Casualties in Easter Rising 1916 - Royal Dublin Fusiliers

First reports showed 2 officers killed and 6 wounded, plus 9 Other Ranks killed and 28 wounded

Officers

Killed

• 2nd Lt George R GRAY Killed on 28 April 1916 Age 21 Buried Grangegorman Military Cemetery. Son of the late Alexander and Helen Ross Gray, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. A Dental Student. Age 22. 4th Battalion
• Lieutenant Gerald Aloysius NEILAN 10th Battalion from Mount Harold Terrace, Dublin. Aged 34. Son of John Neilan, of Ballygalda, Roscommon.Killed 24 April 1916 at the Mendicity Institution on Usher Island. Buried at Glasnevin Cemetery. Shot by a sniper on Ushers Quay.  His younger brother Anthony was taking part in the rising with the Volunteers and was deported to Knutsford Detention Barracks. His parents were John Neilan & Eva Kelly other siblings Anne Neilan 10-Dec-1878 Roscommon
  John Neilan 30-Apr-1877 Roscommon Son of John Neilan and Eva Kelly Kilteevan Roscommon
  Evalen Anna Neilan birth: 20th Feb 1880 Baptised: 27 Feb 1880 Kilteevan Roscommon daughter of John Neilan and Eva Kelly This appears to be Eva's death Eva Neilan Registration District: Dublin South Jul-Sep 1930 Estimated Birth Year: 1857 Age 73
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Wounded

• ADDIS 2nd Lt (later Lieutenant) Thomas Henry. Died later aged 20 on 20/3/1918 Unicorn Cemetery, Vend;Huile
• BAGLEY Capt Arthur Bracton died later, aged 27, on 29/10/1918 Mont Huon Military Cemetery
• DELANY Capt A S War Diary in Dec 1916 gives him as i/c D Company 10th Battalion. 25 Dec arrived from leave
• DUNN 2nd Lt J A
• HAWE 2nd Lt J A
• O'NEILL 2nd Lt J later Killed in action 13 Nov 1916. During the Easter Rising The assault on The Daily Express offices was successfully carried out under very heavy fire by a detachment of the 5th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers under Second Lieutenant F. O'Neill. SDGW records him as 5th Battalion but CWGC as 10th Battallion. He was gazetted to 5th and would appear to have been with them on the assault on the Daily Express offices.

Other Ranks

• BURKE 25692 L/ Sergeant Frederick William Robert 10th Battalion died Friday 28 April 1916 age 21 buried Grangegorman Military Cemetery. Shot through the head by a sniper in the Easter rising, son of Major John Burke, DSO, MC, DCM, 62 Grove Avenue, Twickenham. born in Quetta, Baluchistan. living in Gravesend. Taken to Dublin Castle Red Cross Hospital
• BRENNAN 25244 Private Francis A. 10th Battalion. Born Dublin. Enlisted Dublin. Son of C. and E. Brennan, of 24, Ushers Island, Dublin. Died 24th April 1916. Grangegorman Military Cemetery , note he is on the list of wounded, but in fact died 24 April. Taken to Adelaide Hospital
• BYRNE 18259 Private James. Depot Battalion Born Dublin Enlisted Dublin Died 1st May 1916 at Home. Grangegorman Military Cemetery age 19
• COXON 22164 Private Richard 5th Battalion. died 26/04/1916 buried Grangegorman Military Cemetery. Taken to Dublin Castle Red Cross Hospital. Born Durham
• ELLIS 21735 Private Alfred 5th Battalion died 1st May 1916 age 19. Son of Alfred and Sarah Jane Ellis, of Leeds, Yorks. Buried Deans Grange Cemetery, Co Dublin. age 19. Initially reported wounded
• HARE 6745 Sergeant Henry. 5th Battalion died 26 April 1916 age 40 Grangegorman Military Cemetery. Born Dublin, lived in Belfast
• HUMPHREYS 19222 Corporal John William Humfrey 5th Battalion "A" Coy. died 25 April 1916. age 29. buried Grangegorman Military Cemetery. Born at Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Son of Marguerite Elizabeth Warfield (formerly Humphreys), of 13, Swanage Rd., Wandsworth, London, and the late Robert Humphreys. Taken to Mercer’s Hospital
• LUCAS 17687 Private Francis 5th Battalion died 26 April 1916 buried Grangegorman Military Cemetery.Taken to Dublin Castle Red Cross Hospital. Born Leeds
• THOMPSON 24923 Private John A., 10th Battalion, killed on 24th April 1916.l Born Drumany, Macken, Co.Fermanagh. Enlisted in Dublin. Resident in Macken. CWGC gives him as 5th Battalion, SDGW gives 10th Battalion The 5th Battalion were trained into Dublin at 3.45am on Tuesday 25h April, on balance he would appear to have been in 10th battalion to have been killed on 24 April.. Kinawley C of I Graveyard. Enlisted in Enniskillen. Family tradition says that he was on leave from the Western Front and recalled to the colours while in Dublin. Taken to Adelaide Hospital
• WATCHORN 25026 Private Abraham . 5th Battalion elder s. of Abraham Watchorn. of Williamstown, Kathvilly, co. Carlow, Farmer, by his wife. Jane. dau. of George James ; born. Dundrum. co. Dublin. .20 Oct. 1894 : educ. Lisnavagh : was a Farmer ; enlisted 22 Nov. 1915 ; killed in action aged 21on 26 April, 1916. Grangegorman Military Cemetery. Taken to Dublin Castle Red Cross Hospital

Wounded

• 23632 Private W Baird (Dublin)
• Private T Barnes (Dublin) Irish Times 5 May 1916 Dr Steevens Hospital Admitted as Wounded
• Private Michael Burns taken to Meath Hospital (10th Battalion. 25743 Michael Byrne )
• Private D Byrne (Dublin)
• Private H Byrne (Lucan, Dublin)
• Private Francis A Brennan (Dublin) (10th Battalion, RDF later killed 24/04/1916, 25244)
• QMS T Carolan (Sittingbourne)
• Private Patrick Conway (Donnybrook) taken to City of Dublin Hospital
• L/Cpl E Cope (Dublin)
• 25477 L/Cpl Thomas Cox (London) taken to Meath Hospital. He was with 'B' Coy, 10th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Looks like he was wounded in the Thigh and Left Eye? In Meath Aux Hospital, Dublin 24.4.16 to 19.5.16
• Private C Craddock (Clonmel)
• 22959 Private J Campbell (Dublin)
• 25001 Private Joseph Coroner (Dublin) 10th Battalion Enlisted Dublin. Born Dublin. Later killed in action 20th November 1917.
• Cpl M Dolan (Dublin)
• 21735 Private A Ellis (Leeds) In fact down as both injured and killed. London Times 5 June 1916 reports he Died of Wounds
  
• Private J E Healy (Clare)
• Private P Healy (Cork)
• L/Cpl P Herbert (Dublin)
• 25199 L/Cpl M Kerrigan (Leeds)
• Private J Lawlor (Dublin)
• Private R McAlister (Longford)
• Private M McNally (Dublin)
• L/Cpl M Merry (Dublin)
• Lance Corporal M Mullins, gun shot wound in leg taken to Dublin University VAD Hospital
• 25694 L/Cpl M Nolan (Monasterevan)
• Private H Nolan (Manchester)
• 26072 Private William O'Riordan (Cork) 10th Battalion survived the Easter Rising but died 13 Nov 1916 aged 17 and on Thiepval Memorial, Battle of Ancre
• 24943 Private R A Smith (Dromore)
• 23721 L/Cpl M Smuller (Dublin)
• Private R Wheatman (Dublin)
• Private R H Walsh (Dublin)

Easter Rising & Royal Dublin Fusiliers