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| File Reference |
DP5759
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| Name |
William Somers |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
2 Lower Jervis Street, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1903
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file but age at time of death given as 19 years on death certificate
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| Date of death |
1922-09-04
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| Place |
Mercer's Hospital, Johnson's Place, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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| Notes |
Place of death is as per death certificate however some references, including Mary Somers, state that William Somers died instantly at the seen of the shooting on Capel Street, Dublin.
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| Associated files in MSPA |
2RB48; 52APB29; Y12;
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| Related files |
MD4097 (Subject's Service (1917-1921) Medal file, available in Military Archives)
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| Civilian occupation |
Employee, Messrs Duffy & Co., Great Strand Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
C Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Albert Rutherford
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
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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 copyY12 William Somers.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP5759 William Somers.pdf
Scanned/digital copy52APB29 William Somers.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2RB48 William Somers.pdf |
| File dates |
13 January 1933 - 17 October 1953
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Mary Somers' receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £112.10.00 (one hundred and twelve pounds and ten shillings sterling) in 1935 under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of her son IRA Private William Somers. This award was increased from £50 (fifty pounds sterling) - originally awarded in 1933 - following successful appeal by Mary Somers.
William Somers died on 4 September 1922 from the effects of gunshot wounds received by him that same day in an exchange of fire with National Army forces at a fish saloon on Capel Street, Dublin during the Civil War. According to information on file William Somers had served with the IRA from some time in 1920 onwards and during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Mary Somers in support of her application and appeal; signed handwritten reports dated 24 March 1933 and 28 November 1934 from Thomas Markham, Army Pensions Board, and Customs and Excise investigating officer, D Station, Customs House, Dublin, regarding the circumstances and means of the Somers family and the degree of dependency of Mary Somers on her son at the time of the latter's death; representations on behalf of Mary Somers from [M. Lynch TD] and Seamus S. Ó Daimhin, Ard-Runaidhe, Fianna Fail; and signed handwritten statements regarding William Somer's service and death from George White (MSP34REF4155), Peter Farnan, Patrick White (MSP34REF17815) and Albert Rutherford (MSP34REF22365).
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