High School Dublin War Stories

Louis Barron and his pals from the 7th Battalion Border Regiment Colourized by D. Curran, 4th Year HSD Some sixty-nine past pupils...

“ The company of which your son was in went forward with magnificent dash…he was gallant soldier, who has won the respect of all his br...

Capt. William Oswald Halpin William Oswald had a slightly older brother, George. They both became doctors. George went to London for fu...

Capt Charles Henry Alexander “We were all very proud of your gallant son, for on many occasions he had distinguished himself by brave, c...

Lieutenant Henry McDonnell Anderson was awarded a Military Cross for bravery. Death: May 30, 1918 Note: Lieutenant, D Coy, 5th Battalion, N...

     ' Letters from his comrades are unanimous in extolling his bravery...' 14789 Private Walter D'Ancie APPLEYARD. Born ...

Source: The Pals of Suvla Bay by  Henry Hanna Albert Henry Bailey was born in Dublin in 1885, the youngest son of Alexander and Anna B...

Louis Barron was born on Christmas Eve, in 1888.  He was a pupil at The High School, Harcourt Street, from 1899- 1905.  Some eleven yea...

Source: Tom Burnell, Newspaper Obituary Capt. Launcelot Myles Bayly MC 3rd Batt Royal Irish Rifles, died of wounds 22nd October 1918 in ...

Photo Source: FindAGrave.com Taken from The High School Newsletter, The Erasmian Obituary, December 1918. 'Wm. Francis Benson, Su...

James Black BLACK, JAMES Rank: Second Lieutenant Date of Death: 19/08/1917 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Bor...

John Black, born 23rd August, 1891, and a pupil at The High School from 1903-1906, and had an address in Inchicore, Dublin.

Private William Buckley  Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Regiment. Unit: 7th Battalion. He was previously with the South ...

Burns: School photo Form VI,  Nov 1912* Lieutenant Percival Fossey Thackaberry Burns was just 22 years old when he died. Second Lieut...

Charles Sells Burrows was born on 14th November, 1884.  He was a pupil at High School from 1895 to 1903.  He was awarded the Military Cros...

The Erasmian June 1918 WAR NEWS. 'WE very much regret to announce the death of two more Old Boys who have fallen in France. Li...

By kind permission of the Carter-Webb Family Lieutenant Desmond Patrick Webb Carter was born in 1897 and was a pupil in The High School ...

"He was through the Gallipoli campaign and afterwards in the Balkans. His sad death occurred while out on night work in the hills of...

George Robert Cross died just 6 weeks before the end of the war.  He was just 25 years of age.   Captain Cross was in the Army Service...

Captain Herbert Charles Crozier Bertie (Herbert) Crozier was a career soldier.  According to his niece, his father was the cavalry vet f...