208161 Pte. Edward "Ned" McGuirk British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers from:Blackrock, Co.Dublin (d.21st Apr 1915) My great granduncle, Edward McGuirk was killed in action in April 1915 whilst serving with 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
He was born in Blackrock on the 8th of April 1889 to Edward McGuirk and Mary Anne Davis. I don't know much about him except that he worked as a gardener in Frescati House. I'm a bit confused as to what his date of death is. On some records it says he died on April 12th 1915 and on others it says April 21st 1915. I have a copy of his baptism cert from St.John the Baptist Church, Blackrock dated 21st April 1915 which I presume the family got on hearing of his death which would make April 12th the more likely date unless it's just pure coincidence. Ned is not on any of the memorials (something which I'm going to change)or listed in any cemetery records so I don't know if they ever recovered him or if he's one of the thousands of unknown soldiers buried in the cemeteries.
His older brother, Michael, was also a soldier in WW1 and survived but I'm not sure what regiment he was in. I heard that more of the McGuirk brothers went to war but I haven't confirmed it yet.
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