| William Barrington Stockdale was the son of William and Martha J Stockdale. William Stockdale and Martha Steen were married on 15th February 1887 in the district of Dungannon.
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| There are many variations of the maiden name, including Strom, Slain and Slein.
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| William Barrington Stockdale was born on. 31st March 1888. He was the oldest of at least four children, all born in the Clogher area.
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| Family: William Stockdale, Martha J Stockdale, William Barrington Stockdale (born 31st March 1888), Charles Haydn Stockdale (born 3rd June 1891), Alexander Percy Stockdale (born 8th June 1895), Elizabeth Stockdale (born 12th November 1896, died 31st January 1898, age 1).
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| The 1901 census records W Barrington as 13 years old and still at school. His father was a law clerk. The family lived in Clogher.
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| William Stockdale (junior) was in business in Newel’s drapery establishment in Lurgan, and also in a Belfast house, prior to emigrating.
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| By the time of the 1911, William is no longer living with the family in Clogher. His father had become an auctioneer.
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| William had emigrated to America but returned from New York to Halifax and joined the 5th Lancers shortly after the outbreak of war.
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| 1914
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| William Barrington Stockdale enlisted in Liverpool.
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| Private Stockdale initially served with the Lancers of the Line (Service No 4711)
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| 1915
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| Private Stockdale arrived in the Balkans with the Lancers on 17th July 1915. He served through the Dardanelles, where he was wounded.
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| 1917
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| Corporal William Barry Stockdale was awarded a Certificate of Honour, signed by Major General W B Hickie, commanding the 16th Irish Division
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| From the Belfast Newsletter dated 2nd March 1917: Certificates for Gallantry
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| Corporal W S Stockdale, Royal Muster Fusiliers, son of Mr William Stockdale, auctioneer, Clogher, has received from Major General W B Hickie, C.B., a parchment certificate in recognition of his gallantry and devotion to duty in the field.
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| Corporal Stockdale was three times wounded in France, the latter wound being from a gunshot in the right thigh, which proved fatal.
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| Corporal William Barry Stockdale was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers when died of wounds in a clearing station in France on 5th August 1917.
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| From the Belfast Newsletter dated 14th August 1917:
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| William Barrington Stockdale, died of gunshot wounds in France on 6th August, was a son of Mr William Stockdale, auctioneer, Clogher. He was a corporal in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and had been awarded a parchment certificate of honour for gallantry and devotion to duty. He had been wounded at the Dardanelles last year.
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| From the Tyrone Courier dated Thursday 16 August 1917:
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| Mr William Stockdale, auctioneer, Clogher, has received intimation of the death of his son, Corporal William Barry Stockdale, of the Muster Fusiliers , from wounds in a clearing station in France on 6th August (incorrect). The deceased, who had a gallant record in the Army, returned from New York to Halifax and joined the 5th Lancers shortly after the outbreak of war. He served through the Dardanelles, where he was once wounded, and subsequently three times wounded in France, the latter wound being from a gunshot in the right thigh, which proved fatal. He held a certificate for gallantry signed by Major General W B Hickie, commanding the 16th Irish Division as follows:-
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| 'I have heard with much pleasure the reports of your regimental commander and brigade commander regarding your gallant conduct and constant devotion to duty in the field during 1916, and have ordered your name and deed to be entered in the records of the Irish Division.'
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| The deceased was in business in Newel's drapery establishment in Lurgan, and also in a Belfast house, prior to emigrating.
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| Memorials
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| Corporal W B Stockdale is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. His inscription reads: HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. HE FOUGHT THE FIGHT THE VICTORY WON AND ENTERED INTO REST
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| Corporal William Barry Stockdale is commemorated locally on Clogher War Memorial and on the WWI tablet in St Macartan's Cathedral in Clogher.
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| The CWGC record Corporal W B Stockdale as the son of William and Martha Stockdale of Clogher, County Tyrone.
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