2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
28/09/1889
Died:
02/09/1914 (Prisoner of War)
Age:
24
Summary
Armour Weir was the eldest son of George and Isabella Weir. He was born on 28th September 1889, the oldest of three children, all born in the Moy area. The Weir family lived in the Square in the Moy. George Weir was a boot-maker. Armour was living in Belfast when he enlisted. On 26th August 1914, Private Weir was wounded and taken as a prisoner of war. Private Armour Weir was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died of wounds in Cambria as a prisoner of war on 2nd September 1914.
Cambrai is a town about 32 kilometres south-east of Arras on the main straigh road to Le Cateau. The Cemetery stands in the south-west outskirts of the town near the old gate on the road to Paris, the N44.
