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Robert and Thomas were farmer's sons from Garvaghy near Ballygawley. Robert, the youngest enlisted first in the 9thB Royal lnniskillings (The Tyrones) He was killed at Ypres in the lull between Messines and Passchendaele. Thomas enlisted in 1916 in the 11thB and was killed at Langemarck, part of the bigger Passchendaele battle where a lot of Tyrone men died. Robert's service number is 25705 and Thomas 29811. There are photos online. Laura Kwasniewska Reply

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