5883 Private Edward Bolger.
The South Lancashire Regiment.
2nd Battalion.
Cause of Death: from drowning in the River Liffey.
Address: 22, Lower Wellington Street, Dublin.
Occupation: Army Pensioner.
He was single.
The following has been taken from a booklet prepared by Glasnevin Cemetery for the Armistice Day Commemoration ceremony in 2015.
One of those remembered today is Edward Bolger from Clontarf, County Dublin. He left Ireland for Liverpool where he worked as a Labourer and enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment on 11 July 1899. His first posting was to South Africa for service during the Anglo-Boer War after which he was posted to India for four years. With the outbreak of the First World War he was sent to France where he arrived on 27 August 1914. He served with the 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment until he was badly wounded in the head at Hooge, east of Ypres, on the 25 September 1915. The war diary of his battalion noted the events of that day:
“After a bombardment of 30 minutes the infantry advanced on the enemy trenches but the attack was halted by uncut barbed wire and broken ground. Four men got through to the enemy parapet. Casualties for the 25th of September KIA 25, Wounded 175, Missing 45.”
Bolger’s wounds resulted in him losing his left ear, his left eye and also the loss of mobility in part of his left hand. Due to the severity of his wounds he was discharged on 27 May 1916 and he returned home to 7 First Avenue, off Seville Place in Dublin. Edward Bolger died after drowning in the River Liffey on 24th of December 1916. A report in the Irish Independent on the 27th of December briefly recorded his death:
“The body of Edward Bolger, 50 years, ex-soldier was found floating in the Alexandra Basin on Sunday. It is believed that the unfortunate man while crossing from one boat to another fell down between them into the water and was drowned.”
Death Certificate
Edward Bolger, aged 33, unmarried, an Army Pensioner, was found dead in Alexandra Basin on 24th December 1916.
The cause of death was Asphyxia, the result of immersion in the Alexandra Basin, and we have no evidence how the deceased entered the water.
His death was registered on 28 December 1916, on foot of information received from Louis A. Byrne, Coroner for the City of Dublin, following an Inquest held on 27th December 1916.
His name is recorded on the
Glasnevin Cemetery War Memorial
The South Lancashire Regiment.
2nd Battalion.
Cause of Death: from drowning in the River Liffey.
Address: 22, Lower Wellington Street, Dublin.
Occupation: Army Pensioner.
He was single.
The following has been taken from a booklet prepared by Glasnevin Cemetery for the Armistice Day Commemoration ceremony in 2015.
One of those remembered today is Edward Bolger from Clontarf, County Dublin. He left Ireland for Liverpool where he worked as a Labourer and enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment on 11 July 1899. His first posting was to South Africa for service during the Anglo-Boer War after which he was posted to India for four years. With the outbreak of the First World War he was sent to France where he arrived on 27 August 1914. He served with the 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment until he was badly wounded in the head at Hooge, east of Ypres, on the 25 September 1915. The war diary of his battalion noted the events of that day:
“After a bombardment of 30 minutes the infantry advanced on the enemy trenches but the attack was halted by uncut barbed wire and broken ground. Four men got through to the enemy parapet. Casualties for the 25th of September KIA 25, Wounded 175, Missing 45.”
Bolger’s wounds resulted in him losing his left ear, his left eye and also the loss of mobility in part of his left hand. Due to the severity of his wounds he was discharged on 27 May 1916 and he returned home to 7 First Avenue, off Seville Place in Dublin. Edward Bolger died after drowning in the River Liffey on 24th of December 1916. A report in the Irish Independent on the 27th of December briefly recorded his death:
“The body of Edward Bolger, 50 years, ex-soldier was found floating in the Alexandra Basin on Sunday. It is believed that the unfortunate man while crossing from one boat to another fell down between them into the water and was drowned.”
Death Certificate
Edward Bolger, aged 33, unmarried, an Army Pensioner, was found dead in Alexandra Basin on 24th December 1916.
The cause of death was Asphyxia, the result of immersion in the Alexandra Basin, and we have no evidence how the deceased entered the water.
His death was registered on 28 December 1916, on foot of information received from Louis A. Byrne, Coroner for the City of Dublin, following an Inquest held on 27th December 1916.
His name is recorded on the
Glasnevin Cemetery War Memorial
5883 Private Edward Bolger.
The South Lancashire Regiment.
2nd Battalion.
Cause of Death: from drowning in the River Liffey.
Address: 22, Lower Wellington Street, Dublin.
Occupation: Army Pensioner.
He was single.
The following has been taken from a booklet prepared by Glasnevin Cemetery for the Armistice Day Commemoration ceremony in 2015.
One of those remembered today is Edward Bolger from Clontarf, County Dublin. He left Ireland for Liverpool where he worked as a Labourer and enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment on 11 July 1899. His first posting was to South Africa for service during the Anglo-Boer War after which he was posted to India for four years. With the outbreak of the First World War he was sent to France where he arrived on 27 August 1914. He served with the 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment until he was badly wounded in the head at Hooge, east of Ypres, on the 25 September 1915. The war diary of his battalion noted the events of that day:
“After a bombardment of 30 minutes the infantry advanced on the enemy trenches but the attack was halted by uncut barbed wire and broken ground. Four men got through to the enemy parapet. Casualties for the 25th of September KIA 25, Wounded 175, Missing 45.”
Bolger’s wounds resulted in him losing his left ear, his left eye and also the loss of mobility in part of his left hand. Due to the severity of his wounds he was discharged on 27 May 1916 and he returned home to 7 First Avenue, off Seville Place in Dublin. Edward Bolger died after drowning in the River Liffey on 24th of December 1916. A report in the Irish Independent on the 27th of December briefly recorded his death:
“The body of Edward Bolger, 50 years, ex-soldier was found floating in the Alexandra Basin on Sunday. It is believed that the unfortunate man while crossing from one boat to another fell down between them into the water and was drowned.”
Death Certificate
Edward Bolger, aged 33, unmarried, an Army Pensioner, was found dead in Alexandra Basin on 24th December 1916.
The cause of death was Asphyxia, the result of immersion in the Alexandra Basin, and we have no evidence how the deceased entered the water.
His death was registered on 28 December 1916, on foot of information received from Louis A. Byrne, Coroner for the City of Dublin, following an Inquest held on 27th December 1916.
His name is recorded on the
Glasnevin Cemetery War Memorial
The South Lancashire Regiment.
2nd Battalion.
Cause of Death: from drowning in the River Liffey.
Address: 22, Lower Wellington Street, Dublin.
Occupation: Army Pensioner.
He was single.
The following has been taken from a booklet prepared by Glasnevin Cemetery for the Armistice Day Commemoration ceremony in 2015.
One of those remembered today is Edward Bolger from Clontarf, County Dublin. He left Ireland for Liverpool where he worked as a Labourer and enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment on 11 July 1899. His first posting was to South Africa for service during the Anglo-Boer War after which he was posted to India for four years. With the outbreak of the First World War he was sent to France where he arrived on 27 August 1914. He served with the 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment until he was badly wounded in the head at Hooge, east of Ypres, on the 25 September 1915. The war diary of his battalion noted the events of that day:
“After a bombardment of 30 minutes the infantry advanced on the enemy trenches but the attack was halted by uncut barbed wire and broken ground. Four men got through to the enemy parapet. Casualties for the 25th of September KIA 25, Wounded 175, Missing 45.”
Bolger’s wounds resulted in him losing his left ear, his left eye and also the loss of mobility in part of his left hand. Due to the severity of his wounds he was discharged on 27 May 1916 and he returned home to 7 First Avenue, off Seville Place in Dublin. Edward Bolger died after drowning in the River Liffey on 24th of December 1916. A report in the Irish Independent on the 27th of December briefly recorded his death:
“The body of Edward Bolger, 50 years, ex-soldier was found floating in the Alexandra Basin on Sunday. It is believed that the unfortunate man while crossing from one boat to another fell down between them into the water and was drowned.”
Death Certificate
Edward Bolger, aged 33, unmarried, an Army Pensioner, was found dead in Alexandra Basin on 24th December 1916.
The cause of death was Asphyxia, the result of immersion in the Alexandra Basin, and we have no evidence how the deceased entered the water.
His death was registered on 28 December 1916, on foot of information received from Louis A. Byrne, Coroner for the City of Dublin, following an Inquest held on 27th December 1916.
His name is recorded on the
Glasnevin Cemetery War Memorial
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