Military service
Service number:
258
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Birth:
July 20, 1892
St-John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
September 2, 1914
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont-Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6.C.26.
Additional information
Son of John Cahill and Mary Ellen (Whelan Cahill) Sweeney, of Bell Island, Newfoundland. Brother to John, Michael, William and Agnes.
Digital gallery of Private Martin Joseph Cahill
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Photo of Martin Joseph Cahill
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Cahill family photo
Cahill family photo, taken in 1897, John is the boy in the front, Martin is located at the extreme left. -
Brother John and his wife
This is John Cahill and his wife later in life. He is the brother of casualty, Martin Cahill. (John is referred to in the letter to R.H. Bennett) -
Letter to R.H. Bennett - page 1
Martin Cahill has died at this point, as mentioned in this letter. In this correspondence to military officials, his mother, Mary Ellen (Cahill) Sweeney, asks to have John, her other son, released into her care, after being wounded. -
Lettre to R.H. Bennett - page 2
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Letter (reply)
This is the reply from the Colonial Secretary to Mary Ellen Cahill's letter. -
Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Royal Newfoundland Regiment
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War i and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Joseph Cahill
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 23 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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