The Glasnevin Trust is publishing details of 43 men and women who served in the Commonwealth forces in both World Wars and are buried in unmarked graves in Glasnevin Cemetery.
They are due to be honoured, and have their graves marked with headstones, in a ceremony on Armistice Day - 11 November. The Trust is inviting any family members or relations of the deceased to get in touch ahead of the ceremony.
On 11 November last year the Glasnevin Trust and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission began the project of marking the graves. Headstones were erected at the graves of four Irish servicemen for the first time last year.
Ecumenical and military ceremonies will take place at the O'Connell Tower, Glasnevin Cemetery at 3pm on Thursday 11November.
Glasnevin Trust historian Shane MacThomais researched the stories of the 43 deceased. He went to Britain’s National Archives in Kew in England where he researched the military records of the deceased.
There he uncovered considerable detail about the personal and military lives of the 43 servicemen and women spanning from the Boer War, Chinese Boxer Rebellion, Zulu Wars, and World War I and II. Most of the graves date back to the First World War with the oldest of the 43 burials in 1914 and the most recent in 1947.
Speaking at the launch of the appeal to identify relatives of the deceased Chairman of Glasnevin Trust John Green, said: ‘We would urge families that can attend to do so. It will be a wonderful opportunity to bear witness to the honouring of their relative's noble deeds in pivotal times for world democracy.
Families may wish to contact our historian Shane MacThomais who has additional information about the deceased or use our online genealogical search facility which contains full burial records by logging on to www.glasnevintrust.ie/genealogy.’
The list below of the 43 servicemen and servicewomen, for whom headstones will be erected, includes the names, military rank and number, regiment, date of death, grave location in Glasnevin, home address, occupation, religion, marital status and the 'informant' or person who booked the funeral. All of these details were not available for every person:
1. ABBOTT, ROBERT (served as Costello): Private F/28147 Army Service Corps. Died: 09/04/1917 of Rheumatism North Dublin Union. Grave: St. Bridget¹s. DK.319. Address: 7 Leslie Buildings, Phibsboro. Occupation: Labourer. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: Alfred Abbot, 7 Leslie Buildings.
2. BANNISTER, JOSEPH: Private 2nd Class 309277 Royal Air Force. Died: 04/11/1918 of Influenza at Blandford Camp, Dorsetshire. Age: 19. Grave: Garden. CE.95. Address: 25 Harolds Cross, County Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: Kathleen Mooney, 98 Cork Street.
3. BERRY, JOSEPH: Private 10932 Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died: 07/04/1919 of Influenza at Cork Street Hospital. Age: 28 . Grave: Garden. ZB.98. Address: 6 Brathwaite Street, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married.
4. BOLGER, EDWARD: Private 5883 South Lancashire Regiment. Died: 24/12/1916 of drowning in the River Liffey. Age: 36. Grave: St. Bridget's. BJ.333. Address: 22 Lower Wellington Street, Dublin. Occupation: Army Pensioner. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: John Keating, 7 First Avenue Seville Place, Dublin.
5. BURKE, JOHN: Gunner 41976 Royal Garrison Artillery. Died: 13/09/1919 of Consumption at Alan Ryan Home. Age: 29 Grave: St. Bridget's. RH.328. Address: 45 Capel Street, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single.
6. BYRNE, EDWARD: Corporal 4720 Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died: 06/07/1918 of influenza at South Dublin Union. Grave: Garden. SF.124. Address: 109 Townsend Street, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Informant: Elizabeth Byrne, 109 Townsend Street, Dublin.
7. BYRNE, RICHARD: Sergeant 30528 Royal Irish Fusiliers. Died: 30/05/1920 Died of Nephritis St Vincents Hospital. Age: 40. Grave: Garden. VG.124. Address: 27 Holles Street, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married.
8. CAMPBELL, THOMAS CHRISTOPHER: Gunner 5835811 Royal Artillery. Died: 27/01/1947 of TB Rialto Hospital. Age: 28. Grave: Dublin. BD.36.5. Address: 58 Fenian St, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Marital status: Single. No informant.
9. CARROLL, MICHAEL: Pioneer WR/327715 Royal Engineers. Died: 14/06/1919 of pneumonia. Age: 45. Grave: St. Bridget's. NH.274. Address: 18 Lower Mayor Street. Occupation: Labourer. Religion: RC. Marital Status: Single.
10. CARTER, JAMES: Fireman 409817 Mercantile Marine Reserve. Died: 04/04/1917 of Heart Failure. Grave: St. Bridget's. FK.309. Address: 42 Cuffe Street, Dublin. Occupation: Sailor. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: Christina Carter, 42 Cuffe Street.
11. CARTWRIGHT, KATHLEEN MAUD: Private W/279743 Auxiliary Territorial. Service. Died: 11/09/1943 of Heart Failure Rathdrum Home. Grave: St Patrick¹s. QL.88. Address: 11 Quinsboro Rd, Bray Co Wicklow. Occupation: Furrier's Wife. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Maiden Name Gorry. Informant: Father James art dealer 6 Grafton Street
12. CASEY, PATRICK: Sergeant 17700 Royal Irish Fusiliers. Died: 12/03/1919 of Consumption Our Ladies Hospital. Age: 30. Grave: Garden. DC.76. Address: 9 Brabazon Row, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single.
13. COLEMAN, WILLIAM: Pioneer 112022 Royal Engineers. Died: 29/12/1915 from falling from a train in Rugby, England. Age: 45. Grave: South. LB.10. Address: 10 School Street, Dublin.Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Widower. Informant: Catherine Kelly, 23 Meath Street.
14. CONNOR, Mrs. ANNE: Member 27934 Women's Royal Air Force. Died: 18/02/1919 of influenza at Cork Street Hospital. Age: unknown. Grave: Garden. ND.68. Address: 36 Pimlico. Occupation: Soldier's Wife. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Informant: James Douglas, 98 Rialto Buildings.
15. CONROY, JOSEPH: Sergeant 3654 Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died: 16/07/1917 of dropsy at Meath St Hospital. Age: 36. Grave: St. Patrick's. PI.253.5. Address: 12 Bonham Street, Dublin. Occupation: Clerk. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Informant: Elizabeth Conroy, 12 Bonham Street.
16. COULAHAN, ALFRED: Private 275849 Labour Corps. Died: 22/12/1919 of heart disease at Jervis Street Hospital. Age: 33. Grave: Garden. CG.203. Address: 8 Wentworth Place, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married.
17. DALY, JAMES: Aircraftman 2nd Class 1900679 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died: 08/11/1946 of TB St Kevins Inst. Age: 22. Grave: Dublin. FC.29.5. Address: 1 Hill Street, Dublin. Occupation: Carrier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married.
18. DENNIS, CHRISTOPHER: Gunner 282225 Royal Garrison Artillery. Died: 14/07/1917 of bronchitis at Devonport Military Hospital, England. Age: unknown. Grave: St. Patrick¹s. OI.253.5. Address: 21 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: John Dennis, 21 Lower Dorset Street.
19. DOMICAN, RICHARD: Private 51807 Royal Army Medical Corps. Died: 17/03/1915 (St. Patrick's Day) of pneumonia at Military Hospital, Aylesbury, England. Age: 28. Grave: Dublin. AG.20. Address: 3 Geraldine Square, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Informant: Teresa Domican, 3 Geraldine Place.
20. DONOVAN, JOHN: Rifleman 9580 Royal Irish Rifles. Died: 04/04/1920 of phthsis Our Ladies Hospice. Grave: Garden. TG.177. Address: 61 Bridgefoot Street, Dublin. Occupation: Ex-Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. No informant on CMS.
21. DORAN, JAMES HENRY: Lance Corporal 23841 Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died: 22/08/1918 of heart failure at Southwark Military Hospital, England. Age: 33. Grave: Garden. YF.90. Address: 9 Great Ship Street. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Informant: John Joseph Doran, 49 Summer Hill.
22. DOYLE, EDWARD: Private 12056 Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died: 05/10/1918 of haemorrhage. Age: 27. Grave: Garden. CE.141. Address: 31 Corporation Place. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married.
23. DOYLE, WILLIAM: Private 7421 Leinster Regiment. Died: 28/10/1919 of Dropsy at North Dublin Union. Age: 34. Grave: Garden. AG. 229. Address: 45 Dolphin's Barn St, Dublin. Occupation: Ex soldier. Religion: RC. Married.
24. DUGGAN, JOHN: Gunner 1353222 Royal Garrison Artillery. Died: 10/09/1919 of Haemorrhage. Age: 40. Grave: St. Bridget's. TH.317. Address: 8 Halston Street. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital Status: Married.
25. DUIGNAN, PATRICK: Private 44154 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died: 19/07/1920 of TB. Age: 21. Grave: Garden. VG.87. Address: 3 Nugents Cottages, Monk Place, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single.
26. DUNNE, DENIS: Stoker 63825 Royal Naval Reserve. Died: 13/03/1918 of consumption in South Dublin Union. Age: 43. Grave: St Bridget's. PH.191. Address: 6 Malpas Street, Dublin. Occupation: Naval Seaman. Religion: RC. Marital status. Married. Informant: Sarah Dunne (wife).
27. DUNNE, PATRICK: Sergeant 8455 Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died: 30/06/1916 of Meningitis at Cork Street Hospital. Age: 19. Grave: Dublin. AG.23.5. Address: 20 South Richmond Place. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: Margret Nolan, 20 South Richmond Place.
28. DUNNE, MICHAEL M: Private D/41699 Royal Sussex Regiment. Died: 02/05/1944 of TB in the Alan Ryan Home. Age: 56. Grave: St. Patrick¹s. FK.65. Address: 66 Corporation Place, Dublin. Occupation: Labourer. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married.
29. ELLIS, JOHN: Private 8560 Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died: 29/10/1914 of pneumonia at King Georges Hospital. Age: 30. Grave: St. Bridget's. FI.183. Address: 94 Bride Street. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Informant: Mariam Ellis, 94 Bride Street.
30. ENNIS, MICHAEL, M: Rifleman 8094 Royal Irish Rifles. Died: 18/05/1916 . Grave: Dublin. QG.43.5. of Haemoptysis at Richmond Hospital. Address: 9 Arran Quay, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Informant: Thomas Wilson, 4 Ushers Island.
31. FARRELL, CHRISTOPHER: Private 49757 Northumberland Fusiliers. Died: 17/07/1918 of Influenza. Grave: Garden. TF.72. Address: 97 Francis St, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: Margret Fitzgerald, 97 Francis Street, Dublin.
32. FARRELL, PATRICK: Lance Corporal 7951 Connaught Rangers. Died: 21/07/1915 of wounds received in France at King Georges Hospital. Age: 31. Grave: South. JC.86. Address: 8 Holles Street. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: Peter Neary, 35 Wentwoth Place, Dublin.
33. FLANAGAN, PATRICK: Lance Corporal 11019 Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died: 23/10/1918 of Lung Disease at Stevens Hospital. Age: 23. Grave: Garden. GE.155. Address: 45 Phibsborough Road, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: William Hedderman, Phibsborough Road, Dublin.
34. FLYNN, HENRY: Private 7318 South Lancashire Regiment. Died: 12/10/1914 of septic poisoning after amputation of leg after shell wounds at Royal Infirmary Glasgow. Age: 35. Grave: St. Bridget's. LI.225. Address: 146 Thomas Street. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Informant: Michael Flynn, 146 Thomas Street.
35. GLAISTER, ROBERT: Engine Room Artificer 1907EA Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died: 28/04/1916 of gunfire Amiens Street during Easter Rising. Age: 55. Grave: Dublin. LG.41.5. Address: Ryicote, Silloth, Cumberland, England. Occupation: Naval Petty Officer on H.M.S. ‘Colleen.’ Religion: Protestant. Marital status: Married. Informant: Mary Egan, 68 Marlborough Street.
36. GUNNING, MICHAEL: Private 7034 Royal Irish Regiment. Died: 20/09/1918 of consumption at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Kingstown. Age: 35. Grave: St. Bridget's. MJ.307. Address: 14 Thorncastle Street, County Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: Christopher Gunning, 14 Thorncastle Street, Co Dublin.
37. HAYES, MICHAEL: Gunner 41638 Royal Garrison Artillery. Died: 10/03/1918 of decline at Our Ladies Hospice. Age: 36. Grave: St. Bridget's. EH.203. Address: Iveagh House, Bride Street, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Single. Informant: Ellen McDowell, 15 Upper Glouster Street, Dublin.
38. HEFFERNAN, EDWARD: Private 7220 Royal Irish Regiment. Died: 20/01/1919 of exhauston. Age: 30. Gave: Garden. EE.196. Address: 71 Capel Street. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Informant: Jane Hefferman, 71 Capel Street.
39. HOLMES, JOSEPH, J: Corporal T/28176 Royal Army Service Corps. Died: 07/04/1919 of Heart Failure King at Georges Hospital. Age: unknown. Grave: Garden. EB.93. Address: 28 Wexford Street, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married.
40. HUTTON , JAMES: Private 3812 Leinster Regiment. Died: 16/01/1917 of Phthsis at Our Ladies Hospice. Age: 26. Grave: St. Bridget's. DJ.290. Address: 2 Church Place, Rathmines. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married. Informant: Mary Hutton, Hackett's Court, Dublin.
41. HYLAND, RICHARD: Lance Corporal 78432 Royal Defence Corps. Died: 06/12/1918 of Pneumonia Ricketts at Military Hospital, Hull, England. Grave: Garden. TE.77. Address: 10 Henrietta Street, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital Status: Widower. Informant: Patrick Hyland, 10 Henrietta Street, Dublin.
42. JOHNSTON, MICHAEL: Private 21701 Royal Irish Fusiliers 8th Bn. Secondary Regiment: Labour Corps. Died: 24/05/1918 of consumption in Cork Street Hospital. Grave: Garden. WF. 229. Address: 20 Poole Street, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital status: Married.
43. KEARNS, JOHN: Private SE/24053 Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Died: 06/10/1919 of TB in Bermondsy Hospital. Age: 27 Grave: St. Patrick's. QL. 297.5. Address: 31 Little Strand Street, Dublin. Occupation: Soldier. Religion: RC. Marital Status: Single.
