Michael Spierin (1896-1916) was my second cousin twice removed. One of about 10 children, he was the son of Michael Edward Speirin and Mary Cummins, who moved from Dublin to Birkenhead sometime after 1911. The Spierin family go back to Limerick in the late 1600's and the family tree is online at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/51571701/family/pedigree. Michael died of wounds sustained by artillery fire in May 1916 and is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery - plot V. C. 22.

Maurice Gleeson