to support the above mentioned ships. 3 Zeppelins were held in support to do reconnaissance work for the ships

The Zeppelins that flew over England were :

L16 commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Werner Peterson

L13 commanded by Leutnant Heinrich Mathy

L21 commanded by Kapitän Leutnant der Reserve Max Dietrich

L11 commanded by Korvetten Kapitan Victor Schutze

L17 commanded by Kapitan Leutnant Herbert Ehrlich

L23 commanded by Kapitän Leutnant Otto von Schubert


The other Zeppelins are believed to be :

L6 commanded by Kapitan Leuntnant Hermann Kraushaar(?)

L20 commanded by Kapitan Leuntnant Franz Stabbert (?)

L7 commanded by Kapitan Leutnant Hempel covered the withdrawal of SMS Seydlitz after it struck a mine.


The Zeppelin base was in Tonder, what is now modern Denmark but which in WW1 was part of Germany :

http://www.zeppelin-museum.dk/main.php?page=home&lang=en

The following link is to a 1927 document outlining the raid on the English coast and some of the actions that took place :

https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XVI_opt.pdf

Other Resources :
Ian Castle runs an interesting website and Facebook page re Zeppelin raids on the United Kingdom :

http://www.iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/home/4582467808

https://www.facebook.com/Zeppelins-Over-Britain-375595139490510/?ref=bookmarks

Ian has published on the subject of Zeppelins and their raids on the UK :

The First Blitz in 100 Objects

The Forgotten Blitz

The First Blitz : Bombing London in the First World War

Zoom and the Easter Rising - an online session with Marcus Howard and Derek Molyneaux

Zoom is proving an interesting tool during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Last night film maker Marcus Howard had the job of steering author Derek Molyneaux on task talking about the Easter Rising. What a great session these two put together. That did not feel like an hour - flew by.

The team at Trasne ne Tire have made a recording of the session available online :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHJeW44nXc&feature=youtu.be

Enjoy :-)

Irish 1916, 1917-1921 etc medals

Following the Easter Rising and War of Independence, the Irish Government eventually got around to issuing medals and pensions to participants.

The Irish Defence Forces website has a nice write up re the different medals, the dates they covers, some of the political background and some of the issues re who was/was not entitled to a medal etc

http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/documents/MSPC_MEDALSBOOKLET_APRIL2016.pdf


The document gives a figure of 2594 as the number of veterans who applied and who qualified for the 1916 medal for example and notes some who were eligible but for whom no application was received.

More information about the medals can be found on Brendan Lee's site :

1916 Medal (and 1966 Jubilee Medal)

1917-1921 Service Medal (and 1971 Truce Commemoration Medal)


For information about medals issued in Ireland before 1916 and others awarded to Irish Defence Forces, Gardai, Fire Brigade etc personnel the following site if a useful resource

http://www.theeasterrising.eu/025_AllMedals/All_Medals.htm

Major Acheson, Fermoy 29th April 1916

While searching for information re Judge Law Smith, I came across the following information re Major Acheson of the Army Service Corps (ASC) who was shot and killed on the 29th April 1916

https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/view.php?uid=238175

It appears that he failed to stop when challenged by a sentry who subsequently opened fire.

Not a lot recorded on his gravestone/CWGC entry

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2743504/acheson,-percival-havelock/

He is shown as aged 52 on the 1911 census and born in "Hanpohine" - I think this should be Hampshire.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cork/Fermoy_Rural/Grange_West/412612/

Just records England in the 1901 census

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Fermoy_Rural/Grange_West/1144275/

Buried not far away from Major Acheson is Head Constable Rowe of the Royal Irish Constabulary who was killed in the firefight at the home of the Kent brothers.


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162007387/percival-havelock-acheson



https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162602447/william-neile-rowe

Judge Law Smith and his Chauffeur

In the foregound of the above photo is the remains of the O'Rahilly's car.

In the background is a car with the registration TI 334. This is a Limerick registration but finding the name of the owner was proving difficult as the online versions of the Irish Motor Directory only goes up to 1915 and the Limerick list only goes up to TI 296.

(I generally use the Lennon Wylie page for the 1915 Motor Directory as it covers all counties but there are Limerick specific versions available to view online too).

Looking through the Rebellion Claims Committee, I thought that the car might belong to the Thompson Motor Company as the claim for the 15HP Landaulette damage description seemed quite close to the damage seen on the car and the car looks similar to a Napier Landaulette. No registration number is mentioned in the claim.

I am grateful to input from members of the Facebook group "Irish Vehicle Registrations Past & Present" who were able to identify the owner from the registration number as Limerick County Court official Judge  Law Smith. 

It appears the Judge Phillip Henry Law Smith had a claim into the Rebellion Claims Committee for a Sunbeam Landaulette and Chauffeurs uniform. Again, no registration number is mentioned in the claim.

There is a note in the claim to the effect that the Chauffeurs outfit was damaged as a result of his confinement in the GPO during the Rising and that the Chauffeur was arrested by the military after the Rising as a Sinn Feiner until his identity was ascertained.

Michael Staines witness statement indicates that the Chauffeur was detained and that he was one of the men who carried James Connolly's stretcher when the GPO was evacuated.

Father Patrick Doyle's witness statement suggests that the Chauffeur stayed with the Volunteers and fought with them in the GPO.

Luke Kennedy's witness statement suggests that the car was used during the Rising in an attempt to collect chemicals and that the car was driven by the chauffeur.

None of the witness statements or the claim form give the name of the Chauffeur. However, a 1916 Roll of Honour website lists M Keilly of 22 Ailesbury Road (the address of Judge Law Smith), a Chauffeur as being detained in Richmond Barracks and transferred to Knutsford Prison on 30th April 1916. The 1916 Rebellion Handbook lists Reilly M of 22 Ailesbury Road, Chauffeur as being detained in Richmond Barracks and transferred to Knutsford on the 20th April.

A Martin Reilly is listed as being released between 13th and 22nd May 1916. Nothing so far to confirm that Martin Reilly was the chauffeur.

1901 Census for Philip Henry Law Smith

1911 Census for Philip Henry Law Smith

Philip Henry Law Smith died 5th January 1920 and is buried in Bath, England.

Those of Us Who Must Die - Quick quiz

Having done an Easter Rising Mastermind quiz a while back, I thought I'd offer up a quick quiz on some of the material from "Those of Us Who Must Die". Nothing too difficult in here.

1. Volunteers were deported to England on the cattle ship TSS Slieve Bloom. What does TSS stand for?

2. How many .303 rifle bullets were fired in the executions in Kilmainham and Cork?

3. On leaving Kilmainham Gaol, what song did Commandant Ceannt start to sing?

4. How many of the executed were shot in the head?

5. As Eoin MacNeill was brought into Dartmoor prison, who called the Volunteers to attention ("'shun") and gave the order "eyes left"?

6. What nationality was rebel Tony Makapaltis?

7. In what year before the Easter Rising did Kilmainham Gaol cease to be used as civilian prison?

8. When Gary Holohan gave his name to an officer at Richmond Barracks, what surname did the officer mistakenly record?

9. It was suggested to Richard Mulcahy that he and the 5th Battalion volunteers should surrender to District Inspector Smyth at Ashbourne. Why was this not possible?

10. Cavanagh, Barton, Hoey, and Love belonged to which organisation?

11. FGCM is an abbreviation for what?

12. Members of which British regiment retrieved the last letter of the O'Rahilly?

13. Who whistled on the way to his execution?

14. Which of the executed Volunteer leaders was already a dying man at the time of his execution?

15. Which priest converted Grace Gifford to Catholicism?

16. Which DMP constable went out of his way to help, concerned that relatives of those to be
executed would not get to see the condemned men before they were shot?

17. Which officer found himself in charge of a firing party that would execute his childhood friend?

18. What Royal Navy ship brought prisoners from Galway to Kingstown?

19. What nickname was given to the British Officer in charge of Frongoch by the Volunteers?

20. How many firing squads were commanded by a Royal Navy officer?

Send your answers to doylejsd@gmail.com.

Those of us Who Must Die

Popped over to Dublin last week for the launch of "Those of Us Who Must Die", the second book by Derek Molyneux and Darren Kelly.

Very well attended event with Marcus Howard doing the honours re officially launching the book.

Just finished reading "Those of Us Who Must Die" and have to say it's another great read. While I languish in the dry world of facts, figures etc, Derek and Darren are able to string a story together that delivers facts in a well paced and entertaining roller coaster of a ride. The range of emotions stirred reading this book is worrying - anger, pride, sadness and a few tears welled up as events unfold following the Easter Rising.

A wide range of things that were new to me and which will spin off a few little research projects.

Definitely a worthy addition to the library to sit alongside "When the Clock Struck in 1916".

SMS Seydlitz

On the 24th April 1916, SMS Seydlitz was part of the German fleet that sailed from Germany to bombard the east coast of England as part of the German commitment to the leaders of the Easter Rising in Ireland.

It hit a mine several hours after sailing with the loss of 12 crew and was forced to return to port.

It was repaired and later took part in the Battle of Jutland.

The list of those killed in the Easter Rising raid and at Jutland can be found on the following site :

http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/2016/kaiserl-marine-sm-grosser-kreuzer-seydlitz-wk1.html

Film Clip : "The aftermath of the Dublin Easter Rising, Ireland, 1916"

The Imperial War Museum has a nice film clip of Dublin before and after the Rising labelled "The aftermath of the Dublin Easter Rising, Ireland, 1916"

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022694

Links in to a number of my interests :

1. no Brodie helmets visible on or being carried by any of the British troops

2. one of the improvised armoured vehicles on film (this snippet also appears in Mise Eire film)

3. an ambulance is visible with the number plate RI-2700. Not showing up in the Irish Motor Directory listing for 1915 unfortunately. Full page of 1914/15 directory data here.

Wilhelm Schramm

9th September 1916 saw the award of the Victoria Cross to William Leefe Robinson, an RFC pilot who shot down the first "Zeppelin" using newly designed bullets for dealing with the "baby killers" of WW1 propaganda. Leefe Robinson had previously been involved in the defensive operations against the Zeppelin raids supporting the Easter Rising.

The "Zeppelin" shot down was SL-11 - technically not a Zeppelin. All 16 crew were killed.

The twist in the tale is that the Captain of this airship, Wilhelm Emile Ludwig Schramm, was born in Old Charlton, Kent in December 1885, the son of Otto Schramm of 9 Victoria Road, Old Charlton.

Otto Schramm died in 1900 and it appears that Wilhelm then went to Germany where he eventually joined the German Army and later became commander of SL-11.

The crew of the SL-11 were buried in Potters Bar and a film clip of the funeral is available online.

They were moved to Cannock Chase in 1962 and Wilhelm Schramm is oddly noted on the CWGC site as being German Navy.

Leefe Robinson was later captured by the Germans and badly treated. He died shortly after his release in 1918.

No thanks to the Great War Forum. Sadly, no longer a forum worth visiting for WW1 research.

Sherwood Foresters Killed and Wounded

Lots of numbers get thrown around re the number of Sherwood Foresters killed and wounded around Northumberland Road and Mount Street Bridge, often forgetting that some died at the South Dublin Union and that 1 soldier from the 2/5th Battalion was killed in the City on the cordon closing in on the GPO.

The 2/5th and 2/6th Battalions landed in Kingstown first and made their way to The Royal Hospital in Kilmainham on the 26th April with no problems encountered and no casualties.

The 2/7th and 2/8th Battalions landed slightly later in Kingstown and took the route that led to the action at Mount Street Bridge. There is often talk of the Sherwoods being ambushed which is sort of half right. They believed that the School House was occupied and that this was where they were about to go into action. The DMP knew that 25 Northumberland Road was occupied by Irish Volunteers but this information doesn't seem to have filtered down to the 2/7th as they proceeded to the School House past number 25.

Although several civilian members of the Irish Association of Volunteer Training Corps (The Gorgeous Wrecks) had been killed on the Easter Monday (24th April) and the survivors had become part of the garrison at Beggars Bush Barracks, there doesn't appear to have been any attempt to use this local intelligence. The IAVTC men had been fired on from no 25 and wounded had taken shelter in numbers 29, 31 and 33.

A platoon of the Sherwood Foresters was "grabbed" by Colonel Shaw, the Commanding Officer at Beggars Bush Barracks to assist with the defence of the barracks.

Mr Robert Andrew Anderson, a Platoon Commander with the IAVTC, was wounded by buckshot on Wednesday the 26th April at the "detention post" at the corner of Northumberland Road and Haddington Road. No further information about what this "detention post" was. Mr Joseph Hosford of the IAVTC was shot and killed in Beggars Bush Barracks on the 26th April 1916.

The Bombing School at nearby Elm Park was likewise not approached by the Sherwood Foresters until several hours after the shooting started at 25 Northumberland Road.

Captain Dietrichsen was one of the first shot and he appears to have either died in number 26 Northumberland Road or that his body was moved to this house. Number 26 appears to have been used as a First Aid/Dressing Station, presumably set up by Captain Satchell, RAMC, who was with the lead company, C Company, of 2/7th when they were fired on from number 25. Number 33 is mentioned in the 1916 Rebellion Handbook as also being used as a dressing station.

After the action at Mount Street Bridge finished and the various outposts had been captured (25 Northumberland Road, the Parochial Hall, the School House and Clanwilliam House), number 23 Northumberland Road was used as the Headquarters of the 178th Brigade, having moved up from the RDS.

Royal Navy casualties Easter 1916

The 1916 Rebellion Handbook lists a single Royal Navy casualty during the Easter Rising. Robert Glaister was in Dublin from Queenstown when he was shot and killed by a soldier.

The Royal Navy casualties from the German raid in support of the Easter Rising don't generally get associated with the Easter Rising. Some of those killed during the raid :

On Shore :
HOLLIS, William Thomas, Petty Officer. Killed in Lowestoft by German Navy shell along with 3 civilians

Conquest, light cruiser , damaged in action with battlecruisers

 BALDRY, Arthur F, Able Seaman, J 43124 (Ch)

 BALL, Alfred, Petty Officer 1c, 209945 (Ch)

 BARTON, Joseph, Private, RMLI, 16153 (Ch)

 BATHO, Arthur W, Officer's Steward 3c, L 6439 (Ch)

 BATTER, Frederick E, Private, RMLI, 16282 (Ch)

 BLUNDELL, George H, Boy 1c, J 38330 (Ch) (born 18th Nov 1898)

 BRODRICK, Percy J, Stoker 1c, K 17397 (Ch)

 BULL, Charles, Able Seaman, J 43070 (Ch)

 CURTIS, Ernest H, Officer's Cook 1c, L 7908 (Ch)

 GARDNER, William R, Boy Servant, L 5341 (Ch) (born 17th May 1898)

 HENSLEY, Frederick H, Stoker 1c, K 21402

 HUTT, Alfred T, Able Seaman, 212357 (Ch)

 JUSTICE, James E, Officer's Steward 2c, L 7223 (Ch)

 LAWRENCE, James J, Cooper, 340001 (Ch)

 MERRITT, John E M, Able Seaman, 224919 (Ch)

 MICALLEF, Luigi, Officer's Chief Cook, 356069 (Ch)

 NUNN, Arthur, Officer's Steward 1c, L 4637 (Ch)

 PACKHAM, Percy Albert, Boy 1c, J 34876 (born 20th September 1898)

 PENDLETON, Frank R, Engineer Commander

 POTTER, Fred, Officer's Steward 2c, L 7207 (Ch)

 ROSTRON, John H, Private, RMLI, 11490 (Ch)

 SYMONS, Reginald J M, Leading Stoker, 301117 (Ch)

 TURNER, Charles A, Officer's Cook 3c, L 6159 (Ch)

E 22, submarine, on patrol line to intercept German force, torpedoed and sunk by UB.18

 BACON, Harry S, Leading Seaman, 238739 (Ch)

 BEWERS, William J C, Chief Stoker, 280241 (Ch)

 BREWER, James W, Stoker 1c, K 16024 (Dev)

 CARLES, Alan J, Lieutenant

 CARTER, Fred, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 7328 (Ch)

 COLLIER, Edward Des F, Act/Lieutenant, RNR

 DADFORD, Charles H, Stoker 1c, K 8711 (Po)

 DIMSDALE, Reginald T, Lieutenant

 DUMELOW, William H, Stoker 1c, K 7807 (Po)

 DWYER, James, Stoker 1c, K 22241 (Dev)

 ELLIOTT, Wilfred, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, 270779 (Po)

 FLYNN, Patrick, Stoker 1c, K 21302 (Dev)

 FROST, Charles A, Petty Officer, 183901 (Ch)

 HAYWARD, George J, Stoker 1c, K 16817 (Po)

 HAZLETON, Harold, Boy Telegraphist, J 38792 (Dev) (aged 16, born 26th April 1899)

 HINGSTON, Richard H B, Stoker 1c, K 11199 (Dev)

 HOOD, Charles R, Able Seaman, J 406 (Ch)

 HOSKIN, John C, Stoker Petty Officer, 300765 (Dev)

 HUNT, Ernest W, Petty Officer, 193302 (Po)

 JECOCK, George W, Able Seaman, J 6004 (Po)

 JELF, Ernest S, Leading Seaman, 224881 (Po)

 NORTON, Harold F, Able Seaman, 239583 (Po)

 ORGAN, Frederick J, Engine Room Artificer 3c, M 1694 (Ch)

 PUCKHABER, Herbert A V, Petty Officer, 233222 (Ch)

 RAYER, Arthur, Leading Stoker, K 4046 (Ch)

 REGAN, Edward F O, Able Seaman, J 7543 (Po)

 ROOK, William, Leading Stoker, K 7179 (Po)

 SKINNER, William H, Act/Leading Stoker, K 3851 (Dev)

 SKOYLES, Henry T, Able Seaman, 239694 (Ch)

 TREBBLE, John, Able Seaman, SS 3243 (Po)

 WOODLAND, William R, Engine Room Artificer 2c, M 321 (Po)

Moss, hired drifter, patrol boat, damaged during bombardment of Lowestoft

 BARBER, Henry, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1076

 BIRD, Francis A, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9024 (listed as aged 16)

 COOKE, Charles, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 1075

 GAY, William J, Engineman, RNR, ES 528

 PAYNE, Walter T, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 10726

 SHREEVE, Percy S, Ty/Skipper, RNR

Easter Rising Mastermind

Forwarded the following link to a video re Mastermind questions re the "Easter Rising"

http://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/video-this-mans-bbc-mastermind-specialist-subject-is-the-easter-rising-can-you-beat-his-score/530872

Great that the Easter Rising appears as a topic but the questions are just so basic (and the first question is way too long for a simple answer that anyone with a basic grasp of the Rising should know let alone someone with specialist knowledge)

Here are some slightly harder questions to get the brain cells going :

1. What organisation links a ship involved in the Easter Rising with the current location of the Irish Embassy in London?

2. The standard rifle of the British Army in WW1 was the .303 SMLE. Some members of the 2nd line battalions of the Notts and Derby Regiment were trained with what unusual rifle?

3. Who were known as the Gorgeous Wrecks?

4. Which organization owned the HMY Helga (which shelled parts of Dublin) and the farm in County Galway which was shelled by HMS Laburnum?

5. Which medal has been awarded to both Sir Roger Casement and to Robert Monteith long before they were landed on the Kerry coast?

6. Who was the most senior British officer to die as a result of the Easter Rising?

7. From which county in Ireland was the Canadian soldier killed in the Rising from?

8. Which author "did good work" as a stretcher bearer during the Easter Rising?

9. Which British ship picked up the wireless messages sent by the Irish Volunteers announcing the establishment of an Irish Republic?

10. Name the actors from opposing sides from the Rising who played roles in the Hollywood film "How Green Was My Valley"?

11. Name an "American" citizen involved in the Rising on the Rebel side (easy), a civilian casualty (harder), a participant in the British Army (mentioned in a previous blog post).

12. Name the Chief Secretary of Ireland at the time of the Rising.

13. How was Norway "involved" in the Easter Rising? (several possible answers; be creative)

14. Which town was shelled by the German Navy in an operation supporting the Rising?

15. Name 3 of the people murdered by Captain Bowen-Colthurst other than Francis Sheehy Skeffington.

16. How many British officers and Guinness employees were executed by members of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the Guinness works?

17. Name the Irish judge involved in the Easter Rising who wrote "The Pals at Suvla Bay" re the 7th Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers at Gallipoli.

18. Which British General spoke very highly of Patrick Pearse having met Pearse at his court martial?
"I have just done one of the hardest tasks I have ever had to do. I have had to condemn to death one of the finest characters I have ever come across"

19. Which British officer killed in the Easter Rising is buried in the same grave in Glasnevin as his brother who fought with the Irish Volunteers?

20. St Stephen's Green saw truces to allow the park keeper to feed the ducks. Which British officer involved in the Rising wrote about wild ducks and how to rear and shoot them?

21. Who was "James E Landy"/"Mr Hammond"?

22. Chalk and Granite were used for what during the run up to the Easter Rising?

23. Following the Easter Rising, Irish rebels were held where in North Wales?

24. Where was Room 40?

25. Name the 2 civilian women who were awarded the Military Medal as a result of their helping the wounded whilst under fire.

26. What was Michael Collin's role during the Easter Rising?

27. Who allegedly declared himself to be a Sinn Feiner "from the backbone out"?

28. Who helped wind the clock?

29. Who was James Connolly's secretary?

30. Which priest stayed with the rebels in the GPO?

31. On what date were most Irish prisoners in released in 1916?

32. Name a winner of the Sigerson Cup who fought in the GPO?

33. Why was Liberty Hall not destroyed by the artillery shells fired at it (unlike the building next door)?

34. What what the time difference between Dublin and London during the Easter Rising?

35. Name the commanders of the 5 Dublin battalions of the Irish Volunteers.

36. Who commanded the British forces in Dublin until the arrival of General Maxwell?

37. Name 2 Irish Volunteers who were conscripted into the British Army after the Easter Rising.

38. How many incendiary shells were fired by the 4 18pounder artillery pieces from Athlone that were used in Dublin during the Easter Rising?

39. In spite of verifiable service including being wounded several times during the Easter Rising, why was Margaret Skinnider refused a military pension?

40. Which member of the GPO garrison was a player on the field at Croke Park on Bloody Sunday?

41.How were the 16 rebels executed after the Easter Rising killed and where?

42. Which regiment captured the flag which carried the words "Irish Republic"?

43. How many rounds of ammunition could a Howth Mauser hold?

44. Which building was captured and held by Captain Sean Connolly?

45. What was the name of the railway station near Boland's Bakery?

46. What sentence did Eoin MacNeill receive after the Easter Rising courtmartials?

47. Where was Lt Michael Malone killed?

48. Who led the Irish Volunteers out in Galway for the Easter Rising?

49. How many members of the Royal Irish Constabulary were killed during the Easter Rising and where?

50. Where was the headquarters of the Enniscorthy Volunteers during the Rising?


Drop answers to doylejsd@gmail.com :-)

Recommended reading for anyone wanting to get a good overview of the Easter Rising is "When The Clock Struck in 1916" By Derek Molyneux and Darren Kelly.

1916 Photo Collection

A lot of nice material starting to appear with the Easter Rising Centenary approaching.

Nice photo collection from Trinity College

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/collection/trinity-college-dublin-library?projectId=easter-rising-1916

Richard O'Carroll TC

An interesting site re Richard O'Carroll, a Dublin Councillor and Secretary of the Bricklayers Union.

https://richardocarroll1916.wordpress.com/biography-3/

He took part in the Rising and was at the Delahunt Pub when captured and shot by Captain Bowen-Colthurst. He died some days later.

Captain Bowen-Colthurst wasn't charged with the murder of Richard O'Carroll.

Online Exhibition

An interesting online exhibition relating to the sites of the Easter Rising in Dublin

https://dublinrising.withgoogle.com/welcome/

Sir Francis Vane : Letters of 1916

Following his reporting of the murders of Franics Sheehy-Skeffington and journalists McIntyre and Dickinson, Sir Francis Vane was given a rough deal by the British Army who appear to have wanted things covered up.

The Letters of 1916 site has a couple of documents from Sir Francis Vane re his service during the Rising and subsequent "unemployment" which make for interesting reading :

Sir Francis Vane

Sir Francis Vane to John Dillon