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Pvt Thomas Cusack

Birth
Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland
Death
24 Oct 1916 (aged 37–38)
Demuin, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Burial
Feuquieres-en-Vimeu, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Add to Map
Memorial ID
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6173 Private Thomas Cusack.
The Royal Munster Fusiliers.
2nd Battalion.
Aged 38
son of Thomas & Mary Cusack, of Glynn Street, Kilrush.
husband of Anne Cusack, of Pound Street, Kilrush.

He was buried in Feuquieres-en-Vimeu Communal Cemetery, Somme, Picardy, Northern France.
The CWGC website note the date of his death as 24th October 1916, whereas his wife Anne noted his date of death as 24th December 1916.

in the 1911 census, Thomas Cusack was a 35 year old "General Labourer", single, living with his aged parents Thomas & Mary Cusack, at Ballally Lane, Kilrush, Co. Clare.

Thomas Cusack married Anne Bourke in Spring 1914, in Kilrush.
6173 Private Thomas Cusack.
The Royal Munster Fusiliers.
2nd Battalion.
Aged 38
son of Thomas & Mary Cusack, of Glynn Street, Kilrush.
husband of Anne Cusack, of Pound Street, Kilrush.

He was buried in Feuquieres-en-Vimeu Communal Cemetery, Somme, Picardy, Northern France.
The CWGC website note the date of his death as 24th October 1916, whereas his wife Anne noted his date of death as 24th December 1916.

in the 1911 census, Thomas Cusack was a 35 year old "General Labourer", single, living with his aged parents Thomas & Mary Cusack, at Ballally Lane, Kilrush, Co. Clare.

Thomas Cusack married Anne Bourke in Spring 1914, in Kilrush.

Inscription


This is the transcription of a headstone in Old Shanakyle Cemetery, Kilrush, Co. Clare, Ireland.

Front of Headstone:
Erected by Mrs A Cusack in memory of her father Ml Bourke died 27th May 1912 aged 74 years
also mother died 26th April 1929 aged 86 years gone but not forgotten
R.I.P.
Back of Headstone:
Cusack Pound Street,
Thomas Cusack R.M. Fus killed at war 24 Dec 1916.
I am gone from your grave but my thoughts are still there. My prayers will not cease until we meet in the Kingdom of Peace and when others forget I still remember thee.


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  • Created by: John
  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60692031/thomas-cusack: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Thomas Cusack (1878–24 Oct 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60692031, citing Feuquieres-en-Vimeu Communal Cemetery, Feuquieres-en-Vimeu, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; Maintained by John (contributor 47032041).