| 28/07/2021 |
Bernard Laverty enlisted in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He was living in Motherwell. |
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Private Bernard Laverty has no known grave and is commemorated on panel 10 on Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. |
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He later served with the Leinster Regiment, service number 18174. |
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Private Laverty served initially with the Connaught Rangers, service number 6619. |
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Reports suggest that his father died and his mother remarried. This may explain why no record can be found of the family in the 1911 census. |
| 28/07/2021 |
The 1901 census records Bernard Laverty as age 1 living at house 13 in Annaghnaboe, Meenagh, Tyrone. His father was a farmer. |
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Known family: Charles Laverty, Catherine Laverty, Bernard Laverty (born 28th October 1899), Arthur P Laverty (born 24th March 1901, died 12th May 1902, age 1), Mary Laverty (born 13th May 1903). |
| 28/07/2021 |
Bernard was born on 28th October 1899 in Clonoe, Coalisland, County Tyrone. He was one of three children, all born in the Coalisland area. |
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Bernard Laverty was the oldest son of Charles and Catherine Laverty. Charles Laverty and Catherine McGrath were married on 30th July 1898 in the district of Dungannon. |
| 28/07/2021 |
Private Bernard Laverty was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Leinster Regiment when he was killed in France on the 4th September 1918. |
| 30/12/2015 |
The CWGC record Private Laverty as the son of Charles and Catherine Laverty, of Annaghaboe, Coalisland, County Tyrone. |
