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4th Battalion, Connaught Rangers
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Pte. Thomas Fowley 4th (Extra Reserve) Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.18th Oct 1915) Thomas Fowley of the 4th Connaught Rangers died of illness and is buried in Ballynakilla Cemetery.
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L/Sgt. John V. Durkan 4th Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.22nd April 1916) Lance Serjeant Durkan was the Son of P. W. Durkan, of Church St., Killala.
He was 18 when he died and is buried in the south east part of the Killalla (St. Patrick) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Killala, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
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Pte. John Tyrrell 4th Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.8th February 1916) Private Tyrrell was the son of Patrick Tyrrell of Barrack St., Tullamore.
He was 19 when he died and is buried in Grave Z.31 in the Durrow (St. Columbcille) Catholic Churchyard, Durrow, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
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Lt. A. W. Battersby 4th Bn. attd. Nigeria Regiment, WAFF Connaught Rangers (d.8th June 1915) Lt. Battersby was buried in the Douala Cemetery in Cameroon, Grave 11.
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Lt. Robert Erskine Atwell 4th Btn. Connaught Rangers (d.2nd Sep 1918) Lieutenant Robert Atwell was born on October 26th 1882 in Sandymount, Dublin. He was the son of Sarah Margretta Atwell, of 10 Braid Hills Road, Edinburgh, and Richard Atwell, of Blackrock, County Dublin. Before enlisting in December 1914 he worked at the Head Office of Standard Life Assurance Company, Edinburgh. From 1914 to 1917 he served in the Lothians and Border Horse, and on 25th January 1917 he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Connaught Rangers. He then travelled to France in March of that year.
For the first three months he was attached to the 6th Connaught Rangers, and from August 1917 to April 1918 he was back in Scotland recovering from shell shock. A few months after returning to France in August 1918 he was promoted to Lieutenant having been attached to the 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. Robert Atwell was 35 years old when he was killed in action near Neuve Eglise, France, and he is buried in Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Standard Life Assurance Company Memorial, Edinburgh.
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