John, "Sonny" Carlon (a.k.a. Carolan / Carolin)

Rank:	Private
Street:
Townland:
Town/Village:	Granard
Civil Parish:	Granard
Catholic Parish:	Granard
Country:
Alternative Address:	Porter's Row, Granard
Census 1901:
Census 1911:	Resident at Dublin St, Granard www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Granard_Urban/Dublin_Street/583661/
Regiment/Unit:	Likely Leinster Regiment* and Royal Irish Regiment
Regiment Number:	Likely 7177689 & 10973 and 9730
Date of Death:
Cause:	Survived WW1
Memorial:	Unknown
Information:	According to the Longford Leader, John served with the Leinster Regiment, 6th Battaltion, and was with them in Gallipoli, where he was wounded and seemingly lost his arm, (Longford Leader of the 2 October 1915). Sonny's brother William Carlon, also served in the war. It is difficult to ascertain the Carlons' regiment and regiment number as their records appear to have been destroyed during World War 2. After the War, John returned to Granard, but worked as a labourer in Dublin for a time. John married Bridget Verdon in Granard in February 1918.
Parents Names:	Likely son of John Carolin (Carlon) and Anne (née McNally), Granard.
Notes:	John was married to a member of the Verdon family, likely from Glen (Longford Leader, 26 July 1919) An Anna Carolan from Co. Longford, Ireland, born c.1847, was resident on 110 Thistle Lane, Kelvin, Glasgow in the 1901 Scotland Census. A John Carlin, with similar details to Sonny, was a patient at the Army Hospital in Dover, Kent at the time of the 1901 Cenus; this John was a Private in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Links:	Longford Leader, Granard Soldier Wounded; link to likely Civil Record of Marriage (ensure address ends in .pdf)