First Name: | John |
Last Name: | Keighrey |
Rank: | Private |
Regiment: | 1st Connaught Rangers |
Military Number: | 3087 |
Place of Birth: | Boulger's Lane Ballinasloe |
Place of Death: | Mesopotamia ( Killed in Action) |
Date of Death: | 21-Jan-16 |
Age: | |
Additional Information: | Killed in Action: (Mesopotamia) 21 January 1916. Age 23. Supplementary Notes: Enlisted: Oranmore. Son of Patrick & Bridget Keighrey (nee Griffin) of Boulgers Lane, Ballinasloe. John’s brother, Peter, also served with the Connaught Rangers and survived the war. Remembered: Basra Memorial-Iraq- (40 & 64) & Roll of Honour -Killed in Action 1914-1918. |