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30/12/2015 The CWGC record Private James Kane was the father of Elizabeth Kelly, of 14 Kearney's Villa's, Knockloughrim, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry.
30/12/2015 Private James Kane is buried in Glasgow (St. Peter's) Roman Catholic Cemetery.
30/12/2015 His mother lived in Tergarvil, Upperlands, Co. Londonderry.
30/12/2015 James Kane was married and a wife and four children. They lived in Glasgow.
30/12/2015 Private James Kane died from the effects of the gas in a hospital in Glasgow a year later on 8th August 1916.
30/12/2015 Private James Kane was serving with the Irish Guards when he was gassed at the front in the summer of 1915.
30/12/2015 He enlisted shortly after the war commenced.
30/12/2015 James Kane was a member of Tergarvil Division No. 171 A.O.H.
30/12/2015 Newspaper reports record the name as O’Kane, the CWGC list him as Kane.
30/12/2015 James Kane was the son of Mrs John O’Kane.
30/12/2015 Mrs John O’Kane, Tergarvil, Upperlands, has received intimation that his son, Private James O’Kane, Irish Guards, who about a year ago was gassed at the front, has died from the effects in a hospital in Glasgow. He was married and a wife and four children depending upon him. Private O’Kane was a member of Tergarvil Division No. 171 A.O.H. and was highly thought of amongst the members of the Order. He enlisted shortly after the war commenced. His wife resides in Glasgow.
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30/12/2015 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 26th August 1916:
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