1915 March Quarter death registration-
Name: Connolly, Peter---Age: 29
District: Derby [Volume & Page: 7b & 845]
Private Peter Connolly, of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, died at 19 St Helen Street, Derby of influenza and pneumonia. His funeral left this address at 12:45pm on Tuesday 12th January for a service at St Mary's Catholic Church, Derby followed by a burial with military honours at Nottingham Road Cemetery.
Military Service-
Service Number: 12937
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division: 5th Battalion
A rancher by trade, residing in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 12 Aug 1914 in Maple Creek.
Son of William and Mary Connnolly of County Mayo, Ireland. He'd previously served with 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Private Peter Connolly is commemorated on Page 10 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And he is remembered with honour on Saskatchewan's virtual war memorial.
1915 March Quarter death registration-
Name: Connolly, Peter---Age: 29
District: Derby [Volume & Page: 7b & 845]
Private Peter Connolly, of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, died at 19 St Helen Street, Derby of influenza and pneumonia. His funeral left this address at 12:45pm on Tuesday 12th January for a service at St Mary's Catholic Church, Derby followed by a burial with military honours at Nottingham Road Cemetery.
Military Service-
Service Number: 12937
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division: 5th Battalion
A rancher by trade, residing in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 12 Aug 1914 in Maple Creek.
Son of William and Mary Connnolly of County Mayo, Ireland. He'd previously served with 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Private Peter Connolly is commemorated on Page 10 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And he is remembered with honour on Saskatchewan's virtual war memorial.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
GONE FROM US
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
NEVER SHALL THY MEMORY FADE
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