Whitehaven Catholic Boys Brigade

Front of paper-Of these named on this Memorial Card twenty-two were still members of the Whitehaven Company at the outbreak of the War, the others had been Members within the last few years. They all voluntarily joined the Forces./It is proposed to erect a Memorial in our Church that the memory of these gallant Members of the Boys’ Brigade may/ never fade, and as a token of our gratitude to them and to their comrades in arms; and also that succeeding generations of our boys /may know how they nobly answered the Call of Duty, and may be stimulated by their glorious example. /This proposal has the approval of the Parish Priest, and I feel sure that many will wish to give a donation towards it, that /we may be enabled to carry it out in a manner not unworthy of their memory. /OSWALD J. BERKELEY, /Chaplain, Catholic Boys’ Brigade./ Rear of Paper- In Charity and Gratitude/Pray ye devoutly for the Souls of these Members of the Whitehaven Company of /The Catholic Boys' Brigade/Who gallantly responded to the Call to Arms, and bravely fought and/nobly died in the righteous Cause of Freedom and Justice /in the European War 1914 - 1918. [names]/ May their Souls, and the Souls of all the Faithful departed, /Through the Mercy of God rest in peace.

John Stephenson 2nd Border Regiment At Neuve Chapelle March 12th 1915/ James McKie 1st Border Regiment At the Dardanelles May 14th 1915/ James Johnson 2nd Border Regiment At Neuve Chapelle May 16th 1915/ James McFarlane 5th Border Regiment At Ypres June 23rd 1915/ William Moore McKenzie 5th Border Regiment At Zillebeke, near Ypres January 10th 1916/ Richard Torrens 5th Border Regiment At St Eloy, near Ypres April 14th 1916/ Thomas McGlennon 8th Seaforth Highlanders At Vermelles, near Lens May 19th 1916/ Peter Toner 29th Northumberland Fusiliers Near Contalmaison July 1st 1916/ John McCluskey 11th Border Regiment At Thiepval (Somme) July 1st 1916/ William Campbell 1st Border Regiment At the Somme July 9th 1916/ Lance-Corp. Henry Smith 5th Border Regiment At the Somme July 14th 1916/ John Lamb 2nd Border Regiment Near Albert August 5th 1916/ John Graham 9th Northumberland Fusiliers At Mametz, near Albert August 8th 1916/ William Rooney 18th Lancashire Fusiliers At the Somme August 13th 1916/ Robert McGreavy 5th Border Regiment At Martinpuich, nr Bapaume September 16th 1916/ Joseph Kennett 8th Border Regiment Near Cambrai October 24th 1916/ Thomas Mason 1st Connaught Rangers Near Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia January 16th 1917/ Stephen Lewis 7th Royal Scots Fusiliers In France April 10th 1917/ Sgt Frederick Mourning 7th Border Regiment At Monchy Rd, nr Arras April 23rd 1917 / John Denvir 10th Loyal N. Lancs Regt At Monchy Rd, nr Arras April 1917/ Joseph Marshall 11th Border Regiment At Nieuport July 10th 1917/ Sgt Robert Rooney 6th Border Regiment Near Ypres July 24th 1917/ Alexander Brannon 6th Seaforth Highlanders Near Ypres July 31st 1917/ John Joseph Coyles 7th King’s Own (R.L.) Regiment At La Clytte, Belgium August 3rd 1917/ John O’Shaughnessy 6th Seaforth Highlanders In France August 31st 1917/ Robert McSherry 6th Border Regiment In France October 9th 1917/ Sgt Bernard Denvir 526th Battery, R.F.A. At Hooge, near Ypres October 19th 1917/ Robert Curwen 4th Tr. Mortar Btty, R.F.A. Near Arras December 5th 1917/ Bolton Patterson 8th Northumberland Fusiliers D.O.W. received at Loos February 1st 1918/ Francis McGuirk 5th Border Regiment Near Harbonniers (Somme) March 28th 1918/ Francis O’Conor 29th Northumberland Fusiliers In Flanders April 11th 1918/ Hilton Donnelly 6th King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Wounded Givenchy, died Etaples April 15th 1918/ John Long 15th Cheshire Regiment In France April 23rd 1918/ John Keogh D.C.M. Royal Irish Regiment In France May 19th 1918/ Cpl John Todd D.C.M. 5th Border Regiment At Berles-au-Bois, nr Arras May 23rd 1918/ Cpl William Atkinson 7th Seaforth Highlanders In Belgium June 22nd 1918/ CS.M. Peter McKeating 5th Border Regiment At Estrees (Somme) August 10th 1918/ Daniel Flinn 7th East Yorks Regt At Gouzencourt September 18th 1918/ Christopher Hanlon 7th East Yorks Regt At Gouzencourt September 18th 1918/ James O’Neill 7th East Yorks Regt W. at Gouzencourt, D. at Abbeville September 24th 1918/ Hugh Long 4th Loyal N. Lancs Regt At Martinpuich September 30th 1918/ Francis Signoretti 50th Tr. Mortar Btty, RFA POW died at Glageon October 1st 1918/ Arthur McArdle 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment Near Mons October 25th 1918/ Thomas Hall 29th Northumberland Fusiliers W. at Albert, Died at Aldershot November 3rd 1918/