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Second Lieutenant DIARMUID EDWARD DONOVAN

Service Number: 129802
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 9. Row A. Grave 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. Richard Brian Donovan and Edith Madelein Donovan, of Recess, Co. Galway, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription AN IRISH GENTLEMAN. DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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