Private John Edward Byrne
Number: 9678
Company: 45th (Dublin) Company, 13th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 8 January 1900
Place: Newbridge
Age: 23 years 3 months
Trade or calling: Gentleman
Place of birth: Parish Monkstown, Town Monkstown, County Dublin
Family: Single. Father Gerald Byrne, solicitor, of Dublin and 96 Mount Haigh, Kingstown.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 5". Complexion fair, eyes brown, hair fair.
Religion: Other Protestant
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 14 March 1900
Campaigns: South Africa 1899-1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: South Africa 1899-1901
DEATH
Date: 28 May 1900
Place: Lindley
Cause: Killed in action
Commemorated: Byrne is buried in the Lindley Cemetery (images below). He is commemorated on the Lindley Cemetery Memorial; on the Yeomanry Kop Memorial, Lindley; and on the 45th (Dublin) Company Memorial in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
The circumstances of Byrne's death at the Battle of Lindley were described in a letter home from Private Manifold which was published in the Warder of 7 July 1900:
The way Jack was killed was in a bayonet charge under Lord Longford, taking a position which we had lost during the preceding day. He was shot right through the stomach, and death must have been instantaneous.
Dublin Evening Mail, 16 June 1900
This page last updated 7 July 2024.