Information about birth

Date of birth:
10/10/1880
Place of birth:
Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland, United Kingdom

General information

Last known residence:
Blackhall Street, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland, United Kingdom
Profession:
Labourer
Religion:
Roman Catholic

Army information

Country:
Ireland, United Kingdom
Force:
British Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
7275
Enlistment date:
26/10/1900
Enlistment place:
Curragh Camp, Kildare, Ireland, United Kingdom
Units:
 —  Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1st Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
04/10/1917
Place of death:
No. 47 Casualty Clearing Station, Dozinghem, Westvleteren, Belgium
Cause of death:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Age:
36

Cemetery

Dozinghem Military Cemetery
Plot: VI
Row: G
Grave: 14

Distinctions and medals 4

Points of interest 3

#1 Place of birth
#2 Enlistment place
#3 Place of wounding

Sources 7

1 Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1974/1).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Sources used
BirthCertificate, National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Irish Catholic Parish Register, MF 09487/12.
https://www.ancestry.com/
Sources used
British Army World War I Service Medal and Awards Rolls, 1914-1920 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO 329).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Sources used
CatholicBaptismRegister, National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Irish Catholic Parish Register.
https://www.ancestry.com/
Sources used
McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: The Day by Day Account (Londen: Arms & Armour Press, 1995), 115-117.
Sources used
Stair Gillon, The Story of the 29th Division, (Londen, Edinburgh, New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., 1925), 135-137.
Sources used
UK, British Army world War I service Records, 1914-1920.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Sources used

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