Research by Eilish Moroney and Ellen Murphy

First World War Memorial

Land Registry of Ireland

F. H. Browning

Francis H Browning was an

Examiner of Titles at the Land

Registry. He founded a volunteer

corps to recruit men and enlisted

200 men at Lansdowne Road in D

Company of the 7th Battalion, Royal

Dublin Fusiliers

Too old to serve at the Front, he

joined a ‘home guard’ group.

Returning from a drill practice on 26

April 1916 (during the Easter

Rising), he was shot and badly

wounded. He died on 28 April 1916.

Thomas Brennan

Thomas Brennan was a war clerk in the Land Registry. He enlisted on

22nd October 1915 and served as a Private in the Royal Army Medical

Corps.

He served on board Hospital Ship ‘The Salta’, near La Havre (France)

The ship struck a German Mine and he was believed drowned on 14th

April 1917 along with 129 others on board.

Daniel R Clery

Daniel R Clery was an

unestablished Clerk at the Land

Registry. He enlisted on 7th

September 1914 and served in the

6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

He served in the Mediterranean

Expedition in Gallipoli and was

reported missing on 7th July 1915

and believed killed in action in

Suvla Bay. He is remember on the

Helles Memorial Gallipoli.

John B. Dunne

John B Dunne was an

unestablished clerk in the land

registry. He enlisted on 14th April

1916 in the 1st Battalion of the Royal

Dublin Fusiliers He was severally

wounded in The Somme in

February 1917 but recovered before

being fatally wounded on 12th

November 1918.

He was awarded a certificate of

devotion to duty and gallantry in the

field and is remembered at the St.

Andre Communal Cemetery

Walter R Gross

Walter R Gross was a War Clerk in

the Land Registry and a member of

the Commercial Rowing Club.

He enlisted on 23rd April 1915 as a

Lance Corporal in the Royal Field

Artillery and then transferred to 3rd

Leinster Regiment to be with his

brother Chas V Gross. He was

wounded four times in France

before his death in battle on 16th

November 1917.Men of the Lenister Regiment, France 1917

Copyright: IWM

George Hare

Educated at Mountjoy School, Dublin,

George Hare was a war clerk at the

Land Registry. He enlisted in the

Army Cyclist Corps on 28th April 1915

& served in France before transferring

to ‘D’ Company of the 7th Battalion of

the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and being

promoted to captain in September

1915. He was killed on 27 December

1917

His brother Herbert Hare was an

unestablished clerk in the Land

Registry who also enlisted with the

RDF. He survived the war and

resumed duty in the Land Registry in

1919.

Richard V. Murphy

Born near Borris, Co. Carlow,

Richard V. Murphy was

educated at Kilkenny College,

Collegiate School,

Portarlington and Mountjoy

School, Dublin. He was a

clerical assistant in the Land

Registry and a member of the

Wanders Football Club.

He enlisted with the 7th

Battalion Royal Dublin

Fusiliers and served in

Gallipoli and France. He was

killed on 26th March 1918.

James O’Connell

James O’Connell was a non

established clerk in the Land Registry

He enlisted on 22nd September 1915

in the Middlesex Regiment and

transferred to Inniskilling Fusiliers. He

was promoted to Lance Corporal on

6th March 1917. He served in France

and died of wounds received in action

on 12th December 1917. He is

remembered with honour at Unicorn

Cemetery in Vendhuile (France)

John J. Raverty

John Joseph Raverty was an

unestablished clerk in Land Registry

He enlisted on 25th June 1915 in the

3rd Royal Irish Regiment

He resigned his Commission on 31st

March 1916 and emigrated to

Canada. He joined the 14th Battalion

of the Canadian Infantry and served

in France in 1917. He was killed in

action on 1st September 1918

First World War Memorial,

Registry of Deeds Ireland

William F. Bassett (1883-1918)

Born in Waterford, William F.

Bassett was first appointed to

the Registry of Deeds in 1905.

A part-time reservist since 1908,

he volunteered for active

service at outbreak of First

World War . He served initially in

Salonika, Greece before

promotion to lieutenant &

transfer to 2/10th Royal Scots .

He was awarded a Military Cross

for Bravery. He died in Russia,

27 October 1918, two weeks

before Armistice.

Image courtesy Walter Hemmens

John Holm (1886-1917)

Originally from Gareview, Glasgow,

Scotland, John Holm was appointed

to the Registry of Deeds on 21

February 1907.He served with the

Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 10th Battalion

& was killed at Beaumont- Hamel on

8 February 1917.

His death notice described him as a

skilled golfer and recorded that:

“He was a tall young man of fine

physique, gentle in disposition,

pleasant in companionship”

Joseph W. Little (1891-1915)

Born at Castlegarron, Sligo, Joseph

W. Little was educated at Sligo

Intermediate School and Wesley

College. He was appointed to the

Registry of Deeds on 01 April 1913.

He enlisted in the ‘D’ Company 7th

Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers and

served in Gallipoli. He received a

gun-shot wound in the left-knee on

22 August 1915, and died from

septic poisoning on 17 September

1915.

Image courtesy Dublin City Library and Archive

James Mitchell (1893-1916)

Born at Knocklong, Co. Limerick

James Mitchell was educated at

Knocklong and Hospital Schools. He

was appointed to the Registry of

Deeds, Dublin on 1st April 1913.

He enlisted in ‘D’ Company 7th

Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He

was made Lance-Corporal in March

1915, and Corporal in October of

1915. He died of wounds in

Salonika, Greece, on 25th Sept

1916

Image courtesy Dublin City Library and Archive

Thomas E. Morton

(1876-1918)

Born in co. Dublin, Thomas E.

Morton was first appointed to the

Registry of Deeds in 1898 and

promoted to senior staff post in

1908. He married Linda Meyers in

1909 & had at least 1 child .

He served with South Irish Horse

(attached 7th Royal Irish Regiment)

and died from wounds in France 26

March 1918This was the badge of the South Irish Horse, a

regiment of the British Army which was disbanded in

1922: Source Wikipedia

Joseph Normington

(1887-1916)Born in England, Joseph

Normington was first appointed to

the Registry of Deeds on 1 Oct

1898, and promoted to senior staff

post on 23 May 1908.

He served in France and Flanders

and was killed in action whilst

serving with the 10th Battalion,

Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 13

November 1916 at the Battle of

Ancre, the final phase of the

Somme offensive.

Ancre Battlefield, 1916