THE BRAVE   THIRTEEN                                                                                      

THE GALLANT THIRTEEN

HENRY CAMPSIE

 
ROBERT MORRISON
   
     
WILLIAM CROOKSHANKS
 
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM
   
 
ROBERT SHERRARD

SAMUEL HUNT

 
  JAMES SPIKE

DANIEL SHERRARD
    
   
 
  JOHN CONNINGHAM

ALEXANDER IRWIN    
   
 

JAMES STEWARD

   WILLIAM CAIRNS
 

SAMUEL HARVEY


HENRY CAMPSIE;  HE WAS THE SON OF JOHN CAMPSIE, HE WAS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY, BEFORE AND AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE GATES

WILLIAM CROOKSHANKS;  HE SERVED THROUGHOUT THE SIEGE IN NUMBER ONE COMPANY. FOR HIS SERVICES HE WAS ELECTED BURGESS OF THE CORPORATION IN OCTOBER, 1689, BY 1692 HE WAS APPOINTED SHERIFF.

ROBERT SHERRARD;  LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THIS MAN OTHER THAN HE PLAYED A PART IN THE CLOSING OF THE GATES.

DANIEL SHERRARD;  SAME APPLIES, OTHER THAN THAT DANIEL IS AMONG THOSE ATTAINED BY JAMES PARLIAMENT, 1688

ALEXANDER IRWIN;  NO LESS THAN SEVEN PERSONS OF THIS NAME ARE LISTED AS "DEFENDERS", FROM COUNTY TYRONE AND COUNTY FERMANAGH AND ALSO LONDONDERRY

JAMES STEWARD;  ANOTHER NAME WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO TRACE, ALTHOUGH ACTIVE AT THE SHUTTING OF THE GATES

ROBERT MORRISON;  NINE PEOPLE OF THIS NAME ARE LISTED AS "DEFENDERS"

ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM;  SERVED THROUGHOUT THE SIEGE, AFTER THE RELIEF HE WAS ELECTED THE BURGESS OF THE CITY

SAMUEL HUNT;  NOTHING IS KNOWN OTHER THAN HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE SHUTTING OF THE GATES

JAMES SPIKE;  THIS NAME APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SPELT AS SPAIGHT, SPIKE OR SPICKE, HIS NAME IS HONOURED IN THE MEMORIAL WINDOW UNVIELED IN 1913

JOHN CONNINGHAM;  PROBABLY THE SAME FAMILY AS ALEXANDER, HE SERVED THROUGHOUT THE SIEGE.

WILLIAM CAIRNS;  SERVED THROUGHOUT THE SIEGE AND WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE BOYNE

SAMUEL HARVEY;  HIS BROTHER WAS KEEPER OF THE STORES DURING THE SIEGE, HE PLAYED AN ACTIVE PART IN THE SHUTTING OF THE GATES

THE GALLANT THIRTEEN

FOREVER IN THE HEARTS OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE `APPRENTICE BOYS OF DERRY`