Wednesday 20 October 2010

9480 Pte Denis Glavin, 2nd Bn, Leinster Regt

9480 Private Denis Glavin of the 2nd Bn, Leinster Regiment was killed in action on the 20th October 1914. He was born in Cork and enlisted there in 1910 or 1911. He was 23 years old, the son of Denis Glavin of 5 Hogan's Lane, Cork. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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