41622 Private Samuel Shiels. [otherwise Sheils]
The Royal Irish Fusiliers.
9th Battalion.
Aged 26.
Son of Andrew Sheils and Mary Sheils, formerly Henderson, of Corraskea, Co. Monaghan, later of 10, Glenfield Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland.
The birth of Thomas Samuel Sheils on 22 February 1892, at Corraskea, Dawsonsgrove, Co. Monaghan, was registered at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, on 9 March 1892, by his father
In the 1901 census, the Sheils family were living at Corraskea, Anny, Co. Monaghan. [Corraskea lies between Ballybay and Clones.]
present were,
Andrew Sheils, aged 46, a Farmer, married,
Mary, his wife, aged 34, married,
William Andrew, son, aged 12,
Mary, daughter, aged 11,
Samuel Thomas, son, aged 9,
James, son, aged 7,
Robert John, son, aged 4,
David Victor, son, aged 1 month,
All had been born in Co. Monaghan.
No member of the family could be found in the 1911 census.
He was a military passenger onboard the Royal Mail Ship "Leinster" which was sunk by torpedoes from a German Submarine, whilst enroute from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Co. Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales, on the morning of 10th October 1918.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z
The Royal Irish Fusiliers.
9th Battalion.
Aged 26.
Son of Andrew Sheils and Mary Sheils, formerly Henderson, of Corraskea, Co. Monaghan, later of 10, Glenfield Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland.
The birth of Thomas Samuel Sheils on 22 February 1892, at Corraskea, Dawsonsgrove, Co. Monaghan, was registered at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, on 9 March 1892, by his father
In the 1901 census, the Sheils family were living at Corraskea, Anny, Co. Monaghan. [Corraskea lies between Ballybay and Clones.]
present were,
Andrew Sheils, aged 46, a Farmer, married,
Mary, his wife, aged 34, married,
William Andrew, son, aged 12,
Mary, daughter, aged 11,
Samuel Thomas, son, aged 9,
James, son, aged 7,
Robert John, son, aged 4,
David Victor, son, aged 1 month,
All had been born in Co. Monaghan.
No member of the family could be found in the 1911 census.
He was a military passenger onboard the Royal Mail Ship "Leinster" which was sunk by torpedoes from a German Submarine, whilst enroute from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Co. Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales, on the morning of 10th October 1918.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z
41622 Private Samuel Shiels. [otherwise Sheils]
The Royal Irish Fusiliers.
9th Battalion.
Aged 26.
Son of Andrew Sheils and Mary Sheils, formerly Henderson, of Corraskea, Co. Monaghan, later of 10, Glenfield Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland.
The birth of Thomas Samuel Sheils on 22 February 1892, at Corraskea, Dawsonsgrove, Co. Monaghan, was registered at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, on 9 March 1892, by his father
In the 1901 census, the Sheils family were living at Corraskea, Anny, Co. Monaghan. [Corraskea lies between Ballybay and Clones.]
present were,
Andrew Sheils, aged 46, a Farmer, married,
Mary, his wife, aged 34, married,
William Andrew, son, aged 12,
Mary, daughter, aged 11,
Samuel Thomas, son, aged 9,
James, son, aged 7,
Robert John, son, aged 4,
David Victor, son, aged 1 month,
All had been born in Co. Monaghan.
No member of the family could be found in the 1911 census.
He was a military passenger onboard the Royal Mail Ship "Leinster" which was sunk by torpedoes from a German Submarine, whilst enroute from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Co. Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales, on the morning of 10th October 1918.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z
The Royal Irish Fusiliers.
9th Battalion.
Aged 26.
Son of Andrew Sheils and Mary Sheils, formerly Henderson, of Corraskea, Co. Monaghan, later of 10, Glenfield Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland.
The birth of Thomas Samuel Sheils on 22 February 1892, at Corraskea, Dawsonsgrove, Co. Monaghan, was registered at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, on 9 March 1892, by his father
In the 1901 census, the Sheils family were living at Corraskea, Anny, Co. Monaghan. [Corraskea lies between Ballybay and Clones.]
present were,
Andrew Sheils, aged 46, a Farmer, married,
Mary, his wife, aged 34, married,
William Andrew, son, aged 12,
Mary, daughter, aged 11,
Samuel Thomas, son, aged 9,
James, son, aged 7,
Robert John, son, aged 4,
David Victor, son, aged 1 month,
All had been born in Co. Monaghan.
No member of the family could be found in the 1911 census.
He was a military passenger onboard the Royal Mail Ship "Leinster" which was sunk by torpedoes from a German Submarine, whilst enroute from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Co. Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales, on the morning of 10th October 1918.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z
Inscription
41622 Private
S. SHIELS
Royal Irish Fusiliers
10th October 1918 Age 26
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