Private
Arthur McAvoy
Military Details
Service Number: 24/1430
Regiment & Unit / Ship
1st Tyneside Irish 24th Service Northumberland Fusiliers
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Newcastle upon Tyne
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
1st Tyneside Irish 24th Service
Service Number at Enlistment
24/1430
Service History
The Morpeth Herald and Reporter, 25 August 1916: Mr. and Mrs. McAvoy, of 11, North Terrace, Wideopen, has (sic) received news that their son, Pte. A. McAvoy, N.F. has died from wounds in France.
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1884
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Address
26 Smithfield , Egremont
Residence (Census)
11, North Terrace, Wideopen, Dudley, Northumberland.
Residence (Roll of Honour)
26 Smithfield , Egremont
Parents
Charles & Elizabeth McAvoy( nee Murnion)
Siblings
James McAvoy, William McAvoy, Andrew McAvoy, Joseph McAvoy, Patrick McAvoy, Charles McAvoy, Elizabeth Mcavoy
Married
Bridget McAvoy (Nee Trainer)
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Coal Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
2nd July 1916
Age at Death
32
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
1st Tyneside Irish 24th Service
Rank at Death
Private
Notes
Soldiers' Effects: Amount Authorized: £2.16s.7d Plus War Gratuity £6.10s.0d. To Whom Authorized: Widow and sole legatee, Bridget.
Buried or Commemorated at
HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
France
Grave Position: I. D. 10.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church WW1 War Memorial ,1914-18, Sacred Heart R.C. Church, North Gosforth; Roadside Memorial, Seaton Burn, Northumberland; Cenotaph, Egremont, Cumberland; Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918.
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