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George Farrell
| Rank: | Gunner |
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| Townland: | Aghnagore |
| Town/Village: | Clondra |
| Civil Parish: | Killashee |
| Catholic Parish: | Killashee |
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| Census 1901: |
(Probable) Aghnagore, Killashee http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Cloondara/Aghnagore/1553520/ |
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| Regiment/Unit: | Royal Garrison Artillery, 56th Siege Battery/ [Royal Irish Regiment] |
| Regiment Number: | 27992 |
| Date of Death: | 21-04-1917 |
| Cause: | Killed in action |
| Memorial: | Mindel Trench British Cemetery, Saint-Laurent-Blangy, France. |
| Information: | George was born c.1886 in Clondra, and was the son of a tailor. By the age of 15 he was working as a 'rural postman' according to the 1901 census. George appears to have entered the army prior to the Great War, and according to his brother John's attestment, George was serving in Tower Hill, Sierra Leone c.1914. Two of George's brothers John and Robert Farrell also served in the war, although Robert died in October 1918. |
| Parents Names: | Son of Joseph Farrell and Anne (née Guttiry/Guthrie), Aghnagore, Clondra |
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