From the Pontefract and Castleford Express, 17.11.1916:

Of Signaller Thomas Mulligan, a man who had a nine years' service record (K.O.Y.L.I.) in the Regulars and had served in China, Africa, Singapore, the end has to be recorded. The deceased went to France soon after the outbreak of war, and was wounded, in consequence of which he came home. At the end of about a twelvemonth, in April last, he returned to the Front, in France, and there, with many other brave fellows he was struck down in the great fight of July 1st. A comrade of the deceased, Signaller Dobson, who was in hospital writes, "A shell burst by his side as he was going for the German lines. Thank God, he did not suffer; his end was too swift. ... He was such a good chap, and always willing to oblige anybody, ... We came out here together and were chums in England. I shall never forget how he tried to buck the younger chaps up before the attack. ... All the signallers asked me to give you their sympathy, and to tell you how well he was liked by us all." (Extract from a letter written to Mrs Kelly, sister of Thomas Mulligan)

Hannah Jones