Cleator Moor World War Records

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James O'Neill

Pte
James O'Neill

Military Details

Service Number: 19287

Regiment & Unit / Ship

6th Border Regiment

Awards and Medals

The Victory Medal

The Victory Medal

The British War Medal, 1914-18

The British War Medal, 1914-18

Enlistment Details

Place of Enlistment

Egremont

Rank at Enlistment

Pte

Battalion at Enlistment

5th

Service Number at Enlistment

19287

Personal Details

Date of Birth

1896

Place of Birth

Egremont

Address

3 Railway Terrace , Moor Row

Residence (Census)

21 Dalzell Street, moor Row

Residence (Roll of Honour)

3 Railway Terrace , Moor Row

Parents

James & Margaret O'Neill (nee Reiling)

Siblings

Robert,Elizabeth,Margaret

Education and Occupation

Occupation

Coal Miner Traveller

Death and Memorial

Date of Death

27th September 1916

Age at Death

20

Circumstances of Death

Killed in Action

Place of Death

Somme

Theater of Action

France

Battle

Battle of the Somme

Regiment at Death

Border Regiment

Battalion/Vessel at Death

6th

Rank at Death

Pte

Buried or Commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Grave Position: Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C.

Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial/St Mary's church cleator/Moor Row War Memorial

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