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Private Thomas Kearney

 

Kearney 1

 

Private Thomas Kearney, 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, Service No. 25420. Formerly of Lovat's Scouts, Service No. 3216; the North Irish Horse, Service No. 2404; and the South Irish Horse, Service No. 3148. Enlisted at Glasgow, Scotland. Born at Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Thomas and Mary Kearney, Omagh, County Tyrone. Killed in action on 25 November 1917, aged 22. Buried at Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, Paris, grave II.D.12. His gravestone inscription reads:

25420 PRIVATE

T. KEARNEY

ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT

25TH NOVEMBER 1917

 

Kearney 2 

 

Image 1 kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org. Image 2 kindly provided by Simon Godly. See his First World War website at www.webmatters.net.