Lieutenant
John Craig Carlisle
was born at Derryvalley, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan on 16th January 1895 to Samuel Carlisle, Farmer and Margaret Carlisle nee Gillespie. They had married on 26th April 1894 at First Ballybay Presbyterian Church.
In 1901 John (6) is living in house 3,
Derryvalley, Ballybay with his parents and 2 sisters; Eileen (3) and Jane Matilda (1). A servant, Mary McGowan (13) also lives in the property.
On
10th October 1910 John joined Northern Bank at Head Office. Transfers followed to Dromore (1911 - Junior),
Donegall Square (1911 - Junior), Grafton Street (1913 - Junior) and Head Office (1915 - Junior).
Northern Bank, Head Office, Victoria Street, Belfast
Northern Bank, Donegall Square
Northern Bank, Grafton Street, Dublin
In 1911, John (16) was boarding with the Jardine family in house 43,
Church Street, Dromore, Co. Down. His occupation is recorded as a Bank Clerk. John's family still live in Derryvalley and have a new daughter, Dora,
On 20th November 1915 John volunteered and enlisted into the Royal Irish Rifles, then the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps (OTC). John later saw service with the Machine-Gun Corps and was promoted
to Lieutenant.
John was later awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
On 5th October 1918, John married Anna Ferguson of 49 Rathgar Road, Rathgar, Dublin in Rathgar Presbyterian Church. (Source: Genealogy Ireland).
Medal Index Card - John C Carlisle
John was later awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
On 5th October 1918, John married Anna Ferguson of 49 Rathgar Road, Rathgar, Dublin in Rathgar Presbyterian Church. (Source: Genealogy Ireland).
A comment was left in 2017: "Torpedoed! The RMS Leinster Disaster" by Philip Lecane. For further information please contact the author through the website www.rmsleinster.com with individual links:
RMS Leinster was an Irish ship operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. She served as the Kingstown-Holyhead mailboat until she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine SM UB-123, which was under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Robert Ramm, on 10th October 1918, while bound for Holyhead. She went down just outside Dublin Bay at a point 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of the Kish light. (Source: Wikipedia)
Following demobilisation, John resigned from the bank and became an accountant with the Air Ministry (1919).
In 1939, John was living in 42 Woodland Gardens, Hornsey, Middlesex, England. He is recorded as married and a Bank Manager.
Following demobilisation, John resigned from the bank and became an accountant with the Air Ministry (1919).
In 1939, John was living in 42 Woodland Gardens, Hornsey, Middlesex, England. He is recorded as married and a Bank Manager.
John C Carlisle died in late 1966 aged 71 at Hove , Sussex, England.
Probate Record - John C Carlisle
On 5 October 1918, he married Anna Ferguson in Dublin. They both survived the sinking of the RMS Leinster on 10 October. Source: "Torpedoed! The RMS Leinster Disaster" by Philip Lecane. For further information please contact the author through the website www.rmsleinster.com
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