Hi Everyone,
Just to close this off, Joseph Clynch was one of the 28 men noted in the War Diary mentioned above and on my web site at the above link. They had just pulled back from the line for rest and were in billets when a stray shell hit them. The shell landed in a courtyard and caused a lot of casualties, of the 40 men wounded two, Joseph being but one, he died of his wounds the same day.
He actually enlisted between the 30th Sep 1915 and 2nd Oct 1915, I can't be more precise than that. I'd also say with some measure of accuracy that he enlisted in Dublin, however as there were several recruiting stations in use it's also possible that he went to the Curragh and enlisted there.
I have another note in my records for him, that I found several years ago, now long since removed from the web. This was posted on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 as part of the
www.eirecon.net site. Who the author was was not recorded, I've saved the web page so can forward this if you want it.
I’VE written about a few war heroes in the past and here’s another pair I’ve come across and men I’d like to hear more about.
They were both Balbriggan men and died taking part in the Battle of CambraI, which ran from late 1917, right to the end of 1918.
Private Joseph Clinch, a member of the South Irish Horse, was injured in December 1917 during the course of the battle and died later from his wounds.
On September 27, 1918, the fight was going on and Lieut Ernest Dennis Ellis, son of Balbriggan Town Commissioner David Ellis and his wife Annie of ‘Holmsdale’ Balbriggan, was leading his company across the Canal Du Nord when he was struck and killed.
He was a member of the 4th Bn, formerly the 10th Bn of the Bedfordshire Regiment. He was 25.
Note the change of name, in the 1901 census the family use CLYNCH and in 1911 CLINCH, though as far as the British Army was concerned it was CLYNCH, you choose.
Any other questions re the SIH or this man use the email access via my web site.
All the best
Doug
www.southirishhorse.com
