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File Reference 2D149
Name James Skeffington
Gender male
Address detail
Street Charles Street, Sligo
County Sligo
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not on file but age at time of death given as 32 years of age on death certificate
Date of death 1922-12-09
Place Town Hall, Sligo, County Sligo
Associated files in MSPA F138;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces
Rank Sergeant
Division 3 Western Division
Commanding Officer(s) Commandant Fallon;
Pension Claim No
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 Yes
Type of Award OTHOther
Notes Partial dependents' gratuity
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyW2D149JAMESSKEFFINGTON.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWF138JAMESSKEFFINGTON.pdf
File dates 4 July 1923 - 6 December 1926
Subject Information File relates to Kate Skeffington's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £75 (seventy five pounds) - increased from £40 on appeal - under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of her son National Army Sergeant James Skeffington. Sergeant James Skeffington died on 9 December 1922 from a gunshot wound received that same day at the Town Hall, Sligo, County Sligo during the Civil War. File includes: material signed and submitted by Kate Skeffington in support of her application and appeal; copy of certificate of death issued on 30 November 1923 for James Skeffington and Certificate in case of Error of Fact or Substance dated 7 December 1923 and signed by the Coroner for the boro of Sligo, regarding the death certificate of James Skeffington in which it was stated incorrectly that he was a labourer rather than a soldier in the National Army; signed standard report of 16 February 1924 from Defence Forces Adjutant General Lieutenant General Gearóid O'Suilleavain to the Secretary, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of James Skeffington's death; and Garda Síochána report dated 6 March 1924 regarding the circumstances and means of the Skeffington family and the degree of dependency of Kate Skeffington on her son at the time of his death.