This is a list of Irish military personnel of the Defence Forces who have died while serving overseas.
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Since the 1960s, 88 personnel (87 from the Irish Army and one from the Air Corps) have died in overseas deployments.[1][2][3]
Fatalities have primarily occurred as part of United Nations peacekeeping missions, with 26 lives lost in the Congo under ONUC; 9 in Cyprus under UNFICYP; two in the Middle East under UNTSO; 47 in Lebanon under UNIFIL; one in East Timor under UNTAET; one in Liberia under UNMIL and two in Europe under the EU Nordic Battlegroup and EUMS.
Irish Defence Forces Roll of Honour
editSurname | First Name | Service Number | Rank | Mission | Overseas Unit | Date of Death | Home Unit | Age |
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Grant | Felix | 80322 | Coy Sgt (DSM) | ONUC | 33 Inf | 3 October 1960 | 12 Inf Bn | |
McCarthy | Justin | O.4350 | Col (DSM) | ONUC | HQ ONUC | 27 October 1960 | HQ 4 BDE | |
Gleeson | Kevin | O.7500 | Lt | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 FD COE | |
Gaynor | Hugh | 804359 | Sgt | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 Mot Sqn | |
Kelly | Peter | 809839 | Cpl | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 5 Inf Bn | |
Dougan | Liam | 808234 | Cpl | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 5 Inf Bn | |
Farrell | Matthew | 804536 | Pte | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 Hosp Coy | |
Fennell | Thomas | 804548 | Tpr | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 Mot Sqn | |
Browne | Anthony | 806115 | Tpr (MMG) | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 Mot Sqn | |
McGuinn | Michael | 802900 | Pte | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 FD COE | |
Killeen | Gerard | 810242 | Pte | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | CTD (E) | |
Davis | Patrick | 806785 | Pte | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 10 November 1960 | 2 FD COE | |
Kelly | Liam | 806855 | Cpl | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 24 December 1960 | 3 Inf Bn | |
Kelly | Luke | 422602 | Cpl | ONUC | HQ ONUC | 30 August 1961 | DEP MPC | |
Gaffney | Edward | 808594 | Tpr | ONUC | 35 Inf Bn | 13 September 1961 | 1 ACS | |
Mullins | Patrick | 810552 | Tpr | ONUC | 35 Inf Bn | 15 September 1961 | 1 Mot Sqn | |
Nolan | Michael | 806566 | Cpl | ONUC | 35 Inf Bn | 15 September 1961 | 1 Tnk Sqn | |
Fallon | Michael | 810568 | Cpl | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 8 December 1961 | 5 Inf Bn | |
Mulcahy | Patrick | 87410 | Sgt (DSM) | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 16 December 1961 | 6 Fd Arty Regt | |
Wickham | Andrew | 812054 | Pte (DSM) | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 16 December 1961 | 2 Inf Bn | |
Riordan | Patrick | O.7776 | Lt | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 16 December 1961 | 5 Inf Bn | |
Geoghegan | John | 87602 | Cpl | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 28 December 1961 | 15 Inf Bn | |
Power | John | 811849 | Cpl | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 7 March 1962 | CTD (E) | |
McCann | Ronald | O.6769 | Capt | ONUC | HQ ONUC | 9 May 1962 | CTD (W) | |
McGrath | John | 80453 | Cpl | ONUC | 38 Inf Bn | 21 March 1963 | 4 Hosp Coy | |
McMahon | Thomas | O.6536 | Comdt | ONUC | HQ ONUC | 28 September 1963 | HQ W | |
MacAuley | Wallace | 87770 | Coy Sgt | UNFICYP | 41 Inf Bn | 22 February 1965 | DEP MPC | |
Hamill | John | 99093 | Sgt | UNFICYP | 4 Inf Gp | 7 April 1965 | Dep Cav | |
Hetherington | Willam | 815345 | Cpl | UNFICYP | 4 Inf Gp | 19 July 1965 | CTD (E) | |
Ryan | James | 405923 | Coy Sgt | UNFICYP | 6 Inf Gp | 4 October 1966 | 5 Inf Bn | |
McNamara | Christoper | O.7778 | Capt | UNFICYP | 9 Inf Gp | 16 January 1968 | 2 Grn S&T Coy | |
Fagan | James | 808052 | Cpl | UNFICYP | 10 Inf Gp | 10 June 1968 | 2 Mot Sqn | |
Byrne | Ronald | O.8006 | Lt | UNFICYP | 11 Inf Gp | 28 October 1968 | 4 Inf Bn | |
Kennedy | Michael | 817553 | Tpr | UNFICYP | 12 Inf Gp | 1 July 1969 | 1 ACS | |
Cummins | Brendan | 818694 | Pte | UNFICYP | 20 Inf Gp | 11 June 1971 | 2 Inf Bn | |
Wickham | Thomas | O.6374 | Comdt | UNTSO | 7 June 1967 | HQ C Comd | ||
Nestor | Michael | O.8181 | Comdt | UNTSO | 25 September 1982 | Mil Col | 36 | |
Moon | Gerard | 836707 | Pte | UNIFIL | 43 Inf Bn | 25 August 1978 | 4 Inf Bn | 18 |
Reynolds | Thomas | 829745 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 44 Inf Bn | 24 December 1978 | 2 Grn S&T Coy | 35 |
Grogan | Philip | 839148 | Pte | UNIFIL | HQ UNIFIL | 10 July 1979 | 28 Inf Bn | 19 |
Griffin | Stephen | 830497 | Pte | UNIFIL | 46 Inf Bn | 16 April 1980 | 1 Fd Engr Coy | 21 |
Barrett | Thomas | 830818 | Pte | UNIFIL | 46 Inf Bn | 18 April 1980 | 4 Inf Bn | 30 |
Smallhorne | Derek | 828468 | Pte | UNIFIL | 46 Inf Bn | 18 April 1980 | 5 Inf Bn | 31 |
Yeates | Edward | 813376 | Sgt | UNIFIL | 47 Inf Bn | 31 May 1980 | 2 Mot Sqn | 43 |
Duffy | Vincent | 841137 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 47 Inf Bn | 18 October 1980 | 6 Fd Sig Coy | 37 |
Marshall | John | 838549 | Pte | UNIFIL | 48 Inf Bn | 17 December 1980 | 6 Fd S&T Coy | 20 |
Martin | James | 815518 | Coy Sgt | UNIFIL | 3 Ir Comp | 9 February 1981 | 4 Grn MP Coy | 37 |
Seoighe | Caoimhín | 841579 | Pte | UNIFIL | 48 Inf Bn | 27 April 1981 | 1 Cn Cois (1 Inf Bn) | 20 |
Doherty | Hugh | 840638 | Pte | UNIFIL | 49 Inf BN | 27 April 1981 | 28 Inf Bn | 20 |
Byrne | Niall | 837731 | Pte | UNIFIL | 49 Inf Bn | 22 June 1981 | 6 Inf Bn | 21 |
Hodges | Gerard | 826828 | Pte | UNIFIL | 50 Inf Bn | 20 March 1982 | CTD (S) | 33 |
Burke | Peter | 843152 | Pte | UNIFIL | 51 Inf Bn | 27 October 1982 | 5 Inf Bn | 20 |
Morrow | Geregory | 841689 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 52 Inf Bn | 27 October 1982 | 2 Inf Bn | 20 |
Murphy | Thomas | 843886 | Pte | UNIFIL | 52 Inf Bn | 27 October 1982 | 2 Inf Bn | 19 |
Murray | George | 843587 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 55 Inf Bn | 9 October 1984 | 2 Grn MP Coy | 21 |
Fogarty | Paul | 844963 | Tpr | UNIFIL | 59 Inf Bn | 20 July 1986 | 1 Tnk Sqn | 23 |
Murphy | Aonghus | O.9222 | Lt | UNIFIL | 59 Inf Bn | 21 August 1986 | 12 Inf Bn | 25 |
O'Brien | William | 850413 | Pte | UNIFIL | 60 Inf Bn | 6 December 1986 | 6 Inf Bn | 25 |
McLoughlin | Dermot | 848100 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 60 Inf Bn | 10 January 1987 | 28 Inf Bn | 33 |
Fitzgerald | John | 830670 | RSM | UNIFIL | 15 Ir Comp | 24 February 1987 | 1 Fd Arty Regt | 47 |
Bolger | George | 828854 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 61 Inf Bn | 29 August 1987 | 12 Inf Bn | 34 |
Cullen | Paul | 851307 | Gnr | UNIFIL | 62 Inf Bn | 17 March 1988 | 2 Fd Arty Regt | 20 |
Wright | Patrick | 848545 | Pte | UNIFIL | 63 Inf Bn | 21 August 1988 | 27 Inf Bn | 47 |
McNeela | Michael | 851275 | Pte | UNIFIL | 64 Inf Bn | 24 February 1989 | 27 Inf Bn | 21 |
Heneghan | Fintan | 844701 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 64 Inf Bn | 21 March 1989 | 1 Cn Cois (1 Inf Bn) | 29 |
Walsh | Thomas | 844789 | Pte | UNIFIL | 64 Inf Bn | 21 March 1989 | 28 Inf Bn | 29 |
Armstrong | Mannix | 843237 | Pte | UNIFIL | 64 Inf Bn | 21 March 1989 | 28 Inf Bn | 26 |
Forrester | Charles | 837612 | Sgt | UNIFIL | 65 Inf Bn | 21 May 1989 | 2 Fd Arty Regt | 37 |
O'Hanlon | Michael | O.8527 | Comdt | UNIFIL | 66 Inf Bn | 21 November 1989 | HQ C Comd | 39 |
McCarthy | Michael | 848020 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 70 Inf Bn | 15 November 1991 | 4 Inf Bn | 33 |
Ward | Peter | 843715 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 71 Inf Bn | 29 September 1992 | 6 Inf Bn | 29 |
Tynan | Martin | 842626 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 72 Inf Bn | 13 December 1992 | DEP MPC | 30 |
Stokes | Kieran | 830851 | CQMS | UNIFIL | 28 Ir Comp | 14 June 1993 | Mil Col | 39 |
O'Connor | Stephen | 848554 | Armn | UNIFIL | 73 Inf Bn | 3 October 1993 | Admin Wing AC | 32 |
Lynch | John | 846385 | Sgt | UNIFIL | 36 Ir Comp | 6 August 1997 | HQ C Comd | 34 |
Dowling | Michael | 851719 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 83 Inf Bn | 16 September 1998 | 30 Inf Bn | 31 |
Barrett | Kevin | 856952 | Pte | UNIFIL | 84 Inf Bn | 18 February 1999 | 28 Inf Bn | 20 |
Kedian | Billy | 856310 | Pte | UNIFIL | 85 Inf Bn | 31 May 1999 | 1 Cn Cois (1 Inf Bn) | 21 |
Campbell | Jonathan | 854526 | Tpr | UNIFIL | 85 Inf Bn | 5 September 1999 | 4 Cav Sqn | 28 |
Deere | Declan | 857259 | Pte | UNIFIL | 86 Inf Bn | 14 February 2000 | 3 Inf Bn | 21 |
Fitzpatrick | Brendan | 857331 | Pte | UNIFIL | 86 Inf Bn | 14 February 2000 | 3 Inf Bn | 19 |
Lawlor | Matthew | 857266 | Pte | UNIFIL | 86 Inf Bn | 14 February 2000 | 3 Inf Bn | 23 |
Murphy | Jonathan | 857271 | Pte | UNIFIL | 86 Inf Bn | 14 February 2000 | 3 Inf Bn | 21 |
Ó Flaithearta | Peadar | 858175 | Pte | UNTAET | 8 Ircon | 15 April 2002 | 1 Cn Cois (1 Inf Bn) | 21 |
Mooney | Derek | Sgt | UNMIL | 90 Inf Bn | 27 November 2003 | ARW | 33 | |
Delaney | Paul | O.8862 | Lt Col | EU/NBG | J5 Branch | 23 July 2007 | 4 W Bde | |
Griffin | John ‘Jack’ | O.9611 | Lt Col | EUMS[a] | 31 October 2015 | J2 Branch | 47 | |
Rooney | Seán | 869674 | Pte | UNIFIL | 121 Inf Bn | 14 December 2022[5] | 27 Inf Bn | 24[6] |
Fatalities by mission
editMission | Date of Deaths | No. of Deaths |
---|---|---|
ONUC (mission ended) | 1960–1963 | 26 |
UNFICYP (involvement ended) | 1965–1971 | 9 |
UNTSO (ongoing) | 1967–1982 | 2 |
UNIFIL (ongoing) | 1978–2022 | 47 |
UNTAET (mission ended) | 2002 | 1 |
UNMIL (mission ended) | 2003 | 2 |
EU Nordic Battlegroup (ongoing) | 2007 | 1 |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Overseas Deployments - Roll of Honour". military.ie. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Irish Defence Forces Roll of Honour". curragh.info. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Soldier killed in Lebanon named as Private Seán Rooney with one of those injured from Cork". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Tributes to Army Officer Killed in Car Accident". thejournal.ie. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
Lt Col Jack Griffin who was killed after being struck by a car [...] had been jogging on the Horse and Jockey road, just outside Thurles, in Tipperary [...] At the time of his death he was based in Brussels as part of the EU's military staff from which he had been at home on a few days leave
- ^ "Irish soldier killed on UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon". the Guardian. 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Remains of Pte Seán Rooney to be repatriated Sunday evening". The Irish Times. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.