Name
William Beirne
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/08/1918
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Air Force
89th Sqdn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. ALBANS (HATFIELD ROAD) CEMETERY
E. N. 19.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the St Albans memorials
Pre War
Son of Patrick and Teresa Beirne, of 17, Castlewood Avenue, Rathmines, Co. Dublin. Born at Mountmellick, Queen's County, Ireland.
Wartime Service
His name and picture appear in De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, the entry reads:
"BEIRNE, WILLIAM, 2nd Lieut., Royal Air Force, 2nd son of Patrick Beirne, District Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary, of Ballincollig, co. Cork, by his wife, Teresa, daughter of the late Richard West, of Clonsilla, co. Dublin; born Mountmellick, Queen's County, 9 April 1896; educated Mungret College, Limerick; St. Vincent's College, Castleknock, and Catholic University College, Dublin; enlisted in the Cadet Corps of the Leinster Regt. 3 Sept. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 18 Dec. following; was dangerously wounded at Guillemont 3 Sept. 1916, and invalided home; on recovery was appointed Cadet in the Royal Air Force; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in that force 25 July, 1917, and died at the Bricket House Red Cross Hospital, St. Albans, co. Hertford, 18 Aug. 1918, from the effects of an operation for appendicitis, contracted while on military service. Buried in the City of St. Albans Cemetery [Section E, No. 19]; unmarried."
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Gareth Hughes, Jonty Wild
