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Corporal Thomas John McCormick

 

McCormick

 

Corporal Thomas John McCormick, V Corps Cyclist (North Irish Horse) Regiment, Service No. 71096 (Corps of Hussars), formerly North Irish Horse, Service No. 759. Born Fermongan. Enlisted Castlederg, County Tyrone. Residence Castlederg. Embarked for France on 17 August 1914 as part of A Squadron North Irish Horse. Killed in action on 27 March 1918 near Rubempre during the German Kaiserschlacht offensive. Buried in Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, grave II.C.2. Gravestone inscription reads:

H/71906 CORPORAL

T. J. MC CORMICK

NORTH IRISH HORSE

27 MARCH 1918

 

Image kindly provided by Mick McCann, through his British War Graves website www.britishwargraves.co.uk.