First Name: | John |
Last Name: | Walsh |
Rank: | Corporal |
Regiment: | 2nd Leinster Regiment |
Military Number: | 4506 |
Place of Birth: | Foster Street |
Place of Death: | Ypres Belgium (Killed in Action) |
Date of Death: | 31-Jul-17 |
Age: | 21 |
Additional Information: | Killed in Action: (YPRES, BELGIUM ) 31 July 1917 . Age 21. Supplementary Notes: : Enlisted: Galway. Formerly of the ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 100275. Son of Philip Walsh of Foster Street, Galway. He was a member of St Patrick’s band in Galway. He wrote a letter to his mother just six days before he was killed at the third of Ypres (Passchendaele ). The letter was included in Galway and the Great War. Remembered: Ypres (Menin Gate ) Memorial – Ieper – West- Vlaanderen – Belgium ( 44 ). |