L/10042 Private Pierce Dowling of the 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment was killed in action on the 14th October 1914.
Pierce had joined the Middlesex Regiment in early 1905 and thus was probably recalled to the Colours as a reservist when Britain went to war with Germany. His medal index card notes that he arrived overseas on 12th September 1914 and that an application for the claps for his 1914 Star was made on the 9th December 1920. This was duly sent to his next of kin at 53 Streatham Road, Acre Lane, Brixton.
Pierce Dowling was born in Kilkenny, Ireland and enlisted in Dublin. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial in France.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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