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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to and proceeded to join 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 February 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'

Statement, Red Cross File No 1250206, 2791 Pte V. SATFFORD, D Company, 59th Bn, 24 January 1917: 'Witness says:- he saw Soldier (sic) wounded by a bullet in the stomach out in No Man's Land about 150 yds. from front line Trenches (sic) at Fleur Bay (sic). A mate wanted to carry Soldier in, but the soldier said "No", he didn't want to be moved as he was dying, did not know what became of him afterwards.'

Second statement, 3084 Lance Corporal William DELANEY, 59th Bn (patient, Grove Military Hospital, Tooting Grove, London, England), 15 March 1917: 'Informant states that on 19th July, 1916, at Fleurbaix, Informant saw Tim Halloran hit in the region of the breast at a creek near him, separating two trenches, and he belives him to be killed.'

Third statement, 67 Pte R.H. WOODS, 59th Bn, 3 October 1917: 'Casualty was killed at Fleurs (sic) on the 19th July, 1916. We discovered the body on the 8th August in No Man's Land when we were searching for bodies. I personally identified the body by the papers in the pocket. They were all handed over to the O.C.'

Fourth statement, 2791 Pte V. STAFFORD, 30 November 1916: 'On the evening of July 19th during the charge I was beside him and saw him fall wounded in the body but further than that I know nothing definite ... There is not the slightest chance of his being prisoner because he received the wound not 100 yards away from our own trenches while the German line was 300 yards away.'

Fifth statement, 3487 Lance Corporal S. CRITTEN, D Company, 59th Bn (patient, Wharncliffe War Hospital, Sheffield, England), 8 November 1916: 'On July 19/16 about 7. p.m. at Fleurbaix Timothy Halloran was shot through the stomach, he was the next one after me down the creek and I heard him say "I am done for I've got it." I did not see him die as I went on but men in the line behind that said he died.'