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9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army) |
| Died: |
01/08/1916 (Died of Wounds) |
| Age: |
22 |
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John Stanley Hamilton was born Ballymena about 1891. John Hamilton was raised by his aunt, Mrs Ellen Whitelock who lived in Caledon, County Tyrone. John Hamilton was a member of Caledon and District Branch of the Ulster Volunteers. John Hamilton enlisted at Finner Camp, Donegal. Private John Stanley Hamilton was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was wounded in France. Private John S Hamilton died of wounds on the 1st August 1916.
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Étaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne. During the First World War, the area around Étaples was the scene of immense concentrations of Commonwealth reinforcement camps and hospitals. It was remote from attack, except from aircraft, and accessible by railway from both the northern or the southern battlefields. In 1917, 100,000 troops were camped among the sand dunes and the hospitals, which included eleven general, one stationary, four Red Cross hospitals and a convalescent depot, could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In September 1919, ten months after the Armistice, three hospitals and the Q.M.A.A.C. convalescent depot remained.
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