John Quinn

Rank:	Private
Street:	Gate Lodge
Townland:
Town/Village:	Edgeworthstown
Civil Parish:	Mostrim
Catholic Parish:	Mostrim
Country:
Alternative Address:	Gorey, Co. Wexford
Census 1901:
Census 1911:
Regiment/Unit:	Connaught Rangers, 6th Battalion; [Leinster Regiment]
Regiment Number:	18143; [3356]
Date of Death:	07-05-1918
Cause:	Presumed killed in action
Memorial:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Somme, France
Information:	John was born c.1897 in Gorey, Co. Wexford. He later resided in Edgeworthstown and enlisted in Longford Barracks. In May 1918, John was serving with the 6th Connaught Rangers, although it is possible that he had been redeployed to the 2nd Leinsters in April 1918, after the 6th had been disbanded; both battalions had been decimated during the German Spring Offensive of 1918. He went missing in action and his death was accepted as the 7 May.
Parents Names:	Son of John Quinn, Gate Lodge, Edgeworthstown
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Links:	Link to CWGC entry;

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