Find your ancestors in Ireland, British Army Officers 1914-1918

What can these records tell me?

This index was obtained through Our Heroes website. Additional information about these records can be found on the source’s website.

Our Heroes website provides photographs and biographical notes of the officers of Irish regiments and the Irish officers of British regiments who were killed in action or who were mentioned for distinguished conduct between August 1914 and July 1916.

Each result will provide you with a transcript of some or all of the following fields:

  • First name(s)
  • Last name
  • Birth year
  • Rank
  • Regiment
  • Year
  • Death date
  • Age at death
  • Killed in action
  • Cemetery
  • Plot reference
  • Notes — this may include details of an individual’s service and next of kin
  • Publication date
  • Portrait — a link to the individual’s portrait on the source’s website
  • Source website link