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Patrick Early

Rank: Unknown
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Town/Village: Granard
Civil Parish: Granard
Catholic Parish: Granard
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Regiment/Unit: 18th Royal Irish Regiment
Regiment Number: Unknown
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Cause: Unknown
Memorial: Unknown
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Patrick (Paddy) Early was born in Granard.

Early enlisted in the Royal Irish Regiment c. 17 August 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the war, suggesting that he was a former soldier and/or a Special Reservist. He signed up with his friend Joseph Kelly who was with the Leinster Regiment. A Longford Leader article (below) suggests that he enlisted with the by-then disbanded 18th Royal Irish Regiment (18th Battalion (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot), so this is likely to have been an error and was possibly the 1st.

Parents Names: Unknown
Notes: Possibly Patrick Early, South Wales Borderers that died in 1915? http://longfordatwar.ie/soldiers/127
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Longford Leader, 25 September 1915, Granard Soldier Back from the Dardanelles;

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