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Private James Montgomery

 

Montgomery

 

Private James Montgomery, North Irish Horse, Service No. 1910. Son of James and Martha Montgomery, Belfast. Died at home on 17 June 1919, aged 25, having been invalided out. Buried at Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery, Northern Ireland, grave C3.699. Also commemorated on the gravestone is James's older brother William, who was killed in action in France on 16 May 1915 while serving with the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. The gravestone inscription reads:

1910 PRIVATE

JAMES MONTGOMERY

NORTH IRISH HORSE

17TH JUNE 1919 AGE 25

ALSO IN MEMORY OF

10861 PTE WILLIAM MONTGOMERY

ROYAL INNISKILLING FUS.

15TH MAY 1915

Below the gravestone is a plinth which reads:

JAMES MONTGOMERY

DIED 14TH FEBRUARY 1956

AGED 86 YEARS

 

Image kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org.