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1st Battalion, Irish Guards (British Army) |
Date Of Birth: |
08/05/1888
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Died: |
09/10/1917 (Killed in Action) |
Age: |
29 |
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Herbert Igoe was the son of William and Isabella Igoe. He was born on 8th May 1887 in Moy, County Tyrone. He was one of ten children, nine surviving, all born in the Dungannon area. By 1911 he had left school and was a shop assistant. His father was a horse dealer and trainer. Herbert Igoe enlisted in Glasgow. Private Herbert Igoe was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards when he died on 9th October 1917.
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The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks. The names of those from New Zealand units are inscribed on panels within the New Zealand Memorial Apse located at the centre of the Memorial.
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