QMS Matthew FOGARTY 3 Bn Leinster Regt

[Doug Lewis]

Remembering today QMS 4444 Matthew Fogarty 3rd Bn Leinster Regt.

Name: FOGARTY, MATTHEW

Initials: M

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Quartermaster Serjeant

Regiment: Leinster Regiment

Unit Text: 3rd Bn.

Secondary Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment

Secondary Unit Text: attd. 3rd Bn.

Age: 54

Date of Death: 13/02/1918

Service No: 4444

Additional information: Husband of Minnie Fogarty, of 17, Balmoral Terrace, St. Luke's, Cork. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Cork Military Cemetery.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Spec. Memorial.

Cemetery: GRANGEGORMAN (CORK) MEMORIAL HEADSTONES

Country: Ireland, Republic of

Locality: County Dublin

Location Information: The Grangegorman (Cork) Memorial Headstones commemorate the graves of 83 war dead who are buried in Cork Military Cemetery, but whose graves could not be maintained there. The headstones of the 83 War Dead are arranged before the Grangegorman Memorial, which is located Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue outside the North-East boundary of Phoenix Park.

No. of Identified Casualties: 83

From SDGW

Born Dublin

Enlisted and Residence Cork.

[soltown]

He is possibly the son of Laurence Fogarty and Ellen Bolton, according to the IGI he was born in 1866, which would mean he was 52? (have i worked that out right?) and had the following siblings

2. Ellen Fogarty - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Female Birth: 17 JUL 1873 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

3. Jane Fogarty - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Female Birth: 22 MAR 1878 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

4. Eliza Fogarty - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Female Birth: 22 MAR 1878 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

5. James Fogarty - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Male Birth: 24 OCT 1875 , Dublin, Ireland

6. JOSEPH FOGARTY - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Male Birth: 02 MAY 1868 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland