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16/03/2016 Obituary. Gilmore at Manchester Royal Infirmary on 25th January 1917, Private William Gilmore late of Drumane, Kilrea, remembered by his sister and brothers
16/03/2016 From the Northern Constitution dated 3rd February 1917:
16/03/2016 There is a Private William Gilmore listed on the WW1 Roll of Honour in Bellaghy Masonic Lodge.
16/03/2016 Private W Gilmore is buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery.
16/03/2016 Private William Gilmore died of illness in Manchester Royal Infirmary on Monday 22nd January 1917.
16/03/2016 Following the battalion’s return to England from Salonika on 21st November 1916, Private Gilmore was admitted to Manchester Royal Infirmary.
16/03/2016 Private William Gilmore then became part of the 2nd Garrison Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
16/03/2016 He was with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers for a time (No 19145).
16/03/2016 William enlisted in Kilrea shortly after the outbreak of war. He was living in Coleraine at the time.
16/03/2016 He lived for a time in Coleraine before coming to live in Drumane, Kilrea.
16/03/2016 William Gilmore was born in Garvagh about 1891.
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