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2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers
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Those known to have served with2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Ambrose Patrick. Pte
- Bannon John. Pte. (d.20th Sep 1914)
- Berney David. L/Sgt. (d.1st Nov 1914)
- Blacker Cecil Francis. Lt. (d.6th September 1914)
- Brady F.. Pte. (d.12th August 1915)
- Casey John. Pte. (d.11th March 1915)
- Delaney W. Pte. (d.29th Nov 1920)
- Finnerty John. Pte.
- Flynn Charles. CSM.
- Frick Oscar. L/Cpl. (d.8th July 1916)
- Holain Stephan. Pte. (d.24th June 1915)
- Mallins Claude O'Conor. Lt. (d.2nd Nov 1914)
- Sarsfield William Stopford. Mjr. (d.20th Sep 1914)
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CSM. Charles Flynn 2nd Btn Connaught Rangers My Great Grandfather Charles Flynn served with the Connaught Rangers from 1885 to 1908 and then signed up again during WWI from the reserves.
My Grandfather also fought during the Great War with 2nd Battalion Connaught Rangers and was eventually a CSM at the end of the war.
My Great Grandfather Norman McKay served with the Connaught Rangers and retired in 1912 but resigned during the Great War.
and my Uncle Bert James was a Lieutenant Colonel with the British Army and served in the Connaught Rangers during WWI. There are more family members who served, but I do not have the records at present.
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Pte. Stephan Holain 2nd Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.24th June 1915) Private Holain was 26 when he died and is buried In the South part of the Tuam New Cemetery, Tuam, Co. Galway, Ireland.
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Lt. Cecil Francis Blacker 2nd Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.6th September 1914) Cecil Blacker was the Son of Major F.H. Blacker.
At the start of WW1 he was severely wounded at the Battle of Mons on the 23rd of August 1914 and evacuated to Netley Hospital in England but died from his wounds on the 6th September 1914. The hospital has a military cemetery within the grounds, but Cecil was brought back to Ireland for burial.
He was aged 25 when he died and is buried in the South-East part of the Naas (Mauldings, or St. Magdalen's) Protestant Cemetery, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
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Pte. John Casey 2nd Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.11th March 1915) Private Casey was 22 when he died and is buried near the North boundary of the Loughrea (Garrybreda) Cemetery, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland.
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Pte. F. Brady 2nd Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.12th August 1915) Private Brady was 31 when he died and is buried in the south east part of the Kells (St. John's) Old Burial Ground, Kells, Co. Meath, Ireland.
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Pte. W Delaney 2nd Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.29th Nov 1920) Private W. Delaney was 44 when he died and is buried East of the church in the Ballinabrannagh Catholic Churchyard in Co. Carlow, Ireland.
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Lt. Claude O'Conor Mallins 2nd Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.2nd Nov 1914) Claude Mallins was killed in action at Ypres, on the 2nd of November 1914, aged 20 years.
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Mjr. William Stopford Sarsfield 2nd Btn Connaught Rangers (d.20th Sep 1914) The wooden cross with metal plate bearing stamped inscription to William Starsfield, is almost certainly the cross which marked his grave in Vailly British Cemetery. This cemetery was fought over four times after 1914, and the damage is probably from bullet or shell fragment.
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L/Cpl. Oscar Frick 2nd Bn. attd. Connaught Rangers Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (d.8th July 1916) Oscar Frick died on the 8th July 1916. He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in Iraq.
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L/Sgt. David Berney 2nd Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.1st Nov 1914) L/Sgt. David Berney served with the Connaught Rangers 2nd Battallion and was killed in action in Flanders in November 1914.
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Pte. John Bannon 2nd Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.20th Sep 1914) John Bannon, son of John and Mary Bannon, was born in Dublin and lived there when he enlisted at The Curragh Camp, County Kildare. The 2nd Battalion landed at Boulogne on 14th August 1914. Private Bannon was aged 31 when he was killed in action in France during the First Battle of the Aisne, and he is commemorated on La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial.
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