Ref ID: 51640085515
Name
Samuel Mahaffey.
Description
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Certificate relating to Rifleman Samuel Mahaffey.
Life Story
Name: Samuel Mahaffey.
Service Number: 5995.
Rank: Rifleman.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles.
Born: 2nd December 1888, Belfast.
Died: 9th May 1915.
Address: 69 Urney Street, Shankill, Belfast
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Samuel Mahaffey, son of William and Elizabeth Jane Mahaffey, lived at 69 Urney Street, Shankill, Belfast
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Samuel joined the Royal Irish Rifles.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 29th December 1914.
Samuel was a Rifleman in C Company 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Killed In Action on the 9th May 1915 aged 26 years
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A local newspaper states
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ROYAL IRISH RIFLES (1st Batt), Killed.
Mahaffey 5995 Pte S
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Samuel Soldiers Effects were left to his mother.
His Will, signed and dated the 31st December 1914, states the following, In the event of my death I give the whole of my property and effects to my mother Eliza Jane Mahaffey, 69 Urney Street, Belfast.
A Pension Application Form shows his mother as claimant.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show his mother as claimant for him and a brother, 19497 Private Henry Mahaffey 7th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
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His brother, 6094 Rifleman Henry Mahaffey, had served within the Royal Irish Rifles Special Reserves from 28th May 1908 to 27th May 1914.
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Samuel received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1915 Star.
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He is Remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
0
Classification
Book or Journal,
Certificate/Permit,
Roll of Honour or Memorial
