Irish Methodist ministers who served in World War 1

Irish Methodist ministers who volunteered to act as Chaplains to the Forces during the First World War:

Rev Frank Bennett
Rev John A Boullier (Initially called up as reservist in July 1914; Commissioned as Chaplain in February 1916; Invalided as unfit for further Service in 1918)
Rev William T Brownlee
Rev John W Carrothers
Rev John J Daly (Mentioned in Dispatches)
Rev Ernest J F Elliott (Senior Chaplain to forces in Italy)
Rev Ernest C Gimblett (Wounded in battle)
Rev Alfred Harbinson
Rev Albert S Hullah (Awarded the Military Cross)
Rev W Johnstone Hunter
Rev J Dwyer Kelly (Mentioned in Dispatches; Asst Principal Chaplain – Irish Command)
Rev Robert T Kerr
Rev Henry G Martin
Rev William R Martin
Rev William Meara (whose ministry was largely in South Africa)
Rev William P Moran
Rev B Brooke Morton
Rev James H Munro (Asst Principal Chaplain to forces in Egypt)
Rev W Jasper Robinson (Mentioned in Dispatches)
Rev John Sanderson
Rev Richard R Sayers
Rev James Smyth (Canadian Army Chaplain)
Rev John N Spence
Rev Robert H Spence (Mentioned in Dispatches)

In addition some served in other capacities:

Rev Robert J Black (Royal Army Medical Corps)
Rev William H Green (Officer of British Expeditionary Force in France)
Rev Walter Hill (Royal Army Medical Corps)
Rev Richard A Lockhart (Army)
Rev Robert G McDonagh (Royal Flying Corps cadet)
Rev Samuel T Nelson (RAF motor cyclist)

Rev Hugh Hetherington who was stationed Clones in 1911 and then emigrated to Canada was killed in action in France in 1916.

Rev Henry Smyth (who did not enter the ministry until 1924) served for 5 years. He was awarded the Military Medal in 1916 and was promoted to 2nd Lieut. in 1918.