Surname: | Keighrey |
Initials: | P |
Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Army Number: | P/11738 |
Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1914 Star with clasp and rose (clasp 4983), Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 11/9/1914 to 4/12/1915 and (4) Mesopotamia, 13/12/1915 to 18/8/1915. Formerly Pte. 2 Connaught Rangers. No. 4306. 8/10/1918 medically discharged. Home address: 10 St Brendon Terrace, Poolboy, Ballinasloe, Co Galway. Info from pension index card:- Patrick Keighrey. 8/10/19 discharged, born 1891, Haymarket Street or Harbour Street, Ballinslie. 9/10/18 pension for exhaustion psychosis (psychotic people who maintain a progressive motor or mental excitement are in danger of developing exhaustion which could lead to death). Also:- 13/MK/236. Keighrey, Patrick, MFP, P/11738, L/Cpl, 8/10/18 to discharge, born 1891, Haymarket Street, Harbour Street, Ballinslie., 9/10/18 pension commenced, disability Psychotic Exhaustion, last entry 16/11/22 no grounds of increase, continue current award, 12/- pw. Patrick Keighrey. |
Decoration Record: | |
Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/88 Nov. 8, 1918) |
Citation: | Badge no. B36558. Enlisted 18/6/1914, Discharge 8/10/1918. KR 392 (xvi) AO VI/1918. Age 23 years 4months. Served abroad. |