The division served on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War.

company of 16 machine guns, and between March and May 1916 each brigade was also provided with a Trench Mortar (T.M.)

[6] 16th (Irish) Division also provided the Divisional Ammunition Column, two field companies of Royal Engineers and the signal company (Royal Engineer Signals Service).

[1] In February 1918, British[b] divisions on the Western Front were reduced from a 12-battalion to a 9-battalion basis (brigades from four to three battalions).

Units started returning to England on 20 February 1919 and the last had completed the move by 29 April.

He was aged just 18, his birthday being only a month before, and was killed in the 1915 Battle of Loos, yet exactly how he died still remains a mystery even nearly 100 years later.