226024 Pte. Patrick Feeney British Army 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers from:Castlebar, Co. Mayo. (d.22nd July 1915) Patrick Feeney died on the 22nd July 1915 in France. He was the husband of M. Feeney of Castle St., Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Additional Information: | Private Patrick Feeneyof the 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers was a professional soldier and served in the South Africa Campaign, Patrick signing up around age Sixteen he had left the British Army in 1911. He returned to Castlebar where he married and then when the Great War came, he was called up and returned to the Colours to serve with the Connaught Rangers once more. He was killed in action on Thursday 22nd July 1915, aged Thirty Two, near Rue-Tilleroy France and buried in the Royal Irish Graveyard in Laventie, France.Martin Coyle
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