Bradbury W Pte 41951 8th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

BRADBURY, WILLIAM, Private, No. 41951, 8th (Service) Battn. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, yst. s. of James Bradbury, of 45, Claughton Drive, Wallasey, Striker at Messrs. Grayson’s, by his wife, Jane, dau. of John Dutton; and brother to Gunner G. Bradbury (q.v.); b. Northwich, 18 May, 1898; educ. Manor Road Schools, Wallasey, and at Poulton, Wallasey; was a Hairdresser; joined the 3rd Cheshire Regt. in April, 1917, subsequently transferring to the 8th Inniskilling Fusiliers; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 27 June following, and died at No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station 17 Aug. of the same year, from wounds received in action the previous day. Buried in Brandhoek Military Cemetery, Poperinghe; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

ARMOUR, JOHN, L.-Corpl., No. 21016, 9th (Service) Battn. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, elder s. of the late John Armour, by his wife, Rachel (32, Skirving Street, Shawlands, Glasgow), dau. of the late David Hannington; b. Glasgow, co. Lanark, 9 Feb. 1893; educ. Provincial Training College there; was an Apprentice Engineer; enlisted in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 13 April, 1915. served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Oct. where he was subsequently employed as a Battalion Scout, and was killed in action by a shell at Huille 15 Oct. 1918. Buried where he fell. His Commanding Office wrote: “Your son was my senior N.C.O. and my right-hand man. We were together in many dangerous places, and his constant courage and cheeriness were of the greatest assistance to me. I myself have lost a friend and helper who cannot be replaced.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Vanrenen A S Lt Col 5th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

VANRENEN, ARTHUR SAUNDERS, Lieut. Col., 5th (Service) Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, eldest surviving s. of the late Gen Donald Campbell Vanrenen, Indian Army, by his wife, Julia (9, Lansdowne Place, Cheltenham), dau. of the late J. S. Sullivan, Bengal Medical Service; b. Meerut, India, 14 Dec. 62; educ. Cheltenham; entered the Militia in 1879; was gazetted Lieut. from it, to the Lincolnshire Regt., 12 May, 1883; and promoted Capt. 23 Dec. 1893 ; served with Malay States Guides, 19 Nov. 1897-1908, being acting Commandant from 1905. He retired from the Lincolnshire Regt. on 3 Jan. 1903, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 offered his services, and was gazetted Major, 7th Battn. of that regt., 23 Sept. following, and Lieut.-Col. commanding 5th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 3 March, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at Kapanya Dagh, 15 Aug. 1915, after the landing at Suvla Bay. He was buried on the hill where the battle took place. He m. at Bruges, Belgium, 28 Oct. 1897, Louisa Frances (Holmhurst, Bideford), dau. of Edwin Empson Isemonger, Colonial Treasurer of the Straits Settlements, and had two children: Esmé Mildred, b. 2 Aug. 1898; and Joyce Marguerite, b. 12 May, 1903.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1