Pte.
Matthew Byrne
Military Details
Service Number: 2472
Regiment & Unit / Ship
4th Essex Regiment (Territorial)
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Brentwood, Essex
Residence at Enlistment
Brentwood, Essex
Rank at Enlistment
Pt.
Battalion at Enlistment
4th
Service Number at Enlistment
2472
Personal Details
Date of Birth
22 September 1893
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Address
35 High Street, Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
4. Trumpet Terrace, Cleator, Cumberland, England
Residence (Roll of Honour)
35 High Street, Cleator Moor
Parents
Lawrence & Esther Byrne
Siblings
John, Mary Esther ,Patrick , Laurence , Elizabeth , Michael , Maria , Thomas , Ada ,
Education and Occupation
School
St Marys
Occupation
Iron Ore Miner (1911 Census )
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
25th October 1915
Age at Death
20
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
Hospital Ship Formosa
Theater of Action
Dardenelles
Regiment at Death
Essex Regiment (Territorial)
Battalion/Vessel at Death
4th
Rank at Death
Pte.
Buried or Commemorated at
HELLES MEMORIAL
Grave Position: Panel 146 to 151 or 229 to 233.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church Cleator WW1 memorial , Men Of Cleator And Trumpet Terrace (WMR 3946), Cleator, Cumbria
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