SLOAN, William Andrew

Rifleman, 11th Batt., Royal Irish Rifles
Service No: 6791
Died: 01/07/1916
Age: 19

Remembered on Thiepval Memorial
Remembered on Family Memorial in Bangor Cemetery

William Andrew Sloan was born on the 5th October 1896 in Conlig. He was the son of Anthony Sloan, a Car Driver and his wife Elizabeth (Lizzie) Sloan nee McCreedy.

He enlisted on the outbreak of the war and went to France with the Royal Irish Rifles entering the war zone on 5th October 1915, his 19th birthday.

William was killed on the 1st July 1916 at the Somme.