Maiden City Great War Roll of Honour Part 26

Scott, Corporal Archibald, 9831

Archibald Scott, 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died at Festubert on May 16, 1915.

He was the son of Archibald and Emily Scott, 66, Fountain Hill, Waterside, Londonderry, and his name is listed on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

His name is also recorded on Glendermott Parish Church World War 1 Memorial, and commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial.

Corporal Scott was one of five brothers who served, the others being Samuel, Charles, David and Gordon.

Samuel was killed at the Somme in July 1916. David, whose wife resided in Coleraine, wrote home to his father, in the same month, stating that he had been wounded for the second time.

Corporal Archibald Scott’s father, Archibald (senior), was a former member of the Londonderry Harbour Police, and an employee for twenty-three years of Messrs. McCully, Waterside.

He was very well known in the city of Londonderry generally, and in the Waterside in particular, and also amongst the farming community in the North West, with whom he had business dealings.

Born in the Ballyarnett district, Archibald (senior) took a very keen interest in cricket, and was an ardent follower of the game in the city of Londonderry.

Sheehan, Private Patrick, 4311

Patrick Sheehan, 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was born at the Longtower, Derry, enlisted at Strabane, and died at Festubert on May 16, 1915. He was the son of Edward Sheehan, 9, Howard Place, Londonderry.

His name is recorded on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, and commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial.

Speers, Private William James, 7181

William James Speers, 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died at Festubert on May 16, 1915. Aged 30, he was the husband of Mary Ann Speers, 19, Main Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and brother of Miss Martha Speers, Cuthbert Street, Waterside, Londonderry. He was also the brother-in-law of Annie R. Deans, Ashcroft Place, Londonderry, and possibly a member of both Clooney Hall Methodist Church and Waterside Presbyterian Church, Londonderry.

His remains are interred in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France, and his name is commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial.

William Speers was called up as a reservist in August 1914.

His name was read out at a memorial service held, in St Columb’s (Church of Ireland) Cathedral, Londonderry, on Sunday, July 30, 1916, to pay homage to the memory of the men of the city of Derry, who had died, or were presumed dead, during the second year of the First World War.

Williamson, Private William, 3677

William Williamson, 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was the son of Henry Williamson, 8, Alma Place, and grandson of Mr William Gallagher, 34, Bishop Street, Londonderry.

He was also a nephew of Robert Gallagher, 2, Victoria Street, and brother of Lily Williamson, 26, Abbey Street, Londonderry.

His name is recorded on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, and commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial.

Private Williamson, who was twenty years of age, had volunteered after the outbreak of the Great War.