Ref ID: 51659452810
Name
Thomas Edgar.
Description
Newspaper Photograph of Rifleman Thomas Edgar.
Life Story
Name: Thomas Edgar.
Service Number: 10624.
Rank: Rifleman.
Battalion: 6th Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles.
Born: 30th August 1882, Armagh.
Died: 11th August 1915.
Address: 26 Shankill Road, Belfast
.
Thomas Edgar, son of Thomas and Annie Edgar, lived at 26 Shankill Road, Belfast
.
The 1901 Ireland Census has Thomas family living at 24 Castle Street, Armagh
.
The 1911 Ireland Census has Thomas family living at 32 Townsend Street Upper, Belfast
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Thomas joined the Royal Irish Rilfes.
He was posted as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on the 10th July 1915.
Thomas was a Rifleman in 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Killed In Action on the 11th August 1915
.
A local newspaper states
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Rifleman Thomas Edgar, 6th Batt, Royal Irish Rifles, who was killed at the Dardanelles, was a native of Armagh. Relatives of deceased reside at 26 Shankill Road, Belfast
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Thomas Soldiers Effects were left to his father.
A Pension Application Form shows his mother as claimant.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show his mother as claimant also. Her address at time of applying is given as 5 Concord St Belfast.
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Thomas received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1915 Star.
.
He is Remembered at Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1915
Classification
Newspaper, Photograph, - Belfast Telegraph
