Power - Siege at jadotville: the irish armys forgotten battle

A Company Roll

A COMPANY ROLL WITH ATTACHED PERSONNEL

(while at Jadotville and later in captivity as per Red Cross listing)

RANK and NAME APPOINTMENT D.O.B

OFFICERS AND SENIOR NCOS A Company 35 Battalion

Comdt Patrick Joseph Quinlan Company Commander 23.1.19

Comdt Joseph Patrick Clune Doctor 22.3.27

Capt Dermot Byrne Second in Command 4.12.23

Capt William (Liam) Donnelly Platoon Commander 5.12.28

Capt Thomas McGuinn Platoon Commander 15.3.18

Lt William Noel Carey Platoon Commander 2.1.36

Lt Joseph Anthony Oliver Leech Platoon Commander 29.5.33

Lt Thomas Quinlan Platoon Commander 24.1.34

Lt Kevin Paschal Knightly Armoured Car Det Commander 27.10.32

Fr Thomas Fagan Chaplain 18.9.18

C/S John Prendergast Company Sergeant 2.2.15

CQMS Patrick Neville Quartermaster Sergeant 24.11.18

ATTACHED SWEDISH PERSONNEL

2/Lt R. Larse Fromberg Swedish Liaison Officer 25.11.26

W/Officer Eric O. Thors Helicopter Co-Pilot 21.8.36

ATTACHED NORWEGIAN PERSONNEL

Lt Bjhrne Hovden Helicopter Pilot 17.2.22

ATTACHED UN CIVILIAN PERSONNEL

Mr Michael Nolan (Irish) UN Civil Affairs 10.2.08

Officer and Interpreter

NCOs AND MEN A Company 35 Battalion

Corporal William Allen 28.9.25

Private Gerald Battles 5.8.42

Private Francis Leo Boland 18.4.39

Private Joseph Daniel Bracken 6.10.41

Private Robert Laurence Bradley 30.8.38

Corporal Colm Brannigan 5.1.40

Private Michael Gerrard Brennan 17.10.39

Private John Broderick 21.7.41

Private Michael Broderick 21.5.43

Corporal Patrick Bourke 26.2.39

Private James Byrne 13.8.30

Private Patrick Conlon 12.3.40

Private Desmond Connolly 23.4.33

Private John Conway 9.7.41

Private Charles John Cooley 16.6.42

Sergeant Geoffrey Patrick Cuffe 22.6.34

Gunner Thomas Cunningham 14.3.39

Private Patrick Delaney 18.5.42

Private Albert Arthur Dell 20.2.25

Corporal James Dempsey 1.10.34

Corporal John Oliver Devine 9.7.38

Sergeant Henry Dixon 30.9.24

Corporal John Donnelly 10.3.39

Private Patrick Donnelly 3.12.41

Private John Joseph Dowler 10.6.41

Private Joseph Duff 12.6.24

Private Patrick Duffy 17.12.19

Private William George Duffy 4.5.38

Private Maurice Doyle 18.9.41

Private John Dreelin 4.4.43

Private Patrick Dunleavy 11.4.42

Private Anthony Dykes 12.11.41

Private James William Feery 11.7.40

Private Simon James Finlass 9.10.37

Private Dominic Flaherty 6.2.22

Private John Flynn 25.9.40

Private John William Flynn 8.4.38

Private Thomas Flynn 2.11.42

Corporal John Foley 15.3.40

Corporal John James Foster 14.9.30

Private Michael Joseph Galvin 6.1.42

Private Patrick Gildea 17.9.17

Sergeant Francis Gilsenan 18.12.21

Private John Gorman 20.4.41

Private Edward James Gormley 16.6.40

Private Noel Francis Graham 29.12.41

Private Michael Greene 2.7.41

Gunner Thomas Patrick Gunne 10.3.38

Private William Francis Hannigan 10.8.37

Private Dominic Harkin 2.2.38

Private James Harper 29.9.40

Gunner William Heffernan 20.12.24

Private Daniel Hegarty 5.5.42

Private Henry Hegarty 7.1.42

Private Joseph Gerard Hegarty 5.11.39

Sergeant Walter Thomas Hegarty 21.6.32

Private Gerald Hennelly 13.2.42

Private Patrick Francis Hogan 1.10.40

Private Thomas Michael 14.10.42

Private William Henry Hughes 3.6.40

Sergeant Patrick Joseph Joyce 21.3.16

Private James Kavanagh 23.9.38

Private William Francis Keene 13.2.40

Sergeant Thomas Kelly 9.2.24

Corporal Thomas Kerr 6.11.35

Corporal Brendan Leffere 12.6.38

Private Robert Patrick Larkin 20.1.38

Private Thomas Michael Larkin 21.3.41

Private Kieran Vincent Lynch 4.1.35

Corporal Michael Lynch 24.12.24

Private Edward Maher 15.10.41

Private Francis Paul Malone 6.9.42

Private Joseph Anthony Maloney 3.11.40

Private Donal Michael Manley 5.9.41

Private John Christopher Manning 24.12.41

Private James Megley 11.6.40

Private Daniel Molloy 18.9.38

Sergeant John Gerard Monaghan 12.4.34

Private Patrick Joseph Monaghan 17.1.42

Private James Murray 12.12.11

Private Myler (Lieutenant Careys radio man left off original Red

Cross POW listing)

Corporal John McAnaney 3.11.21

Corporal James McArdle 14.8.31

Sergeant Martin McCabe 1.9.17

Private James McCourt 3.12.36

Private Michael McCormack 19.12.27

Private Michael James McDermott 1.1.40

Corporal John McDonagh 3.6.24

Private Thomas McDonagh 29.9.42

Corporal Thomas Francis McDonnell 9.1.34

Corporal John McEntee 19.9.19

Private Matthew James McGrath 2.1.41

Private Joseph McGuinness 19.12.41

Sergeant Kevin Christopher McLoughlin 29.12.21

Private Terence McMahon 18.10.42

Private Francis McManus 24.11.41

Corporal John Francis McManus 12.12.32

Private Anthony McNerney 9.10.27

Private John James Nicell 11.6.41

Corporal John OBrien 20.2.24

Corporal Peter Joseph OCallaghan 13.6.34

Corporal Michael John OConnor 9.4.27

Private Michael Sean OFarrell 12.2.41

Private James Patrick OKane 21.6.38

Private Joseph Alphonsus OKane 5.10.36

Private Robert Orr 12.11.42

Private Michael OSullivan 26.4.40

Gunner John Francis Peppard 4.11.28

Private Christopher Powell 6.1.43

Private John Donald Purtill 12.8.42

Private Martin Quinn 21.8.43

Corporal Timothy Quinn 28.12.42

Sergeant James Rea 5.4.36

Private James Redmond 22.7.42

Corporal Patrick Rhatigan 17.3.41

Private Daniel Regan 9.5.43

Private Joseph Relihan 25.12.25

Private William Riggs 1.6.32

Corporal Christopher John Roche 20.12.28

Private Anthony Roper 28.4.42

Gunner James Joseph Scally 19.10.33

Gunner Michael Joseph Seery 9.10.32

Private John Vincent Shanagher 8.2.41

Corporal Michael Joseph Smith 7.11.36

Private John Joseph Stanford 27.9.40

Private Noel Stanley 1.1.40

Private Timothy Sullivan 22.10.41

Private Bernard Sweeney 14.2.25

Private Phillip James Sweeney 1.7.40

Private James Joseph Tahaney 2.7.42

Sergeant George Francis Tiernan 19.4.25

Corporal Sean Tiernan 19.12.42

Private Michael John Tighe 22.2.39

Private Charles Tomkins 29.12.09

Private Patrick Joseph Williams 2.5.34

ATTACHED ARMOURED CAR CREWS AND

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL

Sergeant Colman Geary 13.2.35

Corporal Thomas OConnor 13.5.41

Corporal James Lucey 24.9.40

Trooper Patrick McCarton 22.9.39

Trooper Michael Nolan 18.7.43

Trooper John Shanahan 19.7.22

Trooper Joseph OBrien 3.5.20

Private Michael Dunne 25.2.39

Private William Ready 24.4.41

Acknowledgements

Books can only be possible through provision of information. That information must flow to the author through a conduit, and these conduits are more commonly known as people. It was through a conversation with a now retired soldier, Cpl Tony McAnaney of the 4th Field Artillery Regiment (FAR), whose father, John, served at Jadotville, that I was introduced to this story.

My service in the Army, both regular and reserve, between the late eighties and 1999 introduced me to a variety of characters, particularly in the 9th and 4th FAR, who inculcated in me a love of our more recent military history. The foundations laid then were also the foundations for this book.

However, this book was only made possible by the co-operation of a number of the veterans of A Company, 35th Battalionthe men of Jadotville.

In particular I would like to express my thanks to John Gorman from Horseleap in Moate, Co. Westmeath, who was so generous with his time and his opinions of the Jadotville period. I am grateful for access to his private papers and photos which have assisted me in writing this book.