9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
10/12/1894
Died:
01/07/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
21
Summary
Daniel Love was a son of Henry and Sarah Love. He was born on 10th December 1894 in Magherafelt. He lived in Dunamoney, Magherafelt and worked on the family farm. Lance Corporal Daniel Love was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on Saturday 1st July 1916. He was 21 years old.
Further Information
Daniel Love was a son of Henry and Sarah Love. Henry Love married Sarah Streahorn in the district of Magherafelt on 21st February 1888.
Daniel Love was born on 10th December 1894 in Magherafelt.
The 1901 census lists Daniel as age 6 living with the family at house 4 in Dunamoney, Magherafelt, County Londonderry. His father was a farmer.
Family: Henry Love, Sarah M Love, Elizabeth Love (born 3rd January 1889), Sarah Love (born 2nd October 1890), Thomas Love (born 27th March 1893), Daniel Love (born 10th December 1894), Samuel Love (born 10th April 1897, died 11th April 1897), Henry Love (born 1st March 1898), Samuel Love (born 27th May 1900), Margaret Love (born 2nd October 1902), Matilda Love (born 2nd May 1904).
The 1911 census lists Daniel as age 16 living with the family at house 16 in Dunamoney, Magherafelt, Londonderry. He was working on the family farm.
The 1912 Ulster Covenant was signed by Daniel Love from Dunamoney, Magherafelt.
Daniel Love enlisted in Magherafelt.
Lance Corporal Daniel Love was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on Saturday 1st July 1916. He was 21 years old.
Lance Corporal Daniel Love has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
A plaque in 1st Presbyterian Church, Magherafelt commemorates Lance Corporal Daniel Love:
In Memory of his Brother Lance Corporal Daniel Love, 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, killed 1st July 1916 in the Battle of the Somme.
