Francis Daly

Rank:	Private
Street:	8 Heans Lane
Townland:
Town/Village:	Dundee
Civil Parish:
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Country:	Scotland
Alternative Address:	Granard, Co. Longford
Census 1901:
Census 1911:
Regiment/Unit:	Leinster Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Regiment Number:	3292
Date of Death:	16-10-1916
Cause:	Killed in action, near Hargicourt, France.
Memorial:	Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois, France
Information:	Francis was born in Granard, but may have lived in Dundee, Scotland for a period. He enlisted in the army for war service in Birr, Co. Offaly. His brothers Joseph, Phillip, Thomas and half-brothers Michael and John, were named as his next-of-kin.
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Notes:	It is likely that he was the same Francis Daly, born 1885, who enlisted with the Royal Irish Regiment in 1904, as a half-brother called Michael was also given as a next-of-kin; this Francis was discharged from the Army in 1910.
Links:	Link to CWGC entry; Dundee Roll of Honour;

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