Search for Ballyclare war heroes continues
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
FOLLOWING a brilliant response after his last appeal a Ballyclare historian is once again appealing for anyone with information regarding a number of local soldiers from the town who fought in the two World War's.
Local man Eddie Beck is compiling information on soldiers from Ballyclare who gave their lives in the war effort and has already gathered a substantial amount of photographs and documentation relating to a large number of the men.
Eddie is hoping to put all his information together and ultimately create a book detailing all the men from the town who gave their lives during the two World War's. Speaking to the Gazette, he said: "The response has been brilliant, I am keen to get some photographs and would love to hear from anyone who has photos or information."
However there is a number of men who Eddie is having trouble tracking down information on. If you are a relation of any of these men or if you have any information, in particular photographs, Eddie is keen to hear from you.
The men Eddie is seeking information on are:
World War 1
Name: Francis Adair, Andrew Adrain ,David Armstrong, G. Ayre, Robert Bill Robert Beattie, James Bell,Thomas Beggs, James Blair, Samuel Busby, William Cassidy, Samuel Calwell, Andrew Carmichael, Philip Corkin, Wm Ernest Albert Clayton
John Coleman, James Davidson, A. Douther, Samuel Easton, William Elliott, James Furniss, James Forsythe , Archibald Galley, Robert Gault, James Harvey, Robert M. Hamill, Richard Hayes, Hugh Henry, John Hill, John Hill, J.S. Hill, Samuel Hill, Alexander Hill, William Holmes, Alexander Jamison, Andrew Johnston, John Jamison, Albert Kennedy, W.J. Kirk, R.J. Laird, James Laird, John Martin, David Mamood, Robert Manson, William Mayne, George Milne , Samuel Blair Milliken, Robert Moore, David McCalmont, Robert McAuley , Allan John McClellan, James McClintock, William Hugh McClelland Bertie McCrea, Thomas Whyte, Robert Henry Wilson, Thomas Wright, W.J. Wright, Millar McGuigan , Samuel McGuigan, Thomas J. McGookin, George McKinney, Daniel McKenzie, Thomas/Robert McNeilly, Joseph Neeson, John Nevin, Albert Porter, Samuel Robinson, James Alex Surgeoner, Jackson B. Surgeoner
A.T. Sempey, James Sempey, Samuel Simms, C. Todd (Doagh), Robert Todd, Thomas Todd, John Taylor, R. Turkington, Joseph Patterson Taylor
William Woods O'Neill, George Waddell, Walter Henry Walsh, Samuel Whelan, Robert White,
WW2
John Barbour, John Erskine, James Fee , William Hugh Grange, Edward Girvan, Lawrence Gilmore, Samuel Heron, James Jackson, Henry McAuley , David Alex McCluney, William Hugh Jackson , Nathaniel McGrady, John McGarvey, Samuel McKeever, James Gilmore Scott, William John Hunter, Robert Shannon, Hugh McMurray Snoddon
George Williamson,
If you have anything relating to any of the above men, especially photographs, please contact the Ballyclare Gazette on 02893 352967 and we will pass your details on.
