16th (Service) Battalion, (2nd County Down) (Pioneers), Royal Irish Rifles.
Formed at Lurgan in September 1914 from the Down Volunteers.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 181 recorded WW1 deaths for the 16th (Service) Battalion, (2nd County Down) (Pioneers).
McCONNELL, W. Lance Corporal, 262. 16th (Service) Battalion, (2nd County Down) (Pioneers), Royal Irish Rifles. Hermies British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 02-12-1917.