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T (?) Leavy
Rank: | Private |
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Townland: | Unknown |
Town/Village: | Abbeyshrule |
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Catholic Parish: | Carrickedmond |
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Alternative Address: | Unknown |
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Regiment/Unit: | Leinster Regiment |
Regiment Number: | Unknown |
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Cause: | Unknown |
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Information: | Pte Leavy was one of a number of Longford prisoners at Gefangenen Lager at Limburg. Their chaplain Rev. Fr. Crotty (titled Irischer Kaplan) listed the prisoners in a letter to Bishop Hoare of Ardagh & Clonmacnois, which was reproduced in the Longford Leader's War Notes on the 2 July 1915 under the subheadings: 'Longford Prisoners of War in Germany - Striking Testimony to the Religious Fervour of Irish Prisoners - The Good Catholic Soldiers'. |
Parents Names: | Unknown |
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Links: | Red Cross record for James Leavy; Stories from Limburg POW Camp, Irish Independent May 2014; Irish POWs in the Great War, TCD thesis; |
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