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Name
John Dodds.
Description
Newspaper Photograph of Private John Dodds.
Life Story
Name: John Dodds.
Service Number: 6945.
Rank: Private.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Born: 13th May 1884, Lisburn.
Died: 31st August 1915
Address: 45 Disraeli Street, Belfast
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John Dodds, son of John and Mary Dodds, lived with his wife and children at 45 Disraeli Street, Shankill, Belfast
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John married Margaret Dodds, Nee Mullan, within St Stephens Church of Ireland Church, Belfast on the 1st May 1910
They had three children, their names and dates of births are the following, Mary Elizabeth born 30th July 1912, David born 23rd April 1914, John born 13th April 1915
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John joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
He was posted as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on the 23rd August 1914.
John was a Private 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he Died Of Wounds on the 31st August 1915 aged 31 years.
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A local newspaper states
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Private John Dodds, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died in hospital at Cairo on 31st August of wounds received in the Gallipoli Peninsula. His wife and three children reside at 45 Disraeli Street, Belfast.
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Johns Soldiers Effects were left to his widow.
His Dependant Pension Application Form shows his widow as claimant.
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John received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star.
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He is Remembered at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1915
Classification
Book or Journal, , - Belfast Telegraph, Belfast Weekly Telegraph, Ballymena Weekly Telegraph, Larne Times.
