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11602   Private Patrick Donnelly
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Dated added: 30/12/2015   Last updated: 20/02/2021
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (British Army)
Died: 26/04/1915 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary      
Patrick Donnelly was born in Dublin. Patrick Donnelly was living in Dublin when he enlisted in Maryborough, Laois. Private Patrick Donnelly was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the 26th April 1915 in France & Flanders. Private Donnelly has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres. It is not known what link he had, if any, to the Dungannon area.
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Cemetery Details
Cemetery: Menin Gate
  Ypres (Ieper), West-Vlaanderen
Grave Ref: Panel 44-46
CWGC Casualty 1610323
Summary      
Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin (Menen) and Courtrai (Kortrijk). Each night at 8 pm the traffic is stopped at the Menin Gate while members of the local Fire Brigade sound the Last Post in the roadway under the Memorial's arches.
Local Memorial Details

No Memorial Name Townland
1 Dungannon War Memorial - WWI - Panel 1 Dungannon
References and Links
No Link Reference Map Doc
1 National Archives UK Medal Card can be purchased here
Dungannon District's War Dead Acknowledgements 2015-2023