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The Auxiliaries and Temporary

Constables in and from Clare 1920-22

Part 1

Timeline and List of Names

G Coy at Killaloe Hotel. (theauxiliaries.com)

Ger Browne

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Introduction

All the information below is thanks to David Grant at theauxiliaries.com, findmypast.ie, ancestry.com, The Other Clare, the Clare Library and The Killaloe Anthology by Sean Kierse.

I would like to thank Dr Tomas Mac Conmara for his advice and encouragement, and the benefit of his incredible knowledge on the most important period in Irish history.

This is just one part of an overall project called The Clare Revolution 1916 -1923.

Index

P3 The Auxiliaries in Killaloe and Corofin

P6 The Veterans’ Division

P 7 The Timeline for the Auxiliaries in Clare

P 28 The Auxiliaries and Temporary Constables in Clare

P 66 The Auxiliaries and Temporary Constables from Clare

A woman police searcher posing with G company Auxiliary division and RIC at Killaloe Co.Clare (irish History 1916 -1923 facebook page)

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The Auxiliaries in Killaloe

‘By mid 1920 the ranks of the Royal Irish Constabulary were reduced by hundreds of resignations

from the force. The failure of the police to check the activities of the Irish Republican Army led the

British Government in that year to recruit additional forces, the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries,

to replenish the depleted ranks of the RIC. The Black and Tans were recruited from ex-soldiers and

sailors of the British army at a wage of ten shillings a day. They were under the control of and

responsible to the officers of the RIC.

The Auxiliaries were enlisted from demobilised army officers and though nominally part of the the

RIC police force they operated independently and were a law unto themselves, being noted for their

brutality, reprisals and drunkenness. Their rate of pay was £1 a day plus expenses.

The Auxiliary division was a mobile force created to combat the IRA in their guerrilla war. It was

divided into companies of about 100 well-armed men and posted to troublesome areas throughout

the country. They were initially under the command of Brigadier-General Frank Percy Crozier, who

later wrote a book Ireland for Ever, giving his account of his time as commander of the force..

In February 1921, General Crozier resigned as Commander of the Auxiliary Division in Ireland. The

main reason for his resignation was his disagreement with General Henry H Tudor, Chief of Police,

following the disgraceful conduct of the Auxiliaries in Trim.…

Brigadier -General Frank Percy Crozier

The undisciplined conduct of the Auxiliaries billeted at the Lakeside Hotel was not unique to the

Killaloe area but was replicated throughout Clare, Tipperary and many other places in Ireland.

These so called ‘cadets’ murdered, robbed, looted and burned at will innocent people and their

property. The Auxiliaries, camouflaged as policemen, were not amenable to any authority and

conducted a ruthless campaign of terror and reprisals….

The Auxiliaries have earned their place in Irish history as the most detested and despised of all

crown forces. According to Crozier, in 1920 and 1921 the whole British cabinet should have been

marched to the Tower of London, ‘in company with the chief of the Imperial Staff and there shot ….

On account of what they permitted to be done in the King’s name and by the authority of his

uniform in Ireland.’ (Sean Kierse – The Killaloe Anthology)

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G Company at the Lakeside Hotel Killaloe Nov 1920 – July 1921

The Auxiliary Division (ADRIC - Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary) was divided into 21

companies with about 80 officers and men in each. Their composition was:

• Company Commander - graded DI1(District Inspector RIC) • 2nd in Command - the Adjutant - graded DI2 • Intelligence Officer, graded DI3 • CQM (graded Section Leader) plus a A/Cqm (ungraded) running the Company Stores • Transport (graded Section Leader) running the Companies motor vehicles • 3 Platoons - each with a Platoon Commander - graded DI3 • Each Platoon comprised of 3 Sections - each Section under a Section Leader (ranked Head

Constable) and comprising about 7 men (ranked Sgt)

G Coy Killaloe Front Row:

Company commander, 2nd

in Command and six DI3

with Sam Browne’s. - These

were the Section Leaders.

The Lakeside Hotel

Killaloe

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The Auxiliaries in Corofin July 1921 – Jan 1922 It was reported in the Irish Times 7 July 1921 that Corofin Union Workhouse 8 miles from Ennis had

been taken over as a temporary barracks by Auxiliary Police, and the inmates moved to Ballyvaughan

Workhouse.

Dr.Donough Macnamara’s ‘Memoir Of The War Of Independence’ The Other Clare Vol 40.

He was the GP in Corofin in 1921.

All that now remains of the workhouse is the single-storey front block, now used as a storage depot.

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Veterans' Division: Temporary Constables, Drivers, Fitters

Temporary Constables and Veterans, were attached to the Auxiliary Division.

• They provided the Drivers, Fitters, Mechanics, Armourers, Cooks and Canteen staff needed, for the ADRIC to function efficiently.

• They were recruited for a year’s service from Veteran ex-soldiers of 35 years of age and upwards.

• They were paid 10s. a day, with a gratuity of 25 Pounds on completion of a year’s service. • Boot allowance of 1s. a week was also paid, along with a rent allowance of 40 Pounds a year.

and separation allowance of 2s. a night to married men. • These Temporary Constables were distributed among the different Auxiliary Companies

stationed in different locations. • The Veterans Division had its headquarters at Gormanstown Depot, alongside but separate

from the R.I.C. Training Depot.

Killaloe

The Bridge in Killaloe

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The Timeline for the Auxiliaries in Clare

Nov 1920 - Their arrival at Killaloe

1920 July 27. The first recruits started arriving in Dublin. There was no command structure. 1920 Aug 10. They were barracked at The Curragh and recruits had to arrange their own messing

and canteens, and there was nobody in command. The first six "Companies were A Coy, B Coy, C

Coy, D Coy, E Coy, F Coy plus a Depot Coy.

1920 Sep 1. By now Crozier had been confirmed as commander of the ADRIC, and the depot was

moved from the Curragh to Beggars Bush Barracks in Dublin.

1920 Oct 5. A J Andrews appointed Coy Commander of G Coy.

1920 Oct 13 to Oct 20 The main bulk of G Coy recruits are enlisted, with the first intake of 93.

1920 Nov. ‘The Auxiliaries arrived in Killaloe in early November 1920 and commandeered the Lakeside Hotel, then owned by John McKeogh, but occupied by the British Army from May 1916 until March 1920. On 12 November, the Auxiliary company opened an account with the Provincial Bank in Killaloe, the cheques of which were signed by Lt. Col R I Andrews the commanding officer. Accounts were also opened in various shops in Killaloe and Ballina for supplies to the mess and canteen. For the half year, January-July 1921 the sum of £29,900 was allocated to the company. Members such as Captain W Philip Wood, Peter Charles Kine Styles, Stanley Smiles, Norman Harrison, William Graham price, Herbert Pritchard, Thomas Wallace Piggford and Percy George Wiles of the Auxiliary force also opened private accounts with the Killaloe Bank.

Dr Henry McKeogh’s appointment as medical officer to the company on its arrival at the Lakedside, was brief. Within a short period the ‘Crown forces, on learning of his anti-English proclivities, found it very convenient to deprive him of the position.’ (The Killaloe Anthology – Sean Kierse)

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1st Nov 1920 - Homes Destroyed at O’Briens Bridge

1920 Nov 1 ‘The Auxiliaries raided the village of O’Briensbridge on 1 November 1920. This was apparently in revenge for the murder of Constables Downey and John O’Keefe, who were killed in John Ryan’s public house in the village, on the previous 29 September. More than thirty Auxiliaries terrorised the inhabitants of the village for a number of hours.

Six families were singled out for particular attention. The occupants were ordered out of their homes and shots were fired over their heads as they were leaving. The women and children ordered to clear away, while the men and grown sons were put facing a wall with their hands up. Meanwhile petrol was poured over and into their homes and set alight. Three houses with their contents were totally destroyed and three more badly damaged. A week later, the house of Michael Hayes of Leitrim was completely destroyed by fire, and in the same townland on the same night, the house of Michael Larkin was also damaged by fire – all the work of Auxiliaries.

Ryan’s Public House - O’Briens Bridge.

At the Quarter Sessions in Ennis, the following February, Judge Bodkin granted compensation totalling £13,000 to twenty-five applicants in respect of the O’Briensbridge outrages. The following were some of the larger settlements:

Edmond Power, for the burning of his house £2,500,

Daniel Fitzgerald, for the burning of his house £799,

James Crotty, process server, received £1,439 for the total destruction of his house,

James Kelly £52 for the attempted burning of his house,

James Kelleher £354 for interior damage to his house by fire,

Mrs Mary Crotty, an old age pensioner, received £84 for damage to her home,

Michael Hayes of Leitrim was decreed £1,027 for the destruction of his house,

Michael Larkin, Leitrim claimed £1,000 for damage to his house.(The Killaloe Anthology – Sean Kierse)

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15th Nov 1920 - Laying of Wreaths in London

1920 Nov 11 ‘King George V prepares to unveil the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, by pressing a button on the pillar in front of him which caused the two Union Jack flags to fall on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920. The coffin of the Unknown Warrior lies on a gun carriage behind the King.’

1920 Nov 15 (Monday). A contingent from G Coy lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in London. The commanding officer must have been A J Andrews.

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16th Nov 1920 - The Murders on the Bridge in Killaloe

1920 Nov 16. The murder of 4 men on Killaloe Bridge. A 13 Arch Bridge connects Killaloe, Co. Clare and Ballina, Co. Tipperary. In the centre of the bridge is a plaque commemorating four young men that were shot here by the RIC at midnight on the 16th November 1920.

After an attack on Scariff R.I.C. Barracks, the Auxiliaries searched the countryside for suspects. The IRA had a series of safe houses where they could rest and had developed a system of early warnings of possible raids by the authorities. One of the safe houses used was the caretaker’s quarters attached to Williamstown House on the shores of Lough Derg near Whitegate. The IRA Witness Statements indicate that the men there were not well versed in lookout and concealment

On November 16, the Board of Works streamer, The Shannon, sailed into Williamstown Harbour. No particular notice was taken of it, as the harbour was due for dredging. However, there was a force of Auxiliaries hidden below deck and they came ashore and surrounded Williamstown House. The raid on Williamstown House was on 16th Nov 1920 under JAM Farady of G Coy ADRIC.

They found three men in hiding in Williamstown House. They were Alfie Rogers and Brud McMahon from Scariff and Martin Gildea from Galway. Micheal Egan from Whitegate was caretaker at

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Williamstown House and he was also captured. Two others, John and Michael Conway were captured en route and all six were taken by boat to Killaloe. The boat landed at the jetty of the Lakeside Hotel. After questioning in the Hotel the Conway brothers were released.

An RIC DI3, V S Gwynne, from Killaloe, was called to the Lakeside Hotel, to take possession of 4 prisoners. He had 6 RIC constables with him, and they took the 4 prisoners on foot across the bridge to Killaloe. He took the prisoners at 11.45 pm on a dark night. On the bridge, Gwynne says that the prisoners made a concerted effort to escape, that they were called on to halt, and when they did not halt, his men opened fire. Gwynne says about 10 shots in total were fired (of which he fired 2, Hall fired 3 or 4, and McRae fired 2) . All 4 prisoners died immediately

There was no medical report at the Military Inquest, but Constable McRae had been an RAMC Sergeant and his report seems to have been accepted by the military inquiry. He said that he found wounds as follows. Total is 6 shots on the prisoners out of 10 fired, and it was in DI Gwynee's words at the inquest, a "dark night". What it boils down to is "Could the police have killed 4 running men on the bridge on a dark night with only 10 shots? ". I believe that it is reasonable to conclude that the 4 prisoners were deliberately executed on the bridge. They were believed to have been implicated in the killing of at least 2 RIC men - see DI Gwynne's evidence below

• Gildea - 1 bullet in the head • Egan - 1 bullet to the head • Rogers - 2 bullets to abdomen and 1 bullet to the head • McMahon -1 bullet to the abdomen

Of the 6 RIC constables on the patrol, only 3 are named in the Inquiry. They were not all Black and Tans. Brennan, a long serving RIC constable, got a commendation and promotion to Sergeant for his actions that night.

• John Brennan - a long serving RIC constable who joined RIC in 1893 • Samuel Hall - a Black and Tan Constable • CE McRae- a Black and Tan Constable

(theauxiliaries.com)

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Eventually the families were allowed claim the bodies and they were brought in four hearses to Scariff Church. There was a strict 7pm to 7am curfew in force but in spite of that, the local council were determined to hold an inquiry. The coroner for East Clare, Patrick Culloo from Tulla evaded the curfew and convened an inquest in Scariff Church. They ordered a doctor to examine the bodies and he found that each had at least 17 bullet wounds, all fired from close range. The inquest jury returned a verdict of wilful murder by members of the crown forces.

On the Saturday, over 50 priests celebrated solemn requiem mass for the deceased in Scariff Church and they were buried together in the church grounds. Four lorries of Black and Tans and Auxiliaries surrounded the church and graveyard and mourners were forced to pass through a cordon leaving the church.

‘Let us follow the path of the heroes, in loving

memory of the valiant men, Captain Alphonsus

Rodgers, Captain Michael Mac Mahon, Captain

Martin Gildea, Lieutenant Michael Egan, Officers

of the 4th East Clare Brigade of the Irish

Volunteers who died fighting, for the freedom of

Ireland against the English, on the bridge of

Killaloe at the midnight hour on the 16th of

November 1920. Be loyal to Ireland as were these

great men. Erected by Gaels who did not forget

their effort and the cruel death they suffered and

so that this monument will be a guiding star to

our children and our children’s children. May God

have mercy on their souls.’ Inscription on Grave -

Scariff Martyrs 100 Facebook page.

The Memorial on the Bridge

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R C Grey – A retired Civil Servant from England

Padraig Og O’Ruairc

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22nd November 1920 - Crash at Dromoland Castle

1920 Nov 19. (2 days after Killaloe murders) Companies were supplied with Crossley tenders to

enhance their mobility and their tasks included mounting raids and searches for arms, seditious

literature and suspect individuals on their own initiative, or in association with other RIC or military

units.

1920 Nov 22.Three Constables ( T/Const Patrick Driscoll, 31, T/Const Michael Fleming, 31, T/Const Edward G. Roper, 25) died in crash when the tender they were travelling in hit the gates of Dromoland Castle.

The Gates at Dromoland Castle

3rd December 1920 - Attempted Assassination of the Roman Catholic Bishop

of Killaloe Dr Michael Fogarty at Westbourne House Ennis

Westbourne House

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1920 Nov 23. General Crozier reported that he returned from Galway to Dublin via Killaloe. At

Killaloe he inspected G Company, and learned there that the Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe Dr

Michael Fogarty was to be “ done in “ and his Body was to be dumped in the Shannon. In order not

to have another “Griffin Case,” which horrified him, Crozier said that sent a message to the Bishop to

warn him. As a result, Crozier believed the Bishop went to Armagh where he obtained shelter with

Cardinal Archbishop Logue.

1920 Dec 3. The Auxiliaries raided the home Dr. Fogarty Bishop of Killaloe, Westbourne House, who

though sometimes critical of the actions of the I.R.A. was associated with the moderate section of

the Sinn Fein party and Dail Eireann. This was part of a long series of tit for tat raids and burnings

that had being going in the area for some time.

‘ Bishop Fogarty took exception to some of the statements contained in the book published in 1923.In an interview with a Clare Champion reporter he said there were some serious inaccuracies. It was quite possible; he said that General Crozier was good enough to direct someone to give him warning of the intentions of the Black and Tans towards him But he did not receive any such warning and his escape from being “done in” and his body being dumped in the Shannon was due to entirely different reasons, and “ I never went on the run to Armagh or anywhere else “ he added. Requested to state the facts regarding his escape Bishop Fogarty said that it was quite true that the Black and Tans, four of them armed with revolvers and blackened faces visited his residence on the night of December 3, 1920 and were subsequently heard to express regret that they missed him.

He had left before they arrived. The reason for his departure was not the receipt of a warning from General Crozier but the following: Late on the evening of December 2, 1920 he had received a telegram from Dr. Mannix who was then in London, to the effect that Archbishop Clune was crossing to Dublin that night by the Mail Boat and desired to meet him (Dr. Fogarty) at the Gresham Hotel. Dr. Fogarty had just returned to Ennis after a long journey and did not feel physically fit for another. Consequently he sent a prepaid telegram to be delivered to Archbishop Clune at the Gresham Hotel in the following words. “IMPOSSIBLE TO COME UP CAN YOU COME DOWN “Dr Fogarty awaited a reply to that message all day on Dec. 3rd and its non receipt caused him great anxiety as he was aware that Archbishop Clune’s mission was for the arrangement of peace terms if at all possible. Eventually he became very alarmed and the crisis was of such magnitude that he decided to set out for Dublin. There were no trains running from Ennis and most of the private cars had been commandeered. However through the kindness of Dr. John B. McClancy, he succeeded in getting a car and as all the main roads had been blocked, they set out for Limerick by the back- roads after an adventurous journey they got to Limerick and the Bishop stopped the night in St. Johns Hospital. Early the following morning they set out for Limerick Junction where Dr.Fogarty got a train for Dublin.

On his arrival in Dublin he stayed in All Hallows College where he met Archbishop Clune. In conclusion Dr Fogarty said he was quite willing to accept General Croziers statement, warning him to of the

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Black and Tans threat but that warning never actually arrived. The then County Inspector was later reported to have received instructions to guard Westbourne House against attack, and Lloyd George was credited with having personally interested himself in the protection of the Bishop of Killaloe. The escape of the Bishop from the Black and Tans who raided Westbourne House on the night of Dec. 3, 1920 was even narrower than is reported above. It transpired after the outrage that Archbishop Clune, having received Bishop Fogarty’s telegram had drafted a reply for despatch to Ennis this was to the effect that Dr. Fogarty need not travel to Dublin. Through some inadvertence the wire was not sent, had it been sent the Bishop would have been found in Westbourne House by the prospective assassins. So without doubt, the Bishop owed his life to a providential accident.’ From ennisparish.com

18th December 1920 - The Destruction of the Eel Fishery Killaloe

The Eel Fishery Killaloe

1920 Dec 18. At 2pm on Saturday 18 December, the Ballina residence, out offices and hay of John Meskell, manager of the eel weirs at Killaloe were destroyed by fire and bombs. John was at home having been on the run for three weeks, after he had thwarted a raid on the eel tanks, by a group of Auxiliaries some time previously. Mrs Meskell and her young children Joe, Dan, Maureen and Nellie, got five minutes to leave the house while her husband John was put against a wall and told to prepare for death. Just then a passing lorry distracted the men on guard, who went to investigate fearing it might be the IRA. John availed of the the chance to escape. A volley was fired as he crossed the wall at the back of his house. But John kept going. In retaliation for being outwitted the Auxiliaries then burned his property. (The Killaloe Anthology – Sean Kierse)

20th December 1920 – The Killing of Patrick Connors and Michael Walton

1920 Dec 20. About 20 ADRIC of G Coy were on patrol when they were fired on. They saw 2 men attempt to escape in a cart, fired at the cart and killed the two men in the cart - Patrick Connors and Michael Walton. Evidence was given by T/C JS Meyer.

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26th December 1920 – The Parochial House in Killaloe

1920 Dec 26. A search was carried out by the Auxiliaries on the Parochial House in Killaloe, occupied by two curates, Fathers Greed and Spain. The search, which began at 2.30am lasted until 4am. Five cartridges were found in the house that night. The Auxiliaries were back again on the night of the 5-6-January. This time an automatic pistol and three rounds of revolver ammunition were found. Both curates were charged with the offences at a court-martial held at Limerick prison a fortnight later. Fr Greed was acquitted on all charges, but Fr Spain was found guilty of having the sporting cartridges. He was ordered to enter into bail in his own recognisance for one month in the sum of £1, or in default one day’s imprisonment without hard labour.

20th Jan 1921 – Reprisals after the Glenwood Ambush

1921 Jan 20. Glenwood Ambush. Three Black and Tans, Michael Moran from Castlebar in Mayo, Frank Morris from London and William Smith from Kent, had been killed in the ambush, plus two regular R.I.C. men Sergeant Mulloy from Mayo and John Doogue from Laois. The sixth British casualty was the commander of the patrol and the local district inspector D.I. William Clarke from Armagh who had recently been promoted from the Auxiliaries to the regular R.I.C.The IRA report that Auxiliaries stationed at the Lakeside Hotel in Killaloe joined in the reprisals at Kilkishen. They are believed to have burned the Bridgetown Creamery and various other houses.

2nd Feb 1921 – A J Andrews Resigns

1921 Feb 2. A J Andrews resigned from ADRIC and H S L Hemming takes command of G Company . He continues as company commander until the 15th Nov 1921 when he was suspended. It would appear that Andrews was on the way out for a period before this, as Hemming seems to have been recruited specially for the job.

19th Feb 1921 - Motor Crash at the Bridge in Kilmatsulla

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23 Feb 1921 - Mrs Gwendoline Grey’s Motorcar

The Killaloe Anthology – Sean Kierse

7th March 1921 - The Murders of the Two Lord Mayors of Limerick

1921 Mar 7. The 2 Lord Mayors of Limerick were murdered by, it is believed T/Cadet G M Nathan and T/Cadet L H P Ibbotson probably were the two Auxiliaries involved. Nathan certainly was at Killaloe. Ibbotson had been a Permanent Cadet since 21 Jan 1921

Mayor of Limerick, George Clancy, and his predecessor, Michael O'Callaghan.

21st March 1921 - Martin Burke aged 16 is shot Dead

1921 Mar 21. A 16 year old youth, Martin Burke, was shot by a G Coy patrol under S/L HJ Splatt

27th March 1921 - John O’Leary is shot Dead at Moneygall

1921 Mar 27. T/Cadet GB Hope, T/Cadet GT Bodley and Driver JC Stuart were in the leading car of a convoy. They saw 5 men in a field outside Moneygall. The men ran, and were fired upon by the ADRIC. One of them, John O'Leary, was hit, and died in hospital in Nenagh. The inquest states that John O'Leary was "on the run" at the time of his death.

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17th April 1921 - Denis O’Donovan the Owner of the Shannon View Hotel is shot dead along with Auxiliary D Pringle and RIC Sergeant Hughes in the

Castle Connell Shooting

Dr Donough Macnamara The Other Clare Vol 40

1921 Apr 17. T/Cadet D Pringle was killed in an exchange of gunfire when off duty RIC men challenged an Auxiliary patrol from G Company when they raided the Shannon View Hotel, Castleconnell. The Shannon View Hotel is now called the Shannon Inn, and is situated on the main street in Castleconnell village. The ADRIC patrol was commanded by DI Wood, 2nd in command of G Coy ADRIC. 3 RIC men in civilian clothes were drinking in the Shannon View Hotel, 12 Auxiliaries in civilian clothes raided the hotel. There is disagreement in the reports as to what actually happened.

However in essence 4 men from an ADRIC patrol, in plain clothes, entered the bar, and produced revolvers. The 3 RIC men believed that these plain clothes men were IRA, and fired at them with their own revolvers. The ADRIC men withdrew, a fire fight followed, and at the end of the day one ADRIC man, Pringle, One RIC man, Sgt Hughes (from Clare), and one civilian (O'Donnovan the hotel owner) were dead. Pringle was shot apparently by one of the RIC men who fired out into the yard, and the RIC man was shot inside the bar itself.

Three civilians ran out into the yard, the hotel owner and two of the RIC men. The Auxiliary commander, 2DI Wood, says one then turned and ran back toward the hotel, and was hit (this was O'Donovan the hotel owner who was dead), the other two put their hands up and surrendered (the RIC men, one had been wounded). A later Hansard Report says That the orders issued by Captain and 2 /DI W. P. Wood were so framed as to show the intention of avoiding unnecessary bloodshed. (theauxiliaries.com)

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1921 Apr 24. - Raid on church at Scariff to get men to fill in trenches.

1921 May 23. Telegrams are found in a raid

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9th June 1921 - The Darragh Ambush

A cycle patrol of ADRIC was attacked at Darragh between Lissycasey and Ennis

Word reached the West Clare Brigade Flying Column stationed at the Barrett family house at Barnageeha, that a cycle column of Auxiliaries was close by. On the spur of the moment Frank & Joseph Barrett decided to attack these Auxiliaries at Darragh Cross, 6 miles from Ennis. 20 IRA men from the column reached the Cross at 2pm, and the Auxiliaries arrived 20 minutes later. The ambush was laid with a main attacking group of 15 men positioned 350 yards from the road in a field. They were protected by 3 men in a small road half a mile away and 2 men off to the left of the main group. Joseph Barrett says that there were about 80 Auxiliaries, far more than they expected. The IRA opened fire when the Auxiliaries reached the crossroads.

Once the action started, following a 15 minute stalemate, the Auxiliaries started to advance, with the IRA claiming 5 Auxiliaries wounded, including the Lewis gunner shot in the shoulder by Bernard Barrett. Joseph Barrett sent 7 men to an old fort 400 yards to his rear, and got them to cover the retreat of the whole IRA group. Thus the action was broken off. Barrett does not mention any IRA casualties.

The wounded ADRIC man appears to be WD Clark Irish Examiner 25 Jun 1921 - £200 compensation)

from G Coy.

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8th July 1921 - Corofin

1921 Jul 8. They moved from Killaloe to Corofin. It was reported in the Irish Times 7 July 1921 that Corofin Union Workhouse 8 miles from Ennis had been taken over as a temporary barracks by Auxiliary Police, and the inmates moved to Ballyvaughan Workhouse.

It transpired that the IRA, Mid-Limerick Brigade, had mined the Birdhill to Limerick railway line at Cantor Bridge, near Killonan when they got intelligence that the Auxiliaries at Killaloe would be moving to Corofin. The Auxiliaries were due to cross at 8am, but a sweep of the bridge just before this by the British revealed the mines. There was a short engagement as the IRA opened fire on these troops, but the IRA had to withdraw when British troops alerted by the gunfire arrived to reinforce those already there. (this action is in detail in War of Independence in Limerick). The ADRIC company apparently moved out by road a few days later. The Limerick Leader has a story on it too.

Records of 1st Oxford & Bucks L I record that strong parties of the Battalion were employed on protecting the railway line between Sixmilebridge and Limerick while Auxiliary Police were moving from Killaloe to Ennis.

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25 Oct 1921 - Michael Brooks death in a road accident

1921 Oct 25. Michael Brooks. a 48 year old farmer was found dead under his cart. The ADRIC lorries

were some of the traffic that passed him, and so gave evidence at the inquest. There is no

suggestion that this is anything other than an accident. Included in the G Coy men who witnessed

the cart en route are DI1 HSL Hemming , S/Leader HR Gates, S/Leader FJ Lazell , T/Const W Mudge ,

T/ConstQuennell

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26th Nov 1921 - Shooting at Corofin

1921 Nov 26 .An incident at Corofin in which JC Fillery (at the time G Coy 2nd in Command) and F Wooley? were wounded in an attempt by the IRA to obtain guns.

H R Gates from G Coy was surrounded when he went out of the barracks at Corofin with F Wolley (There was no such man in ADRIC , but there was a AL Wooley at G Coy, though he appears to have been posted to Q Coy before Corofin incident). They seem to have been taking part in a sting in that they were reacting to an Irish request for guns. I am not clear as to how JC Fillery was shot

1921 Nov. 26. Wounded at Corofin

• J C Fillery. Claimed £2000. Awarded £55 • F Wooley, awarded £287 • H R Gates, witness not wounded

Corofin 26th Nov 1921

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1921 Nov 26 Corofin

‘Dr.DonoughMacnamara’s Memoir Of The War of Independence’ The Other Clare Vol 40. November

1921 after the Auxiliaries had been transferred to the Workhouse in Corofin.

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2nd Jan 1922 - The Shops in Killaloe

A Hansard Report gives Sir M. DOCKRELL asked the Chief Secretary if he is aware that G Company of the Auxiliaries, on arriving at Killaloe in November, 1920, opened accounts with the local shopkeepers for the supply of their mess and canteen; that, upon removal to Corofin in July, 1921, the company left a large sum unpaid; that, as a result of various efforts to obtain payment, Colonel Guard, second in command of Auxiliary Divisions, on the evening of 2nd January, 1922, having previously interviewed the debtors, made an offer of part payment, giving the shopkeepers until the following morning to make a decision as to whether they would accept the sums offered in full discharge of the money due to them, informing them that unless they did so they would not be paid any portion of the debts due to them; and that the receipts given were, it is alleged, obtained under duress and in the absence of any legal assistance; and whether it is intended that losses amounting to a large sum are, in the circumstances, to be inflicted upon people who in all good faith parted with their property in the belief that they would be paid in full for the same.

Temporary Cadet Frederick Henry Wickham Guard – Auxiliary: Born

in Romsey Hampshire on the 12/3/1889. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 31, when he joined the

Auxiliaries on the 25/10/1920. On the 15/11/1920 he was posted to D Coy in Galway as 2nd in

Command, and a week later he was Commander. The worst case in Galway at this time (26/11/1920)

was with the two Loughnane brothers who were working on the family farm in Shanaglish and were

arrested. Nothing was heard of, nor from, the brothers until a week after their arrest when a group

of Auxiliaries called to Mrs. Loughnane to inform her that her sons had escaped their capture. Ten

days after they had been arrested their bodies were found in a muddy pond near Ardrahan. They

appeared to have been tortured before being killed and photos exist of their charred bodies in

coffins before burial by their family.

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19th Jan 1922 - Holyhead

1922 Jan 19 – G Coy left Corofin, as with the other ADRIC Coys, went to Dublin, and from thence to

Holyhead and demobilisation. They travelled on the SS Galtee More.

SS Galtee More

1932 Irish Independent

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The Auxiliaries and Temporary Constables in Clare

Temporary Cadet Bernard Adams - Auxiliary: Born in India on the 17/7/1892.

He was an Ex Army Officer aged 28, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 16/12/1920, and was

posted to G Company Killaloe. He was posted to L Company on the 5/7/1921 and was was

discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 20/1/1922. He died in Lambeth London in

September 1975.

Temporary Cadet John Thomas Allinson – Auxiliary: Born in Derby on the

9/6/1885. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 35,when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/12/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the

19/1/1922. He died in Willesden Middlesex in June 1951.

Company Commander Richard John Andrews – Auxiliary: Born in London on the 8/12/1880. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 39 when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 5/10/1920, and was appointed Commanding Officer of G Company Killaloe. Andrews commandeered the Shannon, for riverbourne operations, and was the Commanding Officer on the night of the the Killaloe Bridge murders the 16/11/1920. He resigned from ADRIC on the 2/2/1921. On the 6/1/1923 he was killed in his garage when an abrasive wheel shattered and hit him in the chest.

Temporay Cadet John W Angel – Auxiliary: Born in London on the 18/9/1895.

He was an Ex Army Officer aged 24 when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 24/8/1920, and was posted

to C Company (Macroom). He was posted to G Company Killaloe from the 16/6/1921 to the

6/8/1921. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 19/1/1922. He died on the

27/5/1954 in Bournemouth England.

Temporary Cadet Richard A Attfield – Auxiliary: Born in Surrey on the

25/5/1880. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 40, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920,

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and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was posted to the Depot as Platoon Commander on the

2/7/1921. He retired on the 27/5/1922 to Bayswater London, with an annual Pension of £107, and

later joined the Royal Ulster Special Constabulary . He died on the 11/7/1962 in Plymouth.

Temporary Cadet Charles Austin – Auxiliary: Born in Australia in 1881 (or 1871).

He was an Ex ArmyOfficer when he joined the Auxiliaries, and was appointed to G Company Killaloe

from the 22/12/1920 - 13/7/1921. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the

19/1/1922.

Temporary Cadet Geoffry Ruthven Austin – Auxiliary: Born in Lancashire on the

7/11/1887. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 32, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 2/8/1920. He

was in G Company Killaloe on the 21/6/1921, when in the Limerick Military Hospital. In 1923 he was

in the Ulster Special Constabulary.

Temporary Cadet Noel Arthur Baines– Auxiliary: Born in Oxford on the

4/12/1887. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 33 when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 20/8/1920, and

was posted to C Company (Macroom). He was posted to G Company Killaloe from the 2/7/1921 –

14/8/1921 as 2nd in Command. Discharged on demobilisation of ADRIC in Jan 1922. In May 1927 he

died in a climbing accident in NZ, when he was a schoolmaster at Wanganui Collegiate School.

Temporary Cadet Thomas George Baker- Auxiliary: Born on the 9/10/1878 in

Northumberland. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 42, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

18/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Section Leader from the 18/10/1920 to

7/3/1921, after which he was posted to J Company (Glengarriff). He died in Gloucester in 1952.

Platoon Cadet Chambre Baldwin - Auxiliary: Born in Bath, Somerset on the

9/11/1894. He was an Ex Army officer aged 25, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 28/8/1920, and

was posted to K Company (Cork City). He was posted to G Company Killaloe from the 30/4/1921 to

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24/6/1921. Discharged from ADRIC on demobilisation in Jan 1922. He died in Nottingham in April

1969.

Temporary Cadet Hervey Bamforth – Auxiliary: He was born on the 18/5/1896

in London. He was an Ex Army officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/3/1921, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He resigned on the 20/10/1921 and died Apr/June 1957 in

Peterborough.

Temporary Constable William Charles Battley – Veteran’s Division 74323: He

was born on the 3/3/1872 in Suffolk. He was an Ex Soldier aged 48, when he joined the RIC on the

15/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe.

Temporary Cadet Elias Binding - Auxiliary: He was born on the 26/9/1880 in

Lancashire. He was an Ex Army officer aged 40, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe until the 26/2/1921, when he resigned. He died in London on

the 20/4/1956.

Temporary Cadet William Donovan Board – Auxiliary: He was born on the

14/1/1898 in Hampshire. He was an Ex Army officer aged 22, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

18/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killlaoe. He was discharged on the 20/1/1922 on the

demobilisation of ADRIC, and joined the British Gendarmerie section of the Palestine Police as a

Constable. He died on the 3/4/1952 it is believed in a bush fire in Australia.

Temporary Cadet Harold Goodyer Bloodworth – Auxiliary:

Born on the 7/1/1891 in Lincolnshire. He was an Ex Army officer aged 29, when he joined the

Auxiliaries on the 20/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloeuntil the 27/6/1921, when he

resigned. He features in a photo taken at the Lakeside Hotel in Killaloe. He died Jan/March 1968 in

Hampstead London.

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Temporary Cadet Gordon Temple Bodley – Auxiliary: He was born in Kimberly

South Africa on the 11/4/1895. He was an Ex Army officer aged 25, when he joined the Auxiliaries on

the 13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 27/3/1921, T/Cadet GB Hope,

T/Cadet GT Bodley and Driver JC Stuart were in the leading car of a convoy. They saw 5 men in a

field outside Moneygall. The men ran, and were fired upon by the ADRIC. One of them, John O'Leary,

was hit, and died in hospital in Nenagh. The inquest states that John O'Leary was "on the run" at the

time of his death. Bodley was posted to the Depot on the 7/5/1921. He was discharged after the

demobilisation of ADRIC on the 13/1/1922. On the 12/10/1923 he was acquitted of theft.

Temporary Cadet Walter John Bostock - Auxiliary: He was born on the

10/2/1896 in Staffordshire. He was an Ex Army officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

28/1/1921. He was posted to G Company Killaloe from the 15/8/1921 to the 20/1/1922, when ADRIC

was demobilised. He died in Rugby in Jan/March 1980.

Temporary Constable Frank Bowden – Veteran’s Division 80961: He was born

on the 3/12/1892 in Hampshire. He was an Ex Sailor when he joined the RIC on the 11/5/1921. He

was posted to G Company Killaloe, and later Beggars Bush.

Temporary Constable W J Bowyer – Veteran’s Division 74324: He was born on

the 11/8/1877 in London. He was an Ex Soldier aged 43, when he joined the RIC on the 9/10/1920.

He was posted to G Company KIllaloe and resigned on the 14/10/1921.

Temporary Cadet John Paul Boyes - Auxiliary: He was born on the 16/11/1894

in Lanarkshire Scotland. He was an Ex Army officer aged 25, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

17/9/1920. He was posted to G Company Killaloe and later resigned on the 2/3/1921. He died in

Lanarkshire on the 12/10/1979.

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Platoon Commander A Bridgens - Auxiliary: He was born on the 3/7/1886 in

Worcester. He was an Ex Army officer aged 34, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920,

and was posted to Killaloe as Platoon Commander. On the 9 Mar 1921 he reverted to T/Cadet, and

was posted to P Company (Tubbercurry Co Sligo). He died in Norwich on the 28/1/1970.

Thomas Francis Patey Briggs - Auxiliary: Born on the 15/9/1896 in

South Russia. He was an Ex Army officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 14/10/1920

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 17 April 1921 he was involved as one of the patrol in

the Castleconnell Incident. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 19/1/1922.

He died in Auckland New Zealand on the 14/10/1970.

Temporary Cadet Arthur William Bromham – Auxiliary: Born on the 25/1/1887

in Wiltshire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 33, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 3/11/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 31/5/1921 he was dismissed from the Force. He died

in Chelmsford Essex in July/Sept 1962.

Temporary Cadet Edward Walter William Brown - Auxiliary: Born on the

13/9/1899 in Middlesex. He was an Ex Army officer aged 31, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was transferred to P Company (Tubbercurry

Sligo) on the 2/4/1921. He died in Ghana on the 3/4/1944.

Driver Alexander Campbell - Veterans’ Division 75196: He was born in Edinburgh on the 26/6/1886. He was an Ex Soldier aged 34 when he joined the RIC on the 2/11/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe as a Driver.

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Temporary Cadet Harold Capon - Auxiliary: He was born in London on the

25/10/1895. He was an Ex Army officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the

20/1/1922. On the 13/4/1926 he was in court for deserting his family.

Temporary Constable William C Chandler – Veterans’ Division 74090: He was born in Middlesex on the 20/7/1890. He was an Ex Soldier aged 30, when he joined the RIC on the 8/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe.

Temporary Cadet John Henry George Clarke - Auxiliary: He was born

in Dorset on the 6/5/1893. He was an Ex Army officer aged 27, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of

ADRIC on the 20/1/1922 On the 4/10/1912 he was jailed for 3 months for fraud. On the 21/11/1912

he was sentenced to a further 12 months for theft. On the 5/12/1925 he was sentenced to 5 years

penal servitude and 20 strokes of the ‘cat’ for armed robbery.

Temporary Cadet Martin William Clark - Auxiliary: He was born on the 27/12/1890 in Lambeth, London. He was an ex Army officer aged 30, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 23/3/1921, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He died in Eastbourne in Oct/Dec 1974.

Temporary Cadet William Danpure Clark - Auxiliary: Born on the 10/5/1894 in Jamaica. He was an Ex Army officer aged 26, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 9/6/1921 he was wounded in theDarragh Ambush, and received £200 compensation. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 20/1/1922. He died on the 17/5/1960 in Mandeville, Manchester Parish, Jamaica.

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Temporary Constable Walter Coe – Veterans’ Division 80430: Born in Yorkshire on the 21/12/1883. He was an Ex Soldier aged 37, when he joined the RIC on the 7/4/1921. He was posted to G Company Killaloe in the Veterans’ Division.

Temporary Cadet Eric Cater Hodgson Conyers - Auxiliary: He was born on the 22/3/1896 in Bedfordshire. He was an Ex Army officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 2/4/1921 he was posted to B Company (Templemore Abbey Co Tipperary). He died in Thanet, Kent in March 1983.

Temporay Cadet Henry John Newing Crole - Auxiliary: Born in Thanet on the

1/8/1895. He was an Ex Army officer aged 25, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920 and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was posted to I Company (Mohill Co Leitrim)on the

16/4/1921. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC in Jan 1922. He died in London in

Jan/Mar 1951.

Temporary Cadet Harold Crossley - Auxiliary: He was born in Yorkshire on the

5/3/1898. He was an Ex Army officer aged 22, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 20/10/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Section Leader from the 2/7/1921 to Jan 1922. He was

discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 20/1/1922. On the 28/3/1922 he joined the

British Gendarmerie section of the Palestine Police as a Constable. He died on the 28/5/1958 in

Edmonton, London.

Captain Patrick Benignus Cullinan MC - Auxiliary:

Born in Newmarket on Fergus on the 23/3/1894. He was an Ex Army officer aged 26, when he joined

the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920, and was posted to G Coy Killaloe as a Platoon Commander. He

became the Intelligence Officer a month later. He resigned at his own request from ADRIC in April

1921, and then emigrated to Canada and the USA. He was in the Royal Corps of Signals in WW2. His

last known location was Jamaica in 1953.

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Temporary Cadet George Frederick Davenport - Auxiliary: Born in Leicester on

the 27/12/1878. He was an Ex Army officer aged 41, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was a Platoon Commander from the

13/10/1920 to 8/11/1920. He resigned on medical grounds on the 12/11/1920. He died in Leicester

in Apr/June 1932.

Temporary Constable William Davies – Veteran’s Division 74325: He was born

in Flintshire Wales, on the 25/10/1870. He was an Ex Soldier aged 49, when he joined the RIC on the

15/10/1920, and was posted to G Company. He was discharged on the 13/1/1921 for being

medically unfit.

Temporary Cadet Louis Henry Dawson - Auxiliary: Born on the 23/2/1880 in

London. He was an Ex Army officer aged 40, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was permitted to resign on the 30/11/1920. He died in

Gravesend, Kent on the 15/7/1940.

Temporary Cadet George Percival Tempest Dean - Auxiliary: Born on the 28/6/1875 in Gloucester. He was an Ex Army officer aged 45, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 14/10/1920. He features in a photo taken between mid Oct 1920 and end Dec 1920. He died of cardiac failure on the 8/1/1921 at the Military Hospital Limerick while a Temp Cadet.

Temporary Constable (Sergeant) William J Donaldson – Veterans’ Division

55224: He was born in Armagh in 1866. He was a farmer aged 25, when he Joined the RIC in 1892.

He joined the Veterans Division 1920/21 and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He retired on the

27/4/1922 with an annual Pension of £195.

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Temporary Cadet Donald John Dorey - Auxiliary: Born on the 2/8/1899 in

Middlesex. He was an Ex Officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 25/2/1921. He was

posted to G Company Killaloe on the 24/3/1921, and was permitted to resign on the 26/8/1921. In

April 1922 he joined the Ulster Special Constabulary. He died in Surrey in Apr/June 1973.

James Alexander Douglas - Auxiliary: Born on the 19/4/1890. He was an Ex

Army officer aged 30, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/3/1921, and was posted to G

Company Killaloe. On the 6/8/1921 he was promoted to Section Leader i/c Coy Transport. He was

discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 22/1/1922. He died in Camberwell in 1967.

Chief Quartermaster W Dowland - Auxiliary: Born on the

8/4/1885 in London. He was an Ex Army officer aged 35, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

18/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of

ADRIC on the 22/1/1922. He died in Chelmsford Essex in 1948.

Temporary Cadet William George Duggan - Auxiliary: He was born on the

5/9/1893 on the Isle of Man. He was an Ex Army officer aged 27, when he joined the Auxiliaries on

the 10/1/1921, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 17 April 1921 he was involved as one

of the patrol in the CastleconnellIncident. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on

the 22/1/1922.

Wireless Francis Dunnne – Veterans’ Division 81229: Born in Cavan on the

20/4/1903. He was a Wireless Telegraphist aged 18, when he joined the RIC on the 31/5/1921. He

was posted to the ‘Wireless - G Company Auxiliary Division Corofin Workhouse 7/9/21.’ He retired

to Co Cavan on the 17/5/1922 with an annual Pension of £46.

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Temporary Constable Samuel Dunn – Veterans’ Division 80510: Born on the

15/12/1896 in Nova Scotia. He was an Ex Soldier aged 24, when he joined the RIC on the 13/4/1921,

and was posted to G Company Killlaloe in the Veterans’ Division. He was suspended on the

2/9/1921, and later on the 23/9/1921 he was tried for theft at a Clare court.

Temporary Cadet Robert Michael Durant - Auxiliary: He was born in Pembroke

in Wales on the 8/8/1883. He was an Ex Army officer aged 37, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

21/12/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Section Leader from 9/3/1921 to Jan

1922. He was suspended on the 24/11/1921, and was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC

on the 20/1/1922.

Temporary Cadet John Alexander Mulloy Faraday - Auxiliary: Born in the USA on the 28/5/1899. He was an Ex Army officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 20/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was the officer in charge of the raid on Williamstown House (Killaloe Bridge murders) on the 16th Nov 1920. On the 3/3/1921 he was transferred to O Coy (Dunmanaway).On the 30/3/1922 hejoined thePalestine Gendarmerie as a Lieutenant. He died on the 27/2/1986 in Kensington, London.

Constable Richard Farmer - Black and Tan 81183: Born on the 4/8/1896 in Co

Kerry. He was a Wireless Operator in the Merchant Navy aged 24, when he joined the RIC on the

25/5/1921. He was based in Clare from the 7/9/1921 (after Truce) - 22/6/1922. He was a Wireless

Operator for the Auxiliaries in Corofin. He retired on the 1/6/1922 to the RUC in Omagh, with an

annual Pension of £50.

Temporary Cadet Ernest Victor Joseph Fenelon - Auxiliary: Born on the

1/3/1893 in Co Down. He was an Ex Army officer aged 27, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

9/12/1920. He was posted to Corofin on the 1/10/1921 as Transport Officer. He was discharged after

the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 20/1/1922. He joined the Palestine Police on the 3/4/1922, and

died of Natural Causes (Delirium Tremens) in Ramleh Palestine, on the 30/8/1923.

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Temporary Cadet Robert Hantly Ferguson - Auxiliary: Born in Clackmannan (a small town and civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland) on the 29/5/1889. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 24/11/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was permitted to resign on the 18/2/1921. He died in Leeds in 1873.

Temporary Cadet James Carey Fillery - Auxiliary: Born in Kent on the 8/7/1881.

He was an Ex Officer aged 39, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 14/8/1920. On the 21/11/1921

he was involved in the Croke Park shootings. He was posted to G Company on the 13/8/1921 in

Corofin, as Second in Command until Jan 1922, when ADRIC was disbanded. He claimed £2000 for

‘personal injuries’ received after an ‘incident’ in Corofin on the 26/11/1921. He was awarded £55.

The ‘incident’ (along with T M Woolley and H R Gates) involved beating Michael Hehir of the East

Clare Brigade senseless (see Dr.DonoughMacnamara’s Memoir). He died on the 21/9/1955 aged 74,

in New Zealand.

Temporary Cadet Frank Fitch – Auxiliary: Born on the 20/3/1877 in Essex. He

was an Ex Army Officer aged 43, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 20/10/1920, and was posted

to G Company Killaloe.He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 20/1/1922. He

died in Queensland Australia on the 2/4/1948.

Temporary Constable M Flannagan – Veterans’ Division: Posted to G Company Killaloe on the 10/12/1920. Discharged on the 22/1/1921.

Temporary Constable Michael Fleming – RIC 70213: On the 22nd of November 1920, three R.I.C. Temporary Constables were killed in a road traffic accident at Dromoland, County Clare. The three men were:Constable Patrick Driscoll aged 31, Constable Michael Fleming aged 31 and Constable Edward G Roper aged 25 (irishmedals.ie). The tender he was travelling in hit the gates of Dromoland Castle. Formerly Sgt in Irish Guards. Born Nov 26 1888 in Queen's Co (Laois), the son of John Fleming & Catherine Purcell from Cloneen.

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Temporary Constable William Flowers – Veterans’s Division 74320: Born in London on the 9/8/1897. He was an Ex Soldier aged 23, when he joined the RIC on the 15/10/1920, and was posted to G Company. He was ‘Struck Off’ on the 24/1/1921. (Struck off does not mean he was dismissed but rather he has been removed from the rota and transferred to another unit.)

Temporary Cadet Laurence Ford - Auxiliary: Born in Walsall, Staffordshire in 1887. He was an Ex Army Officer when he joined the Auxiliaries on the22/3/1921, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was suspended on the 16/4/1921. ‘Dismissed (from)the force for Vile and indecent behavior 31.5.21’. No Service Record available. He died on the 10/5/1925,The Sanitarium, Marlock, Bakewell, Derbyshire - "Pulmonary Tuberculosis - 3 years".

Temporary Constable Robert J C Galvin – Veteran’s Division 63985: Born on

the 16/12/1889 in Dublin. He was regular RIC before he joined the Veterans’ Division, and was based

in Clare as a Constable in Ennistymon from 11/9/1917 -6/3/1919. He was posted to G Company as a

Temporary Constable, and retired on the 16/7/1922 with an annual Pension of £163.

Temporary Cadet Harcourt Reginald Gates - Auxiliary: Born in Norfolk on the

10/6/1896. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920.

He was a witness at an ‘incident’ in Corofin on the 26/11/1921. The ‘incident’ (along with T M

Woolley and J C Fillery) involved beating Michael Hehir of the East Clare Brigade senseless (see

Dr.Donough Macnamara’s Memoir). ‘H R Gates from G Coy was surrounded when he went out of the

barracks at Corofin with F Wolley. They seem to have been taking part in a sting in that they were

reacting to an Irish request for guns’. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the

3/2/1922. He died in Norfolk on the 22/2/1984.

Temporary Cadet William Gathercoll – Auxiliary: He was born in London on the

13/11/1883. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 37, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 26/3/1921,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the

20/1/1922. He died in West Ham in April/June 1954

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Temporary Cadet Christopher Guy Gilbert - Auxiliary: Born on the

16/6/1893 in Southampton. He was a former RAF Officer aged 28, when he joined the Auxiliaries on

the 4/11/1921, and appears to be posted to G Company in Corofin. He was discharged on the

demobilisation of ADRIC in Jan 1922. He died in Gosport, Hants in Oct/Dec 1973. Brother of Geoffry

Gilbert below.

Temporary Cadet Geoffry Fitzgerald Gilbert - Auxiliary: Born in

Apr/June 1897 in Southampton. He was a former Royal Navy Officer when he joined the Auxiliaries

on the 3/11/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the

demobilisation of ADRIC in Jan 1922. He was jailed for embezzlement in Hong Kong in 1934.

Temporary Constable G Gill – Veterans’ Division: He was posted to G Company on the

24/12/1920, and was struck off on the 30/4/1921. Struck off does not mean he was dismissed, but

rather he has been removed from the rota and transferred to another unit. No Service Record

available.

Driver Albert R Gillespie – Veterans’ Division 76866: Born on the 14/9/1895 in

Longford. He was a Motor Driver and Ex Soldier aged 25, when he joined the RIC on the 20/12/1920.

He was posted to G Company as a Driver. He retired from Gormanstown on the 24/8/1922 with an

annual Pension of £54.

Temporary Cadet Percy Travers Goodwin – Auxiliary: Born on the 5/8/1890 in

Sussex. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 31, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 4/11/1921, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC in Jan 1922.

On the 1/3/1922 he joined the British Gendarmerie section of Palestine Police , with the rank of

Head Constable. He died aged 58 in Marylebone, London on the 11/4/1958.

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Temporary Cadet Leslie Sydney Gordon - Auxiliary: Born in Middlesex on the

22/4/1891. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 29, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 23/3/1921,

and was posted to G Company. He was dismissed on the 28/11/1921. He joined the British

Gendarmerie section of the Palestine Police as a Constable on the 29/3/1922.

Temporary Cadet John Murray Graham - Auxiliary: Born on the 6/5/1895 in

Lanarkshire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 25, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 20/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 19/1/1922 he was discharged from the Auxiliaries on

completion of his contract.

Temporary Cadet Albert Griggs - Auxiliary: Born on the 25/8/1878 in Suffolk. He

was an Ex Army Officer aged 42, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 14/10/1920, and was posted

to G Company in Killaloe. He was Section Leader from the 14/10/1920 to the 14/6/1921, when he

resigned on disciplinary grounds. In Jul/Sep 1945 he died in Woolwich, London age 66.

Temporary Cadet George Edmund Grove - Auxiliary: Born on the 17/5/1890 in

Worcester. He was an Ex Army officer aged 31, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/3/1921. He

was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 20/1/1922. He died in Broward Co, Florida

on the 4/10/1980.

Temporary Cadet Frederick Henry Wickham Guard – Auxiliary: Born

in Romsey Hampshire on the 12/3/1889. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 31, when he joined the

Auxiliaries on the 25/10/1920. On the 15/11/1920 he was posted to D Coy in Galway as 2nd in

Command, and a week later he was Commander. The worst case in Galway at this time (26/11/1920)

was with the two Loughnane brothers who were working on the family farm in Shanaglish and were

arrested. Nothing was heard of, nor from, the brothers until a week after their arrest when a group

of Auxiliaries called to Mrs. Loughnane to inform her that her sons had escaped their capture. Ten

days after they had been arrested their bodies were found in a muddy pond near Ardrahan. They

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appeared to have been tortured before being killed and photos exist of their charred bodies in

coffins before burial by their family.

Temporary Constable D J Harris – Veterans’ Division: Posted to G Company Killaloe on the

15/11/1920. No other records available.

Temporary Cadet William Norman Harrison - Auxiliary: Born on the 13/8/1891

in Co Antrim. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 29, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 14/10/1920.

On the 17/12/1920 WN Harrison and AH Taylor were wounded and admitted to Military Hospital

Limerick. On the 25/8/1921 he was discharged medically unfit. He died in Eastbourne, Sussex in

July/Sept 1966, aged 78.

Driver Jack Harvey – Veterans’ Division 81326: Born on the 20/6/1897 in

Yorkshire. He was a Motor Driver and Ex Soldier aged 23, when he joined the RIC on the 2/6/1921.

He was posted to G Company on the 23/6/1921. He was discharged on the 31/2/1922.

Temporary Cadet Percy Robert Harwood - Auxiliary: Born on the 18/7/1895 in

London. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 25, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 14/9/1920. He

was Section Leader from the 13/11/1920 to the 4/1/1921. He was discharged after the

demobilisation of ADRIC on the 19/1/1922. He died in Hendon, Middlesex, on the 10/1/1955.

Temporary Constable William W Hately – Veterans’ Division 73967: Born in

Lanarkshire on the 27/2/1884. He was an Ex Soldier aged 36, when he joined the RIC on the

8/10/1920. He was posted to G Company Killaloe.

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Temporary Constable Thomas H Haycocks – RIC 82249: He was born on the

6/1/1901 in Lancashire. He was a Blacksmith and Ex Soldier aged 20, when he joined the RIC on the

1/7/1921. He was based in Clare from the 6/10/1921 – 10/2/1922. He retired on the 11/2/1922 with

an annual Pension of £46.

Temporary Constable Robert Edward MacKenzie Heanley – Auxiliary: Born in

Staffordshire on the 5/4/1879. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 41, when he joined the Auxiliaries on

the 14/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 9/4/1921 he was posted to Q

Company (Dublin). On the 24/5/1921 his resignation was accepted on compassionate grounds. He

died in Andover Hants aged 58, in Apr/June 1937.

Commander Herbert Sydney Lammond Hemming - Auxiliary: Born on the

28/6/1878 in London. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 42, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

31/1/1921. On the 2/2/1921 A J Andrews resigned from ADRIC and H S L Hemming takes command

of G Company , until the 15th Nov 1921 when he was suspended. It would appear that Andrews was

on the way out for a period before this, as Hemming seems to have been recruited specially for the

job. He joined the RUC from 1922 – 1926. On the 23/2/1947 he died in 133 West Kensington Court.

Fulham, London. He was a Retired Colonel on disability pay.

Driver Henry Holmes – Veterans’ Division 77923: Born in Yorkshire on the

30/6/1893. He was an Ex Soldier aged 27, when he joined the RIC on the 18/1/1921. He was posted

to G Company Killaloe. He retired on the 3/2/1922 to London with an annual Pension of £65.

Temporary Cadet Geoffry Bateman Hope - Auxiliary: Born on the

26/3/1896 in Essex. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

12/1/1921, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 27/3/1921 T/Cadet GB Hope, T/Cadet GT

Bodley and Driver JC Stuart were in the leading car of a convoy. They saw 5 men in a field outside

Moneygall. The men ran, and were fired upon by the ADRIC. One of them, John O'Leary, was hit, and

died in hospital in Nenagh. The inquest states that John O'Leary was "on the run" at the time of his

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death. On the 16/4/1921 he was transferred to Q Company (Dublin). On the 19/5/1921 he was

posted back to G Coy. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 19/1/1922. He

died in Cuckfield, Sussex, aged 87 on the 18/7/1980.

Driver David Hossack – Veterans’ Division 78042: Born on the 21/4/1895 in

Linlithgow (a town in West Lothian, Scotland). He was an Ex Soldier and Driver Mechanic aged 25,

when he joined the RIC on the 19/1/1921, and became a Driver with G Company Killaloe. He retired

on the 8/2/1922 with an annual Pension of £50. On the 21/3/1921 a Patrol under S/L HJ Splatt fired

at and killed a youth, Martin Burke, running away from them. A Driver David Hassock also gave

evidence.

Driver Thomas S Hunt – Veterans’ Division 78139: Born on the 18/7/1886 in

Gloucestershire. He was an Ex Soldier and Motor Driver aged 34, when he joined the RIC on the

21/1/1921. He was a Driver with G Company Killaloe. He was dismissed on the 11/5/1921.

Temporary Constable Albert Hutchinson – 75200: Mechanic. Born in

Nottingham on the 19/7/1886. He was a Motor Mechanic aged when he joined the RIC on the

5/11/1920. He was based in Ennis from the 13/11/1920 – 1/3/1922.

Temporary Cadet Leslie Henry Parker Ibbotson - Auxiliary: Born on

the 24/10/1892 in Cheshire. He was an Ex Army officer when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

20/10/1920. On the 7/3/1921 the 2 Lord Mayors of Limerick were murdered. It is believed T/Cadet G

M Nathan and T/Cadet L H P Ibbotson probably were the two Auxiliaries involved. Nathan certainly

was at Killaloe. Ibbotson had been a Permanent Cadet since 21 Jan 1921. On the 15/3/1922 he was

pensioned by the RIC, and joined the Palestinian Police for £1 a day. He died in Brisbane, Australia in

1974. (theauxiliaries.com)

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Temporary Constable William Jackson – Veterans’ Division 77577: Born on the

30/8/1893 in Lancashire. He was an Ex Soldier aged 27, when he joined the RIC on the 10/1/1921. He

was posted to G Company Killaloe, and struck off absentee (AWOL) on the 30/8/1921.

Temporary Cadet Cyril Henry Julius Christopher Jacoby - Auxiliary: Born on the

29/11/1884 in Leicester. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 35, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

18/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of

ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. In 1931 he was the Vicar of Grasby. He died aged 78 at Hunstanton,

Norfolk, on the 6/2/1964.

Temporary Cadet Harold Rhys Jenkins - Auxiliary: Born on the

14/5/1898 in Pembroke Wales. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 22, when he joined the Auxiliaries

on the 13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Section Leader from the

9/3/1921 to 9/4/ 1921. He was with Q Company (Dublin) from the 9/4/1921 to the 16/4/1921, and

then rejoined G Company. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922.

On the 27/5/1948 he was recorded as "died at sea" in GRO on SS Stanlodge.

Temporary Sergeant George Jobling – Veterans’ Division 73843: Born on the

17/11/1889 in Dorset. He was an Ex Soldier and Mechanic Motor Transport aged 30, when he joined

the RIC on the 5/10/1920. He was transferred from Kilkenny to the Motor Transport in Clare.

Temporary Cadet Arthur Baynard Johns - Auxiliary: Born on the 28/8/1894 in

Johannesburg. He was an Ex Army officer aged 26, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

14/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 8/2/1921 he was posted to the Depot.

He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 16/1/1922. He died in Edmonton,

Alberta, Canada on the 20/6/1980.

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Temporary Cadet David Mervyn Johns – Auxiliary: Born on the

18/2/1899 in Pembroke Wales. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 22, when he joined the Auxiliaries

on the 18/10/1920 when he was posted to G Company Killaloe. He resigned on the 14/5/1921 after

completing 6 months service. He died in Hillingdon (London) on the 6/9/1992.

Temporary Cadet Thomas Jones – Auxiliary: Born on the 28/3/1895 in London.

He was an Ex Army Officer aged 25, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/3/1921. He was

discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922.

Temporary Cadet William Frederick Russell Jones - Auxiliary: Born on the

23/11/1886 in Essex. In 1915 he was invalided back to England with shell shock, and did not return

to France. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 33, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920. On

the 12/3/1921 he was shot and wounded and returned to the UK on sick leave. He was discharged

after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 19/1/1922. He died in Rochford, Kent in Apr/June 1925.

Temporary Cadet Cyril Thomas Joslin - Auxiliary: Born on the 14/7/1889 in

Essex. He was an Ex Army officer aged 31, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Assistant Chief Quartermaster from the 10/2/1921 to

26/9/1921. He was suspended on the 27/9/1921, and discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC,

on the 19/1/1922. He died in Colchester aged 68, in September 1958.

Driver Francis Henry Keating – Veterans’ Division 78442: Born on the 10/1/1900

in Lancashire. He was an Ex Soldier and Motor Driver aged 21, when he joined the RIC on the

1/2/1921, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He retired to Liverpool on the 8/2/1922 with an

annual Pension of £50.

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Temporary Cadet Archibald Stanley Duffield Laidlaw - Auxiliary: Born

on the 8/5/1899. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

20/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of

ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He died in Dundee Angus Scotland in 1976.

Temporary Cadet Charles Leopold Lambert - Auxiliary: Born on the 2/4/1893 in

Kent. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 27, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 10/1/1921, and was

posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 26/2/1921 he was posted to the Depot. On the 13/4/1921 he

was discharged medically unfit, not due to service in RIC. On the 17/4/1926 he was jailed for 9

months for theft. He died in Kensington London aged 64, in April/June 1957.

Fitter Dan Lamplough – Veterans’ Division 76669: Born on the 4/2/1901 in

Lincolnshire.He was an Ex Mercantile Marine aged 19, when he joined the RIC on the 12/12/1920.

He was posted to G Company Killaloe as a Fitter, and discharged on the 20/1/1922.

Temporary Cadet Francis Gilbert Langton - Auxiliary: Born on the 4/8/1896 in

Lancashire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the

19/1/1922. He died in Portsmouth aged 56, in Oct/Dec 1952.

Constable / Temporary Constable William Lavelle – RIC & Veterans’ Division

67459: Born in Mayo on the 16/2/1894. He was a Barman when he joined the RIC on the 18/8/1913.

He was based in Clare from the 15/5/1914 – 1/4/1922. He was awarded a 1Favourable Record & £10

on the 18/11/1920 (Scariff). Also in G Company (Killaloe) Auxiliary Veterans’ Division. (deaths on the

bridge in Killaloe 16/11/1920) He retired on the 18/7/1922 with an annual Pension of £91.

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Temporary Cadet Charles Henry Lawrence - Auxiliary: Born on the 12/2/1884 in

Surrey. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 36, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 27/7/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. From the 8/9/1920 to 16/3/1921, he was 2nd in command. A few

days before he relinquished the job the Lord Mayors of Limerick were shot, and may have some

bearing on this move. On the 21/4/1921 he reverted to T/Cadet. On the 23/4/1921 he was

transferred to the Depot. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 20/1/1922. He

died at Wandsworth aged 83 in Apr/Jun 1945.

Temporary Cadet Frederick John Lazell - Auxiliary: Born on the

9/3/1898 in Middlesex. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 22, when he joined the Auxiliaries on

the13/10/1920. He was Section Leader from the 13/10/1920 to Jan 1922. He was discharged after

the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He died in Davidson, Saskatchewan Canada aged 60,

on the 17/7/1958.

Temporary Constable John Vincent Lee – Veterans’ Division 74263: Born on

the 13/4/1882 in Lancashire. He was an Ex Soldier aged 38, when he joined the RIC on the

12/10/1920. He was posted to G Company as a Temporary Constable.

Temporary Cadet John Broome Lindsay – Auxiliary: Born on the 18/6/1891 in

Staffordshire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 29, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the

19/1/1922. He died in Colchester Essex aged 87, in Jan/March 1978.

Temporary Cadet William Farquhar Macrae (McCrae) - Auxiliary:

Born on the 29/10/1887 in Halifax Nova Scotia. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 32, when he joined

the Auxiliaries on the 14/10/1920. On the 15/10/1921 he was posted to R Company (Dublin). He was

discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 17/1/1922. On the 2/3/1927 he was convicted

of the larceny of postal packets and sentenced to 3 months in jail. He died in Cuckfield Sussex aged

75, on the 14/3/1963.

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Temporary Cadet Arthur Leslie Mark - Auxiliary: Born on the

23/1/1885 in Surrey. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 35, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

18/10/1920, and was posted to Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the

19/1/1922. He died in London on the 29/6/1927.

Temporary Constable Bernard Martin – Veterans’ Division 81575: Born on the

25/8/1900 in Oxford. He was an Ex Soldier and Motor Driver aged 20, when he joined the RIC on the

24/12/1920, and was posted to G Company.

Miss L M A Maund – Veterans’ Division: Posted to G Company.

Temporary Cadet Cecil Robert Walker McCammond - Auxiliary: Born in Belfast on the13/2/1899. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920, and was posted to Killaloe. He features in a photo taken in Killaloe between mid Oct 1920 and end Dec 1920. He was posted to C Coy (Macroom) on the 14/10/1921 and was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 16/1/1922.

I McCann – Veterans Division: He was the Paymaster for G Company.

D McKenzie – Veterans’ Division: He resigned from G Company on the 9/12/1920.

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Temporary Cadet Murdo McLeod - Auxiliary: Born on the

14/3/1890 in Ross, Scotland. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 20, when he joined the Auxiliaries on

the 5/8/1920. He was posted to Killaloe on the 25/6/1921. On the 26/8/1921 (when in Corofin) he

was struck off for being absent (AWOL). He died in 1933 in Lanark Scotland.

Temporary Constable Peter McNaught – Veterans’ Division 72756: Born in

Lanark Scotland on the 17/2/1876. He was an Ex Soldier aged 44, when he joined the RIC on the

3/9/1920. He was posted to G Company Killaloe.

Temporary Cadet John McVean - Auxiliary: Born on the 10/10/1887 in

Dumbarton. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 33, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 20/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Section Leader from the 20/10/1920 to 8/11/1920

and Platoon Commander from the 8/11/1920 to 31/1/1921, after which he resigned.

Temporary Cadet Joseph S Meyer - Auxiliary: Born

on the 6/5/1899 in Surrey. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 20/12/1920 about 20 ADRIC of G Coy

were on patrol when they were fired on. They saw 2 men attempt to escape in a cart, fired at the

cart and killed the two men in the cart - Patrick Connors and Michael Walton. Evidence was given by

T/C JS Meyer. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He died in

Hammersmith, London aged 44 in April/June 1933.

Temporary Cadet Harold William Millett - Auxiliary: Born on the 9/5/1894 in

London. He was an Ex Army officer aged 26, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 12/1/1921, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the

14/1/1922. He died in Brighton Sussex aged 71, in Oct/Dec 1965.

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Temporary Cadet Frederick Braben Milne - Auxiliary: Born on the 20/8/1896 in

London. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 20/12/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the

19/1/1922. He died in Sidcup Kent aged 65, on the 18/4/1963.

Temporary Constable Patrick Molloy – Veterans’ Division 82964: Born on the

15/7/1894 in Galway. He was an Ex Soldier when he joined the RIC on the 8/12/1920, and was

posted to G Company Killaloe on the 24/12/1920.

Temporary Cadet Malcolm Brockholes Harvey Moore - Auxiliary: Born on the

5/11/1898 in Essex. He was and Ex Army Officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of

ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on the 16/4/1965.

Temporary Cadet Alastair Robertson More - Auxiliary: Born on the 15/4/1899

in Edinburgh. He was an Ex Navy Midshipman aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

23/3/1921, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of

ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922, after which he joined the Palestine Police. He died in Wayland Norfolk

aged 74, in Oct/Dec 1973.

Temporary Constable Frank Morris – Veterans’ Division 82941: Motor

Transport. Born on the 25/8/1901 in London. He was an Ex Soldier and Motor Driver aged 19, when

he joined the RIC on the 21/12/1920. He was posted to Clare on the 17/12/1921 and discharged on

the 14/4/1921.

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Temporary Cadet John Morrison - Auxiliary: Born in Renfrew (a town 6 miles

west of Glasgow) on the 12/2/1895. He was an Ex Army Offficer aged 24, when he joined the

Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was involved in the

Castleconnell incident. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 19/1/1922.

Temporary Cadet John Frederick Morrison - Auxiliary: Born on the 6/2/1895 in

Lancashire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 25, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 20/8/1920,

and was posted to C Company (Macroom). G Company also shows on his Service Record. He was

discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922, after which he joined the Palestine

Police. He died in Bury Lancashire on the 14/2/1927

Driver William Mudge – Veterans Division 77525: Born on the 4/10/1894 in

Middlesex. He was an Ex Soldier and Driver aged 26, when he joined the RIC on the 11/1/1921. He

was posted to G Company on the 6/10/1921 and discharged on the 3/2/1922. He retired to London

with an annual Pension of £50.

Temporary Cadet George Samuel Montague Nathan - Auxiliary: Born

on the 21/12/1896 in London. He was an Ex Army officer aged 23, when he joined the Auxiliaries on

the 20/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Section Leader from the 20/10/1920

to 15/12/1920. On the 7/3/1921 the 2 Lord Mayors of Limerick were murdered by, it is believed

T/Cadet G M Nathan and T/Cadet L H P Ibbotson. Nathan certainly was at Killaloe. Ibbotson had

been a Permanent Cadet since 21st Jan 1921. On the 2/5/1921 he was "permitted to resign on

completion of 6 months service" from ADRIC (or was dismissed) and returned to London. On the

14/7/1937 he rallied a battalion of fleeing republican Spanish soldiers, during the battle of Brunete

(Spanish Civil War); later that day he was hit by a bomb fragment and died. (theauxiliaries.com)

Driver Harold F Owen – Veterans’ Division 77741: Born on the 23/7/1899 in

Kent. He was an Ex Soldier and Motor Driver aged 21, when he joined the RIC on the 14/1/1921. He

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was posted to G Company Killaloe. He retired on the 4/2/1922 to London with an annual Pension of

£50.

Temporary Constable Arthur A Page – Veterans’ Division 73931: Born on the

22/7/1881 in Derby. He was an Ex Soldier aged 39, when he joined the RIC on the 4/10/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe.

Temporary Cadet John Kenyon Parker - Auxiliary: No date of birth (possibly

1891), or location. He joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/3/1921, and was posted to G Company

Killaloe. On the 17/4/1921 he was involved in the Castleconnell incident. He was discharged after the

demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922, and joined the Palestine Police as a Sergeant. He died in

Yorkshire aged 72, on the 26/3/1963.

Temporary Cadet Tom Wallace Piggford – Auxiliary: Born on the 18/11/1895 in

Durham. He was an Ex Army officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the

19/1/1922. He died in Perth Australia in 1994.

Temporary Cadet Charles M Pitt - Auxiliary: Born on the 5/8/1880 in Warwick.

He was an Ex Army Officer aged 40, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920, and was

posted to Killaloe. He was Assistant Chief Quartermaster from the 1/11/ 1920 to Jan 1922. He was

discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He died in Bournemouth, Dorset in

Jul/Sep 1929.

Temporary Cadet Gerald Herbert Pittam (Pittman) - Auxiliary: G Company?

Born on the 15/8/1899 in Bedford. Posted to the Depot on the 3/11/1920. He was permitted to

resign on the 22/1/1921. G Company is present on his Service Record. He died in in Neath Wales, on

the 5/2/1941.

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Temporary Cadet Harold Hugh Price - Auxiliary: Born on the 11/3/1892. He was

an Ex Army Officer aged 29, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/3/1921, and was posted to

Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922.

Temporary Cadet William Graham Price - Auxiliary: Born on the

4/4/1888 in London. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 31, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

18/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Chief Quartermaster from the

18/10/1920 to the 17/2/1921. On the 30/9/1921 he was discharged medically unfit, not due to

service with RIC.

Temporary Cadet Donald Pringle - Auxiliary: Born in Lewisham London on the

27/11/1893. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 26, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 17/4/1921 T/Cadet D Pringle was killed (aged 27) in

an exchange of gunfire when off duty RIC men challenged an Auxiliary patrol from G Company when

they raided the Shannon View Hotel, Castleconnell. He was buried in King’s Island Cemetery,

Limerick.

Temporary Cadet Herbert Pritchard - Auxiliary: Born on the 4/2/1886 in

Shropshire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 34, when he joined the RIC on the 18/10/1920, and was

posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the

19/1/1922. He died in Shrewsbury in Jan/Mar 1951.

Driver Arnold W Quennell – Veterans’ Division 77964: Born on the 8/1/1899 in

Hampshire. He was an Ex Soldier aged 22, when he enlisted on the 18/1/1921, and became a Driver

with G Company. He retired on the 4/2/1922 with an annual Pension of £50.

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Temporary Constable Harry E Rawson – Veterans’ Division 74314: Born in 1873 in Lancashire. He was an Ex Soldier and Driver when he joined the RIC on the 15/10/1920 and was posted to Killaloe.

Temporary Cadet John Charles Reynolds - Auxiliary: Born in

Staffordshire on the 9/10/1898. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries

on the 18/9/1920. Reynolds, who had been passing high grade intelligence to the IRA, was

transferred away from "F" Company to "G" Company with a promotion to Platoon Commander on

the 15/6/1921. There is a note in the ADRIC Registers, that Reynolds was reduced to a Temp. Cadet

and suspended on the 1st November 1921. Another note states that he was dismissed on 23rd

January 1922, which would suggest that he was in custody as the Auxiliary Division had already been

disbanded by this date. After disbandment of ADRIC he served as Colonel Commandant in Ennis

Barracks in the Free State Army, and Director of Training of the First Western Division. Members of

the family believe that he died 1971 in West Bromwich. The family think "he died penniless". I

cannot find a death. (theauxiliaries.com)

Temporary Cadet Harry Kemp Robinson - Auxiliary: Born on the 20/1/1879 in

Middlesex. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 41, when he joined the RIC on the 15/12/1920, and was

posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the

19/1/1922, and later joined the Palestine Police.

Temporary Cadet Jack Senior Clarke Robinson - Auxiliary: Born on the 8/3/1896

in Yorkshire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He resigned on the 22/1/1921. He died as a result of an

accident at Brentford, Middlesex on the 26/9/1940.

Temporary Constable Edward G Roper RIC 71496: Born in Basingstoke Hampshire on the 2/5/1895. He was an Ex Soldier aged 25, when he joined the RIC on the 15/7/1920. On the 22/11/1920 three R.I.C. T/Constables were killed in a road traffic accident at

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Dromoland County Clare. The three men were: T/Constable Patrick Driscoll aged 31, T/Constable Michael Fleming aged 31 and T/Constable Edward G Roper aged 25.

Temporary Cadet Alexander D Ross - Auxiliary: Born on the 20/8/1886 in Edinburgh. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 34, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 23/1/1921. He was posted to Killaloe on the 21/2/1921, and was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. On the 20/4/1928 he became a naturalised US citizen.

Temporary Cadet Cecil George Sidney Rowell - Auxiliary: Born in Norfolk on the 9/3/1892. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 28, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/12/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He features in a photo taken in Killaloe. He commanded the SS Shannon on the 16/11/1920, when the Scariff Martyrs were brought from Whitegate to Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 19/1/1922. He died in Docking, Norfolk age 42, in June 1935.

Temporary Cadet Gordon Rivolta Russell - Auxiliary: Born on the 31/10/1890 in

London. He was an Ex Army officer aged 29, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 20/10/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC on the

19/1/1922. He died at 9 Lochrin Place, Edinburgh from Coronary Thrombosis on the 7/9/1950.

Temporary Cadet William Shaw - Auxiliary: Born on the 18/5/1899 in

Renfrewshire Scotland. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

3/11/1920, and was posted to H Company (Tralee), although G Company appears in one of the

ADRIC Registers. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He died in

Paisley Scotland aged 83 in 1981.

Temporary Cadet Edison J Shields - Auxiliary: Born on the 8/3/1892 in

Glamorgan Wales. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 28, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of

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ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. In April 1923 he was in a large group of reinforcements for Palestine

Gendarmerie. He died in London aged 65 on the 9/3/1958.

Temporary Cadet Leslie Gladstone Shiner - Auxiliary: Born on the 28/5/1898 in

Staffordshire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 22, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 17/4/1921 he was involved in the Castleconnell

incident. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He died in South

Australia on the 7/10/1985.

Temporary Cadet William H Simpson - Auxiliary: Born on the 20/2/1879 in

Stafford. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 41, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 6/8/1920, and

was posted to A Company (Kilkenny). WH Simpson was in Temp Command of G Coy from 15 Nov

1920 to 15 Jan 1921 when Andrews was sick. Discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC in Jan

1922. (theauxiliaries.com)

Temporary Cadet Herbert Gerald Slater – Auxiliary: Born on the 15/9/1899 in

Yorkshire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/3/1921, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. In Jan 1922 he appears to have still been serving at the

demobilisation of ADRIC. On the 29/3/1922 he joined the British Gendarmerie section of the

Palestine Police as a Constable. He died in a plane crash in Egypt in August in 1926.

Temporary Cadet Stanley Smiles - Auxiliary: Born on the 10/2/1887 in

Brecknockshire Wales. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 33, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

20/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of

ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He died in Chelsea London aged 73, in Jan/Mar 1961.

Temporary Cadet Thomas Edward Mears Guest Smith – Auxiliary: Born on the

25/5/1896 in Bristol Gloucestershire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 24, when he joined the

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Auxiliaries on the 3/11/1920. He resigned from ADRIC on completion of 6 months service on the

1/7/1921. He died in Thanet Kent aged 65, in Jan /Mar 1962.

Temporary Cadet Henry John Splatt - Auxiliary: He was born on the19/7/1898

in London. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 22, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Section Leader from the 13 Nov 1920 to Jan 1922. On

the 21/3/1921 a Patrol under S/L HJ Splatt fired at and killed a youth, Martin Burke, running away

from them. A Driver David Hassock also gave evidence. On the 17/4/1921 he was involved in

theCastleconnell incident. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922.

On the 29/3/1922 he joined the British Gendarmerie section of the Palestine Police as a Constable.

He died in Eastbourne Sussex Aged 77, in Apr/June 1976.

Temporary Cadet Harry Samuel Spoor - Auxiliary: Born on the 1/4/1886 in

Suffolk. He was an ExArmy Officer aged 34, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Section Leader from the20/10/1920 to the 9/3/1921,

after which he was posted to O Company (Dunmanaway). He died in Claro, Yorkshire in Jan 1966.

Temporary Constable James Steele – Veterans’ Division 66013: Born on

the16/3/1892 in Antrim. He was a Farmer aged 29, when he joined the RIC on the 17/7/1911. He

was later transferred to the Veteran’s Division and posted to G Company Killaloe as a Temporary

Constable. He retired on the 11/7/1922 with an annual Pension of £70.

Temporary Cadet David Daniel Stiven (Stevens) - Auxiliary: Born in the Danish

West Indies (a Danish colony in the Caribbean) on the 16/8/1880. He was an Ex Army Officer aged

40, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 14/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He

was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He was the step father of the

actor David Niven. His death is recorded at the age of 68 in 1948.

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Driver James C Stuart - RIC 78301: Motor Transport. Born in Banff Scotland on

the 26/4/1894. He was an Ex Soldier and Motor Driver aged 25, when he joined the RIC on the

26/1/1921. On the 27/3/1921 T/Cadet GB Hope, T/Cadet GT Bodley and Driver JC Stuart were in the

leading car of a convoy. They saw 5 men in a field outside Moneygall. The men ran, and were fired

upon by the ADRIC. One of them, John O'Leary, was hit, and died in hospital in Nenagh. The inquest

states that John O'Leary was "on the run" at the time of his death. Stuart resigned on the 28/5/1921.

Temporary Cadet Peter Charles Kine Styles - Auxiliary: Born on the 23/11/1896

in Kent. He was an Ex ArmyOfficer aged 24, when hejoined the Auxiliaries on the 15/12/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was posted to the Depot on the 23/7/1921. He died in

Hastings Sussex in Oct/Dec 1979.

Temporary Cadet Edward James Sullivan - Auxiliary: Born on the 23/5/1873 in

Devon. He was an Ex Royal Marine aged 47, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 31/8/1920. He was

Chief Quartermaster of G Coy from the 19/4/1921 to 19/6/1921, after which he was posted to S Coy

(Dublin Castle). He died in Alverstoke Hampshire aged 65, in Apr/June 1928.

Temporary Cadet Oswald Bertie Swain - Auxiliary: Born in Demerara (British

Guiana) on the 12/7/1899. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 21, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

18/10/1920, and was posted to Killaloe. He was Section Leader from the 18/10/1920 to 8/2/1921,

after which he was promoted to Platoon Commander and transferred to the Depot. He was killed on

the 22/9/1940, possibly in an air raid (his wife and son also died). He was an RAF Wing-Commander

in WW2.

Temporary Cadet Cecil Taverner - Auxiliary: Born on the 3/6/1892 in Sussex. He

was an Ex Army Officer aged 28, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 14/10/1920, and was posted

to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He

died in Thanet Kent aged 66, in Jan/Mar 1959.

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Temporary Cadet Arthur Henry Taylor - Auxiliary: Born on the 8/3/1890 in

Dorset. He was an Ex Army Officed aged 30, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 20/10/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Platoon Commander from the 1/2/1921 to Jan 1922 and

assumed temporary command of G Coy from 19 Nov 1921 to Jan 1922. On the 17/12/1920 WN

Harrison and AH Taylor were wounded and admitted to the Military Hospitalin Limerick.He was

discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922 and then joined the Palestine Police

as a Constable. He died in Jerusalem, reportedly as a result of an accident, on the 30/11/1928.

Lieutenant Richard Harold Taylor - Auxiliary: Born on the 1/6/1894 in Derby. He

was an Ex Army officer aged 26, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920 and was posted to

G Company Killaloe. On the 7/5/1921 he was posted to L Coy (Millstreet Cork). He died in Harrow

Road, Warlingham, Surrey Upper Warlingham Aerodrome, Croydon Surrey, on the 7/1/1937.

Temporary Cadet Arthur Ernest Howe Thompson - Auxiliary: Born in 1875 in

Durham. He was an Ex Army officer when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/2/1921, and was

posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, in Jan 1922.

Temporary Cadet Leonard Tindal - Auxiliary: Born on the 3/4/1896 in Dundee.

He was an Ex Army Officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/3/1921, and was

posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, in Jan 1922. He

died in Dundee on the 9/5/1963.

Temporary Cadet George Cecil Murray Tinline - Auxiliary: Born on the

26/10/1895 in Middlesex. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 24, when he joined the Auxiliaries in the

18/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 29/10/1920, he was discharged

medically unfit after 11 days. On the 4/11/1920 (while drunk), he ran over and killed a man with his

car at Piccadilly Circus London. He later had 6 other convictions for dangerous driving (including one

while drunk). He died in Henley Oxfordshire aged 62, on the 26/2/1958.

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Lionel Innes Montel Toller - Auxiliary: Born in 1905. He was aged 16 when he

joined the Auxiliaries! and posted to G Company on the 1/4/1921. He appears to serve until the

demobilisation of ADRIC in Jan 1922. He died on the 10/5/1940 in a vehicle accident.

Temporary Cadet Herbert George Traylen - Auxiliary: Born on the 22/2/1885

in Hampshire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 35, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Section Leader from the 18/10/1920 to the

16/3/1921, and Platoon Commander from the 16/3/1921 to the 19/5/1921. On the 19/5/1921 he

was posted to the Depot and reverted to T/Cadet. He died in Timsbury Hampshire, on the

4/12/1925.

Temporary Cadet George Edward Tyler – Auxiliary: Born on the 29/10/1888 in

North Wales. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 31, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920

and was posted to K Company (Cork City). On the 1/2/1921 he was posted to C Company (G

Company appears to show on his record). On the 31/5/1921 he was posted to Q Company (Dublin).

He died in London on the 11/10/1938.

Temporary Constable Patrick Tynan – Veterans’ Division 81121: Born on the

20/11/1890 in Kilkenny. He was an Ex Soldier aged 30, when he joined the RIC on the 20/5/1921. He

was posted to G Company Killaloe.

Temporary Cadet William Valentine - Auxiliary: Born on the 29/5/1898 in

Forfar in Scotland. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 23, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

25/6/1921, and was posted to G Company. Appears to be still with ADRIC after demobilization in Jan

1922, after which he joined the British Gendarmerie section of the Palestine Police as a Constable.

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Temporary Cadet John St Leger Vignoles - Auxiliary: Born on the 7/12/1889 in

London. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 30, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/3/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He is noted as working "with G company Aux. Division to write

special articles. If he proves competent he will be given more work". He was discharged after the

demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He died in Hampstead London in Oct/Dec 1966.

Temporary Constable William F Wade – Veterans’ Division 74310: Born on

the17/9/1876 in Kent. He was a Carman and Ex Soldier aged 44, when he joined the RIC on the

15/10/1920. He was posted to G Company Killaloe.

Driver Alfred J Walker – Veterans’ Division 78562: Born on the 13/3/1891 in

Lancashire. He was a Motor Driver Mechanic and Ex Soldier aged 29, when he joined the RIC on the

4/2/1921. He resigned on the 7/3/1921 but rejoined on the 26/4/1921. He was posted to G

Company Killaloe and Corofin and resigned on the 7/2/1922 with an annual Pension of £46.

Temporary Cadet Samuel Clifford Walker - Auxiliary: Born on the 13/2/1882 in

Cheshire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 38, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 15/12/1920, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the

19/1/1922.

Temporary Constable Alfred Wallace – Veterans’ Division 80553: Born on the

4/2/1878 in Middlesex. He was an Ex Soldier aged 43, when he joined the RIC on the 15/4/1921, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged on the 3/1/1922 from Beggars Bush in Dublin.

Temporary Cadet John Cresswell Walton - Auxiliary: Born on the 9/10/1896 in

Kent. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 23, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 14/10/1920, and was

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posted to G Company Killaloe. He was promoted to Section Leader from the 15/12/1920 to Jan 1922.

He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the 17/2/1922. He died in Ipswich Suffolk in

Dec 1979.

Driver William W Watkins – Veterans’ Division 77543: Born on the 20/2/1899

in Essex. He was a Motor Driver and Ex Soldier aged 21, when he joined the RIC on the 11/1/1921,

and was posted to G Company. He retired from Gormanstown on the 4/2/1922 with an annual

Pension of £50.

Temporary Cadet Albert Henry Waugh - Auxiliary: Born on the 27/9/1890 in

Staffordshire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 30, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 13/10/1920.

He was Section Leader from the 27/10/1920 to the 17/11/1920, when he was ‘Dismissed for

drunkenness’ and threatening to shoot a civilian (the day after the Killaloe Bridge murders). He died

in Paddington London in Oct/Dec 1948.

Cadet Charles William Vincent Webb - Auxiliary: Born on the 24/3/1888 in

Lancashire. He was an Ex Army Officer when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 14/11/1920, and was

posted to A Company (Co Kilkenny). He was the Temp Company Commander of G Company from the

15/11/1921 to 18/11/1921 in Corofin. He died in Louth Lincolnshire on the 10/4/1954.

George H Whitworth - Veterans’ Division 77164: Born on the 4/8/1896 in

Lancashire. He was a Fitter and Ex Soldier aged 24, when he joined the RIC on the 31/12/1920. He

was posted to G Company and was dismissed on the 2/5/1921.

Driver P G T Whyte – Veterans’ Division 80273: G Coy Auxiliary Motor

Transport. He was born on the 14/6/1893 in Aberdeen. He was a Motor Salesman and Ex Soldier

aged 28, when he joined the RIC on the 1/4/1921, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was

dismissed on the 21/12/1921.

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Temporary Cadet Charles Wilding - Auxiliary: Born on the 10/9/1874 in Essex.

He was an Ex Army Officer aged 46, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 21/9/1920 and was posted

to the Depot. On the 18/6/1921 he was posted to G Company Killaloe, and promoted to QMS and

Section Leader until Jan 1922. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC, on the

30/1/1922. He died in Southend Essex aged 72, in Apr/June 1947.

Temporary Cadet Percy George Wiles - Auxiliary: Born on the 16/2/1883 in

Middlesex. He was an Ex Army officer aged 37, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920. He

was dismissed on the 18/4/1921. In 1922 he was convicted under Vagrancy Act of 1824 and

sentenced to 2 months hard labour. In Sept 1927 he pleaded guilty to 2 charges of burglary and

larceny. In March 1928 at the London Quarter Sessions he was guilty of 2 more burglary charges. In

April 1934 he was fined £20 for driving under the influence and for dangerous driving. In Aug 1936

he was tried on two charges of false pretences and sentenced to three months hard labour. On the

4/6/1940 he died in the Withington Workhouse Manchester, from chronic alcoholism.

Temporary Cadet Gilbert Hassall Williams - Auxiliary: Born on the 27/12/1895

in South Africa. He was an Ex Army officer aged 25, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/3/1921,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC in Jan

1922. He died in Cape Provence South Africa on the 25/6/1957.

Temporary Cadet Frederic Wilson - Auxiliary: Born on the 5/7/1885 in

Lancashire. He was an Ex Army Officer aged when 35, when he joined the RIC on the 13/10/1920,

and was posted to G Company Killaloe. On the 8/9/1921 he was posted to the Depot and he

resigned on the 12/10/1921. He died in Wallasey Merseyside, in Apr/June 1966.

Temporary Cadet Albert Edward (Bert) Winn - Auxiliary: Born in Co

Westmeath on the 15/5/1894. He was an Ex Army officer aged 26, when he joined the Auxiliaries on

the 13/10/1920, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was promoted to Section Leader on the

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25 Nov 1920 until the 2/7/1921. He was then promoted to Platoon Commander in R Coy (Dublin). He

died in Oakville Halton Regional Municipality Ontario Canada, on the 3/3/1981.

Temporary Cadet Norman Percival Wood - Auxiliary: Born on the 23/7/1898 in

London. He was an Ex Army officer aged 22, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920. On

the 18/2/1921 he was promoted to Section Leader. He was discharged after the demobilisation of

ADRIC, on the 19/1/1922. He died in Paddington London in Oct/ Dec 1963.

Temporary Cadet William Philip Wood - Auxiliary: Born on the 29/4/1890 in

Sussex. He was an Ex Army officer aged 30, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/2/1921, and

was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was Platoon Commander from the 22/2/1921 to 16/3/1921

and then promoted to 2nd in Command, until the 2 Jul 1921. A report in April quotes Wood as being

2nd in Command of G Coy (and also was in Temp Command) when the Shannon View Hotel was

raided on the 17/4/1921. He appears to still be serving in ADRIC and Coy Commander on

demobilization in Jan 1922. He died in Sussex in 1947.

Temporary Cadet Angus Levinge Wooley - Auxiliary: Born in Flowerpot

Tasmania on the 29/5/1886. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 34, when he joined the Auxiliaries on

the 22/3/1921, and was posted to G Company. On the 21/5/1921 he was posted to Q Company

(Dublin). He Died in Dover, Kent in 1960.

Driver Thomas F M Woolley – Veteran’s Division 74344: Born on the 27/2/1888 in London. He was a Motor Driver and Ex Soldier when he joined the RIC on the 1/12/1920. He was posted to G Company Killaloe as a Driver. A Frank Wooley claimed £1000 for being ‘wounded in the right shoulder’ received after an ‘incident’ in Corofin on the 26/11/1921. He was awarded £287. It was actually Thomas F M Wooley, as an ‘injury to shoulder’ features on his Service Record. The ‘incident’ (along with J C Fillery and H R Gates) involved beating Michael Hehir of the East Clare Brigade senseless. Frank Wooley was a Black and Tan and Driver also based in Killaloe, and possibly his brother. Thomas F M Woolley retired on the 14/2/1922 to Southend with an annual Pension of £50.

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Temporary Cadet John Edward Workman - Auxiliary: Born on the 23/6/1897 in

Gloucester. He was an Ex Army officer aged 23, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 22/2/1921. He

was Intelligence Officer from the 15/3/1921 to Jan 1922. On the 17/4/1921 he was involved in the

Castleconnell incident. He appears to still be serving on demobilisation of ADRIC in Jan 1922. He

died in Surrey aged 78 in 1975.

Temporary Cadet Robert Lewkenor Worlsey - Auxiliary: Born on the

8/12/1893 in Northampton. He was an Ex Army Officer aged 26, when he joined the Auxiliaries on

the 18/10/1920. On the 2/3/1921 he was promoted to Platoon Commander. On the 30/4/1921 he

moved from G Coy to R Coy (Dublin) as Intelligence Officer. In March 1922 he joined the Palestine

Police (21042) as a Captain in the British Gendarmerie section. On the 23/11/1973, Old Radley

School magazine reportd his death in Cape Town.

The Auxiliaries and Temporary Constables from Clare

Temporay Cadet Edward Aylward (Alyward) – Auxiliary: Born in

Ennistymon Co Clare on the 25/3/1881. He was an Ex Army Officer (Captain Royal Field Artillery)

aged 40, when he joined the Auxiliaries on the 25/6/1921, and was appointed to O Company (North

Dublin Union Workhouse), and later C Company (Macroom). He was discharged in Jan 1922. He died

at Camberwell, London on the 8/6/1935.

Temporary Cadet Maurice Burke - Auxiliary: Ex-Army Officer born in India (Clare on RIC Register) who joined the Auxiliaries in Oct 1920. It seems that the only Maurice was an officer in the Indian Army. In fact no Maurice Burke was born in Clare at that time, but the Indian army man was born in India of Irish Parents, and appears to be the right man, though difficult to get any information on. Born Sep 12 1893 - Lahore, Bengal, India son of James Henry Burke and Mary Anne McNamara (IGI) Oct 21 1920 - Joined ADRIC with service no 823. Jan 14 1921 - Discharged medically unfit. Apr 27 1942 - Registers for US WW2 draft. June 2 1956 - Died in Vandergrtft (USA). (David Grant - theauxiliaries.com)

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Temporary Cadet Cyril John Guinness Conerney - Auxiliary: Born on the 13/10/1896 in Ennis, Clare. His father Patrick Pierre Conerney was a Church of Ireland Clergyman. 1901 census at Wellington Lodge, Wellington Square West, Cheltenham. He joined the Auxiliaries on the 8/1/1921, and was posted to I Coy (Leitrim and Monaghan). He was discharged after the demobilisation of ADRIC in Jan 1922. He died in Hastings aged 68, on the 30/7/1965.

Temporary Cadet Thomas W. Conlin - Auxiliary: Born in Scariff Co Clare on the 22/2/1899. His father was in the RIC and also joined ADRIC. 1901 census at Dungloe. Donegal. 1911 census at Dergmoney Street, Omagh. He joined ADRIC on the 31/8/1920, and was posted to D Coy (Galway City). Jan 21 1921 - Posted to N Coy (Co Meath). May 2 1922 - Pensioned . Qualified as a Doctor and practiced in Leeds. Served as a doctor in RAMC in WW2 in India. 1969 Oct 9. Died Leeds aged 70.

Temporary Constable Martin Francis Connell – Veteran’s Division 81050: Martin Francis Connell: Born 27th Oct 1879 in Clare. Joined RIC 17th May 1921 with service number 81050. Ex-Soldier. (Ireland, Royal Irish Constabulary service records 1816-1922 @findmypast.ie)No records of where he lived in Clare or what Regiment he was in. Not on Pension List

Temporary Constable John Considine – Veteran’s Division 80834: Born on the 12/5/1890 in Clare. He was a Grocers Assistant and Ex-Soldier aged 30, when he joined the RIC on the 18/3/ 1921 and was posted to Beggar’s Bush in Dublin.

Captain Patrick Benignus Cullinan MC - Auxiliary:

Born in Newmarket on Fergus on the 23/3/1894. He was an Ex Army officer aged 26, when he joined

the Auxiliaries on the 18/10/1920, and was posted to G Coy Killaloe as a Platoon Commander. He

became the Intelligence Officer a month later. He resigned at his own request from ADRIC in April

1921, and then emigrated to Canada and the USA. He was in the Royal Corps of Signals in WW2. His

last known location was Jamaica in 1953.

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Temporary Cadet Michael Greene - Auxiliary: Born in Killmurry, Kilkishen Co

Clare on the 27/12/1882. He was an Ex Army Officer aged when he joined the Auxiliaries on the

1/11/1920, and was posted to B Coy (Templemore Abbey, Co Tipperary). He was discharged after

the demobilisation of ADRIC on the 23/1/1922.

Lt Thomas O’Brien Gore - Hickman - Auxiliary: Born in Kilmore Knock, Kilrush on the 12/7/1892. He joined the RIC on the 6th April 1920 and was based in Tubbercurry Co Sligo, and later in Mohill Co Leitrim. He was discharged on the 22nd April 1922 and retired to Bedford Square London with an annual Pension of £136. He died in Lethbridge, Alberta,

Canada on the 27/12/1982. ‘After the war he was District Inspector of Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Division. He was heavily involved in the Selton Hill ambush that took place 11th March 1921 between Mohill and Fenagh, County Leitrim. Soon after that he left from Ireland and finally settled in Canada. As a result, their family house in Kilmore was burned by the IRA.’ (http://gmic.co.uk/topic/63086-voluntary-aid-detachment-irene-gore-hickman/#entry593783) ‘Hickman’s eldest son Thomas had joined the Auxiliaries and gained a notorious reputation in the Longford / Roscommon area.’(Padraig Og O’ Ruairc)

Temporary Constable Patrick Keshan / Kishan – Veterans’ Division 79635:

Born on the 30/4/1886 in Clare. He was an Ex Soldier aged 34, when he joined the RIC on the

21/1/1921, and was posted to G Company . He was recommended by the C/O of G Company,

Auxiliary Div RIC, and joined on the same day as Joe and William Malone and Francis Noonan (all

from Co Clare). He was dismissed on the 29/6/1921.

Temporary Constable Joseph Malone – Veterans Division 79636: Born on the

3rd Jan 1898 in Clare (Killaloe). He was an Ex-Soldier aged 23, when he joined the RIC on the 21stJan

1921, and was posted to G Coy, Killaloe. He was recommended by the C/O of G Company, Auxiliary

Div RIC and joined on the same day as his brother William Malone, Patrick Keshan and Francis

Noonan (all from Co Clare).

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Temporary Constable William Malone – Veterans’ Division 79638: Born on the

12th Jan 1885 in Clare (Killaloe). He was an Ex Soldier aged 36 when he joined the RIC on the

21/1/1921, and was posted to G Company Killaloe. He was recommended by the C/O of G Company,

Auxiliary Div RIC and joined on the same day as his brother Joseph Malone, Patrick Keshan and

Francis Noonan (all from Co Clare).

Temporary Constable James McCormack – Veterans’ Division 81305: Born on

the 10/3/1889 in Co Clare. He was an Ex Soldier aged 32, when he joined the RIC on the 1/6/1921.

Temporary Cadet Daniel McKenna - Auxiliary: Born in Dromod House Bodyke,

Co Clare on the 23/6/1895. Leinster Regiment in WW1. On the 23/10/1916 he suffered Shell Shock.

Joined ADRIC on the 5/5/1921 and was posted to O Coy (Dunmanaway). Jan 13 1922 - Discharged

on demobilisation of ADRIC. 1939 Register. - He is at Longrove Hospital Horton Lane,Epsom, Surrey

and classed as a Lunatic. Jan/Mar 1942 - Died Surrey aged 47. (David Grant - theauxiliaries.com)

Temporary Constable Francis Noonan – Veteran’s Division 79637: Born in Co

Clare on the 24/6/1871. He was an Ex Soldier aged 49, when he joined the RIC on the 21/1/1921. He

was recommended by the C/O of G Company, Auxiliary Div RIC and joined on the same day as Joe

and William Malone and Patrick Kishan (all from Co Clare).

Temporay Constable Charles Shaw - 82959: Born in Co Clare on the 2/6/1878.

He was an Ex-Soldier aged 42, when he joined the RIC on the 8/12/1920. Not in 1901 Clare Census.