We remember Richard O'keeffe

We remember Richard O'keeffe

Timeline

Timeline

1896
birth Carlow Ireland Source:9106400 Source:9080717 1896
1911
employment Telegraph Messenger General Post Office Carlow, County Carlow Ireland Source:9106400 April 1911
1911
location Dublin Road, Carlow, County Carlow Ireland parents address Source:9106400 April 1911
1915
enlistment Carlow, County Carlow Ireland Source:9080717 1915
1915
service British Army Rifleman 3484 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:9080724 1915 - 31st December 1916
1917
service British Army Rifleman 371325 London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:9080724 1st January 1917 - 20th September 1917
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9080717
location Tullow, County Carlow Ireland Source:9080717
1917
death Killed in Action Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen Belgium Source:9080724 Source:9080717 20th September 1917
burial Poelcapelle British Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium Source:9080724

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Richard
Initials R
Last Name O'keeffe
Source 3307775
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Dublin Road, Carlow, County Carlow Ireland parents address known April 1911
Tullow, County Carlow Ireland
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 371325 London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
British Army 3484 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Ellen O'Keeffe mother

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Medal Index Card
Ireland: National Roll of Honour 1914-1921 Transcription Valerie34433
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Valerie34433
Ireland Census 1911 Transcription Valerie34433

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