My thanks to Gerry Chester for generously sharing his wealth of First World War North Irish Horse material. This site is intended as a complement to his own www.northirishhorse.net, which covers a much broader timespan, particularly his own experiences in WWII.

Thanks are also due to Hugh Vaugh, for his helpful advice, and for photographing all of the North Irish Horse diaries held in the National Archives in Kew. The Unit diary transcriptions provided on this site would not have been possible without his assistance.

Doug Vaugh's South Irish Horse website has also been a valuable guide.

The following people kindly provided the images and information listed against their names. My sincere thanks for their generosity:

Pierre Vandervelden - images of Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery, Awoingt British Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Communal Cemetery, Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Caudry British Cemetery, Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Dourlers Communal Cemetery Extension, Forest Communal Cemetery, Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Hautmont Communal Cemetery, Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Hinges Military Cemetery, Le Capelle-en-Thierache Communal Cemetery, Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Loos Memorial, Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Queens Cemetery, Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Varennes Military Cemetery, Villers Station Cemetery, Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Warcoing Churchyard and Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery. See his website at www.inmemories.com.

Richard Evans - images of Ancre British Cemetery, Arneke British Cemetery, Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Etaples Military Cemetery, Fienvillers British Cemetery, Fins New British Cemetery, Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Ham British Cemetery, Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Ovillers Military Cemetery, Queens Cemetery, Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, St Aubert British Cemetery, Gwalia Cemetery, Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery and Varennes Military Cemetery; the graves of Lance Corporal McSparron, Troopers McArow and Huggins, Privates Blair, Gill, Kelly, Ross, Stuart, Thomson, Woodside, Livingstone, Magill, McClelland, Murray, and Bryson, Riflemen Gibson, Nixon and Hall; and the memorials for 2nd Lieutenants Lyons and Moore, Lance Corporal Govan, Riflemen Barr and Johnston, and Private Watt. Some of these are from his website Nelson, Glamorgan and the Great War http://www.nelson-ww1-memorial.org.uk; others he was kind enough to take for me on a recent trip to the Somme.

Pieter van Elteren - images of Croisilles British Cemetery, Roye New British Cemetery, Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Bois-Grenier Communal Cemetery, Loos Memorial and Dud Corner Cemetery, Ham British Cemetery, Hautmont Communal Cemetery, Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Hinges Military Cemetery, Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Villers Station Cemetery and Toutencourt Communal Cemetery, from his website traces of a war http://www.peterswar.net

Bracken Anderson - his pencil sketch and watercolour of a mounted North Irish Horseman and a North Irish Horse cyclist.

Mrs Dorothy Harcourt - pictures of some of her family, the Dundee brothers, who served with the North Irish Horse in the First World War.

Len Kinley - pictures from his fascinating Down Memory Lane website http://www.downmemorylane.me.uk.

Pat Gore - a picture of his uncle, Private James Wilson.

Alan Curragh - information on the life of Captain Despard, from his website Inst in the Great War: The Fallen of RBAI http://www.instgreatwar.com

Olive Nelson - a number of photographs and letters from her Grandfather, Sergeant William (Willie) Lockhart of the North Irish Horse and Royal Irish Fusiliers.

John Adams - a letter home from Sergeant William Lockhart, a prisoner of war, from his website Letters from the Front: My Grandfather’s Letters 1915-1918 http://www.johnadams.org.uk/letters.

Jerry Murland - recollections of George Dixon of C Squadron, Northamptonshire Yeomanry, and a picture of Captain Murland.

Simon Godly - images of a number of cemeteries from his First World War website at http://www.webmatters.net.

Patrick John Quinn - image of Terlincthun British Cemetery.

Kieran Campbell - images of Ballybay First Presbyterian Church and the graves of Privates Mills and Shiels.

Brian Shaw - images of Annahilt Presbyterian Churchyard, Derriaghy Christ Church Churchyard and Private Evans' gravesite.

Mark Thompson - image of Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.

Elizabeth Santillana Luna - image of the stained glass window in Belfast City Hall.

Kevin McFarlane - images of Bethune Town Cemetery and La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial.

Alan Sawyer - images of Grand Seraucourt British Cemetery.

Peter Mattock - image of Vis-en-Artois Memorial and Cemetery.

Andy Bailey - image of Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension.

David Spender - images of Netley Military Cemetery.

Raymond Okonski - an image of Drumcree Church of Ireland.

Mary ('Calypso Orchid') via Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/msanseve - image of Haringhe Bandaghem Military Cemetery.

Ben Hatherell - images of Grevillers British Cemetery.

The Reverend David Humphries - images of Shawbury (St Mary's) Churchyard, and the grave of Captain Saunderson.

Faisal Jamil - images of Rawalpindi War Cemetery.

Jo Michell - images of Beirut War Cemetery.

Wolfgang Paland - images of Niederzwehren Cemetery.

Helen Romberg - image of Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery.

Jean-Michel Dominique - image of Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery.

Fouad Otaki - image of Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery.