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Private George Moorhead Shannon

 

 

Shannon

 

Private George Moorhead Shannon, of 37 Pretoria Street, Belfast, NIH Service No.1734. Born in Belfast, the son of Francis and Rebecca Shannon. He enlisted at Antrim on 29 September 1915 and embarked for France on 27 July 1916. He was then posted to E Squadron, 1st Regiment NIH, VII Corps. On 20 September he was transferred to the 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (No.41428) and posted to C Company. Shannon was killed in action on 25 October 1918, aged 25. He is buried at Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave VI.B.13. The gravestone inscription reads:

41428 PRIVATE

G. M. SHANNON

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

25TH OCTOBER 1918 AGE 25

DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP

IN VICTORY

Due to an administrative error, Private Shannon's parents were not formally notified of his death until June 1920.

Gravestone image kindly provided by Richard Evans. See his website Nelson, Glamorgan and the Great War http://www.nelson-ww1-memorial.org.uk. Newspaper clipping from the Belfast Evening Telegraph kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice).