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Pte. Michael Joseph Beglan
British Army 2nd Btn Irish Guards
from:49 Austin Friars Street, Mullingar, ireland
(d.14th Oct 1915)
Michael Beglan was the third of eleven children of Thomas and Mary-Anne Beglan, it is said that he had a great sense of humour, he passed his school leaving certificate and began his working life as a teacher, but left in favour of working in a licenced premises in Mullingar, before joining up in 1915.
The circumstances of his death are very sad. He had already been wounded and was being stretchered to safety when a shell exploded, injuring both stretcher bearers, and at the same time a piece of the shell passed through Michaels head killing him instantly. Like many other mothers and relative's of the time, Michael's mother took his death very hard and died herself two years later.
