13th (Service) Battalion, (1st County Down), Royal Irish Rifles.
Formed in County Down in September 1914 from the Down Volunteers.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 541 recorded WW1 deaths for the 13th (Service) Battalion, (1st County Down), Royal Irish Rifles.
HAMILTON, S. Rifleman, 16567. 13th (Service) Battalion, 9(1st County Down), Royal Irish Rifles. Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme, France. 28-06-1916.
SNOOKS, Joseph. Rifleman, 44974. 13th (Service) Battalion, (1st County Down), Royal Irish Rifles. Pond Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 03-06-1917. Age 25. Son of Joseph & Eliza Mary Snooks of Allcroft Road, Kentish Town, London.
WARING, Holt. Major. 13th (Service) Battalion, (1st County Down), On Attachment To :- 12th (Service) Battalion, (Central Antrim), Royal Irish Rifles. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 15-04-1918. Age 41. Husband of Margaret Waring of Waringstown, County Down, Ireland.