The North of Ireland Football Club (Rugby Football) was founded in 1868 by members of the North of Ireland Cricket Club (founded in 1859).
Casualties with North Down/Ards connections are highlighted in red
1914 – 1919
A TRIBUTE TO THE 253 MEMBERS OF THIS CLUB WHO SERVED
IN THE WAR 1914 – 1919 AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE
60 WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
| Vincent Acheson | T M Greeves Jun | H G Magrath | Wason Ross |
| I R Ardill | W H Gregg | S Todd Martin | S Smiles |
| W J Beatty | W Hamilton | Stanley W Maxwell | E F Smyth |
| T G Browne | Harold Hardy | W J E Morton | A L Stewart |
| G J Bruce | T G Haughton | Hon A E S Mulholland | E H Stewart |
| A C Capper Jun | E H Hewitt | J S McClinton | L H Stokes |
| N D Clarke | H M Hewitt | Harold McErvel | L P St J Storey |
| D B Corbett | W A Hewitt | J M MacIlwaine | George Towers |
| J A T Craig | Barry Hill | L W H McKisack | A M Turnbull |
| G V Darnell | Elliott Johnston | J McLoughlin | J M Tyrrell |
| H O Davis | Ivan Johnston | D H O’Flaherty | H A Uprichard |
| R Davison | J Barlow Johnston | H V Parkinson | Holt Waring |
| J D Forbes | E B Kertland | John Pollock Jun | C W Webb |
| T K Frost | A D Lemon Jun | V T T Rea | Edward Workman |
| C H Gaffikin | W H Madden | Melbourne Ross | John K Clarke |