IN LOVING MEMORY OF:

John Walsh 31-Jul-17


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 ).


THE LEINSTER

Leinster

Menin Gate ( Ypres)(42)

MENIN GATE ( YPRES) (42)

Ieper-West-Vlaanderen-Belgium.(42)

Ieper-West-Vlaanderen-Belgium (42)