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Samuel  Cordner cap badgeRifleman Samuel Cordner

2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Service No: 6283

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Personal details

Family Information

Son of George and Annie Cordner of Lisburn, Co. Antrim. Husband of Jeanie Thomson Cordner (29/08/1889 - ) of 38c Ronald St, Coatbridge. Father of 3 children - George born 21/05/1911, Mary born 23/04/1913 and William born 20/11/1916. Samuel's older brother Rifleman George Cordner (17478) of the 11th (Service) Battalion (South Antrim) Royal Irish Rifles died on the 16/02/1917 and is buried at home in the Lisburn Cemetery. He is NOT on the Coatbridge Memorial. Samuel's wife Jeanie lost her brother in 1916. From the 1901 Ireland Census - Address - 10 Canal St, Lisburn - George Cordner aged 54, Annie Cordner aged 54, Rosena Cordner aged 18, James Cordner aged 22, George Cordner aged 20, Samuel Cordner aged 14. Samuel's Pension was awarded to his wife Jeanie on the 12/03/1919. Samuel's 3 children are also listed. Jeannie remarried and became Mrs Jeannie McNeill of Main St, Chapelhall, Airdrie. His brother George's Pension was claimed by his mother Annie of 19 Gregg St, Lisburn, Co. Antrim but was refused. Record states refusal was because George was 'Killed whilst not on military duty'.

Born / Resided

Lisburn, Co. Antrim / 38c Ronald St, Coatbridge.

Died

Killed in Action on the 18/08/1918 at the Left Brigade Front Line Sector at the Advance in Flanders

Enlisted

Coatbridge 06/10/1915

Employed

Locomotive Stoker, Summerlee, Coatbridge.

Age

31

Buried / Remembered

Bertenacre Military Cemetery (I. D. 10), Nord, France.

Cemetery / Memorial Information

The cemetery was made by French troops (as the Cemetery "du Calvaire de Bertenacre", from the crucifix on the main road), and used in July-September, 1918, after the Battles of the Lys, by the 36th (Ulster) Division. After the Armistice the 115 French and two German graves were removed, and British graves were brought in from the following cemetery:- ROYAL WEST SURREY CEMETERY, Fletre, was about 460 metres to the South-East. It contained the graves of 42 soldiers from the United Kingdom killed in an enemy air raid on the 18th August, 1917 (of whom 38 belonged to the 10th Queen's), and one Canadian soldier who fell in June, 1918. There are now nearly 150, 1914-18 and over 30, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. One grave from the 1914-18 War, destroyed by shell fire, is represented by a special memorial.

Additional Information

The Battalion arrived at Rouen on the 14/08/1914 and were part of the 107th Brigade, 36th (Ulster) Division. Samuel arrived in France on the 06/10/1915. He was Killed in Action on the opening day of the Advance in Flanders, 18th August - 6th September 1918 : Second and Fifth Armies begin operations in the Lys valley, recapturing the ground lost in April 1918. On the 09/08/1918 the Battalion were based at La Manche Copse. They held the support line from Fontaine Rock on the right to Ermitage on the left. On the 18/08/1918 (the day Samuel fell) the Battalion were holding the front line at the left brigade sector. On this date the line was heavily shelled. SEE PHOTOS x 12 FOR THE BATTALION WAR DIARY JUNE - AUGUST 1918, PHOTOS x 8 FOR THE 36th (ULSTER) DIVISION BOOK JULY - AUGUST 1918, PHOTOS x 6 ON THE 9 MEN OF THE 36th (ULSTER) DIVISION AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FROM 1916 - 1918 and a PHOTO OF THE MEMORIAL TO THE 36th (ULSTER) DIVISION AT THIEPVAL (from the Divisions book). Samuel is listed as PRIVATE and CORDINER on the Coatbridge Memorial. Samuel is also listed as CORDINER on his Headstone and Medal Index Card. This is incorrect. The family name is CORDNER. See photos for Captain Bally's letter to Samuel's wife. Samuel and his brother George are both listed on the Lisburn War Memorial (see photos). Grave photo donated by Mick McCann at the britishwargraves.co.uk. Huge thanks to my good friend Mark Gallaher who took the Lisburn War Memorial photos. See photos for Samuel's Medal Index Card, his name on the Ireland Casualties WW1, his Headstone Report, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, Lisburn War Memorial, the brothers names on the Lisburn War Memorial, the family listed on the 1901 Ireland Census, Bertenacre Military Cemetery. Also see photos for Samuel's brother George's Grave, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his name on the Ireland Casualties WW1, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report, on behalf of both brothers the Royal Irish Rifles Cap Badge, Samuel's Pension Records x 4 and his brother George's Pension Records x 3. Finally, see photos for Newspaper clippings from the Coatbridge Express 02/10/1918 x 2 and the 36th (Ulster) Division Order of Battle x 14 (the Division Samuel was with when he fell).

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War Diaries

The battalion War Diary is available on the National Archives website.

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