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Private James Magill

 

Magill 1

 

Magill 2

 

Private James Magill, 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Service Nos 1805 (NIH), 41435 (RIF). Born Ballymena, County Antrim. Enlisted Antrim. Residence Ballymena. Son of Dyas and Catherine Magill of 25 Springwell Street, Ballymena, County Antrim. Died on 6 June 1918 from wounds received during a French air raid (friendly fire), aged 25. Buried at Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, Somme, France, grave II.E.27. Grave inscription reads:

41435 PRIVATE

J. MAGILL

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

6TH JUNE 1918 AGE 25

THY WILL BE DONE

 

Gravestone image kindly provided by Richard Evans - see his website Nelson, Glamorgan and the Great War http://www.nelson-ww1-memorial.org.uk. The image of James Magill kindly made available by Des Blackadder, from his site Ballymena 1914-1918: Carved in stone...but not forgotten.