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| File Reference |
Con.Ran.203
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| Name |
Thomas Halligan |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Upper Thomas Street, Castlebar
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Kilbride Cottages, Swinford
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
119 Newby Street, West Bowlins, Bradford
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| Country |
England
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| Date of death |
1934-09-06
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| Associated files in MSPA |
3P1072; H74
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Connaught Rangers |
| Rank |
Private
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| Company |
B Company
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| Other Service Numbers |
7143998
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Private
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| Division |
1 Western Division
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Major General A.Lawlor; General Ring
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| Other Service Numbers |
61915/7144459/66424
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
DPMRDisability pension, medical reasons
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyWCONRAN203THOMASHALLIGAN.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW3P1072THOMASHALLIGAN.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWH74THOMASHALLIGAN.pdf |
| File dates |
22 April 1936 - 25 March 1937
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| Subject Information |
3P1072:
Applicant joined the National Army (1st Western Division, 52 Battalion Infantry) on 15 May 1922 and was discharged on
9 May 1923 as medically unfit. He was admitted at St Bricin's Hospital on 29 March 1923 (discharged 9 May 1923). He claims under the Army Pensions Act, 1927 in respect of rheumatism which he attributes to lying in water for over 4 hours during an engagement with the Irregulars in a bog near Claremorris on 3 January 1923. The incident on which Halligan based his claim was not corroborated in the documents contained in the file.
He was awarded a disability pension in December 1926 at the rate of £2.2. per week under the terms of
File contains Army Pensions Board correspondence, medical reports, death certificate and material relating to the details and financial arrangement of the funerals of the deceased. .
NOTE: Some material are closed (data protection and sensitive information) and are only viewable by family members.
Con.Ran.203:
File relates to an application for compensation under the Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Act, 1936 made on behalf of Thomas Halligan (deceased in 1934) an ex-member of the Connaught Rangers who participated in the mutiny while stationed in India.
The application form (filled in by Michael Daly, probably on behalf of Halligan's widow). He enlisted in the British Army in December 1907 at Castlebar and was discharged on 8 December 1919. Joined the 1 Battalion Connaught Rangers on 13 December 1919, it is stated that he had taken part in the mutiny while in Jullundur [Janlandhar] .
Halligan was not court-martialed and therefore his case did not come under the terms of the Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Act, 1936.
File contains correspondence, application forms and copies of discharge papers.
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