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All images courtesy of Sam Hudson, Desertmartin. Information provided here is courtesy of the excellent research donated by Mr Sam Hudson |
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The CWGC record Private James Spillane as the son of John and Margaret Spillane, of Mormeal, Kilcronaghan, Tobermore, County Londonderry. It was noted that his brother Samuel also fell. |
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Both brothers belonged are commemorated Kilcronaghan Parish Church in Tobermore and they are also commemorated in Tobermore and Blackhill Orange Halls. |
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James’ younger brother Samuel also died in the war. Private Samuel Spillane was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the second day of the German Spring Offensive on Friday 22nd March 1918. He was 21 years old. |
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Private James Spillane has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. The Memorial to the Missing at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium bears the names of many who fell in the battles for Passchendaele and whose bodies were never recovered. |
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Private James Spillane was serving with the 11th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action at Passchendaele on Thursday 16th August 1917. He was 26 years old. |
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James Spillane enlisted in Omagh. |
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James was a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force and also Blackhill L.O.L. No. 681. |
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The 1911 census lists James as age 19 living with the family at house 29 in Mormeal, Tobermore. James was a farmer. |
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The 1901 census lists James as age 9 living with the family at house 3 in Mormeal, Tobermore, County Londonderry. His father, who hailed from Tipperary, was a Farmer and Civil Bill Officer. |
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Family: John Spillane, Margaret Spillane, William Spillane (born 21st October 1887), John Spillane (born 16th February 1890), James Spillane (born 9th June 1891), Robert Spillane (born 11th March 1893), Richard Spillane (born 23rd June 1894), Samuel Spillane (born 1st August 1896), Mary Jane Spillane (born 11th September 1898). |
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James Spillane was born on 9th June 1891. He was one of seven children. |
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James Spillane was the third son of John and Maggie Spillane. John Spillane married Margaret Moore on 10th June 1886 in the district of Magherafelt. |
