Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Pvt Thomas Cummins - Royal Irish Fusiliers - service no 10717 - died 3/3/1919 - buried Lurgan Newline Cemetery. Died of gas poisoning at the residence of his mother of Hill Street.
The Commission are in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.
Son of Mary Ann Cummins, of Hill St, Lurgan.
FIND A GRAVELurgan New Cemetery
Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Plot D. 332
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/280814759/thomas-cumminsA brother, Corporal Moses Cummins, R.I.R., was killed in action; another brother Drum Major S. Cummins, 9th R.I.F., is serving in France; and a fourth brother, Sergeant James Cummins, R.I.F., was discharged some time ago. All four brothers are mentioned in a verse of the poem 'The Hill Street Boys' first published in the Lurgan Mail 3rd April 1915, under the title 'The Hill Street Tommie's.'
There's James and Sam, Moe and Tam,
For fine chaps there's no disputing,
For heart and hand for Hill Street Band,
These brothers spent much time in fluting,
There's Harry Quail as hard as nails,
Who for Glenavon oft did battle,
And Sparks so bright who took delight,
In causing forwards teeth to rattle.
If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.
Sandra
