Kerry’s World War I Dead W

WALLACE, JOHN ALOYSIUS.
Rank: Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Garrison Artillery. Unit: 213th Siege Battery. Age at death: 19. Date of Death: 11-May-1917. Service No: 36533.
Supplementary information: Son of Joseph and Nelly Wallace, of I, Brighton Terrace, Ringsend Rd., Dublin. Born at Tralee, Co. Kerry. Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Gibraltar while living in Dublin.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. C. 15. Cemetery: Henin Communal Cemetery Extension in France.

WALLACE, WILLIAM LEO.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd Battalion.
Age at death: 26. Date of Death: 27-August-1914. Service No: 8107.
Supplementary information: Son of Maria Wallace, of Chapeltown, Fenit, Tralee, Co. Kerry, and the late William Wallace. Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. 5. Cemetery: Etreux British Cemetery, Etreux, Aisne, France.

WALSH, DANIEL.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Regiment. Unit; 1^st Garrison Battalion. Date of Death:01-June-1918. Service No:4429. Formerly he was with the Royal Munster Fusiliers where his number was 1773. Born in Portlaw, County Waterford. Enlisted in Limerick while living in Listowel, County Kerry. Died of Wounds in Egypt. Grave or Memorial Reference: H. 79. Cemetery, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt.

WALSH, JAMES. 
Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; C Company, 2nd Battalion.
Date of Death: 14-October-1915. Age at Death,26. Service No:3735.  Born in Ballymacegogue, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry.  Died of wounds.
Supplementary information; Son of Patrick and Ellen Walsh, of 8, Mary St., Tralee; husband of Mary Ellen Walsh, of 14, Connor's Lane, Tralee. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. D 8. Cemetery; Lapugnoy Military Cemetery in France.

WALSH, JOHN.
Rank: Driver. Regiment or Service: New Zealand Field Artillery.
Age at death: 28. Date of Death: 20-February-1919. Service No: 9/1246.
Supplementary information: Son of Annie and the late Philip Walsh, of Dunedin, New Zealand. Address on enlistment, Pukerau, New Zealand. Next of kin, (mother), Mrs Annie Walsh, 9 Vautier Street, Napier, New Zealand. Embarked for the front with 6th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles on 14-August-1915 from Wellington, New Zealand on board the ‘Willochra’ or ‘Tofua’ bound for Suez, Egypt. Died of disease. Grave or Memorial Reference: Middle of right section. Cemetery: Tralee Military Cemetery, County Kerry.

WALSH, MICHAEL. 
Rank: Sergeant.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 2^nd Battalion.
Date of Death:21-August-1916. Age at Death,28. Service No:3097.  Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry. Killed in action. Supplementary information; Husband of Mary Anne Walsh, of 22, Mary St., Tralee. Grave or Memorial Reference: V. K. 12. Cemetery: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval in France.

WALSH, MICHAEL.
Rank: Rifleman.  Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Rifles. Unit; 7^th  Battalion.
Date of Death:08-March-1917. Service No:5930. 
Born in Killarney, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Killarney. Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: N. 60. Cemetery: Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery in Belgium.

 
WALSH, MICHAEL JOSEPH. 
Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 1^st  Battalion.
Date of Death:25-April-1915. Age at Death,.Service No:9383. Born in Springfield, Mass, USA.. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Caherciveen, County Kerry.  Killed in Action in Gallipoli. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on the Special Memorial, M.2. V Beach Cemetery in Turkey.

WALSH, PATRICK. 
Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 2^nd Battalion.
Date of Death:25-September-1918. Service No:9316.  Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry. Died. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Panel 10 on the Viz-En-Artois Memorial in France.

WALSH, THOMAS EDWARD.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 2nd Battalion.
Age at death: 20. Date of Death: 17-April-1918. Service No: 9649.
Supplementary information: Son of Patrick and Hannah Walsh, of Green St., Dingle, Co. Kerry. Born in Dingle, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee. Died of wounds. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. B. 2. Cemetery: Leuze Communal Cemetery, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Hainaut, Belgium.

WALSHE, PATRICK FINN.   
Rank: Sapper/Lance Corporal. Regiment or Service: Australian Engineers. Unit: 1st Field Coy.
Age at death: 27. Date of Death: 05-March-1917. Service No: 204.
Supplementary information: Son of Ellen O'Brien (formerly Walshe), of 17, Chapel St., Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland, and the late William Walshe. Born, Tralee, Kerry, Ireland. Occupation on enlistment, Plumber. Served 3 years apprenticeship with Kennedy Brothers, Tralee. Age on enlistment; 26 years 2 months.
Suffered from Pleurisy caused by climate and exposure in Gallipoli, admitted and treated in hospital in Malta and London. Treated for fractured ribs in Heliopolis. Treated for gingivitis, carbuncle and defective teeth in France. Received shell wounds to the buttock and chest in France. Died of these wounds at the 45^th Casualty Clearing Station. Buried the same day by Rev J Lowery. Next of kin details; (mother) Mrs O’Brien, 17 Chapel Street, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. His mother, Mrs Ellen O’Brien, received a pension of 40 shillings per fortnight from September-1917.
Place and date of enlistment, 05-September-1914. Paddington, NSW. Weight, 11st 7 lbs. Height, 5 feet, 10 inches. Complexion, fair. Eyes, hazel. Hair, brown. Grave or Memorial Reference: VI. B. 30. Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension in France.  [Related Documents]

WARNER, ROBERT.
Rank: Pte. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 2^nd  Battalion.
Date of Death:10-July-1917. Age at Death,34. Service No:5556. 
Born in Waterfall, County Cork. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Killarney.
Killed in Action. Supplementary information; Husband of Jane Warner, of Main St., Killarney. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. E. 25. Cemetery: Coxyde Military Cemetery in Belgium.

WARREN, PATRICK.
Rank: Guardsman. Regiment or Service: Scots Guards. Unit; 1^st Battalion.
Date of Death:12-March1-195. Age at Death,27. Service No:11041. Born in Killarney, County Kerry. Enlisted in Inverkeithing, Fife while living in Rathdowney, Queen's County. Killed in Action.
Supplementary information; Son of Patrick C. and Elizabeth Warren, of Annaghmore, Headford, Co. Kerry. From De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour;-Born Killarney, County Kerry, enlisted 14-September-1914 aged 30. Served with the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action 12-March-1915. Buried at Le Touret and the spot marked by a cross. Grave or Memorial Reference: II. A. 16. Cemetery: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue in France.
From De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour;-
Warren, Patrick, Private, No 11041. 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Born in Killarney, County Kerry. Enlisted 14-September-1914, aged 30. Served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders. Killed in action, 12-March-1915. Buried at Le Touret and the spot is marked with a cross.

WATTS, JOHN. 
Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 1^st Battalion.
Date of Death:26-March-1918. Service No:7229.  Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry. Killed in action. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed in Panels 78 and 79 on the Pozieres Memorial in France.

WELSH, PATRICK. 
Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Army Service Corps.
Date of Death:11-November-1915. Service No:T4/141420.  Born in Castle Island, County Kerry. Enlisted in Aberdare.  Died at home. Grave or Memorial Reference: R. 319. Cemetery: Aldershot Military Cemetery, UK.

WHEELHOUSE, ALFRED FAULKNER.
Rank: Junior 7th Engineer. Regiment or Service: Mercantile Marine. Unit: S.S. "Lusitania" (Liverpool).
Age at death: 23. Date of Death: 07-May-1915. The Lusitania was sunk by German Submarine U-20.  Supplementary information: Son of Matilda Wheelhouse, of 194, Bedford Rd., Bootle, Lancs, and the late Frederick William Faulkner Wheelhouse. (Buried in Kilmore Burial Ground, Near Ballyduff, Co. Kerry. The grave is unmaintainable).He has no known grave but is listed on the Tower Hill Memorial UK.

WHITAKER, THOMAS. 
Rank: Lance Sergeant.  Regiment or Service: Grenadier Guards. Unit; 1^st Battalion.
Date of Death:26-September-1916. Service No:19059.  Born in Tarbert, County Kerry. Enlisted in Limerick. Killed in action. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Pier and Face 8 D on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

WHYTE, JOHN. 
Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Unit; 7/8^th  Battalion.
Date of Death:10-April-1917. Age at Death,37. Service No:21551.  Born in Lesmahagow, Lanark. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Killarney, County Kerry. Died of wounds. Supplementary information; Son of James Whyte, of Kirkmuirhill, Lanarkshire; husband of Sophia Petrie (formerly Whyte), of 3, Hilltown, Dundee. Grave or Memorial Reference: III. E. 27. Cemetery: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun in France.

WILLIAMS, RICHARD HENRY/HENERY.
Rank: Rifleman. Regiment or Service: New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Unit: 1st Battalion. 3rd.
Age at death: 33. Date of Death: 27-March-1918. Service No: 45583. Occupation on enlistment, driver. Next of kin, (father), Mr R Williams, To(sic) Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Embarked for the front with 29th Reinforcements E Company on 13-August-1917 on board the ‘Mokoia’ from Wellington, New Zealand bound for Glasgow, Scotland. Killed in action.
Supplementary information: Son of Richard and Ellen Williams, of Te Puke, Tauranga, New Zealand. Native of County Kerry, Ireland. Grave or Memorial Reference: II. L. 34. Cemetery: Auchonvillers Military Cemetery in France.

WRIGHT, WILLIAM.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion.
Age at death: 20. Date of Death: 27-August-1914. Service No: 10087.
Supplementary information: Son of William and Nora Wright, of 27, Rock Buildings, Cork. Born at Tralee, Co. Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. 4. Cemetery: Etreux British Cemetery, Etreux, Aisne, France.