She was the wife of Private Thomas Albert SPROULE (no. 6311) of Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion who was killed in action in Belgium on May 15th 1915, during the First World War. He was 32 years old. He had previously served with distinction during the Anglo Boer War in South Africa.
He is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial, France on Panels 16 and 17.
His parents were James SPROULE and Jane SPROULE of Coolaness, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, Ireland.
Update on Jan 15th 2014. Further to the above, I have just received the following information from George Sproule:-
"Elizabeth was my grandmother and when her headstone was being prepared the family mistakenly believed that her husband Thomas Albert was killed in Belgium. In actual fact he died at Festubert, near La Bassee in France during the first night-time assault of the Great War 15th May 1915. The 2nd Battalion of Inniskillings wasn't in Belgium but was part of the 5th infantry brigade on the line between Aubers and Festubert. Somehow the location got confused and the stone was incorrectly inscribed."
He is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial, France on Panels 16 and 17.
His parents were James SPROULE and Jane SPROULE of Coolaness, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, Ireland.
Update on Jan 15th 2014. Further to the above, I have just received the following information from George Sproule:-
"Elizabeth was my grandmother and when her headstone was being prepared the family mistakenly believed that her husband Thomas Albert was killed in Belgium. In actual fact he died at Festubert, near La Bassee in France during the first night-time assault of the Great War 15th May 1915. The 2nd Battalion of Inniskillings wasn't in Belgium but was part of the 5th infantry brigade on the line between Aubers and Festubert. Somehow the location got confused and the stone was incorrectly inscribed."
She was the wife of Private Thomas Albert SPROULE (no. 6311) of Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion who was killed in action in Belgium on May 15th 1915, during the First World War. He was 32 years old. He had previously served with distinction during the Anglo Boer War in South Africa.
He is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial, France on Panels 16 and 17.
His parents were James SPROULE and Jane SPROULE of Coolaness, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, Ireland.
Update on Jan 15th 2014. Further to the above, I have just received the following information from George Sproule:-
"Elizabeth was my grandmother and when her headstone was being prepared the family mistakenly believed that her husband Thomas Albert was killed in Belgium. In actual fact he died at Festubert, near La Bassee in France during the first night-time assault of the Great War 15th May 1915. The 2nd Battalion of Inniskillings wasn't in Belgium but was part of the 5th infantry brigade on the line between Aubers and Festubert. Somehow the location got confused and the stone was incorrectly inscribed."
He is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial, France on Panels 16 and 17.
His parents were James SPROULE and Jane SPROULE of Coolaness, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, Ireland.
Update on Jan 15th 2014. Further to the above, I have just received the following information from George Sproule:-
"Elizabeth was my grandmother and when her headstone was being prepared the family mistakenly believed that her husband Thomas Albert was killed in Belgium. In actual fact he died at Festubert, near La Bassee in France during the first night-time assault of the Great War 15th May 1915. The 2nd Battalion of Inniskillings wasn't in Belgium but was part of the 5th infantry brigade on the line between Aubers and Festubert. Somehow the location got confused and the stone was incorrectly inscribed."
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