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George Bernard Reilly

Rank: Private
Street:
Townland: Gallid
Town/Village: Granard
Civil Parish: Granard
Catholic Parish: Granard
Country:
Alternative Address: Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
Census 1901: Resident at Gallid, Granard
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Granard_Rural/Gallid/1549840/
Census 1911: Resident at Gallid, Granard
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Granard_Rural/Gallid/583548/
Regiment/Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1st Battalion
Regiment Number: 8088
Date of Death: 15-10-1914
Cause: Killed in action
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Information:

George was born George Joseph Reilly in Gallid, Granard on 19 June 1876.

Pte. Reilly enlisted in Cavan and was called to the front in August 1914. From the dates given it is likely that he died at the Battle of Messines 1914. 

Parents Names: Son of John and Anne Reilly of Gallid, Granard.
Notes:
Links:

Link to CGWC; Link to Civil Birth Record

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