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| 21/05/2020 |
02339 |
| 14/11/2019 |
he 1901 census lists A T Aird as age 2, living at house 1 in Borough of Charlemont. The house was Jasmine Lodge. His mother was born in Scotland. |
| 14/11/2019 |
Known family: Archibald Small Aird, Frances Aird, Gilbert Aird (born 15th January 1887), Elizabeth Margaret Aird (born 4th May 1888), Florence Aird (born 31st October 1890), Frances Mary Aird (born 11th April 1894), Archibald Thomas Aird (born 25th May 1898). |
| 14/11/2019 |
Archibald Thomas Aird was born on 25th May 1898. He was the youngest of five children, all born in the Blackwatertown area, near Charlemont. |
| 14/11/2019 |
Archibald Aird was the youngest son of Archibald and Frances Aird. Archibald Small Aird and Frances Kimmitt were married about 1888. There is no record of the marriage on GRONI so it’s possible they were married in Scotland. |
| 14/11/2019 |
Archibald was the youngest pupil of the Royal School Dungannon to die in World War One. |
| 08/01/2018 |
Many thanks to Nigel Henderson of the Great War Ulster Newspaper Archive for providing images and information. |
| 17/03/2017 |
Second Lieutenant Archibald T Aird, London Regiment, wounded and missing, is a son of the late Mr A S Aird, Charlemont, Moy, County Tyrone, and of Mrs Aird, Pembroke Road, Dublin. He joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers in the year 1915, and got his commission with six months. His brother, Private G Aird, is in the Royal Irish Regiment. |
| 17/03/2017 |
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| 17/03/2017 |
From the Belfast Newsletter dated 13th December. 1917: |
| 25/02/2017 |
He was then sent to an officer's cadet battalion in Bristol, England, before being gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in August 1917. |
| 23/02/2017 |
From the Belfast Newsletter dated 6th August 1917: |
| 23/02/2017 |
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| 23/02/2017 |
Cadet A T Aird, youngest son of the late Mr A S Aird, Jasmine Lodge, Charlemont, County Armagh, has been gazetted second lieutenant and posted to the London Irish Rifles, of which his uncle, Colonel Kimmitt, is the commanding officer. This young officer was educated at the Royal School Dungannon, and after being a short time with the Irish Fusiliers at Newtownards was sent to an officers’ cadet battalion in Bristol. |
| 30/12/2015 |
The 1911 census lists Archibald as 12 years old and still at school. His father was a retired tea planter. |
| 30/12/2015 |
Second Lieutenant Aird has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 12 on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France. |
| 30/12/2015 |
One of those casualties was Second Lieutenant Archibald Thomas Aird, who was killed in action on 30th November 1917. |
| 30/12/2015 |
On 30th November the regimental diary records heavy shelling and casualties. |
| 30/12/2015 |
In November 1917, his unit was involved in fighting at Cambrai. The regimental diary records that they were in the area of Bourlon Wood. Many unsuccessful attempts had been made to dislodge the Germans. |
| 30/12/2015 |
Second Lieutenant Archibald Aird served with the 1st/18th Battalion of the London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), His uncle, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kimmitt, was the commanding officer. |
| 30/12/2015 |
He enlisted with the Irish Fusiliers in Newtownards. He had the Service No 10/24175. |
| 30/12/2015 |
Archibald Aird attended the Royal School Dungannon, entering in 1913. His older brother Gilbert had previously been a student. |
| 30/12/2015 |
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