| Richardson Jackson Paisley was the son of Robert and Hannah Paisley. Robert Paisley married Hannah Hiller/Hillen on 12th November 1895 in the district of Dungannon. (GRONI Ref M/1895/T1/2556/2/230)
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| Richardson was born in Aughnacloy on 27th December 1897. He was the eldest of two sons.
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| Family: Robert Paisley, Hannah Paisley, Richardson Jackson Paisley (born 27th December 1897), Robert John Paisley (born 31st May 1906).
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| The 1911 census lists Richard Jackson as age 13 living with the family at house 7 in Carryclogher, Cloghan, Tyrone. His father was a farm labourer.
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| Richard was a member of Clogher Ulster Volunteer Force and also of Fardross L.O.L.
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| Richard Paisley enlisted in Clogher with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was living in Fardross, Clogher at the time.
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| Private Richard J. Paisley died of wounds in Belgium on 6th April 1916. He was 18.
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| From the Belfast Newsletter dated 6th May 1916:
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| Mrs Paisley, Fardross, Clogher, has been officially notified that her son, Private Richard Paisley, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, has died from wounds. He was a member of Clogher Ulster Volunteer Force and of Fardross L.O.L.
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| From the Tyrone Constitution dated 26th May 1916: Death of Private Neely
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| Mr James Neely, of Summerhill, Clogher, has just received the following letter from Colonel Ricardo, Commanding 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers:-
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| ‘In the Field, 12th May 1916. I wish to convey to you the sympathy of all ranks of the battalion in the sorrow that has come to you by the death of your son, Private G Neely. The battalion carried out a successful raid on the enemy’s trenches last Sunday night, inflicting severe loss on them. We were subjected to a very heavy bombardment for three and a half hours, and we had considerable casualties. Your son was a gallant soldier and a good comrade and we mourn his loss. The battalion was thanked on parade today by the Army Corps Commander on the gallantry shown by all ranks.’
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| Private Neely, who was not quite twenty years of age, thoroughly deserved the soldierly character given him by his colonel, and much sympathy is felt in the district fo his father and mother in their bereavement. Clogher school has twenty-five ex-pupils serving their country in the army in this great struggle, and Private Neely is the third to make the supreme sacrifice, the others being Lance Corporal Bertie Cull and Private Richardson Paisley.
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| Last Will and Testament of Richard Paisley:
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| In the event of my death, I give the whole of my property and effects to my mother, Mrs Hannah Paisley. Slatbeg, Clogher, County Tyrone, Ireland. 19810 Private Richard Paisley.
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| Private Richardson Paisley is buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery, eight kilometres west of Ypres town centre.
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| Private Richardson Paisley is commemorated locally on Clogher War Memorial and on a tablet in St. Macartan's Cathedral in Clogher.
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