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Boy Soldier Harold Degville

Boy Soldier Harold Degville (aged 16) of Yorkshire (near Fermoy)

Date of incident: 20 July 1921

Sources: Death Certificate (Fermoy District, Union of Fermoy), 20 July 1921; O’Halpin and Ó Corráin (2020), 554.

Note: Young soldier Harold Dogville was a recent boy recruit to the British army garrison in Fermoy, where he was a member of the Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). He died by misadventure as the result of accidental drowning. In civilian life Degville had been a tailor by trade. See Death Certificate (Fermoy District, Union of Fermoy), 20 July 1921; O’Halpin and Ó Corráin (2020), 554.

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