Ref ID: 6183
Name
Richard Cleland.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Photograph of Richard Cleland.
Life Story
Name: Richard Cleland.
Service Number: 740.
Rank: Private.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regiment: Irish Guards.
Born: County Down.
Died: 1st November 1914.
Address: 115 Riga Street, Belfast
.
Richard Cleland, son of William and Elizabeth Cleland, lived with his wife and child at 115 Riga Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
The 1911 Ireland Census has Richard living at 10 Ulverston Street, Shankill Road, Belfast with his wife Elizabeth and son John. Richards occupation at this time is given as General Labourer
.
Richard had married Elizabeth Cleland, Nee McIlhagga, on the 24th December 1909 within Macrory Memorial Church, Belfast. They went on to have son John on the 9th September 1910
.
He was a member of the Orange Orders Hanover Temperance 842 Loyal Orange Lodge
.
Richard signed the Ulster Covenant on the 28th of September 1912, Ulster Day, within West Belfast Orange Hall
.
Richard joined the Irish Guards.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 2nd September 1914.
Richard was a Private in 1st Battalion Irish Guards when he was Killed In Action At Ypres on the 1st November 1914 aged 37 years
.
A local newspaper states
.
Private R Cleland.
1st Batt Irish Guards, of 115 Riga Street, Belfast, wounded on November 1, and missing since
.
Richards Soldiers Effects were left to his Widow.
Dependant Pension Application Forms also show his Widow as claimant
.
Richard received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star
.
He is Remembered at Oxford Road Cemetery, Belgium.
To Remember Is To Honour
.
Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1915
Classification
Newspaper, , Photograph - Belfast Telegraph
