Pte Edward Casey- Connaught Rangers died26/12/17

[christine liava'a]

Pte Edward CASEY, 4346 6 Bn, Connaught Rangers, who died on 26.12.17. Tincourt New British Cemetery, France

Name: CASEY

Initials: E

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment: Connaught Rangers

Unit Text: 6th Bn.

Date of Death: 26/12/1917

Service No: 4346

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. C. 2.

Cemetery: TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Tincourt is a village about 7 kilometres east of Peronne and Tincourt New British Cemetery is on the west side of the village, just off the D199.

Historical Information: The villages were occupied by British troops in March, 1917, during the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line; and from the following May until March, 1918, Tincourt became a centre for Casualty Clearing Stations. On the 23rd March, 1918, the villages were evacuated; and they were recovered, in a ruined condition, about the 6th September. From that month to December, 1918, Casualty Clearing Stations were again posted on the site of Tincourt. The cemetery was begun in June, 1917, and used until September, 1919; the few German burials, during their occupation of the village, are in Plot VI, Row A. After the Armistice it was used for the reburial of soldiers found on the battlefield, or buried in small French or German cemeteries. The graves of 136 American soldiers, buried here in the autumn of 1918, and one who died in December, 1917, and those of two Italian soldiers have been removed to other cemeteries. There are now nearly 2,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 250 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to seven soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Australia, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 21 soldiers from the United Kingdom, two from Canada, one from Australia and one from South Africa, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery covers an area of 6,149 square metres. The following were among the graveyards from which British graves were concentrated to Tincourt New British Cemetery:- BARLEUX FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY No. 2, between Barleux and Belloy-en-Santerre, containing the graves of two soldiers of the 1st Loyal North Lancs who fell in February, 1917. BERNES CHURCHYARD (near Roisel, in the Somme), which contained the graves of 18 soldiers from the United Kingdom, one Canadian, and 38 German. HOWITZER WOOD CEMETERY, CLERY-SUR-SOMME, a French cemetery in the Bois des Ourages, containing the graves of three soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Australia. JEANCOURT INDIAN CEMETERY (close to Jeancourt Communal Cemetery), in which 15 Indian cavalrymen were buried in 1917 and to which 541 German graves were concentrated after the Armistice. LE MESNIL CHURCHYARD GERMAN EXTENSION (at Le Mesnil-Bruntel), which contained the graves of ten soldiers from the United Kingdom and 150 German soldiers. LE VERGUIER GERMAN CEMETERY, near the Church, containing 292 German graves and those of five soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in April, 1918. LONGAVESNES BRITISH CEMETERY, on the West side of that village, containing the graves of 19 soldiers from the United Kingdom and three American soldiers, who fell in September and October, 1918. MAGNY-LA-FOSSE CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, made by an Advanced Dressing Station in October, 1918, and containing the graves of seven soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Australia and three men of the Chinese Labour Corps. MANANCOURT CHURCHYARD, which was closed to civil burials in 1865 but was used by both sides in the War. It contained the graves of ten soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from South Africa. MARQUAIX GERMAN CEMETERY, on the North side of that village, containing the graves of ten soldiers from the United Kingdom, one French and 338 German. PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, containing the graves of 25 British and 824 German soldiers. RAMICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, made by the Germans and taken over in October, 1918, by the British. It contained the graves of ten soldiers from Australia and one from the United Kingdom. SUZANNE FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY No. 1, near the Chateau of Suzanne, containing the graves of one soldier from the United Kingdom, one from Australia, 255 French and one German. TINCOURT GERMAN CEMETERY, near the German hospitals to the South-West of the village. It was used in the summer of 1918, and it contained the graves of 13 soldiers from the United Kingdom, three from Canada and one from Australia. VRAIGNES CHURCHYARD, in which three soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by the enemy in March and April, 1918. VRAIGNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, in which one British and 117 German soldiers were buried.

[christine liava'a]

The Long, Long Trail

Connaught Rangers

6th (Service) Battalion

Formed at Kilworth, September 1914, as part of K2. September 1914 : attached to 47th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division. 13 April 1918 : reduced to cadre strength. 17 June 1918 : transferred to 34th Division. 27 June 1918 : transferred to 117th Brigade, 39th Division. 3 August 1918 : disbanded in France.

16th (Irish) Division

Summary history of the division

September 1914 : Formed in Ireland as part of K2

September 1915 : moved to England

December 1915 : moved to France, and served on the Western Front with distinction throughout the war.

The Battle of Guillemont (fourth phase of the Battle of the Somme)

The Battle of Ginchy (fifth phase of the Battle of the Somme)

The Battle of Messines

The Battle of Langemarck (second phase of Third Battle of Ypres)

The Battle of St Quentin (first phase of the First Battles of the Somme 1918)

The Battle of Rosieres (third phase of the First Battles of the Somme 1918)

18 June 1918 : Division returned to England for refit - significantly reconstituted

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Connaught Rangers

6th Battalion Surnames C

Surnames of the Great War Casualties

Edward Casey

born Lurgan, Armagh

enlisted Belfast, Belfast

4346

Pte

D 26.12.17

[markinbelfast]

Checked my photos this morning and only J Casey appears on Lurgans war memorial.

[John_Hartley]

SDGW confirms Chrisitne's details of where born, lived, enlisted. Only thing to add is he is recorded as "died", as opposed to KiA or DoW.

John

[christine liava'a]

he is recorded as "died", as opposed to KiA or DoW.

I have noticed this on several memorials.

What exactly does it signify?

died of anything at all? flu, enteric fever, heart attack, accident,

how does one find out?

for Australians, one can find it in their online file, but for others?

[Will O'Brien]

he is recorded as "died", as opposed to KiA or DoW.

I have noticed this on several memorials.

What exactly does it signify?

died of anything at all? flu, enteric fever, heart attack, accident,

how does one find out?

Any non combat related death..............illness, accident etc.......Finding out can be a bit tricky..............If the soldier died in the UK his death certificate usually provides the answer.........for some reason the certificates are often more vague if the death happened abroad...'Died on Active Service' is a phrase I’ve seen a number of times..............Local newspapers are also a good source of information........Of those soldiers I've researched who fit under the heading of non combat related deaths, I found information on the majority in the local period papers.