Morrow, Lewis Hamilton

Private Lewis Hamilton Morrow

was born at 'Glenavon', Ballydologhan (?), Lisburn on 2nd January 1891 to John Morrow, Farmer and Annie Morrow nee Swaney. The birth registration only states Lewis Morrow.

In 1901, Lewis (10) is living in house 5, Upper Crescent, Belfast with his parents and 7 siblings; Elizabeth (19), Margaret (13), Sarah (17), Annie (21), Robert (23), Thomas (25) and John (15). A servant, Catherine Mills is also living in the house. John Morrow is now recorded as a Shipping Agent.

Lewis joined Northern Bank on 20th July 1908 at Head Office.

Northern Bank, Head Office, Victoria Street, Belfast

Transfers follow with Ballymena (1908 - Junior), Head Office (1909 - Junior), Armagh (1909 - Junior) and Clones (1911 - Junior).  

Northern Bank, Ballymena branch

Northern Bank, Armagh branch

Northern Bank, Clones branch

By 1911, Lewis is boarding in house 39, Whitehall, Clones Upper, Co. Monaghan with the Wiggins family. He is recorded as a Bank Clerk and now has the additional first name of Hamilton. 

On ‘Ulster Day’, Saturday, 28th September 1912, a Lewis Morrow signed the Ulster Covenant at Clones Orange Hall.

Lewis volunteered and enlisted into the Public School Corps, 9th Bn. Royal Fusiliers with Service Number PS/6056 on 11th January 1915. His address on the army form is recorded as Holmside, (Belmont), Strandtown, Belfast.

L H Morrow, Service Record (page 1 of 6 held)

L H Morrow - Medal Index Card

Lewis' first theatre of war is recorded as France and Flanders from 14th November 1915. He saw service at the Somme in 1916 (Beaumont-Hamel) and in Arras 1917. Lewis received 3 gunshot wounds in separate incidents injuring his knee, arm and face. He was later to be transferred to the 18th Bn. Royal Fusiliers.

Demobilisation came on 12th December 1917 when he was invalided out. Lewis was awarded the Silver War Badge (Number 287714) in respect of his injuries.

L H Hamilton - Silver War Badge

Lewis was awarded the 1915 Star, the British Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

L H Morrow - Medal Rolls

Lewis was entitled to a pension as a result of his injuries. The card records 'blindness in left eye'.

L H Morrow - Pension Record Cards

Lewis Morrow married Isabella (Zella) Lockhart Tennant at Galway Presbyterian Church on 18th October 1920.

L H Morrow - Marriage Registration

Their wedding was later reported in the Irish Society (Dublin) publication in their 'Fashionable Marriages' page of 25th December 1920.

Irish Society (Dublin) publication

Following demobilisation, Lewis re-joined the Bank at Head Office on 2nd January 1918. Transfers followed with Clones (1918 - Cashier), Head Office (1918 - Cashier), Portaferry (1918 - Cashier), Newtownstewart (1920 - Manager), Ballynahinch (1926 - Manager), Raphoe (1930 - Manager), Irvinestown (1933 - Manager) and Randalstown (1940 - Manager).

Northern Bank, Clones branch

Northern Bank, Ballynahinch branch (3 storey building)

Northern Bank, Newtownstewart branch

Northern Bank, Randalstown branch

The 'Derry Journal' of 5th October 1931 reported in its Raphoe News column that:

Lewis Morrow retired from the bank on 30th November 1949.

This Pension Card (below) dated 11th April 1984 records Lewis Morrow as dying on 24th April 1978.

L H Morrow - Pension Card

Moore, William Robert

2nd Lieutenant William Robert Moore

 
was born in Glengormley on 28th March 1890 to William Moore and Lily Moore. 

In 1901 William (11) was living in house 12, Chestnut Gardens, Clifton Ward, Belfast with his parents and sister, Susan Campbell Moore (14).

William joined Northern Bank on 2nd April 1906 at Head Office. 

Northern Bank, Head Office, Victoria Street, Belfast

In 1911, William was living in house 23, Alliance Avenue, Clifton Ward, Belfast with his parents and sister. His occupation is recorded as a Bank Clerk. 

Transfers followed with Royal Avenue (1911 - Junior), Head Office (1914 - Junior), Southern (1914 - Cashier), Skerries (1915 - Cashier) and Grafton Street (1917 - Cashier).

Northern Bank, Royal Avenue branch

Northern Bank, Grafton Street branch, Dublin (tall chimney's)

Whilst in Grafton Street, aged 28, William volunteered and enlisted on 22nd April 1918 into the Dublin University Officer Training Corps (OTC) as a Cadet. He served with the 17th Officer Cadet Bn. at Rhyl, Cotford, Catterick before being gazetted as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Fusiliers.

On 27th July 1918 William Moore, Cadet, OTC married Gladys Kathleen Irvine at Rathfarnham Church of Ireland. 

Following demobilisation in 1919, William re-joined the Northern Bank on 19th March 1919 at Grafton Street (Teller). Transfers followed to Ball’s Branch (1921 - Accountant), Kingscourt (1922 - Manager), Clones (1925 - Manager), Ballynafeigh (1931 - Manager) and Markets – Manager (1945 - Manager).

Northern Bank, Ball's branch, Dublin

Northern Bank, Clones branch

Northern Bank, Markets branch, Victoria Street, Belfast

 

The Staff Magazine ‘The Link (Summer 1986)’ contains a photograph of William Moore in a 1936 Northern Bank Staff Golf outing.

Jenkins, Thomas Richard

Lieutenant Thomas Richard Jenkins

was born in Oldcastle on 5th December 1893 to Thomas F Jenkins, Clerk of Sessions and Mary E Jenkins nee O'Neill. They had married on 9th November 1887 at Loughcrew Church of Ireland, Oldcastle, Co. Meath.

In 1901, Thomas (7) was living in house 94, Oldcastle, Co. Meath with his parents and 5 siblings, Freddie W (12), Ethel (11), John O (8), Albert V (5) and George A (4). An aunt, Frances Jenkins, a cousin, Ida Gillespie and 2 servants, John Sheridan and Mary Anne Garry were also present in the house.

By 1911, Thomas was living in house 1, Rahaghy, Moylagh, Co. Meath with his mother, aunt, cousin and 4 siblings, Ethel, Albert Victor, George Arthur and Violet May. A servant, John McCormack was also present.

On 6th April 1911, Thomas joined Northern Bank in Head Office.

Northern Bank Head Office, Victoria Street, Belfast

Transfers followed with Dromore (1911 - Junior), Bailieborough (1912 - Junior) and Ball’s Branch, Dublin (1914 - Junior).

Cheque drawn on Northern Bank, Dromore branch

Whilst he was working in Ball’s Branch on 22nd October 1914, Thomas, aged 20, enlisted into the Royal Dublin Fusiliers as a Private with Service Number 15826. He was gazetted as 2nd Lieutenant in June 1917 and later promoted to Lieutenant in January 1919 with the Durham Light Infantry. 

His first theatre of war is recorded as the Balkans from 9th August 1915. This would have been the Gallipoli Campaign and the subsequent campaign against the Bulgarians in Salonika.

T R Jenkins - Medal Index Card

On 14th February 1919, Jenkins transferred to the Military Accountancy Department, India. 

Demobilisation came in December 1919. He was awarded the 1915 Star, the British Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

Following demobilisation, Jenkins re-joined the Northern Bank on 21st January 1920 at Head Office. Transfers followed with Ball’s Branch (1920 - Accountant & then Paying Teller).

Thomas left the bank on 25th June 1926 and emigrated to Canada in 1927.

He died on 28th April 1951 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is buried in the Mountainview Cemetery with his wife Emma.

Thomas Jenkins was commemorated in a Gallipoli Centenary event at the Northern Banking Company exhibit, Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra in April 2015.

Johnston, John

Corporal John Johnston

was born in Antrim according to the 1911 Irish Census record. Irish Genealogy website records 2 x John Johnston's born in Antrim in 1877.

John joined the Northern Bank in 1904. 

In 1911, John Johnston (35) is living in house 14.2 Donegall Square West, St. Anne’s Ward, Belfast. He is described as a Bank Caretaker and is a widower. 

It is possible that John was the caretaker at the time of the accident to the branch manager when W A Taylor fell down the lift shaft and was killed in 1910.

Northern Bank Company, Donegall Square

John was based in Donegall Square when he enlisted into the 14th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles as a Private with Service Number 16355. He was later to serve with the 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers (Service Number 1855) and the 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment (Service Number 4275). His Medal Index Card gives his rank as Corporal.

John Johnston - Medal Index Card

John saw action at the Somme 1916 (Thiepval), Messines 1917, Nieppe Forest, River Lys, Escaut 1918 and the Allied Advance 1918. He received 3 gunshot wounds in separate incidents. 

Demobilisation came in February 1919.

John Johnston was awarded the 1914/15 Star, the British Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

John Johnston - Medal Roll

Hunter, Arthur

Sergeant Arthur Patrick Hunter

was born at The Diamond, Ballycastle on 11th July 1881, the son of Robert Hunter, Publican and Margaret Ann Hunter nee McCotter. They had married on 6th March 1888 at Maghera Presbyterian Church.

Arthur joined Northern Bank in 1897.

In 1901, Arthur was boarding with the Moore family (Jane, Annie & Jeannie) in house 9, Lisburn Street, Hillsborough, Co. Down. His occupation is recorded as a Bank Clerk.  

By 1911, Arthur was living in house 67, Beechwood Avenue, Londonderry, Co. Londonderry with his wife, Mabel and son, William Kenneth (1). His occupation is recorded as a Bank Cashier. A nurse domestic servant, Margery Murray is also present in the house. 

Arthur may have been working in the Londonderry branch

Arthur was based in Head Office when he enlisted into the 8th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles with Service Number 8/14801 as a Private.  

Arthur Hunter - Medal Index Card

His first theatre of war is recorded as France from 5th October 1915. He transferred into the 16th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles & 13th Bn Royal Irish Rifles and was later promoted to Sergeant. 

Arthur saw action at the Somme 1916 (Thiepval), Messines 1917, Ypres 1917 and the German Retreat (Courtrai) 1918. He was injured and suffered a gunshot wound. Demobilisation came in February 1919. 

Arthur was awarded the 1915 Star, the British Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

Arthur Hunter - Medal Roll

Anderson, Norman Alexander

Private Norman Alexander Anderson

was born at Queen Street, Coleraine on 27th July 1914 to Archie Anderson, Fowl Dealer and Penelope Anderson nee Elliott. They had married on 7th February 1899 at St. Anne's Parish Church, Belfast.

3 years before, in 1911 the family were living in house number 12, New Market Street, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry. Norman's parents, 6 elder siblings and 2 boarders were in the house. The children were James (12), Elizabeth (8), Archie (6), Alice (4), Florence B (2) & John Noel (0). The boarders were William Maxwell and William Wallace.

Following his education at Coleraine Academy and Garvery College, Belfast, Norman joined Northern Bank on 1st March 1935 at Head Office and then Newry (1935 - Relief). Transfers followed to Head Office (1938 - Relief, Letter Dept. & Chief Cashiers) and Connswater (1939 - Junior).

In June 1940 he was granted permission to enlist. On 31st October 1940, Norman was ‘Called up for Active Service’ and joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers with Service Number 6984621. He was serving with the 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry as a Private when he went missing on 8^th February 1944. 

The Londonderry Sentinel of 14th March 1944 reported Norman Anderson as 'missing'.

N A Anderson - Londonderry Sentinel, 14th March 1944

[Newspaper cutting courtesy of Nigel Henderson]

A certificate was issued by the War Office on 14th October 1946 confirming his date of death as 8th February 1944. 

Norman Anderson is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial, Italy and on the family headstone.

Family headstone, Agherton Cemetery, Portstewart
[Courtesy of Nigel Henderson]

Cassino Memorial, Italy