Kilbride Parish Church War Memorial

John Victor Gault

Date of Birth – 10th July 1887 (GRONI reference number U/1887/5/1001/11/148)

Place of Birth – Cogry, Ballyclare

Date of enlistment – Unknown

Address at time of enlistment – Unknown

Next of Kin – James Gault

Address of next of kin - Cogry Farm

Trade or Calling – Linen trade

Service No. - Unknown

Unit – 5th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (Royal South Downs)

Rank – 2nd Lieutenant

Died – 24th October 1916

Place of Death – Battle of Le Transloi, the Somme, France

Age at Death – 29

Buried – Bancourt British Cemetery Plot VI.B.3, Pas de Calais, France

Commemorations – Ballyclare War Memorial, Kilbride New Cemetery (inscription on the headstone on his parents’ grave) and Kilbride Parish Church

Marital status – Single

Father’s name – James Gault, Farmer, born c. 1848, died 20th September, 1906 at Cogry Farm (GRONI reference number D/1906/5/1000/12/82)

Mother’s name – Margaret Gault (née Ferguson), born c. 1862, died 24th October 1947

Siblings – Ellen, James, Elizabeth, Alexander, (John), Evelyn M and Robert M

Records Available

National Archives of Ireland Census Records

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1901 Census –  Kilbride, Doagh

John Gault, Son, Presbyterian, Read and write, 13, Scholar

1911 Census – Kilbride, Doagh

John Gault, Son, Church of Ireland, Read and write, 24, Linen trade, Single

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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