Ref ID: 6624
Name
Samuel Moore Ferris.
Description
Newspaper Photograph of Rifleman Samuel Moore Ferris.
Life Story
Name: Samuel Moore Ferris.
Service Number: 9153.
Rank: Rifleman.
Battalion: 2nd Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles.
Born: 20th March 1874, Derriaghy, Lisburn, County Antrim .
Died: 11th November 1914.
Address: 37 Mayo Street, Belfast
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Samuel Moore Ferris, son of John and Mary Ann Ferris, lived with his wife at 37 Mayo Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
The 1911 Ireland Census had Samuelliving at 23 Mayo Street, Shankill Road, Belfast with his wife Catherine, occupation, Linen Weaver, and son Samuel, aged 9 years. Samuels occupation at this time is given as Fireman On Steam Ship, Unemployed
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Samuel had married Catherine Ferris, Nee Ramsey, on the 1st November 1909 within Saint Luke's Church, Belfast
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Samuel was a member of the Orange Order, St Luke's Defenders L.O.L 1911
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Militia Attestation Papers show Samuel joined the 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles on the 8th March 1889.
On the 22nd March 1890 he was then transferred to the Regular Army, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
Samuel was then transferred to Army Reserves before being Discharged, due to having served his Duration of Engagement.
Samuel reenlisted into the Royal Irish Rifles on the 22nd August 1914.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 9th September 1914.
Samuel was a Rifleman in 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Killed In Action near Gheluvelt, Belgium on the 11th of November 1914 aged 40 years
.
A local newspaper states.
RANK AND FILE CASUALTIES.
Mrs Catherine Ferris, 37 Mayo Street, Belfast, has been notified that her husband, Rifleman Samuel Ferris, 2nd Battalion, R.I.R, was killed in action on 11th November. He was formerly employed on the Queens Island, and although a time expired reservist, he volunteered on the outbreak of the war, and was accepted for his old regiment
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Another states.
Private Samuel Ferris, 37 Mayo Street, Belfast, whose death occurred at Gheluvelt on the 11th ult, was a member of St Luke's Defenders LOL 1911
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Another states that Samuel had fought in the Boar War
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Samuel Soldiers Effects were left to his wife.
A Dependant Pension Application Form shows his wife as claimant and that she now lived at 914 Crumlin Road, Belfast also.
Catherine also signed for his Medals, Memorial Scroll and Plaque.
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Samuel received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star.
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He is Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1914
Classification
Newspaper, , Photograph - Belfast Telegraph, Larne Times
