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Peter Dolan
| Rank: | Private |
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| Townland: | Kilglass |
| Town/Village: | Legan |
| Civil Parish: | Kilglass |
| Catholic Parish: | Legan |
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| Alternative Address: | Coatbridge, Scotland |
| Census 1901: |
Possible at Ballybeg, Kilglass: www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Kilglass/Ballybeg/1547019/ |
| Census 1911: |
Residing with wife and her family: www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Kilglass/Carrickboy/580882/ |
| Regiment/Unit: | Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 8th Battalion, 'C' Company |
| Regiment Number: | 3/21650 |
| Date of Death: | 29-03-1916 |
| Cause: | Killed in action, near Mazingarbe, Pas-de-Calais, France |
| Memorial: | Bois-Carre Military Cemetery, Haisnes, France |
| Information: | Peter was born in Carrickedmond, Co. Longford, and was married to Sarah Conway and had at least two children, Thomas and Ellen. Pte Dolan enlisted at Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was killed-in-action by a rifle-grenade attack in the trenches near Mazingarbe, France, and was one of two fatalities amongst the casualties from that engagement.* |
| Parents Names: | Son of Patrick and Margaret Dolan, Carrickboy, Co. Longford |
| Notes: | *Pte Edward Palmer, No 17437 from Rathdowney Co. Laois was the other fatality. |
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