Service Numbers 25000s - Deserters from Royal Dublin Fusiliers

A reading of MIC cards from 25,000 to 25,999 yields the following information

• Although there are 1000 service numbers available in the range, 265 have no medal card to them
• So only 735 men actually in the group
• 24 of the MICs have the crime of desertion on them
• 3 of these men appear to have had their medals restored
• This means that 21 out of the 735 men deserted, or 1 in 35.
• a further 4 had medals forfeited for unspecified reasons

	25798 Private Frederick Armstrong- deserted 11 Oct 1919
	25332 Private Thomas Broderick, deserted 27 May 1918
	25792 Private John Byrne, deserted 6 Feb 1917
	25795 Patrick Caffrey, deserted 7 Jan 1918, but medals restored
	25835 Private Patrick Cullen, deserted 28 Oct 1918
	25841 Private Joseph Curtis, deserted 5 August 1916
	25845 Private John Duffy, deserted 24 Nov 1916
	25893 Private Michael Dunne, deserted 10 Feb 1917
	25903 Private John Flannery, deserted 27 Aug 1916
	25721 Private Patrick Forker, desertd 14 Dec 1917
	25698 Private James Gannon, deserted 24 Sep 1917
	25541 Private Robert Handebeau, deserted 7 Oct 1916
	25032 Private Edward Jameson, deserted 19 Jun 1916
	25755Private William Kelly, deserted 26 Sep 1917
	Cpl George Lindsay, deserted 6 Jun 1917
	Private Charles J Liston, deserted 5 Nov 1916
	25510 Private Patrick McAleenan, deserted 20 Aug 1918
	25843 Private James McGovern, deserted 26 Jun 1916 and 23 Feb 1920. Something called a "prot cert" was issued, and the medals were later approved
	25775 Private James McGovern, deserted 12 Mar 1918
	25444 Private Alexander McLaughlin, deserted 5 Sep 1917
	25139 Private Christopher Moran, deserted 11 Aug 1916, medals restored
	25386 Private Richard O'Neill, deserted 28 Dec 1917
	25467 Private Martin Rowe, deserted 5 Sep 1917
	25890 Private Thomas Whyte, deserted 9 Jun 1916.

Royal Dublin Fusiliers all deserters