8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
09/09/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
22
Summary
Thomas Moore was born in Glenoo, County Tyrone about 1894. Thomas was the foster-son of Patrick McAloon, of Glenoo, Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone. The 1911 census lists Thomas as age 18 living with the McAloon family at house 17 in Glenoo, Fivemiletown, Tyrone. He was a farm labourer. Private Thomas Moore was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France on Saturday 9th September 1916. He was 22 years old.
Further Information
Thomas Moore was born in Glenoo, County Tyrone about 1894.
Thomas was the foster-son of Patrick McAloon, of Glenoo, Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone.
The 1911 census lists Thomas as age 18 living with the McAloon family at house 17 in Glenoo, Fivemiletown, Tyrone. He was a farm labourer. Patrick and Lizzie McAloon were married seven years and both were born in Fermanagh.
Thomas Moore was living in Fivemiletown when he enlisted in Enniskillen.
Private Thomas Moore was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France on Saturday 9th September 1916. He was 22 years old.
Private Moore has no known grave and is commemorated ion the Thiepval Memorial.
Private Thomas Moore is commemorated locally on Fivemiletown War Memorial.
The CWGC record Private Thomas Moore as the foster son of Patrick McAloon of Glenoo, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone.
Private Thomas Moore is listed on page 38 of the Fivemiletown book, from which most of these details come from. Many thanks to Mark Byers for the information.
