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|Name=Edward Healy |
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|Rank=Lieutenant |
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|image_caption = Edward Healy |
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|Battalion=[[6th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment|6th Battalion Border Regiment]] |
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|ServiceCountry=United Kingdom |
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|Where died=F & F |
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|Date of death=7th June 1917 |
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|Casualty type=Commonwealth War Dead |
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|Grave ref=Panel 35 |
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|Resting place=[[Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial]] |
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|scroll_name = Edward Healy |
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|scroll_battalion = 6th Battalion |
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|scroll_regiment = The Border Regiment |
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|rank = [[Lieutenant]]<br>[[2nd Lieutenant]] |
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|battalion = [[6th Border Regiment]] / 3 February 1916 <ref>Healy joins the [[6th Battalion]] [[Border Regiment]] at Sidi Bishr, Egypt on 3 February, 1916. The [[6th Battalion War Diary, January 1916|war diary entry]] for that day reads: "Arranging camp. 184 [[other ranks]] marched in. Officers [[Adam Fulton|2 Lt. A Fulton]] from hospital. [[Guy Ambler Davies|Lt. Davies]], 2 Lt. Healy & [[Will Allured|Allured]] attached from Manchester Regt. 2 Lt. McCrae Royal Warwickshire Regt. also attached."</ref> |
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|attached = [[8th Border Regiment]] |
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|theatres = Egypt 1916<br>France and Flanders 1917 |
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|name = Edward Healy |
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|casualty_type = Commonwealth War Dead |
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|died = 7 June 1917 <ref>[https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1613541/healy,-edward/#&gid=null&pid=1 Edward Healy]. [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]. Accessed 14 May, 2020.</ref><ref>At the time of his death on 7 June 1917, at the Battle of Messines, Healy is attached to [[8th Border Regiment]]. The Battalion [[8th Battalion War Diary, June 1917|war diary entry]] for that day reads: "Warm. Attack on MESSINES RIDGE began at 3.10am. Battalion left Assembly [[trench]] (Newcastle) at 7am to take part. C on left, D on right, A & B in support respectively. Provisional task – Consolidation of Black Line – just to East of MESSINES - WYTSCHAETE Road, but had to help clear several pockets of enemy left by advanced [[troops]], reached Black Line about 8.30am & began consolidation. Also dug two CTs from October support trench & one on right & one on left of our own position. 2nd Lancs wired the front at night. Enemy [[shell]]ed very heavily at intervals all the day & night. 2/Lt E. Healey (Sic) killed during advance & 2 Lt Bott & 2 Lt Johnson wounded. Sent 4 [[platoon]]s forward to support XI Cheshires on [OP?] line."</ref> |
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|age = 35 |
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|cause_of_death = [[Killed in action]] |
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|burial_type = Memorial |
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|reference_number = Panel 35 |
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|resting_place = {{CWGC cemetery|id=91800|name=Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial}} |
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File:Healy, Edward (2nd Lieutenant).jpg|2nd Lieutenant Healy |
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File:Healy, Edward. 6th Border Regiment.jpg|2nd Lieutenant Healy in the trenches |
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File:Lts Healy & McCready, (6th Border Regiment).jpg|2nd Lt. Healy and Lt. [[Anthony John McCreadie|McCreadie]] (Doctor) |
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File:Officers Allured, Dedman, May, Healy (6th Border Regiment).jpg|Officers [[Will Allured|Allured]], [[John Johnstone Dedman|Dedman]], [[Claude Boyle May|May]] and Healy |
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File:6th Border Regiment Officers, Egypt 1916.jpg|2nd Lieutenant Healy (middle row, 3rd from right), Sidi Bashr, Egypt, 1916 |
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Latest revision as of 17:54, 18 May 2020
a Soldier of the Border Regiment / Remembered with Honour
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| Rank | Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant |
| Battalion | 6th Border Regiment / 3 February 1916 [1] |
| Attached | 8th Border Regiment |
| Theatre(s) of War | Egypt 1916 France and Flanders 1917 |
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| Full Name | Edward Healy |
Remembrance
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| Casualty Type | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Died | 7 June 1917 [2][3] |
| Age | 35 |
| Cause of Death | Killed in action |
| Burial Type | Memorial |
| Reference Number | Panel 35 |
| Resting Place | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Coordinates |  Latitude: 50.85202 / Longitude: 2.89108
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Biography
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| We do not have any biographical information about this soldier. This is a dedicated remembrance page for Edward Healy, a soldier of The Border Regiment (inc. being attached or transferred) during The Great War. Please consider helping this project by contacting us with any useful information OR feel free to include any relevant information here yourself by clicking on "Edit" above. | |
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