Life story: Garrett Dignam | Lives of the First World War

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1886

sibling James Dignam Source:9002886 1886

1888

birth Barterstown, Dublin Ireland Source:8920111 Source:8994705 1888

1889

sibling Peter Dignam Source:9002886 1889

1891

sibling Mary Dignam Source:9002886 1891

1892

sibling William Dignam Source:9002886 1892

1893

sibling John Dignam Source:9002886 1893

1898

sibling Arthur Dignam Source:9002886 1898

1901

location 24 Sallynoggin Road, Kingstown, Dublin Ireland parents address Source:9002886 31st March 1901

1905

dates Age 18 Source:8994705 27th July 1905

1905

employment Garden Boy Dublin Ireland Source:8994705 27th July 1905

1905

enlistment Curragh Camp Ireland Source:8994705 27th July 1905

1905

service British Army Private 8697 Royal Irish Regiment Depot Source:8994705 27th July 1905 - 27th October 1905

1905

service British Army Private 8697 Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:8994705 28th October 1905 - 4th February 1907

1907

events Service in India Overseas service Various India Source:8994705 5th February 1907 - 28th November 1913

1907

service British Army Private 8697 Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion Source:8994705 5th February 1907 - 28th November 1913

1909

hospitalisation Pyrexia (fever) - probably malaria Hospital/Institution Source:8994705 9th March 1909 - 15th March 1909

1913

service British Army Lance Corporal 8697 Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:8994705 29th November 1913 - 25th July 1914

1914

service British Army Private 8697 Royal Irish Regiment Army Reserve Source:8994705 26th July 1914 - 6th August 1914

1914

service British Army Lance Corporal 8697 Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:8994705 7th August 1914 - 6th September 1914

1914

service British Army Serjeant 8697 Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:8994705 7th September 1914 - 28th October 1914

1914

dates Age 26 Source:8920111 28th October 1914

service British Army Serjeant 8697 Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:8994708

1914

death Died of wounds He was wounded in the fighting at Le Pilly and then succumbed to his wounds eight days later, probably in a German field hospital in the nearby village of Marquillies. the vicinity of Le Pilly, Pas de Calais France Source:8920111 Source:9003609 28th October 1914

burial Le Touret Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France Panels 11 and 12 Source:8994709

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Garrett
Initials	G
Last Name	Dignam
Source	1636693

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
24 Sallynoggin Road, Kingstown, Dublin	Ireland	parents address	known 31st March 1901

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	8697	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Serjeant
British Army	8697	Royal Irish Regiment	Depot	Private
British Army	8697	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Private
British Army	8697	Royal Irish Regiment	1st Battalion	Private
British Army	8697	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Lance Corporal
British Army	8697	Royal Irish Regiment	Army Reserve	Private
British Army	8697	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Lance Corporal
British Army	8697	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Serjeant

Family

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Peter Dignam	father
Jane Dignam	mother

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates
James Dignam	brother	1886
Peter Dignam	brother	1889
Mary Dignam	sister	1891
William Dignam	brother	1892
John Dignam	brother	1893
Arthur Dignam	brother	1898

Physical

Complexion	Eyes	Hair	Source
Fresh	Grey	Black

Date	Height	Source
1905-07-27	5'8"

Religion

Date	Religion	Source
1901-03-31	Roman Catholic

Media

Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

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ICRC

POW

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Dublin circa 1890

Dublin circa 1890. Garrett Dignam was born in Dublin in 1888.

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Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

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Sallynoggin Road, Dublin

Sallynoggin Road, Dublin, where Garrett Dignam lived with his widowed mother and siblings at the time of the 1901 census

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SS Herschel

SS Herschel, the ship which transported the Royal Irish Regiment across the channel to France. They disembarked in Boulogne on 14th August 1914.

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The area to the east of Mons

The area around the hospital and cemetery, to the east of Mons, where the Royal Irish Regiment first came in contact with the enemy

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The area to the east of Mons

The area around the hospital and cemetery, to the east of Mons, where the Royal Irish Regiment first came in contact with the enemy

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La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium

La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium, where a small detachment of the Royal Irish Regiment held out for hours against a superior enemy force.

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Restaurant Leon on Chausee de Binche

Restaurant Leon on Chausee de Binche on the site of the former Chateau Gendebien which was used as a Red Cross hospital at the time of the Battle of Mons

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A typical pave road

The pave road along which the Royal Irish Regiment hurriedly retreated with the Germans close behind around 6pm on 23rd August 1914, Mons, Belgium. These roads were hard on the feet of the retreating soldiers of the BEF, especially those reservists whose feet had grown soft and had not had sufficient time to grow accustomed to day-after-day of hard marching.

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Rue Leon Save, Mons, Belgium.

The road south on the western edge of Bois La Haut, Mons. The Royal Irish Regiment were hotly pursued down this road by the Germans on the afternoon of the 23rd August 1914.

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Map of the Battle of Mons

Map of the Battle of Mons from The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, Vol. II (drawn by Major St.Leger)

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The fields between Caudry and Audencourt

The fields between Caudry and Audencourt where the fighting between the Royal Irish Regiment and the advancing Germans took place on 26th August 1914.

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The road cutting south west of Audencourt

The road cutting south west of Audencourt where Lieutenant Colonel Cox, Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment was severely wounded at around 10 am on the morning of 26th August 1914.

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Audencourt

Audencourt in and around which the companies of the battalion were positioned on 26th August 1914

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Audencourt - 8th Brigade Headquaters

The site of the 8th Brigade headquarters in Audencourt on the 26th August before the bombardment

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Maison Communale, Hyon

The Maison Communale in Hyon, which was the 8th Brigade's Headquarters on 23rd August 1914.

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Caudry

C and D companies of the battalion were positioned on the north eastern outskirts of Caudry.

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Map of the battle at Caudry/Audencourt

Map of the actions at Caudry/Audencourt from The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, Vol. II (drawn by Major St.Leger)

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Orly-sur-Morin

Orly-sur-Morin where the Royal Irish Regiment came in contact with the enemy on 8th September 1914

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Map of the action at Orly

Map of the action at Orly on 8th September 1914 (from the War Diary and drawn by Major St Leger)

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Le Chateau de Vauxcelles, Vailly-sur-Aisne

Le Chateau de Vauxcelles, Vailly-sur-Aisne, in the vicinity of which the Royal Irish Regiment were dug in during the fighting in September 1914

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Courcelles

Courcelles where the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment rested and refitted after the Battle of the Aisne

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Vieille Chapelle after the first bombardment

Vieille Chapelle after the first bombardment, 1914

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One of the ditches occupied by RIRgt at Le Pilly

One of the ditches which were occupied by the Royal Irish Regiment at Le Pilly on 19th/20th October 1914 and where they were surrounded and eventually wiped out.

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Rue du Pilly, Herlies, Pas de Calais

Rue du Pilly, Herlies, Pas de Calais, where the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment met its destruction

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The station where the wounded were treated

The station building in Le Pilly where Lieutenant Jackson of the RAMC tended to the wounded after the battalion had been overwhelmed.

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Map of the actions at Le Riez and Le Pilly

Map of the actions at Le Riez and Le Pilly from The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, Vol. II (drawn by Major St.Leger)

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2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.

The Memorial to the Royal Irish Regiment at Mons overlooks the ground on which the 2nd Battalion fought on the 23rd August 1914. It was unveiled by Lord Ypres on 11th November 1923.

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2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.

The plaque at the base of the Mons memorial to the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment. The memorial was unveiled on 11th November 1923 at La Bascule crossroads.

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La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial

The La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial commemorates 3,740 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) who fell at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne between the end of August and early October 1914 and have no known graves...The memorial was designed by George H. Goldsmith, a decorated veteran of the Western Front, and unveiled by Sir William Pulteney, who had commanded the III Corps of the BEF in 1914, on 4 November 1928. (From CWGC Cemetery Details)

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Le Touret Memorial

The Le Touret Memorial commemorates those who fell in this sector of the Western Front from the beginning of October 1914 to the eve of the Battle of Loos in late September 1915 and who have no known grave. It was designed by John Reginald Truelove and unveiled by the British Ambassador to France, Lord Tyrrell on 22nd March 1930. The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment are to be found on panels 11 and 12.

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2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment from August to October 1914

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Official Records

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription	john14663
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription	Patrick63223
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription	Patrick63223
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Patrick63223
Ireland: National Roll of Honour 1914-1921 Transcription	Patrick63223
Ireland Census 1901 Transcription	Patrick63223
Medal Index Cards Transcription	Patrick63223

External Evidence

Reference	Connected by	More information
1914-1918 PRISONERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ICRC HISTORICAL ARCHIVES	Patrick63223
The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment Vol.II from 1900 to 1922	Patrick63223
"There's a Devil in the Drum" by J.F.Lucy	Patrick63223

Multimedia

Title	Connected by	More information
Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge	Patrick63223
ICRC	john14663
Dublin circa 1890	Patrick63223
Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge	Patrick63223
Sallynoggin Road, Dublin	Patrick63223
SS Herschel	Patrick63223
The area to the east of Mons	Patrick63223
The area to the east of Mons	Patrick63223
La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium	Patrick63223
Restaurant Leon on Chausee de Binche	Patrick63223
A typical pave road	Patrick63223
Rue Leon Save, Mons, Belgium.	Patrick63223
Map of the Battle of Mons	Patrick63223
The fields between Caudry and Audencourt	Patrick63223
The road cutting south west of Audencourt	Patrick63223
Audencourt	Patrick63223
Audencourt - 8th Brigade Headquaters	Patrick63223
Maison Communale, Hyon	Patrick63223
Caudry	Patrick63223
Map of the battle at Caudry/Audencourt	Patrick63223
Orly-sur-Morin	Patrick63223
Map of the action at Orly	Patrick63223
Le Chateau de Vauxcelles, Vailly-sur-Aisne	Patrick63223
Courcelles	Patrick63223
Vieille Chapelle after the first bombardment	Patrick63223
One of the ditches occupied by RIRgt at Le Pilly	Patrick63223
Rue du Pilly, Herlies, Pas de Calais	Patrick63223
The station where the wounded were treated	Patrick63223
Map of the actions at Le Riez and Le Pilly	Patrick63223
2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.	Patrick63223
2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.	Patrick63223
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial	Patrick63223
Le Touret Memorial	Patrick63223

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