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Private Samuel Shiels

 

Shiels

 

Private Samuel Shiels, 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Service Nos 1459 (NIH), 41622 (RIF). Born Crosskeys, County Cavan. Enlisted Cavan. Residence Ballybay, County Monaghan. Son of Andrew Shiels of 10 Glenfield Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow. Drowned at sea off the Irish coast when the R.M.S. Leinster was torpedoed by a German submarine on 10 October 1918. He was aged 26. Buried at Ballybay First Presbyterian Churchyard, Ireland, grave in north-east part of grounds. His gravestone inscription reads:

41622 PRIVATE

S. SHIELS

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

10TH OCTOBER 1918 AGE 26

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

 

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