Will O'Brien Posted 6 October , 2005 Share Posted 6 October , 2005 As per CWGC Name: HARVEY, GEORGE Initials: G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Irish Fusiliers Unit Text: 5th Bn. Age: 29 Date of Death: 06/10/1914 Service No: 17778 Additional information: Son of Thomas and A. M. Harvey, of 51, Elsey Rd., Lavender Hill, London. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: CE. 568. Cemetery: GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 6 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2005 & the cemetery info Cemetery: GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY Country: Ireland, Republic of Locality: County Dublin Historical Information: The cemetery was opened in 1876 and was used for the burial of British service personnel and their near relatives. It contains war graves from both world wars. Some of the graves were re-located to this site at a later date (nine from King George V Hospital grounds, two from Trinity College grounds, three from Portobello (Barracks) Cemetery, two from Drogheda (Little Calvary) Cemetery and one from Oranmore Old Graveyard). The "Leinster" graves are in several trenches in the different denominational plots. A Screen Wall Memorial of a simple design standing nearly two metres high and fifteen metres long has been built of Irish limestone to commemorate the names of those war casualties whose graves lie elsewhere in Ireland and can no longer be maintained. Arranged before this memorial are the headstones of the war dead buried in Cork Military Cemetery but now commemorated here. There are now 613 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war, 2 of which are unidentified, and 12 of the 1939-1945 war, 1 of which is unidentified, commemorated here. No. of Identified Casualties: 622 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 6 October , 2005 Share Posted 6 October , 2005 SDGW Born: Liverpool En: Neath, Glam Res: Lavender Hill SW Surrey Formerly 7527 lancs. Fus. Died How: Died Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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