Poperinge 14-18

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Personal data

Name
Initials
Vorname
Place of birth Scobbaun
Land Castlehaven, Cork, Ireland

Military service

Place & date of enlistment Cork
Service number 8512
Rank Private
Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Irish Guards
Other data related to military career to France on 14 October 1915

Death

Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the spine, n°17 CCS
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VII - D - 3A

Media

$Bernadette Hayes (holding the war medal, grand-niece of Cornelius and current occupant of Cornelius\'s home-place), Cornelius (aka Neilie) Sexton (a cousin of Private Cornelius Sexton and originally also from Scobaun, Castlehaven), and Oliver Murphy (local historian and genealogist).$
$Michael Sexton, Neilie Sexton and Colm Sexton visiting Cornelius\'s grave on the 100th anniversary of his death.$
$a shrub planted in soil brought from Cornelius\'s home-place in Scobaun.$

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