Ref ID: 51640182244
Name
James McCready.
Description
Newspaper Photograph of Lance Corporal James McCready.
Life Story
Name: James McCready/McCreedy.
Service Number: 6272.
Rank: Rifleman.
Battalion: 2nd Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles
Born: 1st December 1882, Lisburn, County Down
Died: 9th May 1915.
Address: 17 Fingal Street, Belfast
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James McCready, son of Joseph and Sarah Taylor, Nee McCready, Nee Lavery, lived at 17 Fingal Street, Shankill, Belfast
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James signed the Ulster Covenant on the 28th of September 1912, Ulster Day within the Old Town Hall, Belfast.
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James joined the Royal Irish Rifles
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 14th August 1914.
James was a Rifleman in 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Killed In Action on the 9th May 1915 aged 32 years
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A local newspaper states
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RANK AND FILE.
ROYAL IRISH RIFLES.
Killed.
Lance Corporal J McCready 6272.
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James Soldiers Effects were left to his mother.
His Will, signed and dated the 6th February 1915 states the following, In the event of my death I give the whole of my property and any money due to me to my mother Mrs Sarah Taylor, 17 Fingal Street, Belfast.
A Dependant Pension Application Form shows his mother as claimant. It also shows that she lived at 15 Woodvale Street, 245 Cupar Street, and 3 Fingal Street while receiving it.
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James received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star.
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He is Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
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Classification
Newspaper,
Photograph,
