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Updates for Private Archibald Massey
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17/08/2021 Family: Archibald Massey, Sarah Massey, Mary Minnie Massey (born 7th September 1904, Belfast), William Massey (born 5th January 1908, Dunmurray), Elizabeth Massey (born 26th May 1911, Dunmurray), Sarah Massey (born 26th July 1912, Dunmurray), Ina Massey (born 21st July 1913, Dunmurray), Archibald Massey (born 12th October 1914, Dunmurray).
17/08/2021 Archibald Massey was born in Augher on 26th May 1881.
17/08/2021 The spelling of the family name was Mossey. He later used the Massey spelling.
17/08/2021 Archibald Massey went to Friends School Lisburn (to be confirmed)
17/08/2021 The 1901 census records Archie Mossey as 19 years old, living at Main Street, Augher. Archie was a postman. He is listed as living with his ‘mother’ Elizabeth. However, Elizabeth was 70 years old and unlikely to be his mother.
17/08/2021 The 1911 census records Archie Massey as 29 years old, living with his young family at Main Street, Augher. They have two children. Archie was still a postman.
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17/08/2021 Archibald Massey enlisted in Clogher.
17/08/2021 Private Archibald Massey was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on Saturday 1st July 1916.
17/08/2021 Private Archibald Massey has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
17/08/2021 Private Archibald Massey is commemorated locally on Clogher War Memorial as Archibald Mossey of Augher.
17/08/2021 Private Archibald Massey is also commemorated on Drumbeg Parish Church of Ireland Roll of Honour. Drumbeg is near Lisburn.
17/08/2021 Private Massey arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 5th October 1915.
17/08/2021 Archibald Massey and Sarah Godfrey were married on 13th August 1902 in Belfast.
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30/12/2015 Archie Massey enlisted in Clogher.
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