Chapter XXXII: 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.
Captain =Thomas Esmonde= Crimea.
Captain =Hugh Shaw= New Zealand.
Private, No. 3733 =John Barry= South 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.
Sergeant Henry Morton Crimea.
Corporal M. Egan ”
” Thomas Murphy ”
Private Richard 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.)

Private James Acton New Zealand, 1866.
” John Brandon ” 1865.
” George Clampitt ” ”
” John Graham ” ”
” John Hennigan ” 1866.
” James Kearnes ” 1865.
Sergeant Edward O’Donnell Egypt, 1882.
Sergeant-Major J. Bergin South Africa, 1900-2.
Sergeant J. O’Connor South Africa, 1900-2.
” H. Loney ”
” T. Connolly ”
Corporal P. Doyle ”
” E. Lovely ”
Lance-Corporal P. Dumphy ”
” W. Tytherleigh ”
Private W. 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.
Sergeant John Grant Crimea.
Colour-Sergeant Martin Cummins China, Burma, and Crimea.
Sergeant-Major William Toohey Indian Mutiny.
Sergeant Edward Foy
Sergeant-Major J. Bergin Afghanistan, Nile, and
South Africa.
Quartermaster-
Sergeant A. Molloy New Zealand.
Sergeant Richard Ford Burma 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.
1850-1 338 Sergeant Will Bett.
” 788 Private John Redding.
” 609 ” Mat. Connors.
1851-2 790 Sergeant William Shanahan.
” 810 Armourer-Sergeant Richard Ford.
1852-3 681 Private John Priestley.
” 776 ” Owen Cork.
” 751 ” James Ward.
” 697 ” Thomas Morrow.
1853-4 806 Colour-Sergeant James M‘Illwain.
” 832 Corporal Thomas M‘Gowan.
” 853 Private Saul Gilloe.
1854-5 421 ” Edward Lyons.
” 653 ” Robert Black.
” 890 ” Charles Armstrong.
” 929 ” Thomas Creagh.
” 870 ” Patrick Martin.
” 927 ” Thomas Carroll.
1855-6 2315 Sergeant Henry Morton.
” 2451 Corporal M. Egan.
1855-6 2785 Corporal Thomas Murphy.
” 3559 Private Nicholas 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
1857-8 1100 ” Walter Lawless.
” 1196 Sergeant Isaac Orchard.
” 1233 Private John O’Brien.
” 1260 ” Richard Dobin.
1858-9 3259 Sergeant William Fannon.
” 1504 ” Thomas Connors.
1859-60 1676 ” John Lavin.
” 1780 Quartermaster-Sergeant Charles Cadman.
” 1464 Private Daniel Flanagan.
1860-1 1828 ” Patrick Connolly.
” 2955 Sergeant-Major Alexander Stowell.
” 3967 Private Benjamin Dyson.
” 1870 ” Patrick Clancy.
” 1877 Sergeant William Burkett.
” 1874 Private John Gilhooly.
1861-2 1878 ” Thomas Melley.
” 1551 ” James Morgan.
” 1190 Colour-Sergeant Martin Cummins.
” 1928 Private James O’Daniel.
” 1568 Hospital-Sergeant Charles S. Edwards.
1862-3 3327 Sergeant William Iron.
” 2039 Private Michael Farrell.
” 1920 ” Nichs. Wall.
1863-4 1866 ” Michael Walsh.
” 2124 ” William Cunnah.
” 1216 Sergeant John O’Neill.
1864-5 968 Private William Butler.
” 3658 ” Andrew Nelson.
” 2257 ” Michael Melvin.
” 2396 ” Michael Coulihan.
” 2380 Quartermaster-Sergeant Thomas Conway.
” 2303 Private Michael Sweeney.
1865-6 2294 ” Thady. Flanery.
” 3445 ” Michael Fraley.
” 946 ” John Grady.
” 2535 ” John Lawler.
1865-6 2155 Colour-Sergeant James Proctor.
” 2327 Private Jasper Twissell.
1866-7 2388 ” John Hutch.
” 2565 ” John Dumphey.
” 2618 ” John Harrington.
” 846 ” Thomas Dowd.
1867-8 2682 ” Patrick Barry.
” 826 Sergeant James Cumberford.
” 2432 Private Thomas Rabbit.
1868-9 3566 Quartermaster-Sergeant James Proctor.
” 1148 Private Patrick Wall.
1869-70 2791 Colour-Sergeant Charles Glynn.
” 2786 Corporal James O’Gready.
” 2884 Sergeant Patrick Collins.
” 1131 Private John Sexton.
” 3361 Sergeant Thomas Pearmain.
” 973 ” Charles Fitch.
1870-1 2989 Private Daniel Leahy.
” 2922 ” Bartholomew Millerick.
” 1026 ” John Sheehan.
” 2778 Armourer-Sergeant George Ford.
” 2948 Hospital-Sergeant James O’Regan.
1871-2 3147 Private Patrick Brady.
” 3082 ” Thomas Hickey.
” 3502 ” Jonathan Taylor.
” 3038 ” John Sweeney.
” 4772 ” John Toole.
” 3138 Sergeant Daniel Corbet.
1872-3 3300 ” James Roddy.
” 4089 Private Samuel Card.
” 1056 ” Michael Doyle.
” 3219 ” Francis Boyle.
” 3296 Corporal John Pratt.
” 3829 Sergeant William Hudson.
” 4019 Colour-Sergeant Stephen Bowen.
” 4158 ” ” Michael Murphy.
” 4159 Private James Fox.
1873-4 121 ” Patrick Broderick.
” 4300 ” Moses Green.
” 4653 ” Anthony Hynes.
” 4404 ” John Stephens.
” 146 ” Michael Mahon.
” 4709 ” James Cuddy.
” 2780 Sergeant Richard Ford.
” 2972 Corporal Michael Duggan.
” 4050 Private John Cross.
1874-5 69-B./729 Corporal Jerh. Donovan.
” 1003 ” David Roche.
” 3852 Sergeant Thomas Mathews.
” 128 ” Pat. M‘Guinness.
1874-5 3149 Sergeant John Hynes.
1875-6 75 Quartermaster’s Clerk Edward Foy.
” 669 Sergeant Thomas Spring.
” 375 ” John Fennely.
” 173 Private Patrick Keelehan.
” 229 ” Robert Cumberford.
” 1062 ” Michael Ryan.
” 50 ” Patrick M‘Shean.
” 234 ” Michael O’Hanlon.
” 1548 Sergeant William Dickson.
1876-7 816 Quartermaster-Sergeant William Sparrow.
” 69-B./941 Private Martin Burke.
” 4559 Sergeant Thomas Wright.
” 951 Private Alexander 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.
” 1527 Bandmaster Charles Fitzpatrick.
” 4388 Sergeant James Pearson.
” 671 Private William M‘Conville.
” 45 ” Michael M‘Loughlin.
” 69-B./556 ” John Byrne.
” 1702 ” Robert Shields.
” 4788 Sergeant-Major William Toohey.
1878 69-B./506 Private Patrick 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.
1881-2 1018 Sergeant-Instructor Edward Kenruly.
of Gymnastics
” 1009 Sergeant John M‘Whurter.
” 1242 Private Michael Morrissey.
1882-3 1052 Sergeant William Hayden.
” 564 Private Michael Mulhare.
1883-4 544 Corporal Patrick Guinan.
” 560 Private Charles M‘Carthy.
” 1288 ” John Beehan.
” 1217 ” Philip Walsh.
” 1220 Sergeant William Williams.
1884-5 1211 Private Andrew Cahill.
” 203 Sergeant Charles O’Brien.
” 281 Private Patrick O’Brien.
” 994 Corporal Thomas Toomey.
” 1412 Sergeant Henry A. Hills.
1885-6 370 Corporal Peter Byrnes.
” 1196 Private John Brennan.
” 2158 Sergeant Thomas L. Folley.
1886-7 1511 Musician Robert Hughes.
” 1545 Colour-Sergeant Paul Stokes.
” 974 ” ” John Kenely.
” 1574 Sergeant-Cook Robert Dillon.
1887-8 1549 Band-Sergeant Charles Tribe.
” 1719 Private Thomas MacNamara.
” 1202 ” Edward Neville.
” 2064 Orderly-Room Sergeant Owen R. Williams.
1888-9 1140 Private F. Dougherty.
” 1575 Colour-Sergeant A. Stevens.
” 1896 Drummer Patrick Nicholson.
” 1152 Private Thomas Raper.
” 1873 ” Hugh Cunningham.
” 662 Quartermaster-Sergeant Albert Hendy.
” 1728 Private S. Breadon.
” 1760 ” J. Byrne.
” 501 ” A. Ingram.
” 2178 ” A. Kirkpatrick.
” 1146 Lance-Sergeant J. O’Keefe.
” 1209 Private M. Tobin.
” 1139 Colour-Sergeant J. Bergen.
” 645 ” ” S. Wills.
1890-1 1874 Private Henry Walker.
1891-2 1879 ” M. O’Neill.
1892-3 2205 Bandsman J. Plunkett.
” 2256 Private T. Condon.
” 2463 ” J. Fitzsimons.
” 1872 Bandsman P. Bagge.
” 2579 ” G. Chaney.
” 2578 ” A. Hyam.
1893-4 2076 Colour-Sergeant J. Cooper.
” 1918 Quartermaster-Sergeant W. E. Harradine.
1894-5 2882 Colour-Sergeant W. Byrne.
” 1012 Sergeant P. Ward.
” 2826 Private M. Day.
” 2099 ” J. Sullivan.
1894-5 2100 Private W. Bryan.
” 2829 Colour-Sergeant E. Tobin.
” 2791 Bandsman John Mould.
1895-6 3046 Sergeant-Instructor J. P. O’Brien.
of Musketry
” 2790 Private G. S. Simonite.
” 1063 Lance-Corporal Daniel Lowther.
” 1498 Quartermaster-Sergeant James Smith.
” 2686 Private Edward Naper.

2ND BATTALION.

1858-9 434 Colour-Sergeant Dexter Johnson.
” 403 ” ” Robert Meredith.
1859-60 369 ” ” Henry Backley.
” 194 Sergeant Francis O’Hare.
” 1160 ” Walter Thomson.
” 1 Private Patrick Shehan.
” 3 ” James Russell.
1860-1 4 Corporal Michael Horrigan.
” 49 Private Michael Cawley.
1861-2 11 ” John Power.
1862-3 310 Sergeant Timothy M‘Carthy.
” 18 Corporal Robert Philips.
1864-5 1401 Colour-Sergeant John Gleeson.
1865-6 1412 Private Philip Ryan.
” 1391 Corporal Peter Moloy.
1866-7 1594 Private Jeremiah Bishhagra.
” 1589 ” Michael Ward.
” 409 Colour-Sergeant William Heald.
” 386 Private Andrew Murray.
1867-8 1795 Sergeant-Major John Prendergast.
” 1887 Private Jeremiah Murphy.
” 1400 ” Thomas Gilloyley.
” 1902 ” Thomas Foley.
1868-9 1404 Sergeant-Instructor Samuel Chandler.
of Musketry
” 144 Colour-Sergeant William Darby.
1869-70 1896 Private Edward Crowley.
” 1893 ” Patrick Connors.
” 311 ” Jeremiah Connors.
” 1674 ” Robert M‘Dermott.
1870-1 1681 ” Richard Fitzwilliam.
” 1472 Colour-Sergeant Alexander Nicholas.
1871-2 1851 Drum-Major William Henry Hale.
” 1606 Private William Connell.
” 1729 ” William Arnett.
” 16 ” Michael M‘Carthy.
1872-3 1653 Sergeant Thomas Rooney.
” 422 Colour-Sergeant John Hart.
1873-4 1830 Private George Lucas.
” 2299 ” Henry Carragher.
” 1619 ” Anthony Cushen.
1873-4 2518 Sergeant Joseph Day.
” 1516 ” George Copley.
1874-5 1817 Private Stephen Maloney.
1875-6 1809 Sergeant-Major Charles Brain.
” 65 Sergeant James Mylan.
” 2315 Private John Fahey.
” 1040 ” John Reilly.
” 70 Corporal John Power.
” 69-B./789 Private Patrick Keefe.
” 83 ” Patrick Walsh.
” 741 Colour-Sergeant Patrick Dowling.
” 43 ” ” Edward Molloy.
” 78 Private James Butler.
” 2566 Corporal John Syberry.
1876-7 1925 Armourer-Sergeant John Smith.
” 1247 Sergeant Robert Waters.
” 2344 Private Patrick M‘Cormack.
” 2235 ” Patrick Bryan.
” 2385 ” Michael Walsh.
” 1924 ” William Ferguson.
” 145 Canteen-Sergeant Patrick Maloney.
” 176 Colour-Sergeant William Forsythe.
” 228 Sergeant John Nixon.
” 229 ” John Dillon.
” 372 ” Michael Dowling.
” 288 Corporal Bernard M‘Keown.
” 1344 Drummer Laurence Kavanagh.
” 184 ” John Smith.
” 1797 Private James Armitage.
” 2325 ” John Graham.
” 2375 ” Michael Whelan.
” 2275 ” Henry Ward.
” 277 ” John Keane.
” 404 ” Anthony Canavan.
” 968 Sergeant Joshua Forsythe.
” 427 Private William Gibbons.
” 473 ” James Kyle.
” 592 ” John M‘Enerney.
” 2381 Sergeant John Ryan.
” 426 Colour-Sergeant Thomas F. Walshe.
” 69-Bde./775 Private Edward Graham.
1877-8 2308 Colour-Sergeant Timothy Dempsey.
” 743 Corporal Timothy Troy Guder.
” 959 Sergeant William Mosgrove.
” 381 ” William Wilson.
” 750 Private John Barry.
” 562 ” Patrick Daly.
” 830 Sergeant Joseph Dundas.
” 1073 Private David Thompson.
1877-8 1090 Sergeant-Instructor James Stapleton.
of Musketry
” 1025 Colour-Sergeant Francis Birch.
” 1000 Sergeant-Major George Hawkesby.
” 1019 Colour-Sergeant Thomas MacMillan.
” 993 ” ” Arthur Molloy.
1878 956 Private Harry Carroll.
” 1305 ” Patrick Clifford.
” 1407 Sergeant Owen Connell.
” 1334 Colour-Sergeant Richard Brien.
” 1356 Private James Butler.
” 1335 ” John Kennedy.
” 801 ” Felix Logan.
” 1474 Sergeant Robert Markham.
” 1480 Private William Rowe.
” 270 ” John Corcoran.
” 1369 ” Thomas Quinlan.
” 2374 ” Joseph Walker.
” 2304 ” John Culligan.
” 1631 Colour-Sergeant Charles Tadd.
1879 1337 ” ” Clement Eaton.
” 2341 Private William Kennedy.
” 69-B./1125 Sergeant William Savage.
” 1508 Private John Murphy.
1880 1304 Sergeant Thomas Kelly.
1880-1 1095 ” William M‘Intosh.
1881-2 2295 ” Maurice Breen.
1882-3 529 Private Daniel Allen.
1887-8 972 Sergeant Charles Stokes.
” 1944 Quartermaster-Sergeant William Dundas.
” 2042 Private Samuel Pettit.
1888-9 2466 Lance-Sergeant H. Clements.
” 2397 Sergeant Drummer J. Frost.
” 416 Private T. Pettit.
” 2468 Colour-Sergeant J. Chambers.
” 2703 Band-Sergeant W. Nash.
” 2722 Corporal E. Avery.
1890-1 2736 Sergeant Martin Lepper.
” 1927 Colour-Sergeant John Perrin.
” 2704 Sergeant Drummer Francis Weeks.
” 646 Private Matt. Akins.
1892-3 2079 Colour-Sergeant J. M‘Namara.
1894-5 3199 Corporal Lance-Sergeant Robert Smith.
” 1576 Lance-Corporal Matthew Doyle.
1895-6 3195 Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Cremen.
” 3246 ” ” J. Richings.
1896-7 2576 ” ” H. W. Walshe.

(From this date the official returns do not specify to which battalion the recipient of the medal belonged.)

1897-8 2072 Sergeant-Major William Moffatt.
” 3761 Private Joseph Kennedy.
1897-8 3781 Colour-Sergeant Henry Fitzgerald.
” 3149 ” ” Patrick O’Brien.
” 3430 Sergeant-Instructor David Morrissey.
of Musketry
” 3231 Private Robert Harwood.
” 4288 Colour-Sergeant Randal O’Driscoll.
” 3576 Lance-Corporal Frank Sherwin.
1898-9 3849 Private Michael Callaghan.
” 2806 Sergeant Drummer Henry Tidy.
” 3228 Sergeant Edward Donovan.
” 657 Private Barthol. Castles.
” 3247 Colour-Sergeant John O’Brien.
” 3982 Sergeant Drummer Henry Williams.
1899-1900 4285 Private Patrick Broderick.
” 4286 Sergeant of the Band Otto Dusseldorf.
” 4097 Private Timothy Mockler.
” 3572 ” John Redmond.
” 178 Quartermaster-Sergeant Robert Lewry.
1900-1 548 Private Edward Mulderig.
” 568 Sergeant J. Macpherson.
1901-2 1321 Private William Ryan.
” 547 Colour-Sergeant E. Dougherty.
” 1375 Lance-Corporal C. J. Beresford.