Friends of the Somme - Mid Ulster Branch  
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03/03/2016 In the event of my death, I leave all my property and effects to my father, Mr R O誰eill, Gortgole, Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland. Private L O'Neill 22128, 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers, 14th July 1916.
03/03/2016
03/03/2016 Last Will and Testament of Private Luke O'Neill dated 14th July 1916:
03/03/2016 The CWGC record Private Luke O'Neill as the son of Roderick and Mary Ann O'Neill of Gortgole, Portglenone, County Antrim.
03/03/2016 In his will, Luke left all to his father, Mr R O誰eill, Gortgole, Portglenone.
03/03/2016 Private Luke O'Neill has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916.
03/03/2016 Private Luke O'Neill was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France on Thursday 12th October 1916.
03/03/2016 Private O誰eill joined the 1st battalion in a later draft to make up for men lost in earlier battles, but was with them for the Battle of the Somme.
03/03/2016 Luke had been working in Scotland when he enlisted in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. He was living in Rasharkin at the time.
03/03/2016 The 1901 census lists Luke as age 7 living with the family at house 24 in Lisrodden, Lisnagarran, County Antrim. His father was a farm labourer.
03/03/2016 Although Luke O誰eill had been born at Portglenone, he had lived most of his life at Rasharkin.
03/03/2016 Family: Roderick O'Neill, Mary Ann O'Neill, John O'Neill (born 1st January 1891), Alexander O'Neill (born 21st April 1892), Luke O'Neill (born 25th March 1894), Patrick O'Neill (born 23rd March 1896, died 12th March 1898), Hugh O'Neill (born 7th October 1899).
03/03/2016 Luke O'Neill was born on 25th March 1894 in Portglenone. He was one of four surviving children, all sons.
03/03/2016 Luke O誰eill was the son of Roderick and Mary Ann O'Neill. It is believed Roderick Roger O誰eill married Mary Ann Dunlop on 30th October 1889 in the district of Ballymoney.
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