Ref ID: 51654866045
Name
William Cummins.
Description
Newspaper Photograph of Private William Cummins.
Life Story
Name: William Cummins.
Service Number: 9218.
Rank: Private.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Born: 3rd January 1888, Shankill, Belfast.
Died: 4th July 1915.
Address: 56 Beverley Street, Belfast
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William Cummins, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Cummins, lived at 56 Beverley Street, Shankill, Belfast
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The 1901 Ireland Census has William living at 22 Turin Street, Belfast with his mother, father, occupation, Brass Founder, and two sisters, Elizabeth, 15 years, and Agnes, 11 years
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The 1911 Ireland Census has Williams family living at 2 Millhouse Street, Belfast
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William joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
He was posted as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on the 17th March 1915.
William was a Private in 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he Died Of Wounds on the 4th July 1915 aged 27 years
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A local newspaper states.
RANK AND FILE CASUALTIES.
Mr S Cummins, 56 Beverley Street, Belfast, has been officially notified that his son, Private William Cummins, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, has been killed in action at the Dardanelles. Deceased, who had eight years service, came from India with his regiment last autumn.
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Williams Soldiers Effects were left to his sister Agnes.
His Will, which he wrote and sent from Rugby in England, was signed and dated 1st February 1915 and states the following, In the event of my death I bequeath all money and property due to me to my sister Miss Agnes Cummins 56 Beverley Street, Belfast Ireland.
Williams Pension Application Form shows his father Samuel as claimant.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show both Williams father, 56 Beverley Street, Belfast, and sister Agnes, 2 Mulhouse Street, Belfast, as claimants.
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William received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1915 Star.
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He is Remembered at Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1915
Classification
Newspaper, Photograph, - Belfast Telegraph, Belfast Weekly Telegraph, Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
