| Regiment/Service: |
1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (British Army) |
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28/12/1893
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| Died: |
16/08/1917 (Killed in Action) |
| Age: |
23 |
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(Served as BERNEY). Patrick Murray was the oldest son of Francis and Teresa Murray. He was born on 28th December 1893 in Garvaghy, Ballygawley. He Murray was living in Tandragee when he enlisted. Rifleman Murray served with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles in France and was killed en route to the Battle of Langemarck, Belgium, on 16th August 1917, when ‘D’ Company received a direct hit from an enemy shell killing or wounding 13 soldiers. Patrick’s two brothers also died in the war.
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| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Memorial
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Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
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| Grave Ref: |
Panel 138-140, 162-162A and 163A |
| CWGC Casualty |
831860
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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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