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When Days Are Dark.
Remembering John Ballantyne
My granny was 20 years old when she married in 1913. To John Ballantyne he was 27. In 1916 on the 1st April she gave birth to her first child Matthew. John Ballantyne was a private in the Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1st Bn. He died on the 6th of July 1916 age 29yrs, at the Battle of the Somme. He was born in Ireland. His grave is in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery France. Ref no 11.E.33. My husband Tom…
Contributors
- Nancy Smith
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- Mary Ballantyne
- John Ballantyne
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1913-07-17
- 1916-07-06
- 1916-07-06
- 1913-07-17
- 1916-07-06
- 1913-07-17
Contributors
- Nancy Smith
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- Mary Ballantyne
- John Ballantyne
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1913-07-17
- 1916-07-06
- 1916-07-06
- 1913-07-17
- 1916-07-06
- 1913-07-17
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2012-11-07 21:00:21 UTC
- 2012-11-07
- 2012-11-07
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/4546a49192fb68dd05324dccefa5b129
Places
- France
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 4342
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/4342
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:34:42.768Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z