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Pte. Patrick McKee MM

British Army 7th/8th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

from:Ballymoney, Co. Antrim

(d.20th Nov 1917)

The actions which lead to Private Patrick McKee and his Ballymoney comrade Lance Corporal John Laverty being decorated are unrecorded. What is known, is that over a two week period in August 1917, Private McKee and Lance Corporal Laverty acted with such heroism that they were both awarded the Military Medal shortly afterwards. In November that year, McKee and Laverty held off a German attack with a heavy machine gun, while their fellow servicemen withdrew. Both men manned the gun to their deaths. They have no known grave and are commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.



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