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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no:
  • Rank: Fireman
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: S.S. Ingleside
  • Unit/Ship: Merchantile Marine
  • Place of Death: Lost at sea
  • Age at Death: 39
  • Date of Death: 08/05/1918
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London.
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1879
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 4 Kinloch Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Amelia Ireland (nee Burrie).

  • Father:

    Thomas Ireland, 4 Kinloch Street, Dundee,

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More about John Ireland

John Ireland was the son of Mr Thomas Ireland, 4 Kinloch Street, Dundee and the late Mrs Amelia Ireland (nee Burrie). In 1915, he served in the SS Grangemoor as a Fireman and Trimmer. In 1918 the SS Ingleside was in a convoy en route from La Goelette in Tunisia to Barrow with a cargo of iron ore. Twelve crew were lost in the sinking and John Ireland is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London. His ship was torpedoed by UB-70 or U-38. A U-Boat, believed to be UB-70, was sunk shortly after the attack by HMS Basilisk and USS Lydonia. This was the first and only U-Boat sunk by the US Navy in the Mediterranean during the Great War,

Information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie

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