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DODD Francis Joseph 2/Lt

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20585

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SKR/DAT/IP/20585
Title
DODD Francis Joseph 2/Lt
Date
2000-2024
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Surname: DODD;

Forename(s): Francis Joseph;

Initials: FJ;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Kilorglin;

Enlisted in: Naas;

Enlistment Date: 15-Sep-1914;

Resided in: Killorglin, Co.Kerry;

Previous Number: 13671;

Previous Battalion: 7 of;

Previous Regiment: R Dublin Fus;

Date of transfer to MGC: 28-Apr-1917;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 188 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 188 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 63 Bn;

Date abroad: 07-Aug-1915;

Theatre of War: 2b;

How killed: D;

Where: UK;

When killed: 31-Oct-1918;

Other Data: b 2/8/1889
1914-15 Star roll - transf to MGC (No 104611) and disch to Commsn 25/09/1917
War Diary 63 Bn 14/3/1918 - gassed,Ribecourt - evacuated.
Ballymacprior, Kilorglin,Kerry, Ireland
Estate: 613/8/8d;

Other Notes: DODD, Second Lieutenant, FRANCIS JOSEPH, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Died of pneumonia following wounds (gas) 31st October 1918. Age 29. Son of Ellen Mary Dodd, of Ballymacprior House, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, and the late Dr. Dodd. Enlisted in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Sept., 1914. I. I. 16. Grantham Cemetery - Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.;

Related National Archives files: WO339/100225;

END OF RECORD.

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
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