Poet pens tribute to Larne World War One hero

By The Newsroom
Published 20th Sep 2016, 15:28 BST
Updated 5th Oct 2016, 13:46 BST
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Poet Gordon Simmonds. INLT-38-703-con
An amateur poet has composed a book of tributes to a young Larne man who died on the first day of World War One's Battle of Loos in 1915.

Gordon Simmonds wrote the poems dedicated to late 19-year old Thomas Finlay ahead of the 101st anniversary of the battle on September 25.

Gordon decided to write the poems after speaking to his late mother-in-law Mary Craig, who lived with Thomas Finlay’s family after his death.

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