Introduction

In 2014 the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, Cumnock History Group began researching the names on the Cumnock War Memorial plus other men and women with Cumnock connections mentioned on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or in the Cumnock Chronicle of the time. The research is not limited to those who died but also to men and women who served, using family history information.

The group would like to appeal to individuals with knowledge of family members for photographs of the soldier, either in uniform or not, and photos of medals or other memorabilia eg letters sent home from the Front. If you would be prepared to share these on this site, please email the web manager info@cumnockhistorygroup.org The group is willing to share any copies of documents found with the soldier's descendants.

Saturday 19 July 2014

James Haley

Pte James Haley (or Healy) of the Seaforths is on Cumnock War Memorial and Thiepval Memorial in France.

He was born on 1st January 1892 at Benston, Cumnock the son of miner Thomas Healy and Grace Henderson and was 24 when he was killed in France in 1916.





Ancestry gives us this
Name: James Healy
Birth Place: Cumnock, Ayrshire
Death Date: 17 Aug 1916
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Cumnock
Rank: Private
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Battalion: 8th Battalion
Regimental Number: S/9186
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre


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