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Thomas Chesney Gourley

British Army 12th (Central Antrim) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles

from:Larne

(d.1st July 1916)

Thomas Gourley was born in 1890 in Ahoghill, Co. Antrim. He was the son of James Gourley and his wife Elizabeth nee Chesney. The family moved to Larne and it was there that Thomas joined the 12th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles, part of the 36th Ulster Division. Thomas was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme at Thiepval on the 1st of July 1916. He was 26 years old. A memorial to Thomas is to be found in Larne Cemetery.



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