Historical records matching Rifleman David Drennan
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About Rifleman David Drennan
⚠️ Not to be confused with another elder David Drennan, II in ireland, who married a Jane McKee, had 7-8 children, and later emigrated to Canada⚠️
He was born June 20th, 1879 in Whiteabbey, Northern Ireland, to James Drennan, II & Annie “Eliza” Elizabeth (Hayden) Drennan Eliza (Hayden) Drennan.
He married Hester “Hessie” (Burrows) Drennan - Cooke October 5th, 1899, in Ballysillan Presbyterian Church. They had 4 sons; Alexander Drennan
David Thomas Drennan, II Jr. David Thomas, George “Fella” Drennan, & James Drennan.
He was a well known footballer. He played 13 times in goal for Lindfield FC and had periods with four other top teams. He was a goalkeeper who joined Distillery from Cliftonville Olympic in 1898/99 and made 11 League appearances that season. In August 1899 he joined Cliftonville and later moved on to Linfield.
He enlisted in Belfast, in the 8th/9th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles as a Rifleman and was sent to France on 5th October 1915.
He was killed-in-action, during a WWI gas-attack, on the 1st September, 1916, in Flanders, Belgium. He was 37 years old. He left behind wife & their 4 sons. He is buried in the Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe Cemetery.
Reference:
- Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911; FHL Film Number 255986
- https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_r... No.32
- lisburn-distillery.net Distillery Football Club The Great War Casualties
- Facebook.com Groups: the Belfast streets project 1914-18 Aug 5, 2019 post
- Remembrance Ni, September 1. Roll of Honor: David Drennan, page 8.
(https://remembranceniorg.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/remni-sept-01.pdf)
- IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden. The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France: RATION FARM (LA PLUS DOUVE Annexe) (Comines Warneton) (Hainaut Belgium).
- The War Times Memory Project - The Great War Rflmn. David Drennan British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
- Playing Pasts.co.uk :‘THE PIONEER OF LADIES FOOTBALL IN IRELAND:’ A BRIEF HISTORY OF MRS SCOTT PART ONE (https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/football/the-pioneer-of-lad...) Posted by Alex Jackson | Mar 29, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport
- cwgc.org CommonWealth War Graves (https://www.cwgc.org/umbraco/surface/Pdf/WarDeadCertificate/?id=444984) cws Certificate PDF.
- cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission (https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/44...) .
- IWM - Lives of the First World War -We Remember David Drennan
- facebook.com Tribute To The Brummies Who Served In World War I: Todays Fallen Heros Friday 1 September 1916 (636)(https://www.facebook.com/share/UB2upxR7n6WxkPN3/?mibextid=QwDbR1) post, Aug 31, 2016.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11507124/david-drennan: accessed February 7, 2024), memorial page for Rifleman David Drennan Sr. (–), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11507124, citing Ration Farm La Plus Douve Cemetery Annex, Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium; Originally Created by: International Wargraves Photography Project, Added on Aug 9, 2005; Maintained by ❤ Carole Elizabeth Nurmi Cummings # 47178231 (contributor 47178231).
- WikiTree contributors, "David Drennan (1877-1916)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Drennan-558 : created 24 Mar 2019accessed 09 March 2024).
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