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Pte. Peter Casey

British Army 6th Btn. Connaught Rangers

from:Tyldesley, Manchester

(d.23rd June 1917)

Peter Casey was born in 1882 in Keash, Co. Sligo. He moved to Lancashire, England in 1900 and worked in the mines on the coal face. He married Bridget Sheeran, whose parents came from Ballymote. They had four children, Mary born 1906, Michael, John and Anne born 1914. Peter died from wounds to his arm and legs in Wimereux Army Hospital on 23rd June 1917 and is buried in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery. His daughter Mary married Tommy Martyn from Galway, whose offspring represented Great Britain and Ireland at rugby league.



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