WANTED - Your WWI stories for new history book.

The families of the heroic Portstewart men who died during World war One are being sought by local wartime historian Robert Thompson. Robert is researching the stories of the men from the town who left their north coast homes and went to fight in the Great War. He hopes to have a book on the subject published later this year and he has already visited the graves of many of the men where they were killed in Belgium and France. Robert would also like to talk to the relatives of these men and record the stories of their loved ones.

Robert has completed similar projects and published books on the World War One fallen heroes of Bushmills, Ballymoney, Portrush and Coleraine. He also edited a volume on the same theme for Kilrea.

If you recognise any of the names of the Portstewart soldiers listed below, please contact Robert Thompson at:
(028) 2073 2875
or by email at robert@riversideroad.freeserve.co.uk .

Robert Bacon
James Boyd
James Brennan
R J Burke
John J P Charles
Thomas James Finlay
J H C Gatchell
John Gray
James Hayes
Thomas Hayes
J Kane
Wm Kilpatrick
Thomas Kyle
J V Leyden
A McAuley
David McCandless
James McCurdy
M McFadden
H McGowan
W J McGugan
T McLaughlin
W McMichael
L E Mann
D M Millar
W Millar
A C Montagu
Rev W P Montagu
H D O'Hara
W J Reid
Thomas Shields
S Sinclair
S Smyth
W J Spence
John Taylor
John Upson
Alex Williamson

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