Thomas McCluskey was the son of Thomas and Catherine McCluskey. Thomas McCluskey was born on 24th October 1891. He was one of six children, all born in the general Caledon area. His father was a railway labourer. By the time of the 1911 census, Thomas was 19. He was working as a spinner, working in a mill. Thomas McCluskey enlisted in Omagh. Private Thomas McCluskey was serving with the 6th Battalion of the Connaught Rangers when he was killed in action in France on 3rd February 1916.
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Thomas McCluskey was the son of Thomas and Catherine McCluskey (nee McKenna). They were both from Monaghan, so they have been married there.
Thomas McCluskey was born on 24th October 1891. He was one of six children, all born in the general Caledon area.
The 1901 census records Thomas as 9 years old. The family were living in Curlagh, Caledon, County Tyrone. His father was a railway labourer. His elder brother James, who was 11, had already left school and was an agricultural labourer. Thomas was still at school.
Family: Thomas McCluskey, Catherine McCluskey, James McCluskey (born 21st September 1889), Thomas McCluskey (born 24th October 1891), Margaret McCluskey (born 16th February 1894), John McCluskey (born 24th September 1896), Mary McCluskey (born 21st May 1899), Catherine McCloskey (born 5th June 1903).
By the time of the 1911 census, Thomas was 19. He was working as a spinner, working in a mill. His father still worked on the railways. The family now lived in house 1 in Tullyvar, near Ballygawley in Tyrone.
Thomas McCluskey enlisted in Omagh. He was listed as living in Ballygorey, which is suspected to be Ballygawley.
Private Thomas McCluskey arrived in France with the 6th (Servive) Battalion of the Connaught Rangers on 17th December 1915.
Private Thomas McCluskey was serving with the 6th Battalion of the Connaught Rangers when he was killed in action in France on 3rd February 1916.
Private McCluskey has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial in France.
The CWGC record Private Thomas McCluskey as the son of Thomas and Catherine McCluskey of Tullyvar, Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
