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Pte. Jeremiah Daly

British Army 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment

from:Mountain View, Tipperary Town, Ireland

(d.20th Oct 1914)

My Great Uncle, Jeremiah Daly, from Tipperary Town in Ireland joined the Army in 1898. He served in South Africa for five and a half years then in Mauritius for a further year and a half.When he returned home he was discharged to the Army Reserve. In March 1911 he was married to Mary O'Donnell. They had two children.

On the 5th of August 1914 he rejoined on mobilization. On the 12th of Sept 1914 he landed with the 2nd Battalion Leinster Regiment in St Nazaire in France. On the 20th of Oct 1914 he was killed in the village of Premesque.

A picture of the Cloth hall in Ypres on the 19th of October 2014 the Eve of the 100 Anniversary of Jeremiah Daly's death.

This was also donated by the In Flanders field Museum.



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