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Thomas Sinclair HASLETT

Thomas Sinclair HASLETT Original Photo
OC Number

1088

Born

30/03/1897

Rank at Death

Second Lieutenant

Date of Death

22/11/1917

Age at Death

20

Unit Serving With

10th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

Inscription
T. S. HASLETT, M.C.
SEC-LIEUT. ROYAL IRISH RIFLES
BORN 31ST MARCH 1897 – DIED 22ND NOVEMBER 1917.
Pen Portrait

Thomas was the son of the Reverend Thomas Haslett of the First Ballymena Presbyterian Church. Thomas joined the British Army as a cadet in June 1915, later gazetted in November 1917, to the 17th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles.

Thomas was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry. He is commemorated Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Panel 10.

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