Service Details
Name:
 MACNAMARA
Given Name:
 CARROLL CHARLES
Initials:
 C C
Trade:
 Commanding
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
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Regiment:
 Royal Irish Rifles
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Former Regiment:
 late Officer Commanding Equatorial Battalion, Egyptian Army
Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
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Age:
 41
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received 1st July, commanding his regiment in the Somme
Decorations:
 Third Class of the Order of the Nile
Citations:
 LG 25 July 1916 - "By His Highness the Sultan of Egypt in recognition of valuable services rendered"
Additional
Information:
Son of the late N. C. Macnamara, F.R.C.S. Also served at Gallipoli. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hertfordshire
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Cemetery:
 CHORLEY WOOD (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD
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Grave Reference:
 South corner of church.

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