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Military service
Service number:
M/12142
Age:
27
Rank:
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Navy
Division:
H.M.S. Pembroke.
Death:
May 19, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Naval R.C. 8. 400.
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Son of Owen and Mary Donnelly, of Altaglushan, Cappagh, Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Formerly an employee of Hudson`s Bay Store in Calgary, Alberta and while on visit to his former home in Tyrone, Ireland. While visiting he was overwhelmed with the work being done for the recruits, he offered his services as Engine Room Artificier and was sent to one of the battle ships of the Fleet in the Irish Sea.
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Commemorated on:
Page 602 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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