Aghada’s, "Remembering the Fallen" 1914 – 1918
The following is a list of men who were born in the registered district of Aghada and died during the Great War.
“Civil Registration Districts, or more correctly Superintendent Registrar's Districts, were used as the areas for civil registration of Births, Marriages & Death. These districts were based on the 138 Poor Law Unions which had been set up by the Irish Poor Law Act of 1838, with several further, about 30, being added soon after. Each of these districts was further divided into sub-districts based on the 720 Dispensary districts, which had been established soon after the Poor Law Unions. These were referred to as Registrar's Districts”.
Included on the list of Aghada men who died during this period are their siblings, who also died but were not born within the Aghada district. Sadly over fifty five of these men are not mentioned on the Midleton Memorial Wall which was unveiled in June 2018. In 1919 the Whitegate Memorial was unveiled and was subscription based, and includes only twenty four of the names below.
“When you go home, tell them of us and say,
For your tomorrows these gave their today.”
John Maxwell Edmonds, 1875 – 1958
Eugene Ahern, (Whitegate memorial) 305902, Stoker 1st Class, H.M.S. ‘Albatross’, Royal Navy. Died 16 November 1914. Buried Gorleston Cemetery, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England.
Michael Ahern, (Whitegate memorial) SD 204, Deck Hand, H.M.S. ‘Monsoon’, Royal Naval Reserve. Died 6 April 1916. Buried Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery, Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland.
William Ahern, (Whitegate memorial) 345701, Blacksmith, H.M.S. ‘Indefatigable’ (JUTLAND), Royal Navy. Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, United Kingdom.
John Francis Barry, L. 4274, Officer's Steward 3rd Class, H.M.S. ‘Hawke’, Royal Navy Died 15 October 1914, body not recovered for burial. Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, United Kingdom.
William Barry, J. 1194, Leading Seaman, H.M.S. ‘Vivid’, Royal Navy. Died from pneumonia 2 April 1916. Buried Upper Aghada Cemetery, Rostellan, Co. Cork. Brother of L. 4274 Officer's Steward 3rd Class John Francis Barry, H.M.S. ‘Hawke’, Royal Navy.
Archibald Ferguson Bathie, (Midleton memorial Wall) 11216, Private (Guardsman), 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Died 18 May 1915, commemorated Le Touret Memorial, Richebourg-l'Avoue, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
Patrick Brian, 109994 (Ex. Royal Navy) Coast Watcher, Coast Guard. Died Guileen, County Cork on the 28 October 1916. Grave presently unknown.
John Broderick, (Whitegate memorial) J4773, Able Seaman, H.M.S. ‘Defence’, (JUTLAND) Royal Navy. Died 31 May 1916, Body Not Recovered For Burial. Commemorated at Plymouth Naval Memorial Devon, United Kingdom.
Timothy Buckley, (Whitegate memorial) K 24172, Stoker 1st Class, H.M.S. ‘Indefatigable’, (JUTLAND) Royal Navy. Died 31 May 1916, Body Not Recovered For Burial. Commemorated at Plymouth Naval Memorial Devon, United Kingdom.
Henry John Cane, 13957, Private, 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Killed in action: 3 September 1916, commemorated at Thiepval Memorial Somme, France.
Harold Cane, (Born England) J32577, Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. ‘Iron Duke’. Died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 14 November 1917. Buried Minehead Cemetery, Minehead, West Somerset District, Somerset, England. Brother of 13957, Private, Henry John Cane, 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
John Caine, (Midleton memorial Wall) J12591, Able Seaman, HMS ‘Vindictive’ Royal Navy. Killed in action, Zeebrugge Raid 23 April 1918. Buried at St James Cemetery, Dover, Kent England. Participated in ballot for V.C granted for operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend 22/23 April 1918. (London Gazette 28 July 1918)
James Carey, (Whitegate memorial) K. 186, Stoker 1st Class, H.M.S. ‘Thames’, Royal Navy. Drowned while bathing in the river Swale, Queenborough, 24 August 1915.Buried Sheppey Cemetery, Sheerness, Swale Borough, Kent, England.
Thomas Cashman, (Whitegate memorial) 8845, Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Killed in action 27 August 1914. Buried Etreux British Cemetery, Etreux, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France. Brother of William Cashman only Irish survivor of the sinking of H.M.S ‘Hampshire’.
James Clancy, 91965, Lance Corporal, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 3 Nov 1918. Buried St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London Borough of Brent, Greater London, England.
John Coleman, (Whitegate memorial) K18522, Stoker 1st Class, H.M.S. ‘Defence’, (JUTLAND) Royal Navy. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 31 May 1916. Body not recovered for burial, Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, United Kingdom.
Michael Coleman, (Whitegate memorial) 215453, Leading Seaman, H.M.S. ‘Goliath’, Royal Navy. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 13 May 1915, body not recovered for burial. Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, United Kingdom.
Maurice Condon, (Whitegate memorial) K 24173, Stoker 1st Class, H.M.S. ‘Indefatigable’, (JUTLAND) Royal Navy. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 31 May 1916. Body not recovered for burial, Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, United Kingdom.
Patrick Condon, (Whitegate memorial) 9019, Private, 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Buried or commemorated at V Beach Cemetery , Special Memorial A. 23, Turkey (including Gallipoli).
James Connell, (Mentioned in Despatches) 130349 (R.F.R.DEV.A.2542), Petty Officer 1st Class, H.M.S. ‘Albion’, Royal Navy. Died 1 Dec 1915 from Rheumatism of the heart on-board HMHS ‘Aquitania’ and buried at sea. Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, United Kingdom.
Thomas Connell, 165310. (R.F.R.DEV.A.4156), Chief Stoker, H.M.S. ‘Indefatigable’, (JUTLAND), Royal Navy. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 31 May 1916. Body not recovered for burial, Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, United Kingdom.
William Conroy, Seaman, M.V. ‘Georgic’ (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine. Drowned, as a result of an attack by an enemy merchant cruiser, 10th Dec., 1916 Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial, Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DH, United Kingdom. The Tower Hill Memorial commemorates men and women of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both World Wars and who have no known grave.
Charles Crowley, 191950, Able Seaman, H.M.S. ‘Princess Irene’, Royal Navy. Killed or died by means other than disease, accident or enemy action 27 May 1915. Body not recovered for burial. Commemorated at Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
Maurice Cosgrove, (Midleton memorial Wall with incorrect information) M. 12378, Blacksmiths Mate, HMS ‘Defence’ (JUTLAND) Royal Navy. Born Maurice William Cosgrove, 8 July 1890, Moville, Co. Donegal. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action at the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Commemorated at Plymouth Naval Memorial Devon, England. Author’s ancestor.
Maurice Costine, 23345, Private, 9th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died of wounds, 1st Station General Hospital Birmingham. Buried Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.