Pte
John Woolaghan
Military Details
Service Number: 29677
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd/8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Enlisted
21 December 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
21 December 1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
37 Wyndham Street , Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
4th Tyneside Irish 27th Service
Service Number at Enlistment
27/1290
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1897
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Residence (Census)
37 Wyndham Street , Cleator Moor
Parents
Patrick & Mary Woolaghan
Siblings
Dennis ,Sylvester , Patrick , Matthew , Joseph
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Iron Ore Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
5th October 1917
Age at Death
20
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd/8th
Rank at Death
Pte
Buried or Commemorated at
BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY,
France
Grave Position: ROEUX IV. B. 34.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church WW1 War Memorial
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