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BORN 12 June 1894
DIED 7 May 1918 AGE 24
VC Won 1-2 July 1915 AGE 21
Place VC Won Gully Ravine, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name James Somers No. 10512
VC Issue No. 631 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Battalion
Later
Now Royal Irish Regiment
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Church Street, Belturbet, Co. Cavan, Ireland
Place Of Death Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Buried/Location Ashes St Kiernan's Church of Ireland Churchyard, Modreeny, Cloughjordan, near Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. West side of church
Gazetted 1 September 1915
VC Presented 14 October 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, St Kiernan's Church of Ireland Churchyard, Modreeny, Cloughjordan, near Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Named on Regimental Memorial at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Cross of Sacrifice, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
Blue Plaque, Belturbet Church of Ireland, Belturbet, Co Cavan, Ireland
By The Way…
He didn’t see out the rest of the war, dying in Ireland from the effects of gas
VC Held By
With family
