In Memory Of

MACNAMARA, CARROLL CHARLES

Service Details
Age:
41
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
1st Bn.
Regiment:
Royal Irish Rifles
Former Regiment:
late Officer Commanding Equatorial Battalion, Egyptian Army
Date of Death:
1916-07-16
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received 1st July, commanding his regiment in the Somme
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
South corner of church.
Cemetery:
CHORLEY WOOD (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
Hertfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
Third Class of the Order of the Nile
Citations:
LG 25 July 1916 - "By His Highness the Sultan of Egypt in recognition of valuable services rendered"
Son of the late N. C. Macnamara, F.R.C.S. Also served at Gallipoli. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918