Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (British Air Force)
Date Of Birth:
11/02/1913
Died:
01/07/1945 (Unknown)
Age:
32
Summary
Hugh Corey was the son of Bernard and Mary Jane Corey, nee O’Neill. The family lived in Brackaville. Bernard Corey was a flax sorter (hackler). Hugh Corey was born in 1913. Aircraftman 2nd Class Hugh Corey was serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve when he died on 1st July 1945 in Egypt. There are no details of his death.
Further Information
Hugh Corey was the son of Bernard and Mary Jane Corey, nee O’Neill.
Their first child was born in Armagh in 1899, their second in Scotland in in 1901.
By 1907 the family were living in Coalisland.
The 1911 census lists the family at house 60 in Brackaville, Tullyniskane, Tyrone, Bernard Corey was a flax sorter (hackler).
Hugh Corey was born on 11th February 1913 in the Coalisland area.
Known family: Bernard Corey, Mary Jane Corey, John Corey (born 25th December 1899, Armagh), Mary Corey (born about 1901, Scotland), Francis Joseph Corey (born about 1902, Scotland), Jane Corey (born 23rd December 1907, Coalisland), Annie Corey (born 1st February 1909, Coalisland), Bernard Corey (born 10th March 1910, Coalisland), Isabel Corey (born 16th July 1911, Coalisland), Hugh Corey (born 11th February 1913, Coalisland).
Aircraftman 2nd Class Hugh Corey was serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve when he died on 1st July 1945 in Egypt. There are no details of his death.
Aircraftman 2nd Class Hugh Corey is buried at Heliopolis War Cemetery in Egypt. His inscription reads ‘SADLY MISSED BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. R.I.P.’
The CWGC records Aircraftman 2nd Class Hugh Corey as the son of Bernard and Mary J Corey of Brackaville, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
