Sulivan P H 2nd Lt Royal Munster Fusiliers

 

Sulivan P H 2nd Lt Royal Munster Fusiliers

SULIVAN, PHILIP HAMILTON, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 4th s. of Col. Ernest Frederic Sulivan, now commanding 10th (late commanding 4th) Battn. East Surrey Regt., formerly of the Hampshire Regt., by his wife, Florence Mary, dau. of James Houldsworth, of Coltness, Lanarkshire; b. Mayfield Hall, Ashbourne, co. Derby, 27 Aug. 1894; educ. Malvern, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, 25 Feb. 1914; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in a rear-guard action at Etreux, France, 27 Aug. following, during the retreat from Mons. Buried by the Germans at cross roads, near Etreux, with eight of his brother officers who fell the same day; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Source : The Graphic 7th Sep 1914

Posted in Royal Munster Fusiliers.

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