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04/01/2022 Private John Weir is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial.
04/01/2022 In this will, he left all to his mother, who was living in Mullyrodden.
04/01/2022 Private John Weir arrived in the Balkans with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 27th July 1915
04/01/2022 Known family: John Weir, Margaret Weir, Patrick Weir (born 22nd April 1894), Sarah Weir (born 10th April 1895, died 23rd December 1895), John Weir (born 17th March 1896), Henry Weir (born 30th January 1898), Francis Weir (born 16th April 1899), Sarah A Weir (born 28th August 1900), Mary Weir (born 1st July 1905, died 30th December 1909), William Weir (born about 1905), Agnes Weir (born about 1906), James Weir (born 20th September 1907), Dominick Weir (born 5th August 1910), Mary Weir (born 1st December 1912).
04/01/2022 John Weir was born on 17th March 1896 in Mullyrodden, County Tyrone. The Mullyroddan townland is in the Killeeshil parish. It is adjacent to Donaghmore.
04/01/2022 John Weir was the son of John and Margaret Weir. John Weir and Margaret Dornan were married on 27th April 1892 in the district of Cookstown.
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10/12/2016
10/12/2016 From the Belfast Newsletter dated 16th June 1916:
10/12/2016 Mr John Weir, Mullyrodden, Carland, Dungannon, has been officially informed that his son, Private John Weir, Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action on 29th April.
30/12/2015 From the Tyrone Courier dated 22 June 1916:
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30/12/2015 Last Will and Testament of John Weir:
30/12/2015 The CWGC record Private Weir as the son of Mrs Margaret Weir, of Mullyrodden, Drumglatt, Dungannon, County Tyrone.
30/12/2015 Private Weir has no known grave is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
30/12/2015 Private John Weir was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France on 29th April 1916.
30/12/2015 John Weir volunteered on the 4th January 1915, being then 19 years of age.
30/12/2015 The 1911 census does not list John as living with the family at house 1 in Ross Beg, Donaghmore, County Tyrone.
30/12/2015 The 1901 census lists John as age 5 living with the family at house 1 in Finvey, The Sandholes, Tyrone. His father was a farm labourer.
30/12/2015 Mr John Weir, Mullyrodden, has been officially informed that his son, Private John Weir, Inniskilling fusiliers, was killed in action on 29th April 1916. The deceased volunteered on the 4th January 1915, being then 19 years of age.
30/12/2015
30/12/2015 In the event of my death, I give the whole of my property and effects to my mother Mrs M Weir, Mullyroddan, Drumglass, Dungannon. Co Tyrone Ireland. Signed J Weir, Private, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st March 1916. Boulange, France.
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