Norman Algeo (1894 - 1917)

Born 1 Nov 1894 in Drumaghy, County Donegal, Ireland

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Died 30 Nov 1917 at age 23 in Tincourt-Boucly, Somme, Picardie, France

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Biography

Norman Algeo was born in Ireland.

Captain Norman Algeo served in the British Army in World War I
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Norman was born in 1894, son of Lewis Walter Algeo (Church of Ireland Clergyman) and Florence Harriet Collum. ^{[1] [2]}

On 2 April 1911 Lewis Algeo (26) Leiut 4th Royal Irish Rifles S R, widowed mother Florence Algeo (50) married 19 years with 5 children born / living, sister Ethel Algeo (25), brother Norman Algeo (16), all Church of Ireland and servant Rosie Mc Ferman (15) lived in Glenboy, County Leitrim, Ireland. ^[3]

Norman served as a Captain with the 3rd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). ^[4][5]

He Died of Wounds in 1917, aged 23 at the 55 Casualty Clearing Station and was buried at the Tincourt New British Cemetery, France. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Sources

1. ↑ Civil Records at irishgenealogy.ie - Births (Glenties)
2. ↑ Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1895
3. ↑ 1911 Ireland Census
4. ↑ UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
5. ↑ Ireland, World War I Casualties, 1914-1922
6. ↑ https://billiongraves.com/grave/N-Algeo/24814556
7. ↑ UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
8. ↑ UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
9. ↑ Find A Grave

• UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, Volume 3