Patrick Killian

Rank:	Sapper
Street:
Townland:	Fermoyle
Town/Village:	Lanesborough
Civil Parish:	Rathcline
Catholic Parish:	Rathcline
Country:
Alternative Address:	Possible: Creevaghmore, Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Census 1901:	Resident at Rathcline www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Rathcline/Formoyle_Newcomen/1554128/
Census 1911:	Likely entry at Creevaghmore, Ballymahon www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Ballymahon/Creevaghmore/581261/
Regiment/Unit:	Royal Engineers, 1st Field Survey Company
Regiment Number:	16987
Date of Death:	22-04-1918
Cause:	Killed in action
Memorial:	La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, France; Ordnance Survey War Memorial, OS HQ, Adnac
Information:	Patrick was born the 15 August 1887 in Fermoyle. Prior to the war, he joined the Ordnance Survey on the 1 Jan 1914, and was based in Darlington, Co. Durham. Patrick enlisted for war service in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Letrim, and entered the war in France in May 1915. He was likely killed in action during the Spring Offensive of 1918; he was serving with the 1st Field Survey Company at the time of his death. Field survey companies were responsible for topographic surveys and producing maps. Patrick is commemorated in La Targette British Cemetery as well as on the Ordnance Survey War Memorial in Southampton, UK.
Parents Names:	Son of Luke Killian and Elizabeth (née Kenny), of Fermoyle, Lanesborough.
Notes:	*It is possible that he was a mining surveyor - a shipping manifest for the Karina, travelling from Lagos to Plymouth/Liverpool in October 1914 has someone his age and name on board. Many thanks to Clive Boocock for providing the additional information on Patrick in the Ordnance Survey.
Links:	Link to CWGC entry; Link to Soldiers Will; link to Civil Record of Birth (ensure the link has .pdf at the end to allow it to open correctly); information on how Field Survey Companies operated;