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| File Reference |
2D239
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| Name |
Thomas Bolton |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Ballydonahane, Bodyke
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| County |
Clare
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1896-12
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| Notes |
Date of birth not on file but age at time of death given as 25 years on death certificate and 18 December 1896 is given as the date of his baptism.
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| Date of death |
1922-09-18
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| Place |
Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
3MSRB123; F94;
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| Civilian occupation |
Clerk, employed by Joseph Doherty (Sub-postmaster), Bodyke, County Clare, Ireland;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
4 Battalion
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| Division |
1 Western Division
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| Company |
B Company (Bodyke Company)
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| Brigade |
3 Brigade
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| Other Service Numbers |
Garda Siochana number 858
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| Organisation |
Garda Síochána |
| Rank |
Guard Great Southern & Western Railway
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Sergeant Patrick Clancy
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| Other Service Numbers |
Garda Siochana number 858
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
YesYes |
| Type of Award |
DADependant's allowance
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| Notes |
Partial dependents' gratuity
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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 copy2D239 Thomas Bolton.pdf
Scanned/digital copyMSRB123 Thomas Bolton.pdf
Scanned/digital copyF94 Thomas Bolton.pdf |
| File dates |
26 September 1922 – 4 April 1986
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Denis Bolton’s receipt of a partial dependents’ gratuity of £40 (forty pounds sterling) under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of his son Civic Guard Thomas Bolton.
File also relates to Mary Bolton’s receipt of a dependents’ allowance under the Army Pensions Act in respect of her brother Thomas Bolton and refers to a claim by James Bolton in respect of his brother Thomas Bolton.
Thomas Bolton died on 18 September 1922 at Rathangan Barracks, County Kildare from the effect of an accidental self inflicted gun shot wound received that same day. Thomas Bolton was serving as a member of the armed Active Service Unit of the Garda Siochana under the control of the Minister of Defence at the time of his death. Prior to joining the Garda Siochana Thomas Bolton had served with the IRA during the War of Independence.
File includes: [original] signed handwritten letter of condolence dated 26 September 1922 from Commandant Liam Staic, The Barracks, Kildare addressed to “Dear Mr. Bolton” regarding the death of his son; signed typed letter of 23 November 1923 from W. Doolin, Ministry of Finance to Major General G. O’Sullivan, Adjutant General regarding the death of Thomas Bolton, the question of whether an award to his relatives/dependents’ could be granted under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in the light of Bolton’s service with the Active Service Unit of the Civic Guards under the control of the Minister for Defence at the time of his death, querying whether any element of carelessness on Bolton’s part was involved in his death and recommending that a memorandum on the various types of lethal weapons in use by the Army be prepared for the guidance of the Army Pensions Board, and enclosing typed undated unsigned document entitled “Death of Guard Thomas Bolton – Summary of facts deposed to at Inquest”; typed copy letter of 10 December 1923 from the Office of the Adjutant General to the Secretary, Minister for Finance regarding safety instructions issued and training given with respect to firearms and lethal weaponry, the lethal weapons most commonly used by the army the safety catches, if any, on these weapons, and the question of standardising weapons used by the Army; signed typed letter of 12 December 1923 from [R. P. Cleary] for the Minister of Defence to Denis Bolton informing him that he has forwarded his claim for compensation in respect of his son to the Minister of Home Affairs as Thomas Bolton was serving with the Civic Guards at the time of his death; signed typed standard report dated 19 March 1924 from the Office of the Adjutant General to the Ministry of Defence, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of the death of Civic Guard Thomas Bolton and enclosing signed typed report of 15 March 1924 from [E. Ó Cugáin], Leas Coimisineir, Garda Síothchána to the Adjutant General regarding the date and circumstances of the death of Guard Thomas Bolton which also enclosed a typed copy report of the Coroner’s Inquest on Thomas Bolton held at Rathangan on 19 September 1922; Garda Siochana and local officer social welfare reports regarding the circumstances and means of the Bolton family and the degree of dependency of the various applicants on Thomas Bolton at the time of his death; signed handwritten statements regarding the verification of Thomas Bolton’s pre-Truce IRA service from John Dillon – this statement also encloses two page handwritten list of the membership of B Company, 4 Battalion, 3 Brigade 1 Western Division IRA as of 11 July 1921, William Haugh, Seán Liddy, Michael Gleeson, Joseph Noonan and William Farrell; and material relating to the closure and settlement of Mary Bolton’s dependents’ allowance account following her death on 30 January 1986 – partly closed.
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