Bitter Fighting for Battle of Ypres
"The Last Flight of Werner Voss"
by Michel Turner

 

"The First World War" 1914 -1918 In Paris in 1928, Marshal Foch wrote:- "The heroic dead of Ireland have every right to the homage of the living; for they proved in some of the heaviest fighting of the World War that the unconquerable spirit of the Irish race ... the spirit that has placed them among the world's greatest soldiers ... still lives, and is stronger than it ever was. "I had occasion to put to the test the valour of the Irishmen serving in France, and whether they were Irishmen from the North or South, or from one party or another, they did not fail me. "Some of the hardest fighting in those terrible days that followed the last offensive of the Germans fell to the Irishmen, and some of their special regiments had to endure ordeals that might justly have taxed to breaking point the capacity of the finest troops in the world. "Never once did the Irish fail me in those terrible days. On the Somme, in 1916, I saw the heroism of the North and South, and arrived on the Scene shortly after the death of that very gallant Irish gentleman, Major William Redmond. I saw Irishmen of the North and South forget their age-long differences and fight side by side, giving their lives freely for the common cause. "In war there are times when the necessity for yielding up one's life in the most urgent duty of the moment, and there were many such moments in our long drawn out struggle. Those Irish heroes gave their lives freely, and, in honouring them on Sunday, I hope we shall not allow our grief to let us forget our pride in the glorious heroism of those men. "They have left to those who came after a glorious heritage and an inspiration to duty that will live long after their names are forgotten."    Click Here for a list of 518 Doyles Killed during the First World War in the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and Rhodesian Service From the database of The British Commonwealth War Graves Commission . First World War 15 Doyles Killed in American Service   Date killed Name Rank Unit State  02 Nov 1918 Alfred B. Doyle Private 327 Infantry Regt 82nd Divison NY 02 Oct 1918 Arthur L. Doyle Private 2 Field Signal Bn 1st Division MO 25 Oct 1918 Daniel W. Doyle Private 7th Infantry Regt 3rd Division NY 28 Sep 1918 Delta Doyle Corporal 139th Infantry Regt 35th Division WA 07 Sep 1918 Edward Doyle Corporal 111th Infantry Regt 28th Division PA 30 Sep 1918 Edward Doyle Private 112th Infantry Regt 28th Division Idaho 23 Oct 1918 Edward J. Doyle Mec 312th Infantry Regt 78th Division NY 26 Sep 1918 Gilbert J. Doyle Seaman USCGC Tampa NY 05 Oct 1918 Herbert P. Doyle 1st Lieutenant 90th Division Ohio 12 Oct 1918 James L. Doyle Private 114th Infantry Regt 29th Division Okla 01 Jan 1919 Joseph J. Doyle Private 102 Field Artillery 26th Division NY 02 Sep 1918 Leroy A. Doyle Private 106th Infantry Regt 27th Division NY 29 Sep 1918 Martin J. Doyle Sergeant 301 Tank Battalion MD 26 Sep 1918 Richard J. Doyle Private 109th Infantry Regt 28th Division Mass 28 Jul 1918 William J. Doyle Private 165th Infantry Regt 42nd Division NY The Battle of Coronel 1916-1922 (cont)    Invitation To send in details of DOYLE men and women who have been killed at war, for inclusion in the Doyle Roll of Honour. Please contact us by e-mail! .