Breen, James

 
James
Breen
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Baggot Lane, Dublin
Address
Ballygarett, Co. Wexford
Service No.
10181
Enlisted
London
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of wounds
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Bridget Breen née Byrne, both born in Co. Wexford. His father worked as a coachman. On the death of his mother from chronic pneumonia at Ballyminane, Co. Wexford in January 1901, he, his father and brother John moved to his grandfathers's farm in Mangan Lower, Ballygarrett, Co. Wexford.  His father died from tuberculosis on 18th May, 1901. In 1911 James was working as a grocer's apprentice in Ballygarrett. He enlisted before the begining of the war in August 1913.

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Byrne, Patrick

Date of Birth
Service No.
6699
Rank
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action in the Ploegsteert Wood sector in Flanders, part of the Ypres Salient.

Cotton, Laurence

Date of Birth
Address
Maiden Lane, New Ross
Service No.
7829
Rank
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders

Mellefont, Thomas Gray

Date of Birth
Address
Riverchapel, Courtown, Co. Wexford
Service No.
2/9887
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action at Bethune, Pas-de-Calais, France

Murphy, John

Date of Birth
Service No.
7073
Rank
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders

Murphy, Moses

Date of Birth
Address
Duke Street, Wexford
Service No.
2290
Rank
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in action in Belgium

Walsh, James

Date of Birth
Address
Curraghmore, Co.Wexford.
Service No.
8631
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Wounded, Killed in Action France and Flanders