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Private George Gribbon has no known grave and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. |
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Private George Gribbon was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France & Flanders on 31st January 1917. |
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George enlisted in Hamilton, Scotland. |
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Other newspaper reports suggest George Gribbon also lived in the Brecart, just east of Toome. |
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The 1911 census lists a 16 year old George Gribbon, age 16, working as a servant for the Wilson family at house 1 in Ballydugennan, Cargin, County Antrim. He was born in Scotland. Ballydugennan lies south east of Toome. |
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George Gribbon was born in Dalzell, Motherwell, Lanark about 1895. |
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Private George Gribben, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Toomebridge, killed in action. |
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From the Belfast Newsletter dated 24th April 1917: |