Currently this page refers to members descended from the Clarina Line (CL) who were members of the Military/Police forces. It does not include the many members from the other lines who held military positions.
JOSEPH HEAPHY (STAFF-SERGEANT) (1837 - 1883)
Service No: 2092
Force: 2nd Batt 11th Reg of Infantry (British Army) (1856 - 1868) (12 Years)
Served: China/Cape of Good Hope
Medals: Second China War Medal, Good Conduct Badges & Clasps
Force: Limerick Militia (1868 - 1883) (15 Years)
Served: Limerick City
JOHN EYRE HEAPHY (SERGEANT) (1852 - 1910)
Service No: 41982
Force: Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) (1875 - 1893)(17 Years & 6 Months)
Served: Co. Cavan
SAMUEL HEAPHY (CONSTABLE) (1860 - 1884)
Service No: 44708
Force: Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) (1879 - 1883) (3Years & 8 Months)
Served: Co. Clare/Co. Roscommon
JOHN EYRE HEAPHY (CONSTABLE - LANCE CORPORAL) (1886 - 1918)
Service No: 2984
Force: Royal Garrison Artillery (R.G.A) Clare Militia (1903 - 1906) (3 Years)
Served: Co. Clare
Force: Royal Irish Constabulary (R.I.C) (1907 - 1909) (2 Years)
Served: Co. Mayo
Force: S.S Police (1910 - 1913) (3 Years)
Served: Co. Down
Force: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (1915 - 1918) (3 Years)
Service No: 6059
Served: France
Remembered at St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick
WILLIAM HENRY HEAPHY (PRIVATE) (1887 - 1916)
Service No: 3236
Force: No.1 Coy. 1st Battalion Irish Guards (1906 - 1916) (10 Years)
Served: Britain/France/Belgium
Medals: British Army Medal - Silver War Badge
Remembered at St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick
GEORGE MORTIMER HEAPHY (2nd LIEUTENANT BOMBARDIER) (1893 - 1962)
Service No: 60885
Force: 5A Res. Bde. Royal Field Artillery (R.F.A) (1910 - 1917) (7 Years)
Served: France
Medals: Silver War Badge & British Army Medal
FREDERICK JOSEPH HEAPHY (GUNNER) (1900 - 1917)
Service No: 136273
Force: 304th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (R.G.A) (? - 1917)
Served: France/Belgium
Medals: British Army Medal & Victory War Medal
Remembered at St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick
Sons of Female Heaphy Marriages
JOHN WALLACE (1882 - ?)
Son of James Wallace and Harriet Heaphy
Force: Royal Garrison Artillery (R.G.A) Clare Militia (1902 - ?) (? Years)
Served: Co. Clare
WILLIAM EYRE YOUNG (1895 - 1977)
Son of William Young and Abigail Heaphy
Force: Irish Rifles (1914 - 1921) (7 Years)
Served: Ottoman (Turkey), France and Belgium
Other Connected Members Through Heaphy Marriages:
WILLIAM HENRY PARKINSON (BRIGADE SERGEANT-MAJOR) (1833 - 1913)
Husband of Elizabeth Heaphy (1858 - 1930)
Service No: 423
Force: Royal Regiment Artillery - Royal British Army (1853 - 1879) (26.5 Years)
Served: India
Medals: Good Conduct Badge, Indian Mutiny Medal, Clasp for ?, Medal for "Euzafzie?" Expedition, Clasp for ? and Medal for Long Service
JAMES WALLACE (CONSTABLE) (1861 - 1888)
Husband of Harriet Heaphy (1851 - 1900)
Service No: 39196
Force: Royal Irish Constabulary (R.I.C) (1873 - 1888) (15 Years & 2 Months)
Served: Limerick City
GEORGE WATSON (CORPORAL) (1886 - 1930)
Husband of Lilian Jean Heaphy (1891 - ?)
Force: Royal Engineers - Royal British Army
Served: France
Civilian War Casualties
Florence Emily Heaphy - 18th of September 1940, London Bombing, wife of George Heaphy, son of Sergeant Joseph Heaphy, Limerick.
Bernard Heaphy - 18th of September 1940, London Bombing, grandson of Sergeant Joseph Heaphy, Limerick.
Joseph James Heaphy - 18th of November 1940, London Bombing - Dispatch Rider A.F.S., grandson of Sergeant Joseph Heaphy, Limerick.