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VC1063 Martin Doyle
David
Name Martin Doyle No.
VC Issue No. 1063 Awards VC MM
Regiment Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1st Battalion
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Company Sergeant-Major
Rank End Of Career Company Sergeant-Major
Place Of Birth Cloonagh, Gusserane, near New Ross, Co. Wexford, Ireland
Place Of Death Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Buried/Location Ashes Grangegorman Military Cemetery (Blackhorse Cemetery), near McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Cabra, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Left of cemetery entrance
Gazetted 31 January 1919
VC Presented 8 May 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Grangegorman Military Cemetery (Blackhorse Cemetery), near McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Cabra, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
P Irish Victoria Cross Memorial, NMA, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Cross of Sacrifice, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
Blue Plaque on former home, New Cross, Co Wexford, Ireland
By The Way…
He was a member of the IRA during the Irish War of Independence until the Truce of 1921, posthumously decorated by the Irish Government for services to the IRA
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.
BORN 25 October 1894
DIED 20 November 1940 AGE 46
VC Won 2 September 1918 AGE 23
Place VC Won Reincourt, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
