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Re: lost two great grandfathers
« Reply #36 on: Saturday 10 July 10 20:40 BST (UK) »
Hello.

Would these be your lost Great Grandfathers:

Thomas Kavanagh,
Irish Guards, 1st Battalion.
Born: Co Wicklow.
Enlisted: Dublin.
Rank: Private.
No:7325.
Died: 26th Feb 1917.
Killed in action.
France & Flanders.

Joseph Johnson.
Kings own Scottish Borderers, 2nd Battalion.
Born: Newcastle.
No: 8625.
Died: 14th Oct 1914.
Killed in action.
France & Flanders.

Hope this is the correct Info that you are looking for.

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Re: lost two great grandfathers
« Reply #37 on: Sunday 11 July 10 12:12 BST (UK) »
According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site.
http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp

T Kavanagh, number 7325 was aged 25yrs at death.
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Re: lost two great grandfathers
« Reply #38 on: Sunday 11 July 10 12:55 BST (UK) »
There were a couple more T Kavanagh names on the Boer War index on Ancestry, one in the Lancashire Fusiliers , killed at Spion Kop on 24 January 1900, the other wounded at Ameersfoort on 29 June 1900 of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

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Modified:  from the photograph I took of the monument at Spion Kop that Kavanagh appears to be J Kavanagh - Regimental Number 5406 Lancashire Fusiliers.
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Re: lost two great grandfathers
« Reply #39 on: Monday 12 July 10 17:25 BST (UK) »
Have you tried checking Irish Censuses in 1901 and 1911 or in Scotland? It is possible your Grandfather Thomas Kavanagh returned home or went north of the border.

Worth a try.

Another angle to consider is: emigration to somewhere possibly the US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. Even Africa (especially South Africa).

Please do not give up. I am sure one of these days you will get them!

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