Derek Beattie - My Pictorial History

Many brave men went off to fight and many never returned.
There are those who have removed photos from their website due to theft,.. oh dear,. they weren't theirs anyway,. and what a shame with respect to the memory of those in the photos,. all photos here are free to copy as long as you do not use them for financial gain,.. mainly because my Grandfather took most of them,.. enjoy and remember those who paid the ultimate price... it's obvious that you and i did not....

TThe poem "From Quentin Point" by W.H.F. Patterson in 1925
(Relating to the Harvest Fair)

From Quentin Point to Carrowdore
Fully many a lad will come no more
In fields of France he sleeps serene
Nor heeds if fields of Ards be green

No more he loads with ready heart
The soils rich produce on the cart
He goes no longer to the fair
Stilled in his voice in Newtown square

And many a maid, while drag these days
Broods upon bygone happier ways
And deep within her bosom guards
The memory of the Sons of Ards

An excellent pic from Stewart McCleans Collection - Added 13th. February 2014

Can anyone shed light on these pics sent in by Vernon Moore 20th. February 2013 .. name etc ...

I hope that this section of the site will do a little justice to the sacrifices given by these brave people... Many of the pics. were taken by my late Grandfather William Beattie Snr.

Yet another photograph likely taken by my Grandfather as he appeared at the time to be very closely associated with the Regiment.
Employees of the Glen Printing and Finishing Co. on the Crawfordsburn Road who enlisted together and became members of the 13th. Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Seated centre with moustache is Mr. Elliot Johnston who was the manager of the Companys Hemstitching dept. he later went on to become Captain Elliot.

On their way to the railway station enroute to the front in France
Click for recently enhanced and enlarged version 22nd.Nov.2012
You can now make out faces etc. very interesting pic

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As mentioned before i owe my old friend Stewart McClean a debt of gratitude for this pic taken by my Grandfather in 1912.
Its of what was to become the 36th. Division Ulster Volunteers prior to becoming the Ulster Volunteer Force parading on the Crawfordsburn Road. Note that the field in the top right was called "Peggies Field" and was great for toboggans,. Top Left is the Old Webbs factory and behind that Shorts. Very bottom right was the entrance to the long driveway leading to "Stewarts House" a mansion before its demise and replacement by Londonderry Primary School.
Pic. by William Beattie Snr.

Again many thanks for Neil Huttons corrections on details above, as Neil points out the men are in regular army uniform and not UVF therefore they are enlisted men and pic must be post September 1914 and their kitbags indicate that they are probably marching off to camp,.. also the statement 36th. Division Ulster Volunteer Force is incorrect as there would be arounf 1,000 men in a division.

And this from Rob Elliott in Sept. 2012 - You refer to a division having a 1000 men. It is a battalion that had
about 1000. A division would have about 18,000.

And this from Yahoo answers
A regiment in WW1 increased its numbers considerably because of the vast intake of recruits. 
The Royal Welch Fusiliers for instance had about 40 battalions each containing about 1000 men so the size of the
Regiment was this number of men x the number of battalions. In peace time the Regiment probably had just two battalions.
A Brigade would have at least two battalions but more probably four led by a brigadier general
A Division would number from 10000 to 14000 men led by a major general with several brigades under his command.
 An army Corps would have several Divisions and several 
Corps would make up an entire Army of say 120000. 
There were several armies active on the western front in WW1. 
They had to be split in this way so that the enormous numbers could be controlled more easily.

I thank all of you out there who help me correct errors as i am not a military historian, i am simply trying to ensure that the men who did the job are not forgotten

Another pic from Stewart, this time the Regiment is marching along Talbot Street in c1912 on their way to Camp at Clandeboye.
Pic. by William Beattie Snr.

Another pic from Stewart, this time the Division is arriving at Camp at Clandeboye.
Pic. by William Beattie Snr.

Another pic from Stewart, this time the UVF Hospital Platoon at Camp in Clandeboye 1912
Pic. by William Beattie Snr.

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Another pic from Stewart, this time the the crowd are addressed by local dignitaries including Lord Carson at Camp in Clandeboye 1912
Pic. by William Beattie Snr.

Thanks to Neil Hutton for advising the name of the gentleman on horseback ,. he is
Lieutenant General Sir. George Lloyd Reilly Richardson K.C.B. Officer in Command Ulster Volunteer Force

Amberson, William John - Of 33 Regent Street - Corporal 13th. Royal irish Rifles - Wounded in action

Armour, James Private 7th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - 1914-1918 - 116 Greenwell Street - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

Armour, James Private 15th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - 1914-1918 - 28 South Street - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

Armour, William Hugh Sapper Royal Engineers - 1914-1918 - Ballyrea - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

Baker, Captain Valentine - 1935 - Flying Instructor - Wounded WW1 awarded the Military Cross for valour.

Beckett, William Corporal 2nd.. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Winner of the D.C.M. - 1914-1918 - East Street - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

Beggs, William Private 5th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers - 1914-1918 - 4 Little Francis Street - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

Bell, William - Private 13th. Royal Irish Rifles - 1914-1918 - 102 East Street - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

Bell, Hugh - Private A.S.Corps - 1914-1918 - 4 Market Street - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour
Bell, John - Corporal 4th. Royal Irish Rifles - 1914-1918 - 4 Market Street - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour
Bell, Robert - Artificer A.S.Corps - 1914-1918 - 4 Market Street - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

Bennett, David J. Private 12th. Royal Irish Rifles - 1914-1918 - 203 Mill Street - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

Bennett, John - Serjeant 6th. Royal Irish Rifles - 1914-1918 - 11 Pound Street

Bennett, John - Gunner Royal Field Artillery - 1914-1918 - 13 Little Francis Street

Bowen, Major J. - 1886 - Of 3rd. Battalion the Royal Irish Rifles was stationed at Newtownards.

Brankin, George - 8th. June 1917 aged 29 - Serjeant 14/16204 14th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Son of James and Agnes Brankin of Frederick Street

Brett, James - 27th. July 1917 aged 18 - Private 91125 13th. Btn. Machine Gun Corps - Maroueil Cemetery
Son of Robert and Anna Brett of Greenwell Street Newtownards

Buckley, William A. - Gunner Royal Field Artillery - 1914-1918 - 37 South Street

Colville, James - Private - R.A.F. - James Colville - Lived with his Aunt Jane Colville and his Brother John Andrew at 56 Victoria Avenue.

George, Robert - Of 123 Mark Street - Rifleman with the 4th. Royal Irish Rifles - Wounded and awarded the Mons Star

Henderson, William - James - WW1 - Of Ballyrogan - Served as a Private in the Army Service Corps. - Remounts

Hutchinson, John 1014 Rifleman - 1901~1905 - Member of the Royal Irish Rifles, Royal Garrison Regiment

Hutchinson, James - WW1 - 126 Mill Street - Private in the L. Corps.
Hutchinson, John - WW1 - 126 Mill Street - Private in the Army Service Corps

Irvine, Alexander - 1914 -1918 - 2 Court Street - Private in the Army Service Corps.

Irvine, James - 1914 -1918 - 93 Church Street - Driver in the Royal Army Medical Corps

Irvine, Samuel - 1914 -1918 - 22 Mary Street - Serjeant in the 13th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles

Murray, Thomas - Of Wallaces Street - A private in the Inniskilling Fusiliers - Wounded

Murray, Walter - 68 Mill Street - A bugler with the Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

Whitla, James - 3 Wallaces Street No.2 - 16th. Royal Irish Rifles - Awarded the Military Medal Military Medal

Wright, Thomas - September 1895 - Son of Rev. William Wright and Charlotte McWilliams Robinson - Entered Campbell College Belfast
Engineer Manager, Harland & Wolff, 1913-26. Great War: M.B.E., 1915. Engineer-in-Chief, Lever Bros., Ltd., 1926-37. Address: Melwood, Plymyard Avenue, Bramborough, Wirral, England

Wright, William Martin - September 1895 - Of "The Manse" Son of Rev. William Wright and Charlotte McWilliams Robinson - Entered Campbell College Belfast
Scholar. Solicitors' Final, 1910. Assistant Solicitor, Belfast Banking Co., 1910-14. Great War: Capt., R. Irish Rifles. Adj., 13th Bn. Severely wounded 29th. June 1916. Partner, McKinty & Wright, Solicitors, Belfast. Hon. Solicitor, British Legion for 32 years. Chairman, Newtownards Branch, British Legion for 30 years; President, 2 years. Died 16th Nov., 1952.

Adair, Edward - 1st. July 1916 - Private 27059 10th. Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - Thiepval
Of Robert Street

Adair, James - Fatality WW1 - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - (There was a James living at Ballyharry with his family inc. brother Edward in 1911)

Algie,Robert Seaman in Royal Navy - 1914-1918 - 124 Greenwell Street - Fatality WW1 - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

Ardill, John - 23rd. August 1918 aged 25 - Private 25007 7th. Btn. 7th. Irish Horse Royal Irish Regiment - Mentioned in Despatches

Auld, James Rifleman 17162 - 1st. July 1916 aged 23 - 13th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - Husband of Margaret Auld of Craigantlet, Newtownards

Bell, Herbert Alexander "Bertie" - 9th. August 1916 aged 21 WW1 - Trooper 932 10th. Australian Light Horse
Son of John F. and Emma J. Bell

Bell, David - Private 13th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles -WW1 1914-1918 - 22 Wallaces Street No.1 - Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

Bell, William Robert WW1 - 14th. December 1914 - Of Queen Street - Rifleman 12487 1st. Royal Irish Rifles

Bell, William WW1 - 25th. November 1914 - Rifleman 6256 1st. Btn. Royal Irish Regiment

Best, Thomas - 29th. April 1918 aged 20 - Private 8879 2nd. Btn. Scots Guards - WW1
Son of John and Agnes Gaw Best of Newtownards.

Blythe, Alfred - 1st. July 1916 - Serjeant 16197 13th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - Thiepval
Of West Street

Buckley, Robert - Rifleman 848 11th. Btn. Royal irish Rifles - 23rd. October 1916 aged 26 years
Husband of Ellen Jane Buckley of 43 East Street.

Cardy, James (Lance Corporal 4/7078 6th. Bt. R.I.R.) - Of 115 Mark Street - 10th. December 1915 aged 29 years - (Father William Cardy) - (Mother Jane Cardy) - (Wife Isobel Montgomery) - Buried at Doiran Military Cemetery

Cardy, William (Rifleman 6751 2nd. Bt. R.I.R.) - Of 107 Mark Street - 27th. April 1916 - (Husband of Lydia Cardy) - Buried Ecoivres Mont-St. Eloi

Corry, Edward - 1st. July 1916 - Royal Irish Rifles - Husband to Ellen Adair and father of Robert Corry - Edward was born Ballywalter

Corry, Rifleman 9877 Robert J. - 17th. May 1917 - Royal Irish Rifles - Buried Movilla Graveyard 11:43

Corry, Rifleman 7253 Thomas - 3rd. August 1917 - 8th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - Ypes

Crawford, H. - 26th. March 1918 - Col.Sergeant 4th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - H
Memorial on headstone of David Ferris who was a boarder at the home of Elizabeth Crawford 12 Mary Street in 1911
memorial on Head stone of David Ferris.

Davidson, Captain James - 108 Co. Machine Core 13th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - 1st. July 1916 - (Father Sir Samuel Davidson)
he was shot whilst being carried on a stretcher having already been wounded.

Mentioned in dispatches- H
Son of William Ferris and Husband of Elizabeth Ferris of 86 Church Street

Graham, J - 15th. August 1920 aged 52 - 33 Balfour Place on Mark Street - Rifleman 12th. Royal Irish Rifles - H
Husband of Elizabeth Graham

Jones, James - 7th. August 1917 aged 19 - Rifleman 1102 8th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - Killed in action
Father Robert Jones of 7 Mary Street.

Irvine, James - 9th. November 1914 aged 29 - Rifleman 7587 2nd. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Son of Samuel and Margaret Irvine of 24 Upper Movilla Street

Lowry, Robert - 1st. July 1916 - Of Ballywatticock - Lance Corporal 18/111 13th. Royal irish Rifles

Eldest Son of Robert Lowry whose 2nd. son was in the 9th. Argyll and Southerland Highlanders. Robert Jnr. was a member of Ballyblack guild and bible class and regulary attended the library meetings. He was a member and secretary of Loughries True Blue L.O.L.1948 and the local contigent of the U.V.F.

Mackey, James - 28th. April 1916 - 64 South Street - Rifleman 7342 - 2nd. Royal Irish Rifles - Died of wounds

Maddock, William - 13th. July 1915 aged 20 - Private 1594 7th. Btn. Highland Light Infantry - Lancashire Landing Cemetery
Son of Mr and Mrs. William Maddock of Newtownards

Marshall, Robert - 21st. August 1915 aged 25 years - 33 Greenwell Street - Peivate 9691 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - Helles memorial
Son of Robert and Susanna Marshall

Marshall, Andrew - 1st. July 1916 - Rifleman 6028 - 11th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - Thiepval Memorial

McAlpine, Francis (Frank) - 7th. July 1917 aged 32 years - Of 180 Mill Street - (Mother Mary McAlpine) H - Killed in Action in France - Cpl. 28854 - 126th. Siege Btn. Royal Garrison Artillery

McMillan, Robert - Of 93 Greenwell Street - Private in the 16th. Canadian Scottish Infantry

McVeigh, William - 26th. March 1918 - Serjeant - Clerk on Permanent staff - 3rd. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - H
Memorial on Head stone of David Ferris.

Morgan, Lieut. J.J. - 16th. May 1915 aged 31 - (Father Colour Serjeant John Morgan) - (Mother Elizabeth Morgan) - 2nd. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - Fatality at Westhoek, France WW1 P - H

Morgan, Capt. Samuel V. - 10th. August 1917 aged 37 - (Father Colour Serjeant John Morgan) - (Mother Elizabeth Morgan) - 3rd. Royal Irish Rifles - Fatality in France WW1 - H

Murray, Samuel - 16th. August 1917 aged 23 years - Of Ballyblack - Rifleman 292 - 14th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - Tyne Cot
{Father ? Murray} - {Mother Elizabeth Murray}

Robinson, Alexander - WW1 - 1st. July 1916 aged 18 years - 18687. 13th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Alexander Robinson, of 3, Lower Mary St., Newtownards, Co. Down.

Robinson, John S.H. - 24th. September 1918 - 2nd. Welsh Regiment - Buried Marteville, France - Son of James and Elizabeth Robinson - H

Robinson, Robert - WW1 - Of 52 Frederick Street - Private in the Army Service Corps - Killed in action

Robinson, S - WW1 - 14th. March 1920 - Rifleman 13/18686 Royal Irish Rifles - Movilla Cemetery Newtownards
Husband of Kate Robinson of South Street - Killysuggan Graveyard

Scott, David - 27th. May 1916 - Rifleman G/732 1st. Garrison Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial
Son of Thomas and Jane Scott; husband of Margaret Scott, of 31, William St., Newtownards, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Buried in Cawnpore Cantonment New Cemetery. - WW1 Fatality

Sheppard, Jane - 20th. May 1929 - Mother of above and wife to Robert Sheppard - H
Sheppard, Robert - 8th. January 1943 - Father of above and Husband to Jane

Smart, Charles - 6th. May 1943 aged 32 - Rifleman 7019390 2nd. Btn. London Irish Rifles - Royal Ulster Rifles

Weir, Rifleman 663 John - 1st. July 1916 aged 26 - 13th. Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Son of James and Elizabeth Weir and husband to Mary Ann Weir of 90 Mill Street

Willie, William McCowatt - WW1 - 75 Victoria Avenue - A Sergeant in the Canadian Infantry and won the Military Medal for barvery.

Wright, Matthew John - 2nd. Lt. "C" Coy. 14th. Btn. R.I.R. - 1st. July 1916 aged 28 years
(Father Rev. William Wright D.D. of Springfield Manse) - (Mother Charlotte McW. Wright) - Missing/Killed in action.

Matthew John Wright - Second Lieutenant "C" Company - was the son of Rev. William Wright D.D. and Mrs. Charlotte McWilliams Wright
Matthew Johns brother William Martin was wounded whilst serving.

Son of Mrs. Mary Young of Tullynagardy and Husband of Annie Young of 22 Corry Street

Wright,	James - 16th. August 1917 -	74	Up. Movilla Street	Secont Lieutenant	13th R.I. Rifles	Killed in Action
Wright,	Matthew John - 1st. July 1916 aged 28	IMAGE	The Manse	Rifleman 19393	14th R.I. Rifles	Killed in Action