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DELANEY, Christopher
(Service number 4721)

Aliases
First Rank Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth St Mary, Kilkenny, Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Michael & Bridget Delaney, Garden Row, Kilkenny, Ireland
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with UK Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Royal Irish Regiment
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 1st Battalion
Date
Transport
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 15 May 1915 Age 29
Place of Death Belgium
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Memorial Reference Panel 33
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Southburn School War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Michael & Bridget Delaney, Garden Row, Kilkenny, Ireland. Killed at the battle of Hooge, Ypres. Brother of Company Serjeant Major Patrick Delaney 9364 1st Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Sources

1914-1918.invisionzone.com

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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