30th (Reserve) Battalion (Tyneside Irish)
July 1915 Formed form the depot companies of the 24th & 27th Battalions at Woolsington, as a local reserve battalion.
Nov 1915 Moved to Richmond, Yorkshire and joined the 29th Reserve Brigade and then moved to Catterick.
April 1916 Moved to Hornsea, Yorkshire.
01.09.1916 Became the 85th Training Reserve Battalion in the 20th Reserve Brigade.
BORN NEWCASTLE, 1874. ENLISTED NEWCASTLE. BURIED HULL. SON OF MRS E MURPHY, 23 SUNDERLAND STREET, NEWCASTLE. CWGC ADDRESS.