Sue Light (see http://scarletfinders.co.uk/ and http://greatwarnurses.blogspot.com/) contacted the Saoirse32 blog to tell them she had....

"made a link between Edie’s account of the dying days of Rifleman James Lennox, from Edward Street, in the Harryville area of Ballymena, who was severely wounded on July 1, 1916. His wounds were mortal and he passed away, after weeks of stoic suffering on August 22."

“Few men are named in the diary, but there are occasions where the man can be identified. During July and August 1916, she (Nurse Appleton) nurses a young man who everyone knew was without hope, but somehow clung to life for weeks. Although not identified at first, he is later named as ‘Lennox’ and by his date of death, I could eventually pin him down as:-

LENNOX
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: Royal Irish Rifles
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 22/08/1916
Service No: 1925
Additional information: Son of James and Sarah Lennox, of Edward St., Harryville, Ballymena.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 17.
Cemetery: ETRETAT CHURCHYARD.

“The account of his final days is very touching and I thought this link might be of interest to someone in your town - it is so rare to have this sort of descriptive writing of an ordinary soldier. The entries regarding James Lennox begin on July 13th 1916. The diary entry for August 23, 1916 makes particularly emotional reading."